English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Students will work on a poetry unit with Ms. James this week. Students will read, analyze, and write both haikus and sonnets.
*No homework
SSR
Period 2
Students will read silently from bell to bell
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
Students will present their Shark Tank entrepreneurship challenge projects.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
May 1 - May 5
*Please note that the school day will be extended by 30 minutes on Monday
*Mrs. Fowler will be teaching this week. Ms. James is away, but she will be back next week.
English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Monday
*Mrs. Fowler will be teaching this week. Ms. James is away, but she will be back next week.
English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Monday
- Bell Ringer
- Read/annotate "The Last Dog" pg. 183
Tuesday
- Bell Ringer
- Finish reading/annotating "The Last Dog" pg. 183-194
- Discuss
- Comprehension Check pg. 195
- Analyze the Text 1-3
Wednesday
- Bell Ringer
- Read/annotate "The Bells"
- Discuss sound devices (alliteration, repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeia)
- Sound devices jigsaw
Thursday
- Bell Ringer
- Connect form and meaning
- Toss one, take one
Friday
- Bell Ringer
- Correctly citing a poem in an essay
- Brief poem essay
SSR
Period 2
- Students will read silently from bell to bell.
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
- Students will be in the computer lab (934) Monday through Wednesday working on career research and their personal budget. All work will be completed on Google classroom.
- Students will work on their Shark Tank projects on Thursday and Friday. Projects are due May 9th.
Monday, April 24, 2017
April 24 - April 28
English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Students will be taking PSSA Mathematics this week, so our schedule will fluctuate this week. Mrs. James will be reading "The Last Dog" with students this week. The focus will be on how the elements of the story interact, narrative techniques, and conventions.
*Research papers are due on Wednesday.
SSR
Period 2
Students will read silently from bell to bell
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
Students will finish interviews, take a career interest inventory, and read articles about various jobs.
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Students will be taking PSSA Mathematics this week, so our schedule will fluctuate this week. Mrs. James will be reading "The Last Dog" with students this week. The focus will be on how the elements of the story interact, narrative techniques, and conventions.
*Research papers are due on Wednesday.
SSR
Period 2
Students will read silently from bell to bell
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
Students will finish interviews, take a career interest inventory, and read articles about various jobs.
Monday, April 17, 2017
April 17 - April 21
English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Students will be in the computer lab for the duration of the week working on a research paper.
SSR
Period 2
Students will read silently from bell to bell
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
Students will be in the computer lab writing cover letters and resumes.
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8
Students will be in the computer lab for the duration of the week working on a research paper.
SSR
Period 2
Students will read silently from bell to bell
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
Students will be in the computer lab writing cover letters and resumes.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
April 10 - April 13
English
Ms. James, my student teacher, will begin teaching full-time this week. Students will be working on short stories about space exploration. Students will use the stories to work on literacy and grammar skills.
SSR
Students will read silently from bell to bell.
Career Exploration
Students will participate in mock job interviews this week.
Ms. James, my student teacher, will begin teaching full-time this week. Students will be working on short stories about space exploration. Students will use the stories to work on literacy and grammar skills.
SSR
Students will read silently from bell to bell.
Career Exploration
Students will participate in mock job interviews this week.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
April 3 - April 7
Students will be taking the PSSA ELA test this week. Make sure your student eats a good breakfast and gets a full night's sleep.
Students will not have any homework this week.
Students will meet Ms. Anna James this week, my student teacher. She will be with us until the end of May.
Students will not have any homework this week.
Students will meet Ms. Anna James this week, my student teacher. She will be with us until the end of May.
Monday, March 27, 2017
March 27 - March 31
March 27 - March 31
English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8
*All essays should be turned in my Wednesday (Class President, Length of School Day, and A Change You Would Like to See)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
SSR
Period 2
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
English
Periods 1, 4, 6 & 8
*All essays should be turned in my Wednesday (Class President, Length of School Day, and A Change You Would Like to See)
Monday
- Bell Ringer (Week 24- Wednesday)
- Essay revisions/Peer editing
- Combining Sentences- For extra practice, go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and complete the interactive exercises (Comma Splices and Fused Sentences/Fragments)
Tuesday
- Bell Ringer (Week 24 - Thursday)
- Peer edit/revise argumentative essay
- Combining Sentences - For extra practice, go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and complete the interactive exercises (Comma Splices and Fused Sentences/Fragments)
Wednesday
- Bell Ringer (Week 25 - Monday)
- Review the characteristics of a narrative
- Vague Pronouns - For extra practice, go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and complete the interactive pronoun exercises
- Survivor review game
Thursday
- Bell Ringer (Week 25 - Tuesday)
- Review similarities/differences between 3 modes of writing (narrative, informative, and argumentative)
- Vague Pronouns - For extra practice, go to http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and complete the interactive pronoun exercises
- Survivor review game
Friday
- Bell Ringer (Week 25- Wednesday)
- Survivor review game
SSR
Period 2
- Students will read silently from bell to bell.
Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
- Students will report to the computer lab for career research. Students will research a career, determine the average yearly salary, and make a budget based on that number.
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