ASSIGN YOURSELF: Work on grammar handout on Sentence Fragments and Run-ons. Click here for a sentence fragment quiz. Click here for a run-on sentence quiz.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). Students, for a list of online books that you can read at home, look at this website!

OBJECTIVE: *Read and analyze a short story. *Identify compound subjects and compound predicates.

Class Assignment:

*Write a short summary of "Birthday Box" (skip two lines in between sentences). *Peer review: students will check each other's summaries for sentence fragments or run-ons. *Write a narrative about a time you have said good-bye to a friend or relative.

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No Homework Wednesday!!

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). Students, for a list of online books that you can read at home, look at this website!

OBJECTIVE: *Read and analyze a short story. *Identify compound subjects and compound predicates.

Class Assignment:

*Discuss homework assignment.

*Work on Sentence Fragment activity.

ASSIGN YOURSELF: Work on grammar handout: Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates. Students, please make sure you read the directions on the handout. Underline the Complete Subjects once and/or the Complete Predicates twice. Click here to get examples of compound subjects and compound predicates.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). Students, for a list of online books that you can read at home, look at this website!

OBJECTIVE: *Read and analyze a short story.

Class Assignment:

Read "Birthday Box" on page 175 of literature book. Answer questions on page 180. #s 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, & 9.

Questions:

1. How did Katie's mother manage to buy her the birthday box?
2. What happens to the family after Katie's mother dies?
3. What can you infer about the character of Katie's mother when you realize that, in spite of her serious illness, she had planned a party and presents for Katie?
4. Why do you think Jane Yolen tells the reader what happens to Katie's mother in the first sentence?
5. How does filling the box with her writing help Katie deal with her grief?
6. How would you react if someone you loved gave you an empty box? Explain your answer.
7. Think about a relationship you have with an older friend or relative. How would you feel if you had to say goodbye to each other?

ASSIGN YOURSELF: Write a narrative: Have you ever lied to your parent/guardian(s) about something you did in school? Explain.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). Students, for a list of online books that you can read at home, look at this website!

OBJECTIVE: *Read and analyze a short story. *Identify plot.

Class Assignment: 

• Look at the story, "Charles" on pg. 544 of Literature book, and write the plot of the story.
• PLOT: a sequence of events in a story including the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action.

1.  Exposition

a. setting (time and place)

b. characters

c. conflict

2.  Rising Action (list 10 events)

3.  Climax

4.  Falling Action (Is there a falling action in this story?) ???

 

ASSIGN YOURSELF: IDEA Brochure; paycheck story; have parents read Parent Weekly.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: DEAR (Drop Everything And Read).

OBJECTIVE: *Read and analyze a short story. *Identify plot twist.

Class Assignment: 

• Read "Charles" on pg. 544 of Literature book, and stop and pg. 546. Write an observation of Laurie. Continue reading until the end. Students will be given a short quiz afterward to check for comprehension.

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework.

DO NOW: School Culture Day!!

OBJECTIVE: *Learn school culture.

Class Assignment: 

• Students will learn school culture and work as a TEAM to win several banners for their homeroom.

ONE TEAM! ONE MISSION!!!

Links for the day:

• Texas A&M
• Stanford University
• Duke University
• Nebraska Wesleyan University

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: Work on punctuation and comma use on the Writer's Choice book.

OBJECTIVE: *Identify proper punctuation and comma use.

Class Assignment: 

• Writer's Choice exercises on punctuation and comma use.
• If you want to see the different comma rules, click here.

REMINDER: If you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework today.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: Work on IOWA exam.

OBJECTIVE: *Demonstrate mastery on reading comprehension.

REMINDER: If you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework for today if you have completed both essay drafts.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: Work on revising and editing exercise on page 202-203 of the Measuring Up workbook.

OBJECTIVE: * Proofread essay. *Identify comma splices.

Class Assignment: 

• Revising and editing assignment on the Measuring Up workbook on page 202.
• Introduction to proper comma use.

REMINDER: If you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it

ASSIGN YOURSELF: Continue working on essay. Bring paychecks signed.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: How do you feel after you have done something wrong? How can one avoid making the same mistakes?

OBJECTIVE: *Work on interim assessment. *Write a narrative. * Proofread essay.

Class Assignment: Because students have been working diligently on several projects, they are to work on individual assignments based on the work they have pending.

• Interim Assessment - continue working on Interim Assessment, which includes reading two short passages, answering multiple choice, and writing a composition.
• 9/28/07 Essay - continue working on Friday's essay if you were not finished writing it last Friday.
• 10/1/07 Essay - continue working on Monday's essay if you were not finished writing it last Monday.
• Proofread - proofread both essays using the editing symbols in the back of the Writer's Choice book (if you were done with I.A. and writing both essays).

REMINDER: If you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework today.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: If you were a parent, would you allow your child to make their own mistakes, or would you try to stop them from making them?

OBJECTIVE: *Work on interim assessment.

Class Assignment: Work on Interim Assessment.

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework today.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: How do you respond when your parents are trying to protect you from making mistakes?

OBJECTIVE: *Work on Interim Assessment.

Class Assignment: Work on Interim Assessment. Assessment is composed of reading comprehension questions and an essay composition.

Students, if you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it.

ASSIGN YOURSELF: No homework today.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE COMPLETE HEADING ON YOUR PAPER IN ORDER TO AVOID 'NO CREDIT'.

DO NOW: How would you react towards a friend who was about to make a mistake? Would you allow your friend to learn his/her own lesson, or would you try to stop him/her?

OBJECTIVE: *Create a narrative

Class Assignment: Write about a time when you made a mistake that you learned from. How did it affect you and others (family, friends, team, strangers....)?

Students, if you are wondering what a TAKS score 4 essay looks like, click here for some sample essays from previous years. Our goal is to for everyone to earn a 4 on their TAKS essays this year! I know you all can do it.