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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...

No backpacks! Surprise! Wednesday - periods 1,2 Thursday - period 4. 5 Friday- periods 3, 6

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

7th grade awards - See you there! Fun Day - Make sure all your books are in including library books!

Movie - Animal Farm Class Awards

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

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

Vocab quiz Roots Practice (Usage lesson 244-245) Book wrap-ups Collect books Homework: Study for roots test next class!!!

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 219 1-10 Collect books word of the Day: Wary Pronoun cases Chapter 10 Literature circles Start pronouns Hom...

Warmup: roots vers and vert (turn) and vit/viv (live) Troublesome verbs and verb quiz Literature circles: government and laws Collect Hol...

Tentative agenda: Warmup in Holt Handbook Review tenses and active/passive voice Word of the Day: venerable (4/6), thesis (5) Rea...

Roots: thermo (heat) var (different) Being talking about verbs 174-185 Literature circles discussion Word of the Day: transient, all ...

Review agreement for quiz Agreement quiz Clean out portfolios and write reflection Word of the day: tenacious (4/6), valid (5) Homew...

Finish Agreement and review Vocab quiz periods 5 and 6 Words of the day: surreptitious (4/6), theory (5) Book discussion: point of view a...

Warmup: roots terra (land) and theo (God) Word of the Day: substantiate (4/6), Roots test Agreement to page 160 Homework: Reading 4: Wri...

Warmup - HH page 147  11-20 Discuss agreement to page 155 Book discussion Homework: Study for roots test and  vocabulary quiz: Vocab: 4/...

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

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 274 exercise 3 Book discussions Word of the day spurious (4/6), significant (5) Homework: Reading #2. Write on...

Roots Warmup: stat  (stand), strict (tighten), syn/sym (together) Word of the Day: spontaneity (4/6), sequence (5) Utopia, dystopia discus...

Warmup Finish Punctuation Vocabulary Quiz Word of the Day: scrutinize (4/6), respond (5) Homework: Study punctuation in Chapter 15 for ...

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