Week 1

Monday - 10/5
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 7
• Return and file Notebook Entries #1 - 20. Save NB # 18 & 19 with your English class notes and hand-outs.
• Read play - The Frog Prince, or Iron Henry .
• Notebook Entry #27. Create a plot outline of the story. The outline should include:
  • Basic Situation: characters, setting, and conflict
  • Series of events
  • Climax
  • Resolution

  HW: Finish the plot outline, if necessary. Redo last week's Grammar Safari, if required.

Tuesday - 10/6
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Review Notebook Entry #27.
• Read A Frog Prince.
• Notebook Entry #28 - A Frog Prince Predictions - As we read the story, I will stop along the way and ask you to make predictions about what's going to happen. If you're absent, write a page about a topic of your choice.
  HW: Punctuating Titles WS [ PDF ]

Wednesday - 10/7
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Punctuating Titles WS. Turn in.
• Learn about - Theme in Literature
• Create Plot Outline [PDF] for A Frog Prince.
  HW: Quotation Marks Review WS - [PDF]

Thursday - 10/8
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - turn in.
• Correct Quotation Marks Review WS. Turn in.
• Review A Frog Prince plot outline. Turn in.
• Introduction on how to write a story summary.
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary.

Friday - 10/9 - TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE, ABSENT, OR REDO WORK for FIRST QUARTER.
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Unit 3 Word Study.
  • Pretest - Test Date - 10/13
  • Practice Sheet [PDF] due - 10/13
  • Practice Your Words with the Unit 3 Quizlet

Week 2

Monday - 10/12
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Notebook Entry #29 - Summary of The Frog Prince, or Iron Henry . Use the plot outline for Notebook Entry #27 to write a summary for the story. Follow the steps outlined on the how to write a story summary handout you received last week. Follow these writing guidelines:
  • Use blue or black ink only.
  • Write on one side of the paper only.
  • Skip lines.
  • Leave a 1" inch margin along both edges of the page.

  HW: Grammar Book - Do Exercise B, page 343 - 344, #11 - 20. Write the sentences correctly. Three of the sentences are correct and do not need to be written.

Tuesday - 10/13
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Correct grammar exercise. Turn in.
• Read aloud - The Frog Prince, Continued
• Fairy Tale Assignment [PDF]
• Notebook Entry #30 - Fairy Tale Brainstorming Session - Write down a list of possible fairy tale ideas you might want to try. You should have at least five. Put a star next to the one you like the best.
• Story Planning - On a piece of binder paper, create a plot outline for your story.
  • Create a Basic Situation: Who will be the characters? What will be the setting -- where and when will the story take place? What will be the main conflict or problem?
  • Create a plot outline with a series of no more than five events, climax, and resolution.

  HW: Finish your plot outline. First Quarter Independent Reading Logs are due tomorrow. Each book entry must have a parent signature.

Wednesday - 10/14
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Test Review . Here are the questions that will be on the test:
  • Write a declarative sentence that includes the title of a song.
  • Write an interrogative sentence that includes a poem, article or chapter title.
  • Write an exclamatory sentence that includes the title of a magazine.
  • Write an imperative sentence that includes the title of a book.
  • Write a peice of dialogue that uses an introductory dialogue tag.
  • Write a peice of dialogue that uses an interrupting dialogue tag.
  • Write a peice of dialogue that uses a concluding dialogue tag.
  • Explain each of the three parts of a basic situation in a story.
  • Explain climax, resolution, and theme.
• Turn in Independent Reading Logs.
• Review and share fairy tale plot outlines.
• Start writing the first draft of your fairy tale.
  HW: Notebook Entries #21 - 30 are due tomorrow. Review for tomorrow's test on sentence types, capitalization, and use of quotation marks.

Thursday - 10/15
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Turn in Notebook Entries #21 - 30.
• Test on Sentence Types, Capitalization, and Use of Quotation Marks.
• Finish your fairy tale first draft. Plot outline and first draft due tomorrow.
  HW: Unit 3 Word Study and Practice Sheets [PDF] due tomorrow. Study for Unit 3 test. Use the Unit 3 Quizlet to help you review.

Friday - 10/16 - LAST DAY OF FIRST QUARTER
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Turn in Fairy Tale first draft and plot outline.
• Unit 3 Word Study.
  • Turn in Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF].
  • Take Unit 3 test.

Week 3

Monday - 10/19
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 8
• Read "Characterization" in Lit.Book, p. 106 - 107.
• Notebook Entry #31 - Character Traits Sort Activity - Make a two column chart. Label the left side Positive Character Traits. Label the right side Negative Character Traits. Sort your character trait words into two piles and write them on your paper. (For absent students, make a list of twenty words that would describe someone's personality; for example: happy, sad, friendly, etc.)
  HW: Grammar Book - Exercise 2, p. 26 - 27. Follow the book directions.

