Weekly Agendas -
February
Week
1
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Please remember, agendas are flexible and
subject to change.
updated 2/263/10 @ 2:24
p.m.
Week 1
Monday - 2/1
A - B - C - D - E - F
Tuesday - 2/2
F - A - B - C - D - E
- Grammar Safari
- Correct and turn in homework.
- Continue revising a Response to Literature essay on
ACC. Remember to use correct
writing format.
- Talk Town - Grammar
Review .
- Test Thursday on parts of speech -
adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, verbs, nouns,
pronouns, and conjunctions, and interjections. Use the
Grammar
Goodies
to study.
HW:
Parts of Speech Review Worksheet
[PDF]
Wednesday - 2/3
E - F - A - B - C - D
- Grammar Safari
- Correct homework. KEEP.
- Work on final draft of Scrooge essay. correct
writing format. Final draft due
Friday.
HW:
Review for tomorrow's Parts of Speech
test. Use your hand-outs and Grammar
Goodies.
Thursday - 2/4
D - E - F - A - B - C
- Grammar Safari - Turn in.
- Test on Parts of Speech.
- NB #62 - Make a list of ten reading
topics that you would find interesting; for example:
skateboarding, earthquakes, cheerleading, video games,
etc.
- Continue writing Scrooge essay final draft. Due tomorrow.
HW: Finish the
Scrooge essay. Due tomorrow.
Friday - 2/5
D - E - F - A - B - C
- Turn in essay.
- Word Study - Unit
5
- Pretest - Test Date: 2/12
- Practice Sheet - side 1 [PDF]
/ side 2 [printable
web page] and Word Study sheet due 2/12
WEEK
2
Monday - 2/8 - HOLIDAY - No
School
Tuesday - 2/9
- Grammar Safari - Week 19
- NB #63 - Notes on Figurative
Language.
- Do the Figurative Language WS - 1 (side 1 only) [PDF]
HW:
- Complete the back side of the yellow verbs chart
[PDF].
- Finish classwork, if
necessary.
Wednesday - 2/10
- Grammar Safari
- Review home work and class work.
KEEP.
- Notebook Entry #64 - Reading for Information Notes. Write a
definition for FACT and OPINION.
- Review side 1 of the Figurative Language
WS. Complete side 2 [PDF].
HW: Complete Fact vs Opinion
WS - 1 [PDF]
Thursday - 2/11
- Grammar Safari.
- Correct homework. Turn in.
- NB #65 - Lit Book - Read page 604 -605.
Write a definition for each type of evidence mentioned: anecdote,
fact, statistic, example, expert opinion, and interview
quotation.
HW: Unit 5 Word Study and
Practice Sheet - side 1 [PDF]
/ side 2 [printable
web page] due tomorrow. Study for
test.
Friday - 2/12
- Unit 5 Word
Study
- Correct and turn in Unit Word Study and Practice
Sheets
- Test on Unit 5
- Notebook Entry #66 - Cookie Convince Me. At the top of you
paper make a column labeled "Facts" and one labeled "Opinions."
Write 6 facts and six opinions about a cookie. Then write a
paragraph convincing me that your cookie is the best cookie in the
entire world.
HW: Finish NB #66, if necessary
WEEK
3
Monday - 2/15 ~ HOLIDAY - No
School
Tuesday - 2/16
- Grammar Safari - Week 20
- Review Types of Evidence.
- Lit book - Read "Veto on Video Games,"
p. 599 - 600
- On binder paper, make a three column
chart. Label the first column "Paragraph Number," the second
column "Main Idea" and the third column "Type of Evidence." Give
the main idea and type on evidence for each of the nine
paragraphs in the article.
HW: Finish
class work, if necessary. Participles WS - 1 [PDF]
Wednesday - 2/17
- Grammar Safari
- Correct Participles WS - 1. Turn in.
- Review "Veto on Video Games" Chart. Turn in.
- Steps to Writing a Persuasive Essay
[PDF]
Thursday - 2/18
- Grammar Safari - Turn in.
- Review "The Joystick of Learning" WS. KEEP.
- Steps to Writing a Persuasive Essay, continued.
[PDF]
- Step #4 -Write a Thesis
Statement.
- Step #5 - Organize and outline
ideas.
[Click
here to see an example outline.]
HW: "Earthlings
Unite!" WS [PDF]
Friday - 2/19
- Review "Earthlings Unite!" Turn in.
- Types of Essay Introductions and Conclusions.
- Steps to Writing a Persuasive Essay, continued.
[PDF]
- Step #6 - Write the essay - Introduction.
WEEK
4
Monday - 2/22
Tuesday - 2/23
Wednesday - 2/24
Thursday - 2/25
Friday - 2/26
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