Updated agenda for Tuesday!!!!

Students: Missing Friday due to rain will change our schedule a little.

Here is the updated schedule:

Tuesday:

WARMUP:jus, ,jur, jud (law, right), logy (study of)
Subject and predicate review and quiz
Julius Caesar Act II
Word of the day: diverse (5), fortuitous (4/6)
Cast Acts III, IV, V

Homework:
Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ephemeral, enhance, evanescent, fortuitous, extenuating, exemplary
5: demonstrate, connote, denote, diverse, discreet, discrete, differentiate

Finals Days

Vocabulary Quiz

Julius Caesar Acts III, IV, V
Idioms and other Shakespeare worksheets

After Winter Break

The roots test will be moved to early January (date to be announced after break) and the next reading project will also be assigned after break.

Thank you!

Finals Days: Dec. 17, 18, 19

Wednesday: Periods 1,2
Thursday: Periods 4,5
Friday: Periods 3,6

Warmup: Looks over roots and prefixes
Roots Test
Caesar Acts IV and V

Tuesday, Dec. 16

Warmup: Roots jus, ,jur, jud (law, right), logy (study of)
Vocab quiz 6
Act III
Cast Acts IV and V
Idioms and other Shakespeare worksheets

Homework: Study prefixes and roots from #1 to #25, logy

Friday, Dec. 12

Assign Independent Reading Project #2
Subject and predicate quiz
Julius Caesar Act II
Word of the Day: diverse (5), fortuitous (4/6)
Cast Act III
Library???
Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ephemeral, enhance, evanescent, fortuitous, extenuating, exemplary
5: demonstrate, connote, denote, diverse, discreet, discrete, differentiate
Start studying prefixes and roots for final

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Warmup: Roots hydro (water), init (beginning), ject (throw)
Review homework
Word of the day: discrete/discreet (5), extenuating (4/6)
Do Act I in class
Cast Act II
Homework: Holt Handbook page 10 exercise 5
Study  subjects and predicates for quiz

Monday, December 8

Warmup: Brainstorm
Shakespeare movie
Word of the Day: differentiate (5), exemplary (4/6)
Predicates
Cast Act I
Collect Outsider books
Homework: Holt Handbook pages 22-23 C and D

Thursday, Dec. 4

Warmup : Roots: graph, gram (write), hetero (different), homo (same)
Review homework
Review Parts of Speech Test (Period 5 only)
In-class essay: Write a 3-5 paragraph essay. Topics (choose one)
1. Discuss the theme of "fighting doesn't do any good" in The Outsiders. Explain how this theme is shown.
2. Discuss "What is a hero" as it applies to The Outsiders.

Please give your essay a title, put on the heading, and make sure you have a thesis statement. Try to include at least one quote from the book, but make sure it fits what you are talking about.

Homework: Look at your two essays on the Outsiders (one if you missed doing the other) and decide which you want graded. Edit that one (yourself, or have someone at home edit it) and prepare a final copy (must be typed for periods 4 and 6; must be written in blue or black ink or typed for period 5). Due Monday.

Tuesday December 2

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 8 exercise 3
Review parts of speech test
Simple and complete subjects
Word to the day: ephemeral (4,6), connote (5)
Outsiders Wrap Up: Characters, setting, plot, conflicts, protagonist, antagonist, exposition, climax, resolution,  mood, tone, symbols, motifs, themes.

Homework: Holt Handbook chapter 1, page 2. Review A and review B 1-25. In Review A, simple put S for sentences and F for fragments. No need to rewrite anything. In review B, write the complete subject (noun or pronoun, plus all associated adjectives and phrases) and then underline the simple subject (just the noun or pronoun).

Friday, November 21

Warmup: Holt handbook page 7 exercise 2: find the simple subject of each sentence (just the noun or pronoun that is the actual subject)

Discuss simple and complete subjects: Holt Handbook pages 5 and 6

In class Holt Handbook page 21 review B 11-25 in your notebooks: simple and complete subjects

Word of the day #2: derive (5), ephemeral (4/6)

In-class essay: 3 or more paragraphs, three line heading, title, and don't forget to put the title and author of the book in the introduction!

