April 21 - April 25
Monday- BAD WEATHER DAY
Wednesday- Read Ch. 5
Homework Assignment - Indian Illustration CLICK HERE
Thursday - Read Ch. 6
Friday- Ch. 5 & 6 Quiz
*Assignments Subject to Change
April 14 - April 18 LAST WEEK of the 5th SIX WEEKS
Monday- Ch. 1 & 2 And Then There Were None Quiz
Tuesday- Review the Manual Alphabet
Activity
Wednesday- Manual Alphabet Presentations
Read Ch. 3
Thursday - Read Ch. 4
Friday- Ch. 3 & 4 Essay
*Assignments Subject to Change
April 07 - April 11
Monday- Finish "The Miracle Worker" film
Tuesday- Read the Helen Keller Story
Wednesday- Begin "And Then There Were None" Novel Unit
Character Notes CLICK HERE
Thursday - Read and discuss Ch. 1
Friday- Read Ch. 2 Silently
Quiz over Ch. 1 & 2 on MONDAY
*Assignments Subject to Change
March 31 - April 04
Monday- Finish Act II of "The Miracle Worker"
Theme Collage Group Activity 3rd Period CLICK HERE
Tuesday- Finish Theme Collage Group Activity
Wednesday- Test Review CLICK HERE
Thursday - "The Miracle Worker" Unit Test
Friday- Watch "The Miracle Worker" Film
*Assignments Subject to Change
March 24 - 28
Monday- Read Act II - The Miracle Worker
Tuesday- Watch part of Act II
Act II Vocabulary
Assign "Manual Alphabet" Assignment
Thursday - Finish Act II
Friday- Begin Act III
Sign Language Class Activity
March 17- 21
SPRING BREAK
March 10 - 14
Monday- Begin reading "the Miracle Worker" pg. 708
ACT I
Tuesday- Continue Act I
Vocabulary Act I (handout in class)
Crossword Puzzle refering to the Plot (handout in class)
Thursday - Learn to write a business letter (handout in class)
Friday - Watch Act I of the Miracle Worker
March 03 - 07
Monday- Finish Bookmark
Free Read
Tuesday- TAKS Review
Thursday - Work on Free Read Project
Friday - Work on Free Read Project
February 25 - 29
Monday- Continue Romeo and Juliet Film
Tuesday- Finish Romeo and Juliet Film
Movie vs Play Essay CLICK HERE
Wednesday- TAKS Short Answer Review & Practice
Thursday - Finish TAKS Practice
Friday- Visit Library
Create Bookmark
Free Read (for book review/later assignment)
February 18 - 22
Monday- Romeo & Juliet Act 5
Memory Work Assigned/Due Friday 02/22
Tuesday- Finish Act 5
Essay Prompt (complete for homework, due tomm. 02/20)
Wednesday- Romeo and Juliet Test Review
Thursday - Romeo and Juliet Test
Begin Romeo and Juliet Film
Friday- Recite Memory Work
Continue Romeo and Juliet Film
January 14 - 18
Tuesday- Semester Exam Review
Wednesday- Semester Exam Review
7th period Semester Exam 2:00 - 3:35
Thursday - 3rd period Final Exam 9:30 - 10:40
Friday-
January 08 - 11
Monday- Discuss Elements of Poetry (notes)
Tuesday- Read & Discuss "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Poem
"Write a Name" Poem Assignment
Wednesday- Read "Rain in My Heart" & Pain--has an element of Blank--
"If emotion..." Poem Assignment
Thursday - Read "A Red, Red Rose" pg. 504 , Read "I am Offering This Poem" pg. 505
Lyric Poem Assignment
Friday- "To the Foot from Its Child" pg. 514
(Hand) Poem Assignment
December 17 - December 21
Monday- Review for Animal Farm Unit Test
Tuesday- Animal Farm Unit Test
Wednesday- Watch Animal Farm Movie
Work on Illuminations Book
Thursday - Watch Animal Farm Movie
Work on Illuminations Book
Friday- Illuminations Book Due
December 10 - December 14
Tuesday- Assigned Group Project - Illumination Book
Read Ch. 8 & Complete Ch. 8 Study Questions
Work on Illumination Book in Groups
Thursday - Ch. 7 & 8 Quiz
Read Ch. 9 & 10
Answer Study Questions
Friday- Ch. 9 & 10 Quiz
Work on Illumination Book in Groups
December 03 - December 07
Monday- AF Characterization handout
Tuesday- Vocabulary II Notes
Wednesday- Go over Ch. 5 & 6 Study Questions
Character Color Sheets
Thursday - Ch. 5 & 6 Quiz
Vocabulary Review Jeopardy
Friday- Vocabulary Quiz
Read Ch. 7 and complete Study Questions
November 26 - November 30
Monday- Animal Farm Vocabulary Review Game
Tuesday- Animal Farm Vocabulary Quiz
Read Ch. 5 & work on Study Questions
Thursday - Read Ch. 6 (outloud)
Finish Study Questions
Friday- Discuss Ch. 3 - 6
If time permits (short answer notes)
November 19 - November 23
Monday- Review Ch. 1 - 2
Read Ch. 3
Seven Commandments Assigned CLICK HERE
Tuesday- Read Ch. 4
Answer Ch. 3 & 4 Study Questions
Work on Seven Commandments Assignment
Wednesday- Squealer Color Sheet
Thursday - HOLIDAY
Friday- HOLIDAY
November 12 - November 16
