Week 1

Monday - 3/1
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 21
• Finish notes for NB #68.
• Tech Town - Learning about Idioms [PDF]
  HW: Review Notebook Entries #67 & #68 for tomorrow's STAR writing test. Get a good night's sleep. Eat a healthy, high protein breakfast in the morning.

Tuesday - 3/2 - STAR WRITING TEST TODAY
D - E - F- A - B - C

Periods D, F, A & B

• Grammar Safari
• Grammar Book -
  • Read page 98. Do the following exercises. Write out the entire sentence. Underline the particples that are being used as adjectives. Draw an arrow to the words being modified by the particple.
    • Exercise 7, p. 99, #1 - 5
    • Exercise 8, p. 99 -100, #1-5
  • Read page 100. Do the following exercises. Write out the entire sentence. Underline the participial phrases. Draw an arrow to the words being modified by the participial phrase.
    • Exercise 9, p. 100 - 101, #1-5
    • Exercise 10, p. 101 - 105, pick five
  • Read page 236. Do Exercise 6, p. 236 - 237, #1 - 5. Follow the book directions.

  HW: Finish class work.

Period E

HW: Grammar Book -

• Read page 98. Do Exercise 8, p. 99 -100, #1-5. Write out the entire sentence. Underline the particples that are being used as adjectives. Draw an arrow to the words being modified by the particple.
• Read page 99. Do Exercise 9, p. 100 - 101, #1 - 5. Write out the entire sentence. Underline the participial phrase and draw an arrow to the wod being modified.
• Read page 236. Do Exercise 6, p. 236 - 237, #1 - 5. Write out the entire sentence. Underline the participial phrase and draw an arrow to the word being modified.

Wednesday - 3/3
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Correct grammar assignment. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #69. Do a Quick Write (about 3/4 page) in which you evaluate how you did on the STAR writing test. How did you like the prompt? Did you feel prepared? What do you think you did well? What would you do differently if you were given the chance?
• Tech Town - Finish Learning About Idioms worksheet.
  HW: Redo "A Christmas Carol and You" article questions, if necessary.

Thursday - 3/4
B - D - C - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Turn in
• Turn in homework.
• Notebook Entry # 70 - Notes on Evaluating Evidence. Note: Notebook Entries #61 - 70 will be due next Tuesday.
  • Read "The Triple A's of Evidence," on page 467 - 468. Write the definition for the terms adequate, accurate, and appropriate in relation to the evaluation of evidence.
  • Read Lit Book - page 463. Write the definition for the terms stereotype and bias.
  • Read Lit Book - page 261. Write the definition for subjective and objective writing.
• Complete Matching Idioms WS [PDF]

  HW: Finish Matching Idioms WS [PDF] TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN MISSING WORK FOR THE 3RD QUARTER.

Friday - 3/5
B - D - C - E - F - A

• Review the Matching Idioms WS. Turn in.
• Word Study - Unit 6
  • Pretest; Test Date 3/12
  • Practice Sheet due 3/12 [PDF]

Week 2

Monday - 3/8
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Week 22
• Tech Town - Finish Learning About Idioms WS [PDF], if necessary.
  HW: Do Infinitives WS - 1 [PDF]. Notebook Entries #61 - 70 due tomorrow.

Tuesday - 3/9
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Infinitives WS - 1. Turn in.
• Review Learning About Idioms WS - Turn in.
• Review NB #70. Turn in Notebook Entries #61 - 70.
• Lit Book - Read "Find Sources," read page 634 - 635
• Notebook Entry #71 - Copy the Works Cited page found in the Lit Book on page 647 exactly as written.
  HW: Do Infinitives WS - 2 [PDF]. 3rd Quarter Independent Reading Logs due tomorrow. Must have parent signature.

Wednesday - 3/10
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari
• Turn in Independent Reading Logs.
• Correct Infinitives WS - 2. Turn in.
• Learn about how to cite sources using MLA Format [PDF].
• Complete Unscrambling Bibliography WS [PDF]
  HW: Do Phrases Review WS [PDF] . Review for tomorrow's test on participial, infinitive, and prespositional phrases. Finish class work, if necessary.

Thursday - 3/11
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari - turn in
• Correct Phrases Review WS.
• Test on Participial, Infinitive, and Prepositional Phrases.
• Review Unscrambling Bibliography WS [PDF] - Turn in.
• Read the story "Troubled" [PDF]. Answer the story questions. [PDF]
  HW: Unit 6 - Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF] due tomorrow. Study for the Unit 6 test. R5 Response Logs due tomorrow.

