March 20 - March 25

English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

*If you did not turn in your class president essay, you must turn it in by the end of the day on Tuesday!

Monday

• Bell Ringer (Week 24- Tuesday)
• Finish argumentative essay:                                                                                                       Schools in some cities and states are shortening their school days to save money. How long is your school day? Do you think it’s too short, too long or just right? Might you learn more if the school day were extended?  What do you tend to do in the afternoons?                                                                                                                                                                                           Write an argumentative essay for your teacher stating your claim about how long your school day should be?  Be sure to use reasons and evidence to develop your argument

Tuesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 24 - Wednesday)
• Peer edit/revise argumentative essay
• Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers- Go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm for additional practice.  

Wednesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 24 - Thursday)
• Argumentative Writing (Complete graphic organizer/finish first 2 paragraphs)                     With the increasing pressure on schools to prepare students for high-stakes tests, and a growing dependence on Google and gadgetry for quick answers, is creativity endangered?                                                                                                                                                                         Write an argumentative essay for your teacher stating your claim about whether or not schools provide young people with enough opportunities to be creative.  Be sure to use reasons and evidence to develop your argument.

• Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers- Go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm for additional practice.  

Thursday

• Bell Ringer (Week 25 - Monday)
• Argumentative Writing (Complete paragraphs 4, 5, 6)
• Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers- Go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm for additional practice.  

Friday

• Bell Ringer (Week 25- Tuesday)
• Argumentative Writing (Peer Editing/Revision)
• Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers (Quiz)

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will present their Shark Tank inventions to the class.  *Packets are due at the time of presentation.

March 13 - March 17

March 6 - March 10
English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

Monday

• Bell Ringer (Week 24- Monday)
• Argumentative Writing: Schools in some cities and states are shortening their school days to save money. How long is your school day? Do you think it’s too short, too long or just right? Might you learn more if the school day were extended?  What do you tend to do in the afternoons?                                                                                                                               Write an argumentative essay for your teacher stating your claim about how long your school day should be?  Be sure to use reasons and evidence to develop your argument.

Tuesday

• Snow day

Wednesday

• Snow day

Thursday

• Snow day

Friday

• Snow day

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will participate in Shark Tank Entrepreneurship Challenge.  Students will invent/present a product to help students be more successful in school.  Students will figure out the costs, build the product, market the product, project the profits, and present their inventions to a panel.

March 6 - March 10

English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

Monday

• Bell Ringer (Week 23- Monday)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Locked Box Challenge

Tuesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 23 - Tuesday)
• Argumentative Writing (Complete Graphic Organizer/Peer Feedback) Prompt: Your school is considering a change in the way class presidents are chosen.  Some students want to create a small committee which, in turn, would choose the class president.  On the other hand, there are those students who want all students in the class to be able to vote for their choice of class president.  Think about which method of choosing the class president you believe is most effective.  Write an argumentative essay for your teacher stating your claim about whether a small committee of students or all the students in the class should be allowed to choose the class president.  Be sure to use reasons and evidence to develop your argument.  
• Introductory Phrases (WS)

Wednesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 23 - Wednesday)
• Argumentative Writing (Complete paragraphs 1, 2, 3)
• Misplaced Modifiers

Thursday

• Bell Ringer (Week 23 - Thursday)
• Argumentative Writing (Complete paragraphs 4, 5, 6)
• Misplaced Modifiers

Friday

• Bell Ringer 
• Argumentative Writing (Peer Editing)
• Misplaced Modifiers

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will participate in Shark Tank Entrepreneurship Challenge.  Students will invent/present a product to help students be more successful in school.  Students will figure out the costs, build the product, market the product, project the profits, and present their inventions to a panel.

February 27 - March 3

English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

Monday

• Bell Ringer (Week 22- Monday)
• Argumentative Writing (Graphic Organizer)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Tuesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 22 - Tuesday)
• Argumentative Writing (Finish Organizer/ Begin Writing)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences (Kinesthetic Activity)

Wednesday

• Bell Ringer (Week 22 - Wednesday)
• Argumentative Writing (whole group- finish essay together)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences (Worksheet)

Thursday

• Bell Ringer (Week 22 - Thursday)
• Argumentative Writing (Independent Practice: Graphic Organizer)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences (Breakout Edu)

Friday

• Bell Ringer (Week 23- Monday)
• Argumentative Writing (Independent Practice: Write essay)
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences (Assessment, if time permits)

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will participate in a minimum wage unit.  Students will create a budget using the scenario provided by teacher.

February 21 - February 24

English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

Students will be working on simple, complex, and compound sentences using kinesthetic activities.  Students will also focus on independent and  subordinate clauses.

We will continue working on our writing skills.  Students will be making and supporting claims and participating in peer editing.

There will be no homework this week unless a student fails to complete his/her work during class.

We will have a test on Friday on clauses/simple, complex, and compound sentences.

SSR 
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will continue learning about different career clusters.  Mrs. Fowler will finish conducting mock interviews this week.  This is a graded assignment.  The rubric is located in the 5-part interview packet.

February 13 - February 16

English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8

Students will work on presenting and supporting a claim with facts, details, and examples.

Most of the week will be spent taking classroom diagnostic tests in the computer lab.

There will be no homework this week unless a student fails to complete his/her work during class.


SSR 
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will continue learning about different career clusters.  Mrs. Fowler will conduct a mock job interview with each student this week.  This is a graded assignment.  The rubric is located in the 5-part interview packet.

February 6, 2017 - February 10, 2017

English
Periods 1, 4, 6, & 8

Students will take a test on "Danger!  This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!" on Monday.

Students will work on argumentative writing for the rest of the week.  Students will make claims and support those claims with evidence using facts, statistics, and examples.

Students will also focus on conventions.

There won't be any homework unless a student fails to complete his or her work during class.

SSR 
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will practice speaking and listening effectively in an interview.  The focus will be on the 5 part interview.  Students will conduct peer interviews in preparation for an interview with the teacher.