Weekly Agendas -
January
Week
1
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Please remember, agendas are flexible and
subject to change.
updated 1/25/12 @ 11:23
a.m.
Week
1
Monday - 1/2 - No School - Winter
Break
Tuesday - 1/3 - No School - Winter
Break
Wednesday -
1/4
F - A - B - C - D - E
Thursday -
1/5
E - F - A - B - C - D
- Review Stave 2.
- Notebook Entry
#42 - What Scrooge Learns in
Stave 2 - Cause/Effect Chart (Note: If you're absent, copy
someone's chart when you return.)
- Turn your paper lengthwise and make a
chart like the one shown below.
- Summarize what Scrooge sees in each
scene of Stave 2 and what he learns, realizes, or understands
as he watches each scene.
- Then, at the top of the paper write a
sentence that summarizes the stave - The Ghost of Christmas
Past helps Scrooge realize that . . .
.
Friday - 1/6
E - F - A - B - C - D
- Start reading ACC - Stave
3.
- Work on ACC - Stave 3 Vocabulit
[PDF].
Due Monday.
Week
2
Monday - 1/9
D - E - F - A - B - C
- Grammar Safari - Week 17: Identification and Usage of
Verbs
- Correct and turn in ACC - Stave 3
Vocabulit.
- Continue reading ACC - Stave
3.
HW:
Complete the Verbs Chart
[PDF]
.
Tuesday - 1/10
C - D - E - F - A - B
- Grammar Safari
- Review Verbs Chart. Put into Yellow English Folder.
- Notebook Entry
#43
- ACC Thinkables -Write a
short paragraph response (1/2 page for each) to each of the
following statements:
- Family is more important than
money.
- It is better to give than to receive.
- Continue reading ACC - Stave
3.
HW: Verbs WS - 1
[PDF].
Wednesday -
1/11
B - C - D - E - F - A
- Grammar Safari
- Correct Verbs WS - 1. Turn in.
- Finish reading ACC - Stave 3.
- Complete Stave 3 Story Questions [PDF].
Due Friday.
- HW: Complete
Vocaublit - Stave 4/5 - Exercise 1 and 2 A's
only [PDF].
Thursday - 1/12
A - B - C - D - E - F
- Grammar Safari - Turn in.
- Review Stave 3.
- Review Stave 4/5 Vocabulit
definitions.
- Work on Stave 4/5 Vocabulit - Part 2
[PDF].
Due tomorrow.
- Finish answering Stave 3 Story Questions
[PDF].
Use A
Christmas Carol
online to help you, if necessary.
Due tomorrow.
HW: Stave 4/5
Vocabulit [PDF]
and Stave 3 Story Questions [PDF]
are due tomorrow.
Friday -
1/13
A - B - C - D - E - F
- Review and turn in Stave 3 Story
Questions.
- Correct and turn in Stave 4/5
Vocabulit.
- Notebook Entry
#44 - Lessons from the Spirit of
the Past - Make a two column chart. On the left side, make a list
of the things Scrooge sees as he travels with the spirit in Stave
3. In the right column, explain what Scrooge learns or realizes as
he watches these things.
Week
3
Monday - 1/16 - No School - Martin
Luther King's Birthday
Tuesday -
1/17
F - A - B - C - D - E
- Grammar Safari - Week 18 - Identify
adverbs and use them correctly in a sentence. Review
verbs.
- Notebook Entry #45 -
Predictions for Stave 4
- Part I: Write a prediction (short paragraph) of what you
think Scrooge will see and learn as he travels with the Ghost
of Christmas Yet to Come in Stave 4 of ACC.
- Part II: If a spirit were to come to you and take you to
see scenes from your future, what are three scenes that you
think you would see together?
- Read ACC - Stave 4.
HW:
Verbs WS - 2 [PDF]
Wednesday -
1/18
E - F - A - B - C - D
- Grammar Safari
- Correct homework. Turn in.
- Continue reading Stave 4.
- Notebook Entry #46 -
Traveling with the Spirits - If you could travel with one of the
spirits -- past, present, or future -- which one would you choose?
Write a paragraph (minimum 1/2 page) explaining the reasons for
your choice.
HW:
Verbs-Adverbs WS -
[Side
1] / [Side
2] (Be sure to print-out both
sides!)
Thursday -
1/19
D - E - F - A - B - C
- Grammar Safari - Turn in.
- Correct homework. Turn in.
- Finish reading ACC - Stave 4
HW:
ACC Figurative Language -
Staves 3 & 4 [PDF]
Friday -
1/20
D - E - F - A - B - C
- Correct homework. Turn in.
- Review ACC - Stave 4.
- Notebook Entry #47 -
Make a two column chart. On the left side,
summarize what Scrooge sees as he travels with the spirit in Stave
4. In the right column, summarize what Scrooge learns,
understands, or realizes as he travels with the
phantom.
Week
4
Monday - 1/23
C - D - E - F - A - B
- Grammar Safari - Week 19: Identifying
conjunctions and interjections.
- Read and review ACC - Stave
5.
- Notebook Entry #48 -
Make a list of the things that
Scrooge does in Stave 5 (the book!) that show us that he's a
changed man.
You can read A
Christmas Carol
online to help you.
- Finish NB #47 from Friday, if
necessary.
HW:
Notebook Entry
#49 - Write a paragraph
discussing your interpretation of the theme of A Christmas
Carol. Consider Scrooge's transformation. What do you think
Dickens is saying about the way people should live their lives?
What mght Dickens be saying about how we should treat others?
Minimum 1/2 page. Notebook Entris #41 - 50 will be due at the end
of the period tomorrow.
Tuesday -
1/24
B - C - D - E - F - A
- Grammar Safari
- Introduction on how to write a Response to Literature essay
for A Christmas Carol. Steps
to Writing a Response to Literature - handout.
- Notebook Entry #50 -
ACC Story Background Information - Answer the following
questions about A Christmas Carol.
- 1. What is the title of the story?
- 2. Who is the author?
- 3. Where and when does the story take place? (setting)
- 4. Who is the main character? (First and last name)
- 5. What problem is he facing? (conflict)
- 6. In two to three sentences tell me what the story is
about. (story summary)
- 7. Write a thesis statement for the introductory paragraph.
If you need help, rewrite the following sentence, filling in
the blanks with character trait words:
In the beginning of the story, Scrooge was _____ and _____,
but after being visited by the three Spirits, he learns that
___________ and by the end of the story he has become more
_____ and _____.
- Turn in Notebook Entries #41 - 50.
- ACC Figurative Language - Stave 5
[PDF].
Due Friday.
HW: Adverbs WS
- 1 [PDF].
Due tomorrow.
Wednesday -
1/25
A - B - C - D - E - F
Thursday -
1/26
F - A - B - C - D - E
Friday -
1/27
D - E - F - A - B - C
Please
go to February Agendas for January 30 & 31.
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