This Week: September 29 - October 3

Monday, September 29:
Quiz/ reading check: The Outsiders Ch. 1 and 2
Read Ch. 3
Homework: Finish reading Ch. 3

Tuesday, September 30:
Review Verbs Lessons 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Action Verbs, Direct Objects, and Indirect Objects
Lesson 10.4 Linking Verbs and Predicate Words
Homework: pg. 404 (11-20); pg 406 ex. 7 (1-20)

Wednesday, October 1:
Read The Outsiders: Ch. 4

Thursday, October 2:
Review for Grammar Quiz (Lessons 10.1-10.4)
Action Verbs, Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Linking Verbs, and Predicate Words
Homework: Review for Quiz- pg. 420 ex. 2 (1-10) pg. 421 all

Friday, October 3:
Grammar Quiz! (Lessons 10.1,10.2, 10.3, 10.4)
The Outsiders Vocabulary

This Week: September 22-26

Monday, September 22:
Read The Outsiders Ch. 2
Sticky notes- making connections to the text
Homework: None!

Tuesday, September 23:
Verbs (Ch. 10: Lessons 1, 2, 3)
Homework: pg. 400 ex.2 (1-10); pg 402 ex.3 (1-10) pg. 404 ex.5 (1-10)

Wednesday, September 24:
The Outsiders: Complete Circle Thinking Map
Finish Ch. 2
Homework: Complete worksheet with character charts on Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry; complete charts comparing Greasers and Socs

Thursday, September 25
Verbs: 10.4 and 10.5
Classwork: Pg. 406 (1-20); pg. 408 (1-20)
Homework: None…Happy Homecoming!

Friday, September 26:
Discuss comparison charts;
Read The Outsiders: Chapters 3 and 4
Homework: None

This Week: September 15-19

Monday, September 15:
In-Class Persuasive Essay
Homework: None

Tuesday, September 16:
Re-read Martin Luther King speech as a class; turn in annotation for classwork grade
Nouns 9.5, 9.6
Homework: pg. 388 ex.10 (16-20); pg. 390 ex. 11 (1-10)

Wednesday, September 17:
Quiz on Persuasive writing notes
Begin reading The Outsiders!
Homework: None

Thursday, September 18:
Review for Quiz
Homework: pg. 396 (11-25) and study for quiz

Friday, September 19:
Nouns Grammar Quiz
Read The Outsiders
Homework: None

Monday, September 8
Complete Group Poster project on literature from Unit One.
Check for understanding of genres of literature, fiction/nonfiction, author’s purpose, sequence of events, unstated intent- “Why Read?”

No Homework

Tuesday, September 9
Begin Grammar Ch. 9- Nouns
9.1 Identifying Nouns, common and proper, abstract and concrete
9.2 Compound Nouns, making nouns plural

Homework: pg. 380 (Ex. 1: 1-10) and (Ex. 2: 1-5); pg. 382 Ex 4 (11-20)—write sentences for 16-20

Wednesday, September 10
Persuasive Writing- activity and notes
Preparation for in-class essay

Homework: Brainstorm/ Pre-writing for in-class essay on Why Read? Create an outline to bring to class Monday when we write out in-class persuasive essay.

Thursday, September 11
Nouns: 9.3 Possessive Nouns
9.4- Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions

Homework: pg. 384 Ex. 6 (11-20); pg. 386 Ex. 8 (11-20)

CCMS vs. Hewitt... Go Cougars!

Friday, September 12
Complete Persuasive Writing activity:
Identifying rhetoric in Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech!
Review example persuasive essay outline.

Homework- no homework if you did Wednesday's homework already-- If not, prepare your outline to bring to class on Monday!

This Week: September 2-5

Monday: Labor Day—No School!

Tuesday:
Introduction to Persuasive Writing
pp. 258-261
Read about Dr. Benjamin Carson and his persuasive writing and speaking techniques.
Brainstorm about why persuasive writing is used.

Homework: Getting started: “Persuasive Writing Worksheet” (front and back) —students follow steps provided on worksheet to plan and write a persuasive paragraph on an issue of their own choosing.

Wednesday:
Finish group discussion questions on “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote.”
Read and discuss “Suzy and Leah” (finally!)
Discussion Questions
Persuasive writing group activity

Homework: None

Thursday:
Persuasive writing continued:
Optional- students read aloud persuasive paragraphs written for homework on Tuesday
Persuasion in advertising—group activity

Homework: none!

Friday:
Gather evidence for in-class Persuasive Essay on Monday… “Why Read?”
Groups will each be assigned one of the selections of literature we have read. Each group will create a poster displaying the title, genre of literature, author's purpose, and sequence of events for that selection. Groups will also include how the story answers our big question..."Why Read?"

Homework: (Optional to help prepare for in-class essay) Read one selection from Unit 1 of our literature books that we have not read in-class. Make notes on what this selection says to the question “Why Read?” (Unit 1 is pp. 5-120)