Friday - 3/12 - ToDAY IS ThE LAST DaY OF 3RD QuARTEr!
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Turn in R5 Response Logs
• Turn in "Troubled"
• Word Study - Unit 6
  • Correct Practice Sheet [PDF] Turn in with Word Study Sheet.
  • Test on Unit 6.

Week 3

Monday - 3/15
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 23
• Lit Book - Read "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall," p. 257 - 260
• Turn a piece of binder paper landscape style, and make a four column chart. Label the first column "Section." Label the second column "Main Idea." Label the third column "Evidence." Label the fourth column "Type of Evidence." Fill in the columns for each of the eight sections in the article. See the example below.

HW: Finish class work, if necessary.

Tuesday - 3/16
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari
• Review "Mirror, Mirror." Take Test Practice on page 260.
• Notebook Entry #72 - Lit Book - Read page 62 - "Structure of a Newspaper Article." Write notes/ definitions for all the terms written in bold print: purpose, inverted pyramid style, summary lead, main idea, headline, subhead, byline, dateline, lead, tone.
  HW: Grammar Book - Read pages 6 - 7. Do Exercise 2, p. 7. Write the sentences. Underline the complete subject. Circle the simple subject.

Wednesday - 3/17
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Watch video "Self-Image: The Fantasy, The Reality." Take notes on the study guide [PDF].
  HW: Complete Reading for Information worksheet [ PDF]

Thursday - 3/18
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - turn in.
• Review video notes and Reading for Information WS. Turn in.
• Read article "Oh, the Things They'll Do" [PDF] . We'll finish completing the article assignment on Monday.
  HW: Subjects WS - 1 [PDF] / [PDF] . Due next Monday.

Friday - 3/19
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Word Study - Unit 7
  • Pretest - Test Date 3/26
  • Practice Sheet [PDF] & Word Study Sheet due 3/26

Week 4

Monday - 3/22
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Correct Subjects WS. Turn in.
• Read article "Oh, the Things They'll Do." Complete worksheet. [PDF]
• Notebook Entry #73 - Write a brief summary of the article. Be sure to include a topic sentence and transitional words and phrases to connect ideas.
  HW: Grammar Book - Do Ex. B, p. 21 - 22. Write out the sentence. Underline the complete subject once. Circle the simple subjects.

Tuesday - 3/23
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Healthy Kids Survey
  HW: Read article "Guys Have Body Issues, Too" [PDF] and answer questions. Due Thursday.

Wednesday - 3/24
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 24
• Review "Oh, the Things They'll Do" Turn in.
• Correct Grammar Book Exercise B, p. 21 - 22. KEEP.
  HW: Finish article "Guys Have Body Issues, Too" [PDF] and answer questions.

Thursday - 3/25
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Correct homework.Turn in.
• Powerpoint presentation on Common Advertising Techniques.
• NB #74 - Write down the name of each advertising technique and some notes to help you remember what it is.
  HW: On the Grammar Book Exercise B, p. 21 - 22 that was due yesterday, underline the complete predicate once. Circle the verb or verb phrase. Unit 7 Practice Sheet [PDF] and Word Study Sheet are due tomorrow. Study for tomorrow's test.

Friday - 3/26
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Word Study - Unit 7
  • Correct Practice Sheet [PDF] - turn in with Word Study Sheet
  • Test on Unit 7
• Correct grammar exercise. Turn in.

Week 5

Monday - 3/29
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Week 25
• NB #74 (continued) - Write down the name of each advertising technique and some notes to help you remember what it is Common Advertising Techniques.
• Ad Analysis WS [PDF] - due tomorrow.
  HW: Predicates WS - 1 [PDF] / [PDF]

Tuesday - 3/30
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Predicates WS. Turn in.
• Tech Town - Media and You Web Trip. [PDF]
  HW: Grammar Book - Read p. 13 and p. 15. Do Exercise 11, p. 16-17. Write out the complete sentence. Underline the subjects once. Underline the verbs twice. Put parentheses around the prepostional phrases.

Wednesday - 3/31
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari
• Review Ad Analysis WS. Turn in.
• Tech Town - Media and You Web Trip. [PDF]
  HW: Subjects / Predicates WS - 1 [PDF] / [PDF]. Additional instructions: Underline the the complete subjects once. Underline the complete predicates twice. Circle the simple subjects and verbs.

Thursday - 4/1
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct grammar assignments. Turn in.
• Preview PSA Project
• Tech Town - Media and You Web Trip. [PDF]
  HW: If you did not finish Media and You Web Trip. [PDF], please complete it. For the PSA assignment, cut out words, phrases, and images from magazines that you can use on a poster advertising positive images and a healthy lifestyle. We'll be making the poster after the break. Have a nice Spring Break!

Friday - 4/2 - NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK STARTS

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