Essay topics: Choose One

1. The book is better than the movie (why?)

2. The movie is better than the book (why)

3. The book and the movie were very similar (how)

4. The book and the movie were quite different (how)

Due at the end of class.

Homework: Finish NaNoWriMo if you are doing it!

Read a book next week: Any book you enjoy!

Have fun and Happy Thanksgiving break!

Wednesday, November 19

Second half of movie
Outsiders wrapup: Characters, setting, plot, climax, resolution, theme, tone, mood, point of view, symbols, motifs

No Homework

Monday, November 17

Warmup: Review the Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Test
The Outsiders first half of the movie: Take notes on things that surprised you or things that stood out.

Homework: Comment on the first half of the movie. Was it what you expected? At least one half page.

Thursday, November 13

Warmup: roots frag/fract (break), geo (earth), grad/gress (by steps)
Chapter 10, Outsiders, discussion.
Parts of Speech Jeopardy

Homework: Read Chapters 11 and 12 of The Outsiders.
Study for Parts of Speech Test. Review Chapters 2 and 3 of Holt Handbook.

NaNoWriMo Update

The following students have begun entering words into their NaNoWriMo accounts!

4th period:
Angelique
Emma
Lucy
Lauren B
Anika
Jack

5th period:
Lily

6th period:
Bella
Camille
Kayleigh
Lucas
Ellie
Sylvie
Zac
Tuptim

If you haven't already started, there is still plenty of time to join in! Keep on writing!

Monday, November 10

Warmup
Vocab quiz 5
Begin Parts of Speech Review
Nonfiction lesson
Word of the Day: demonstrate (5), enhance (4/6)

Homework: Read the Outsiders Chapter 10.  Choose one assignment:
1. Write a summary of the chapter, at least one-half page.
2. Write a poem about the chapter or something in the chapter, at least 8 lines.



Go NaNoWriMers!

Thursday, Nov. 6

First of all, congratulations to those who have begun entering their novels into NaNoWriMo's word calculator! Here is what we have right now:

From 4th period -
Angelique
Lucy
Lauren B
Jack

From 5th period-
Lily

From 6th period-
Camille
Kayleigh Smith (highest word percentage right now!)
Lucas
Sylvie
Zac

Agenda:

Warmup
Finish parts of speech- Interjections
The Outsiders chapter 9 discussion and homework review
Nonfiction reading - finding evidence
Word of the day - enervating (4/6), deduce (5)

Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz next class.
5 - concept, concurrent, consequence, criteria, deduce
4/6 - diligent, disdain, divergent, emulate, enervating

NaNoWriMo Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students, who have already entered some of their novels into the Word Calculator!

Angelique L. - 4th period
Lucy E - 4th period
Lily P. - 5th period
Lauren B- 4th period
Jack D. -4th period
Sylvie M - 6th period - has reached 10% YAY!

Great Job! Keep writing!!!!

NaNoWriMo Reminder

Just a reminder that NaNoWriMo has begun. You can begin writing your novels, if you are signed up, and copy and paste your writing into the website for a word count. I will be able to see your word counts, but not what you are writing. If you have not signed up and decide that you want to participate,  you can still sign up on the website and join my virtual class, so see me next week.

WRITE ON!

Tuesday, November 2

Warmup: New seats
Word of the Day: emulate(4/6), criteria(5)
Holt Literature  story of page 62 - answer questions at end - classwork
Finish prepositions
Begin conjunctions
Homework: Read The Outsiders chapter 9. Explain Dally's behavior, what he does and why he does it.