Tuesday - 10/20
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari
• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #32 - Invent-a-Character Assignment. Do this if you were absent: Find the picture of some anonymous person in a magazine (don't pick someone you recognize.) Use your imagination to make up information about your character. Answer the questions below. If a question has ** behind it, answer using complete sentences.
  • 1. What is your character's first and last name?
  • 2. Describe what you character looks like.**
  • 3. Desribe where you character lives.**
  • 4. Describe an action you might see him/her doing.**
  • 5. Write two direct quotations of what you character might actually say.**
  • 6. Write two sentences that tell us what the character is thinking or feeling.**
  • 7. Write two direct quotation that other characters might say about your character. **
  • 8. Write two additional sentences that tell us something about this character.**
  • 9. List three character trait words that describe him/her.

  HW: Characters You Should Know WS [PDF]

Wednesday - 10/21
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #33 - Notes on Methods of Characterization
• Notebook Entry #34 - Partner Dialogue. You are going to write a dialogue between the character you created yesterday and another character in class. Write the basic situation at the top of your paper: setting (time and place) and conflict (problem the characters are having) and character (character names.)
  
  If you were absent, you need to write a dialogue/script between two characters. One of the characters will be the one you created from the picture in NB #32. The other character can be anyone you want. Decide on a basic situation for your scene. At the top of your paper write: the characters' first and last names, a setting where the conversation will take place, and a problem the two characters will discuss. Then create a script of the two characters talking back and forth. Write a minimum of five lines for each character.

  HW: Nouns WS - 1 [PDF]

Thursday - 10/22
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - turn in
• Return and log-in fairy tales and other writing.
• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Character Description & Dialogue Writing Assignment - Using notebook entries #33 & #34. You are going to write a descrption of the character you invented for NB #33 and the dialogue you wrote for NB #34.
  • On binder paper start with a brief description of the setting of the conversation.
  • Next, write a detailed description of your character's appearance. You might want to start at the top and work your way down to the feet.
  • The description should lead into the character conversation that you wrote for NB #33. The conversation should include at least ten lines of dialogue (about five lines for each character) written in paragraph form. Remember to add descriptive dialogue tags, proper punctuation and capitalization.
  • Follow the Writing Guidelines: skip lines, blue/black ink, 1" margins, one side only
  • You can see two examples here.

  HW: Finish class work.

Friday - 10/23
F - A - B - C - D - E

•  Unit 4 Word Study.
  • Pretest - Test Date - 10/30
  • Practice Sheet [PDF] due - 10/30
  • Practice Your Words with the Unit 4 Quizlet

Week 4

Monday - 10/26
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 9
• Lit Book - Read "Duffy's Jacket," p. 6
• Notebook Entry #35 - "Duffy's Jacket" - Predictions - Look over the story and make two predictions about the story before you start reading. As you read the story, stop at the three in-text prediction questions and write a response.
  HW: Rewrite the Character Description & Dialogue Writing Assignment, if required -->

  • If you got a 16 - 20 - you're done! No homework!
  • If you got a 15, do the part you're missing. (optional)
  • If you got a RD, rewrite with corrections.
  • If you didn't do the assignment, DO IT!

Tuesday - 10/27
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Finish reading "Duffy's Jacket."
• Finish NB #35 - Inferences - After finishing the story, answer Interpretations questions 2 & 3 on page 13. All your responses must be written using complete sentences.
• Complete a story map [PDF] for "Duffy's Jacket." You should have six events.
  HW: Grammar Book - Read p. 34 - 36. Do Exercise 7, p. 36. Follow the book directions.

Wednesday - 10/28
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Correct grammar assignment. Turn in.
• Review "Duffy's Jacket" story map. Keep.
• Complete a Character Map for Duffy [PDF].
  HW: Adjective WS - 1 [PDF]

Thursday - 10/29
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - turn in
• Correct grammar worksheet. Turn in.
• Review the Character Map for Duffy. Keep.
• Write a story summary of "Duffy's Jacket." Due tomorrow. Use writing guidelines.
  HW: Unit 4 Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF] due tomorrow. Study for tomorrow's test on Unit 4. Practice Your Words with the Unit 4 Quizlet.

Friday - 10/30
B - C - D - E - F - A

•  Unit 4 Word Study.
  • Turn in Word Study and
  • Take Unit 4 test.
• Turn in "Duffy's Jacket" story summary.

  HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

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