The week of Nov. 3

Week of Nov. 3

Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back myths and revise

Tuesday- Good News, SSR, finish revisions, review notecards

Wednesday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, library visit, review complex sentences, essay writing pre-test

Thursday- Good News, SSR- find types of sentences in their silent reading book, Study notecards

Friday- SRI Test - Sentence test pushed back to next Tuesday

HOMEWORK:

Tuesday:  Finish revisions

Thursday:  Study and review flashcards for sentence test

EVERY DAY:  Read for 20 minutes outside of English class

The week of Oct. 27

Week of Oct. 27

Monday-  ROL, Caught ‘Ya, subject and verbs, compound sentences

Tuesday- Good News, SSR, compund sentences

Wednesday-  ROL, Caught ‘Ya, go over compound sentences, notecards

Thursday- No School

Friday- No School

HOMEWORK:

EVERY DAY:  Read 20 minutes outside of English class
WEDNESDAY: Finish notecards

The Week of Oct. 20

Week of Oct. 20

Monday- make revisions, type myth final draft

Tuesday- type myth final draft

Wednesday- Hand in myth final draft and all prewriting, Library, ROL, and museum (read each other's myths)

Thursday- Good News, SSR, complete sentences PowerPoint

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, complete sentences activities

HOMEWORK:  

TUESDAY:  Finish final draft (typed)- you’ll need to hand in the final draft, rough draft (with revisions), all pre-writing activities on myths- due Wednesday

EVERY DAY:  Read 20 minutes outside of English class

The Week of Oct. 13

Week of Oct. 13

Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back Roots/prefix Quiz, write a paragraph describing a main character in your myth.

Tuesday-Good News, SSR, students then will choose their best introduction and start writing the rough draft of their myth.

Wednesday- Library, ROL, Caught ‘Ya, and we will explain “exploding a moment” and keep working on their rough draft.

Thursday- Good News, SSR, work on a revision activity called “Scared Nutty,” and finishing touches to rough draft- make sure you have three sections of dialogue in your myth.

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, peer editing their myth, and work on revisions

HOMEWORK:

Read nightly- 20 minutes

Monday- character paragraph

Tuesday- work on rough draft, must be done and with you in class on Friday! *Be sure to include your exciting intro., setting paragraph, dialogue, character description(s), and So What paragraph.

The Week of Oct. 6

Monday -- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, review word parts, and work on Theseus and the Minotaur summary boxes

Tuesday --  Good News, SSR, review word parts, read myth examples, discuss ideas for myths, hand out “Write Your Own Myth” intro sheet and start thinking of ideas

Wednesday -- ROL, Caught ‘Ya Quiz, Library Visit, share ideas about your own myth, write setting paragraph

Thursday-  Good News, review word parts, SSR  (EXPLORE testing in the morning)

Friday -- ROL, Caught’ Ya, Word Parts Quiz #1, Discussion of good leads/intros for their myth, write three intros and choose the best one.

HOMEWORK:

Monday--”Theseus and the Minotaur” summary boxes

Wednesday--Have idea for your own myth and myth planning sheet filled in

Thursday--Setting paragraph

Friday--Word Parts Quiz #1

Silent reading at home- goal should be at least 20 minutes a night!