April
Regular
*Schedules are flexible and subject to change.*
Monday, April 1, 2013- Friday, April 5, 2013
Spring Break
Monday, April 8, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Spring Break
Monday, April 8, 2013
- Bellringer- week 13
- Finish reading Speak
- Review for test tomorrow
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
- Bellringer- week 13
- Speak test
- Begin Agreement Unit: Language books pg. 510 complete the Diagnostic Preview.
- Discuss and collect
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- Bellringer- week 13
- Vocabulary Unit 4 Pretest [PDF]
- Speak movie
Thursday, April 11, 2013
- Bellringer- week 13
- Finish watching Speak movie
Friday, April 12, 2013
- Bellringer- week 13
- Subject/Verb Agreement: pg. 512 Exercise 1 (as a class) and complete Exercise 2-3 individually
- Review and collect
- Discuss introductions- what needs to be included? What should not be included?
- Look over new writing assessments.
- With a partner, write an interesting introduction to the sample prompt given.
- Groups share essays with the class.
Monday, April 15, 2013
- Bellringer- week 14
- Read pages 382-390 in Elements of Language textbooks.
- Complete guided notes while reading [PDF]
- Context Clues Practice 1 [PDF] (This is HW if not completed in class.)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
- Bellringer- week 14
- Review introduction guided notes
- Check Context Clues Practice 1 WS
- Complete Exercises 4 & 5 on page 518 in Language books.
- As a class, play Password using words from Unit 4 as a review for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
- Bellringer- week 14
- Check Vocabulary
- Vocabulary Unit 4 Quiz
- Second Formative Assessment
- Context Clues 2 [PDF] Extra Credit
Thursday, April 18, 2013
- Bellringer- week 14
- New textbooks (Yay!) Read pages 444-448
- View background video (about 4 minutes)
- "The Spider and the Wasp" pg. 463-470.
- In small groups, complete "Critical Thinking" on page 470 using textual evidence to support your responses.
Friday, April 19, 2013
- Bellringer- week 14
- Complete yesterday's assignment.
- Inductive and Deductive Reasoning graphic organizer over "The Spider and the Wasp"
- Read "Keep Memory Alive" pg. 451-544
- Complete speech packet (includes Literary Analysis WS and Open Book Test WS)
Monday, April 22, 2013
- Bellringer- week 15
- What do we know about the Holocaust? Discussion.
- Begin reading Night chapter 1; Chapter Summaries need to be written after we read in class! [PDF]
- EOC Practice Test in purple wkbks
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- Bellringer- week 15
- Complete yesterday's EOC practice test
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Bellringer- week 15
- Vocabulary Unit 4.2 Pretest [PDF]
- Read Night chapter 1
- Practice Test Evaluation
Thursday, April 25, 2013
- Bellringer- week 15
- Purple EOC books- Chapter 6: Text Organization. Complete pages 111-124
- Discuss chapter summaries [PDF]
- Continue reading Night chapter 2-3
Friday, April 26, 2013
- Bellringer- week 15
- Purple EOC books- Chapter 6: Text Organization. Complete pages 124-134
- Read Night
Monday, April 29, 2013
- Bellringer- week 16
- Purple EOC books- Chapter 12: Resource Materials and Presentations pages 259-269
- Continue reading Night chapters 2-4
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
- Bellringer- week 16
- Purple EOC books- Chapter 12: Resource Materials and Presentations pages 269-279
- Continue reading Night
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- Bellringer- week 16
- Read chapters 3-4 of Night (we're behind!)
- Review vocabulary. Collect Practice Sheets.
- Vocabulary Unit 4.2 Quiz
Thursday, May 2, 2013
- Bellringer- week 16
- Night chapter 4. Complete reading questions [PDF] and chapter summary.
- Begin Elie and Oprah visit Auschwitz video
Friday, May 3, 2013
- Bellringer- week 16
- Finish watching Elie and Oprah visit Auschwitz