BOO! October 31

Roots Warmup: dia (across), dict (speak), flex/flect (bend)
Begin prepositions (Holt Handbook)
Review homework: Discuss chapter 8 and hear summaries
Word of the Day:  divergent (4/6), consequence (5)
Special Story

NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Wednesday, October 29

Warmup:  roots cogn (know), cracy (government), demo (people)
Adverb review
Outsiders discussion Chapter 7
Review news stories/leads
Word of the Day: disdain (4/6), concurrent (5)

Homework: Read chapter 8 and write a half  page summary of the chapter using at least 6 adverbs. Underline the adverbs.

Monday October 27

Warmup: Look over vocabulary words
Computer Lab: NaNoWriMo signup and newspaper study
Vocabulary quiz
Word of the Day: concept (5), diligent
Chapter 6 discussion
News stories
Homework:  Read The Outsiders Chapter 7 and answer these questions:  What did Pony learn from Randy? How did that change how Pony feels about the Socs?

Also for homework:
periods 4 and 6: one half page or more news story about chapter 6, the church fire.
period 5: the lead of the news story: one, two or three sentences telling who, what, when, where and why

Vocabulary Quiz words:
4 and 6: condescending, conformist, convergence, deleterious, digression

5: compensate, compliment, complement, component, comprehensive, comprise

Thursday, October 23

Warmup: Page 56 Holt Handbook exercise 7
Outsiders chapter 5
Adverbs review
Word of the Day: comprise -5, digression - 4,6
Similes and metaphors
Homework: read Chapter 6 of The Outsiders
Study for vocabulary quiz:
4 / 6
condescending, conformist, convergence, deleterious, digression
5
compensate, compliment, complement,component, comprehensive, comprise

Tuesday, October 21

Book Projects are due today!
Warmup: Review verbs with a partner: action and linking, helping verbs and transitive and intransitive verbs. Holt Handbook pages 44-53
Idioms
Verb Quiz
Word of the Day: deleterious (4/6), comprehensive (5)

Homework: Read Chapter 5 of The Outsiders. Answer the following questions with complete sentences: What did they do to their hair in Chapter 5 and why? Why is their hair so important to them?

Friday, October 17

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 69 A and B 1-15; do not write the whole sentence. Follow instructions in the book.

Review warmup

Hear Chapter 4 Outsiders summaries

Discuss Chapter 4

Discuss conflict

Review Verbs

Word of the Day: component (5), convergence (4,6)

Homework: Finish book projects. They are due on Tuesday!

Wednesday, October 15

Warmup
Review homework:  finish verbs - helping, transitive and intransitive
Outsiders Chapter 4
Word of the Day: compliment/;complement (5), conformist (4/6)

Homework: Write a summary of Chapter 4

Friday, October 10

Warmup: Roots biblio (book), bio (life), cent (100), chrono (time)
Vocabulary Quiz 3
Discuss chapter 3 and characterizations
Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives review
Word: compensate (5), condescending (4/6)
Start Verbs: action versus linking
Homework: verbs - Hole handbook page 49 exercise 4 1-10, Write the verb in the sentence and write whether it is action or linking.

Book Projects Due October 25

Wednesday, October 8

*Warmup: Adjectives
Share paragraphs
Discuss intros and conclusions
Direct and indirect characterization discussion, Outsiders
*Words of the Day: commence (5), collaborate (4/6)

*Homework: Read Chapter 3 in The Outsiders and write down (copy straight from the book)three examples of characterization in Chapter 3. Use three different characters. Tell who is being characterized in each example.( Periods 4 and 6: use examples of indirect characterization only.) Please put the page number where each passage or quote comes from.

*Study Vocabulary Words for Quiz!!!

*these items need to be made up if you are absent.

