National Spelling Bee on TV Tonight (Thursday, May 28)_

SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE LAST WEEK . . .
IT HAPPENS TO BE ON TV TONIGHT IN PRIMETIME - AROUND 8 I THINK. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT CHANNEL, BUT I THINK IT IS ON A POPULAR CHANNEL. SO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH IT. I WAS GOING TO REMIND YOU IN CLASS TODAY, BUT I FORGOT.
SCRIPPS-HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 3,4,5 - Finals Days

No backpacks!

Surprise!

Wednesday - periods 1,2
Thursday - period 4. 5
Friday- periods 3, 6

Tuesday, June 2- updated

Students' Choice - write madlibs, creative writing assignment, etc.

Monday, June 1- updated

7th grade awards - See you there!

Fun Day - Make sure all your books are in including library books!

Friday, May 29- updated

Movie - Animal Farm
Class Awards

Wednesday, May 27- updated

Parts of 1984, Lord of the Flies
Classroom Awards
Usage Lesson

Friday, May 22- updated

Warmup: Review for roots test
Roots Test
Spelling Bee
All books due!

Wednesday, May 20 - Updated

Vocab quiz

Roots Practice

(Usage lesson 244-245)

Book wrap-ups

Collect books

Homework: Study for roots test next class!!!

Monday, May 18-updated

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 219 1-10
Collect books
word of the Day: Wary
Pronoun cases Chapter 10
Literature circles
Start pronouns
Homework:
1. Study for vocab quiz
2. Finish reading your books. No writing.
Bring books for collection
3. Start studying all roots and prefixes for test on Friday!!

Thursday, May 14- updated

Warmup: roots vers and vert (turn) and vit/viv (live)
Troublesome verbs and verb quiz
Literature circles: government and laws
Collect Holt Literature and Holt Handbook
Word of the day : vindicate- all classes

Homework: Reading 9: What is the climax and resolution of the book? If you haven't come to it yet, what do you think it will be?
Study for final vocab quiz
Bring books for collection if you haven't already

Tuesday, May 12

Tentative agenda:

Warmup in Holt Handbook

Review tenses and active/passive voice

Word of the Day: venerable (4/6), thesis (5)

Reading circles: Discuss different point of view of books

Homework: Reading 8: Talk about the type of government your society has. Who rules?Are there laws? Animal Farm only: Why do the pigs rule, do you think?
Bring Holt Literature books for collection

Friday , May 8

Roots: thermo (heat) var (different)

Being talking about verbs 174-185

Literature circles discussion

Word of the Day: transient, all classes

Usage practice quiz for all students and shadows

Homework: Reading 7: Write about how your book would be different if it were written in a different character's point of view. Choose a character and give examples of how it would be, told from that point of view.

Wednesday, May 6

Review agreement for quiz

Agreement quiz

Clean out portfolios and write reflection

Word of the day: tenacious (4/6), valid (5)

Homework:Reading #6 - Writing: Do you see any symbols or motifs in your book ? Are any themes emerging? If so, what are they?

Monday, May 4

Finish Agreement and review
Vocab quiz periods 5 and 6
Words of the day: surreptitious (4/6), theory (5)
Book discussion: point of view and conflict
Homework: Study agreement chapter in book for quiz
Reading 5: Choose two favorite of important passages or quotes from the reading and write and discuss why they are important.

Thursday, April 30

Warmup: roots terra (land) and theo (God)
Word of the Day: substantiate (4/6),
Roots test
Agreement to page 160
Homework: Reading 4: Write about the point of view the book is written in and also write about one conflict in the book so far.

Tuesday, April 28

Warmup - HH page 147  11-20
Discuss agreement to page 155
Book discussion
Homework: Study for roots test and  vocabulary quiz:
Vocab: 4/6 - scrutinize, spontaneity, spurious, superfluous, substantiate
5 - respond, sequence, significant, subsequent, subordinate

Friday, April 24

Warmup - HH page 146 1-10
Roots bingo mag through syn
Book discussion part 2 setting
WORD: substantiate, subordinate

Homework: Reading part 3. Writing: Why is this society a utopia? dystopia?

Wednesday, April 22

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 274 exercise 3
Book discussions
Word of the day spurious (4/6), significant (5)
Homework: Reading #2. Write one half to one page and be ready to discuss: The setting of your book. When and where does it take place? What kind of world is it?

Monday, April 20

Roots Warmup: stat  (stand), strict (tighten), syn/sym (together)
Word of the Day: spontaneity (4/6), sequence (5)
Utopia, dystopia discussion
New books handout
Finish punctuation and have quiz
Homework: Read first tenth of your book and write one half page to one page on this topic: Who are the win characters introduced so far in your book. Tell about them. What do they look like? act like?

Thursday, April 16

Warmup
Finish Punctuation
Vocabulary Quiz
Word of the Day: scrutinize (4/6), respond (5)

Homework: Study punctuation in Chapter 15 for a quiz on Monday.

Tuesday, April 14

Warmup: Capitalization pages 264-265
Word of the Day: sagacity (4/6), modify (5)
Finish punctuation
Collect Pearl essays and books

Homework: Study for vocab quiz
4/6: querulous, rancor, reconciliation, resilient reverence, sagacity
5: querulous, rancor, principal, relevant, method, modify