This Week: August 31- September 4

Monday, August 31:
Finish Characterization Group Activity
Vocabulary Ex. II and IV
Homework: Vocabulary Exercises if not finished in class;
Pre-AP only: Character and Theme Journals Due tomorrow!
Study for Vocabulary Lesson Eleven Test Tomorrow
Parents: We will begin reading The Outsiders on Wednesday. Students should have a copy of the novel.

Tuesday, September 1:
Vocabulary Test
The Outsiders: Pre-reading Questions
Reading Strategy: Previewing, making predictions
Homework: Pre-reading Questions if not finished in class

Wednesday, September 2:
Begin reading The Outsiders
Reading Strategy: Making connections to a text

Thursday, September 3:
Read: The Outsiders
Reading Strategy: Making connections to a text

Friday, September 4:
Read: The Outsiders

This Week: August 24-28

Monday, August 24:
Kick-Off- Subjects, predicates, action and linking verbs
Vocabulary: Using vocabulary words in context
Pre-AP Homework: Word Wall

Tuesday, August 25:
Kick-Off- Subjects, predicates, action and linking verbs
Review last week’s Kick-Off Quiz
Review yesterday’s vocabulary activity
Pre-AP: Begin literature and writing activity on close reading and characterization: Ender’s Game Selection
Pre-AP Homework: The Outsiders must be read by Friday!

Wednesday, August 26:
Kick-Off- Subjects, predicates, action and linking verbs
Ender’s Game selection: Close reading and characterization activity
Pre-AP: Laying the Foundations Activity (continuation of yesterday’s activity)-
“Postmortem of a Protagonist”

Thursday, August 27:
Kick-Off- Subjects, predicates, action and linking verbs
Grammar Practice
Homework: Grammar workbook pp. 79-80

Friday, August 28:
Kick-Off Quiz
“Post- Mortem of a Protagonist” Characterization activity
Pre-AP: Reading Check
By Friday all students should have a copy of The Outsiders
By Friday, Pre-AP students should have read The Outsiders

This Week: August 17-21

Tentative schedule for next week:

Monday, August 17:
Vocabulary: Begin first vocabulary lesson. (Lesson Eleven)
Write vocabulary words and definitions in binder.
Begin Lesson 11 mini-wordwall.
Homework: Complete mini-wordwall

Tuesday, August 18:
Literature and Writing:
Analyzing a Visual Text: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Today and tomorrow, we will use a visual text (the painting—Landscape with the Fall of Icarus) to practice finding an author’s purpose through the use of details. We will also use the painting to practice writing an expository paragraph in which we make an assertion about the theme of the work and we back up our assertion with concrete evidence and commentary. We will read the Greek Myth of Icarus and a poem by William Carlos Williams (with the same title as the painting).
This exercise will include:
Analyzing a visual text
Recognizing “mood”
Identifying a myth
Expository writing and creative writing
Understanding “theme”
(We will add the vital info to our "Weekly Notes"

Wednesday, August 19:
See above

Thursday, August 20:
Grammar practice: Subjects, predicates, and sentences.
Homework in Grammar Workbook (pg TBA)

Friday, August 21:
Turn in Kick-Offs
Kick-Off Quiz
Complete About Me grammar review posters.

This Week: August 12-14

Wednesday, August 12:
Introduction to the Class
Class Rules, Expectations
Homework: Bring magazines, stickers, and/or pictures for our "About Me" Grammar Review mini-posters.

Thursday, August 13:
Finish Class Introductions
Discuss Class Procedures, Kick-Offs, Vocabulary, Weekly Notes, Friday Quizzes, and Blog
Review nouns, verbs, adjectives
Homework: Bring magazines, stickers, and/or pictures for our "About Me" Grammar Review mini-posters.

Friday, August 14:
Create "About Me" Grammar Review Posters

Welcome Back

First Day of School : August 12