Vocabulary Words for quiz -

4/6
collaborate
circuitous
censure
camaraderie
benevolent

5
commence
coherent
cite/site
category
benefit

Monday, October 6

*Warmup: Roots ambi/amphi (both ways), anthro (man), aqua (water), aud/audit (hear)
Discuss Outsiders Chapter 2 in groups - finding evidence
Finish adjectives
*Word of the Day: coherent (5), circuitous (4/6)
*Homework: Write the paragraph "What I Would Do If I Won a Million Dollars"

• 6-12 sentences
• 3-line heading on left  after the margin line
• title centered on top line
• indent
• one paragraph only
• topic sentence
• details
• concluding sentence
• typed or in ink - hand in a final draft

Thursday, October 2

Agenda -

*Warmup- Brainstorm for new paragraph
Discuss Outsiders Chapter 1 and go over character sketches
Pronouns review
Begin Adjectives (page 36 exercises 7 and 8)
*Word of the Day: 4/6 - censure 5- site and cite

*Homework: Read The Outsiders Chapter 2. Write down any unfamiliar words and their page numbers. Think of and write down two adjectives to describe each of these main characters: Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dally, Johnny, Cherry

* Means that these items need to be made-up if you are absent.

Tuesday, September 30

Pronoun Warmup
Stamp and review pronoun homework
Pronoun cases discussion
Word of the Day: 4/6 - camaraderie; 5- category
The Outsiders - hand out book, book cards, author bio, preliminary discussion
Discuss character sketches

Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Outsiders and (1) write a one-paragraph character sketch of anhy one of the main characters and (2) write down any words that are unfamiliar to you and their page number. You do not need to find the definition.

Friday, September 26

Warmup: Write a paragraph. Topic to be announced
Review instructions for reading project
Word of the day quiz (words listed under September 24 post)
New word of the day: 4,6: benevolent; 5 benefit
Begin pronouns

Homework:
5: Holt Handbook page 41-42. #6-15. Write the pronouns only.
4/6: Find an article in the newspaper, magazine, or internet, of at least three paragraphs. Find all the pronouns and identify the type of pronoun each one is.

Wednesday, September 24 - National Punctuation Day!

Agenda:

Warmup - paragraph writing
Prefix Bingo
Prefix Test on all prefixes 1-37
Begin pronouns

Homework: Study five vocabulary words for quiz on Friday. You need to know the spelling, definition, use in a sentence, part of speech, and the related words we wrote down in class.
4 and 6: anecdote, anonymous, antagonist, arid, assiduous
5: adequate, alternative, ambiguous, analyze, attribute

Monday, September 22

Prefix warmup: super, tele, trans, tri, un
Characterization discussion
Paartner classwork on story
Write in-class paragraph
Word of the Day: analyze (5),arid (4,6)

Homework: Study all 38 prefixes for test on Wednesday.

ALL LATE WORK MUST BE HANDED IN BY WEDNESDAY AT 2 P.M.
ALL QUIZZES MUST BE MADE UP ON MONDAY!!

PLEASE CHECK THE AERIES PORTAL FOR GRADES ON SUNDAY NIGHT; THEY SHOULD BE MOSTLY UP TO DATE THEN. SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

Thursday, September 18

Warmup: Prefixes pro, pseudo, quad, re, sub
Review nouns
Prefix Quiz 1-27
Word of the Day:
5: ambiguous
4/6: antagonist
Discuss paragraph and essay writing
Assign Reading Project #1

Homework : Read in Holt Literature book: "Mother and Daughter"pages 110-114.

All late work must be in by Monday at 3 p.m. All quizzes must also be made up by then.

Tuesday, September 16

Warmup: Next 9 prefixes - 19-27
Word of the Day:
5: alternative
4/6: anonymous
Review homework and review types of nouns
Prefix Bingo

Homework: Study for Prefix test on prefixes 1-27. Same as usual. Know the meaning of the prefix and one sample word (period 5) spelled correctly or two sample words (periods 4 and 6) spelled correctly.

Friday, September 12

Warmup - sentence edits
Vocabulary Quiz 1 - first five words
Word of the day:
5- adequate
4/6 - anecdote
Discuss nouns

Homework:
5: Holt Handbook page 41 1-5 follow directions in book
4/6: Find an article in a newspaper or magazine, or print one out from the Internet. It should be at least three paragraphs. Circle all the abstract nouns and write a summary of the article.

