Week of May 21-25  Finish Literature Circles, Grammar

Monday, May 21-Final Literature Circle meeting

Reading Selection #5  

Pigman-Chapters

Night-Chapters

The Hobbit-Chapters

Freak the Mighty-Chapters

The Cay-Chapters

Devil’s Arithmetic-Chapters

Anne Frank and Me-Chapters

Among the Hidden-Chapters

 

 

Week of May 14-18 Literature Circles -continued

Friday, May 18 Literature Circles Meeting #4

Reading Selection #4 -Literature Circles meet

 

Pigman-Chapters 13-15

Night-Extra Reading pg. 119-123

The Hobbit-Chapters 14-16

Freak the Mighty-Chapters 14-17

The Cay-Chapters 14-16

Devil’s Arithmetic-Chapters 13-14

Anne Frank and Me-Chapters 17-32

Among the Hidden-Chapters 17-20

Thursday, May 17 

Capitalization Worksheet should be completed

We will continue making our Wordles using capitalization rules and examples.  www.wordle.net

 

Wednesday, May 16

Reading Selection #3 -Literature Circles meet

 

Pigman-Chapters 8-12

Night-Chapters 7-8

The Hobbit-Chapters 9-13

Freak the Mighty-Chapters 9-13

The Cay-Chapters 10-13

Devil’s Arithmetic-Chapters 9-12

Anne Frank and Me-Chapters 13-16

Among the Hidden-Chapters 13-16

 

 

April 30th Reading Counts Quiz due

 

 

 

 

Week of April 23-27

We will complete our Newspaper unit this week.

Monday-Go over propaganda techniques. Newspaper Unit

Tuesday-Review propaganda techniques and newspaper style.

Propaganda Examples-Find examples of the 7 types of propaganda and put them on a Word document.  Make sure to label them.

Wednesday-Begin Grammar Unit on Subject Verb Agreement.

 

Thursday- Newspaper Unit Quiz

 

Friday-Grammar Unit continued.

 

Week of January 30-Feb 3

Monday-January 30  

Today we begin Flowers for Algernon, a science fiction short story about a man who is the subject of a scientific experiment.

Read pages 310-318

 Homework for Tuesday- Write a 2 paragraph response to one of the following theme statements:

It is better to be smart and lonely than unintelligent and happy.

Our relationships with other people, not our achievements, are what fulfill us.

It is important to have empathy for others.

It is better to accept your fate than to try to change it.

 

 

 

Hi Everyone,

I hope you enjoyed searching through the media center for a new book today. Remember it needs to be a  historical fiction book.  It’s okay if it is not exactly at your lexile score; just make sure it’s a book you will find interesting.

Week of January 24-27

Thursday, January 26

We will be finishing our study of Edgar Allen Poe and our reading of The Tell-Tale Heart.  See if you can find some of the Gothic elements in the story as we finish it. 

Friday, January 27

We will watch a biography about Edgar Allen Poe and discuss how his life may have contributed to his writing style.