The week of May 7

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, The Great Wall of China Mini-Q- finish the documents and do pre-bucketing and thesis statement

Tuesday- Good things, go over previous Alexander the Great paper and analyze the positives and negatives from their paper, work on planning the essay

Wednesday- work on typing the essay

Thursday- Good things, revise essay

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, turn in completed essay

The week of April 30

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review short story terms, share "The Veldt" ending, introduce and begin parent/technology brochure

Tuesday- Good things, Short Story Quiz, adverb review, work time

Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, go over adverb review/questions, adverb quiz

Thursday- Good things, Caught Ya, begin Mini Q on China- "The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?"

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, continue Mini Q

The week of April 23

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, finish "All Summer in a Day", study vocabulary, do pre-reading for "The Veldt"

Tuesday- Good things, Caught Ya,  read "The Veldt" and do discussion questions as a group

Wednesday- Library, Read out loud, finish "The Veldt" and questions

Thursday- Job Shadow Day

Friday- No School

The week of April 16

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, adverb practice, and begin reading the play "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

Tuesday- Good things, review short story/play vocab., finish the play and analyze characters and identify short story elements from the play.

Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, watch the TV version of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" and compare and contrast mental images they had while reading the play to the staged version.

Thursday- Good things, silent reading, review vocab., read the short story "All Summer in a Day"

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review vocab., adverb practice, and compare/contrast the two science fiction stories from this week.

The week of April 9

Monday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, Journal on spring break, and introduce short story/play terms

Tuesday- Good things, go over elements of a short story, and watch "I Love Lucy" and fill in elements of a short story

Wednesday- Library, Read out Loud, Caught Ya, PowerPoint on adverbs, and read "Priscilla and the Wimps"

Thursday- Good things, silent reading, read "House Call", and work with adverbs

Friday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, "Who's on First"- read together and compare with other versions

Week of March 19

Monday- Read out loud, vocabulary review, Crispin quiz #5, Caught Ya quiz, and assign pages 202-249 in Crispin (due Thursday)

Tuesday- Good news, read out loud, caught ya, study vocabulary, silent reading

Wednesday- Library visit, read out loud, caught ya, adjective quiz, and study vocabulary and silent read when done

Thursday- good news, Crispin quiz #6 and assign 249-297 (the end of the book), study vocabulary, and explain "Live from the Middle Ages" news broadcast and get into groups for work time

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, vocabulary quiz, and work/rehearse broadcast (broadcast will be presented on Monday)

Week of March 5-9

Monday: We had ROL and Caught 'Ya. Then we discussed coordinate and cumulative adjectives and when to use commas. Next we took a comprehension quiz on pages 23-69 (Chapters 5-15) of Crispin. After that we took the first vocabulary quiz on 10 words from the novel, Crispin. New pages to read are 69-100 (Chapters 16-21).

Tuesday: In class we had 15 minutes of SSR where you could either read Crispin or your own SSR book. After that we corrected the adjective worksheet on coordinate adjectives. Then we started filling in a chart on comparative and superlative adjectives. Next discussion questions were handed out, to be completed by next Thursday. They are over pages 69-100 (Chapters. 16-21) Finally, you had work time to complete some of these assignments.

Wednesday: We had ROL and Caught 'Ya. Then we took a trip to the library. After that we were able to review vocabulary words. Then there was work time to prepare for the quiz tomorrow over Crispin, Chapters 16-21.

Thursday: First, we took Crispin Quiz #3 over Chapters 16-21. The next assignment for reading is Chapters 22-31 and the quiz will be next Tuesday. Then we reviewed vocabulary. (This class was shorter because we also took the ACT Explore that day.)