Wednesday, September 10

Daily warmup in Holt Handbook -page 6 exercise 1
Words of the Day: 5: adjacent    4/6: anachronistic
Review warmup
Review homework stores
Prefix quiz

Homework: Study the first five words of the day for a quiz next class
5: accommodate, achieve, acquire, affect, effect, and adjacent
4/6: adulation, adversity, aesthetic, amicable, anachronstic

Monday, September 8

Daily warmup - parts of speech
Word of the Day - 4/6: amicable       5: affect/effect
Discussion about plot
Duffy's Jacket questions

Homework: Write a story with 9 sentences total. In each sentence use one word with a prefix from prefixes 10-18 on your sheet. These are the ones we made sample words from last class. Please use the prefixes in order. So you will uses word with prefix 10 in your first sentence, 11 in your second sentence, etc., until you finish prefix 18.  Study all prefixes 1-18 for a quiz next class.

Thursday, Sept. 4

Agenda for the Day:

Warmup: Look over first 9 prefixes for quiz
Computer Lab: Renaissance Testing
Hand out literature books
Prefixes 10-18
Word of the Day: 4 and 6: aesthetic/ 5: acquire

Homework: Read Holt Literature (big book that you got today) pages 4-6 (about story plots) and the short story "Duffy's Jacket" on pages 7-11.

NOTE: I will be out September 8,10,12, and 16 for my daughter's wedding. The sub is an English teacher I have used many times before (as far as I know she will be the sub) , and she will be teaching the same lessons I would teach if I were there. I have left her all the details.

Tuesday, September 2

Warmup
Assign and go over reading project #1 - due date October 21.
Start prefixes : a/ab, ad, ante, anti, auto, bene, bi, co, contra/counter
Word of the Day #2: adversity (4 and 6), achieve (5)

Homework: Study the first 9 prefixes for a quiz next class. You need to know the meaning of each prefix and sample words for each, spelled correctly:
Periods 4 and 6: two sample words for each
Period 5: One sample word for each.

Thursday, August 28

Daily Agenda:

Warmup
Stamp and review homework
Song Title Exercise
Grammar Nonquiz /review
First word of the day:
periods 4 and 6: adulation
period 5: accommodate

Homework: No homework - have a good weekend!

Tuesday, August 26

Agenda

Warmup
Share homework/collect homework and stamp
Roots lists - discuss suffixes
Make portfolios

Homework:

Holt Handbook Page 2 Diagnostic Preview A, Chapeter 1, 1-10. Identify all fragments and rewrite them by adding words, not taking words away. If it is a sentence, just write "Sentence."
Title of homework on top line is: Holt Handbook page 2, Diagnostic Preview A

Friday, August 22

Daily agenda:

Daily Warmup
Syllabus discussion
Room tour
Books

Homework:

1.About Me: Write a paper about yourself - one to two pages long. Write anything about yourself and/or anything you want me to know about you. Must be typed or in blue or black ink (printing or cursive). Proper heading and title centered on first line. Indent paragraphs. Do not leave extra space between paragraphs. Double space if typed. Due next class.

2. Signed portion of syllabus due next class. (10 points)

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Welcome 7th grade English students! Here is where you will find the daily agenda and homework assignments for your class. Make it a habit to ALWAYS write your homework down in your planner during class, but if you are absent or want to double check, look here.  The current day will be at the top of the list, with the preceding days below it.

Homework will be the same for all B day classes unless it says otherwise.


Wednesday, August 20 Agenda

Daily warmup
Seating for first grading period
Introduction to class/supplies
Getting to know you exercise

Homework Assignment:
Please have all classroom supplies by Friday:
Notebook for English class (spiral one subject)
Pencils (more than one, please; mechanical are fine)
A pen or two: Dark blue or black ink only
Erasers
Binder paper (college ruled is fine)
Binder (not separate for English class, but with a place to keep English class handouts)

Please note that I do not accept homework assignments by e-mail.