Week of September 28 to October 2

Week of September 28 to October 2


English 7/Academic English 7

On Monday students will be introduced to the Latin roots ACT or AG, meaning "to do, drive" and OPER, meaning "to work."  The unit 1B vocabulary words are transact, agenda, coagulate, inoperable, cooperate, and operational.  Students will be tested on these words on Friday.


This week students will begin learning about main idea and supporting details.  Students will examine pieces of writing and identify both the main idea and supporting details.  Once students are proficient identifying these items, they will begin writing short paragraphs with main ideas and supporting details.  Students will continue practicing types of sentences by including the 4 types of sentences in their paragraphs and using correct punctuation. 



Academic English 9


Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 2B this week.  The words are melee, mischance, misgiving, morose, privation, recoil, tribulation, and rue.  The vocabulary test will be on Friday.  Please note that vocabulary sentences are due on Friday.


Students will continue reading Romeo and Juliet.  We will continue to focus on character this week.  Discussion focus:

• Capulet's objections to the marriage of Juliet and Paris
• What can you tell about Lord Capulet's character traits based on his talk with Paris?
• Compare Capulet's advice to Paris with Benvolio's advice to Romeo
• The repetition of the word What  in the Nurse's speech
• Compare and contrast the relationship between Juliet and the Nurse and Juliet and Lady Capulet

Week of September 21 to September 25

Week of September 21 to September 25

English 7/Academic English 7


Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 1A.  The words this week are facsimile, suffice, deficient, petrify, and affection.  The focus is on the Latin root facere, meaning "to make, do."  Students will take a quiz on complete subject and complete predicate on Thursday.  The unit 1A vocabulary test will be on Friday.  On Thursday students will tie together what they learned about grammar and vocabulary by completing the following assignment:

Vocabulary Skit for Unit 1A

In groups of three, create a skit using the vocabulary from unit 1A.  You must:

• Use all five vocabulary words correctly (facsimile, deficient, petrify, affection, and suffice)- 10 points
• Use the four types of sentences- (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative) 8 points
• Use correct punctuation at the end of each sentence- 8 points
• Perform your skit for the class- 4 points
• Hand in a clean copy of your skit to Ms. Fowler

Academic English 9


Students will read/discuss Act I scene i of Romeo and Juliet.  We will focus on character this week.  Students will create character profiles for Benvolio and the prince.  There will be a test on the unit 2B vocabulary on Friday.

Week of September 8 to September 11

Week of September 14 to September 18


English 7/Academic English 7


Students will work on identifying the two basic parts of a sentence- the complete subject and the complete predicate.  Students will also distinguish between simple and complete subjects and between simple and complete predicates.  There will be a quiz on Wednesday.  Students will be assessed on the 4 types of sentences, the correct punctuation for each, correcting stringy sentences by separating them into shorter sentences, identifying complete and simple subjects, and identifying complete and simple predicates.  On Thursday and Friday students will begin combining and/or elaborating sentences by using compound subjects or compound predicates.  Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.


Academic English 9


Students will continue with parts of speech this week.  Nouns will be reviewed briefly.  The main  focus will be on pronouns.  We will begin reading the prologue/scene I of Romeo and Juliet.  Students will focus on characters, differentiating between flat and round characters.  Vocabulary sentences are due Friday.  Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1B on Friday.





Week of September 8 to September 11


English 7/Academic English 7


Students will work on identifying declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.  There will be an emphasis on correctly punctuating each type of sentence, and using all four types of sentences when they write.  Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.


Academic English 9


Students will begin reviewing the parts of speech.  Nouns will be highlighted this week.  We are getting ready to begin reading Romeo and Juliet.  Students are working on some background information this week in order to better understand the time period and the author.  Vocabulary sentences are due Friday.  Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1A on Friday.