Monday- Animal Farm Character Notes CLICK HERE
Tuesday- Finish Animal Farm Character Notes
Read Orally CH. 1 in class (finish at home)
Ch. 1 Study Questions (due tomm)
Wednesday- Class Discussion over Study Questions
Vocabulary Notes CLICK HERE
Thursday - CH. 1 Quiz
Read Ch. 2 Orally in Class (finish at home)
Ch. 2 Study Questions
Friday- AF Characterization CLICK HERE
Finish Ch. 2 Study Questions
Read CH. 3
November 05 - November 09
Monday-
Tuesday- Test Review
Thursday -
Friday-
October 29 - November 2
Monday- Read "Rules of the Game" Pg. 224
Vocabulary (Handout in class)
Tuesday- Protagonist & Antagonist Focus Assignment CLICK HERE
Group Work (in class)
Wednesday- Focus Activity pg. 236
Read "The Child is the Master" pg. 237
Compare & Contrast Characters CLICK HERE
Thursday - Short Answer Notes CLICK HERE
Practice in class
Friday- Focus Activity pg. 404
Listen to "A Christmas Memory" pg. 404 on CD
October 22 - 26
Monday- Nonfiction Test Review
Tuesday- Nonfiction Test
Wednesday- Focus Activity pg. 256
Read "The Scarlet Ibis" pg. 257
Vocabulary
Thursday - Group Activity
Read "The Necklace" pg. 169
Short Answer Practice
Friday- Focus Activity
Read "The Horned Toad" pg. 244
October 15 - 19
Monday- Read "Only Daughter" pg. 315
Multiple Choice Questions (practice in class)
Vocabulary (handout in class)
Tuesday- Read "Kipling and I " pg. 318
Literary Elements- Memoir CLICK HERE
Vocabulary (handout in class)
Wednesday- Quickwrite Pre-Writing
Read "Sympathy" pg. 325
Compare Situations CLICK HERE
Thursday - Pre-Writing
Read "Field Trip" pg. 340
Mulitple Choice Questions (practice in class)
Vocabulary (handout in class)
Friday- Vocabulary Review
October 08 - 12
Monday- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday- Read "Life on the Mississippi" pg. 285
Vocabulary (handout in class)
Wednesday- Quiz over "Life on the Mississippi"
Genre Focus - Nonfiction pg. 280 CLICK HERE
Thursday - Non-fiction Active Reading Strategies (COMING SOON)
Friday- Read from "Night" pg. 304
Vocabulary
October 01 - 05
Monday- Edgar Allan Poe Project Assigned (CLICK HERE)
Tuesday- Edgar Allan Poe Research in Library (Day 2)
Wednesday- Parenthetical Citations
How to construct an effective paragraph (COMING SOON)
Thursday - Avoiding Run-on Sentences- NOTES (CLICK HERE)
Friday-
September 24 - 28
Monday- Short Story Test Review CLICK HERE
-"The Gift of the Magi"
- "The Lady or the Tiger?"
- "The Most Dangerous Game"
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
Tuesday- Short Story Test
"The Gift of the Magi"
- "The Lady or the Tiger?"
- "The Most Dangerous Game"
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
Wednesday- Subordinate Clauses Notes CLICK HERE
Assignment in class
Thursday - Edgar Allan Poe Report Outline CLICK HERE
Research in the Library Day
Friday- Theme 2 - Filling a Void
"American History" Pre-Writing (COMING SOON)
Read "American History" in class
"American History" Vocabulary (handout in class)
September 17 - 21
Monday- Test Review
-Parts of Speech
-Short Story Elements
- Subjects & Predicates
STUDY FOR YOUR TEST FOR TOMMORROW!
Tuesday- Test
-Parts of Speech
-Short Story Elements
- Subjects & Predicates
Wednesday- "Cask of Amontillado" Pre-Writing CLICK HERE
Read "Cask of Amontilldo" in class
Thursday- Watch "Cask of Amontillado" Film
Comic Strip Assignment (Handout in class)
Friday- United Streaming Video - Edgar Allan Poe
September 10 - 14
Monday- Turn in Simple Subject & Predicate Wkst.
Compound Subjects & Predicates Notes CLICK HERE
Compound Subjects & Predicates Wkst (Handout in Class)
Tuesday- "The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary(in class)
"The Most Dangerous Game" Pre-writing Assignment (COMING SOON)
Wednesday- Listen to "The Most Dangerous Game" (in class)
Thursday- Finish "The Most Dangerous Game"
Ship Trap Island Map (Handout in class)
Friday- Test Review - Parts of Speech, Simple & Compound Subjects & Predicates, Short Story Elements
September 03 - 07
Monday- HOLIDAY (NO SCHOOL)
Tuesday- "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Writing Assignment CLICK HERE
Grammar Practice (Handout in class)
Wednesday- Most Prized Possession Drawing Presentations
Grammar Practice - The Comma (Powerpoint) CLICK HERE
Thursday- "The Lady or the Tiger?" Vocabulary pg. 44
Read "The Lady or the Tiger?"(in class)
Friday- Creative Writing pg. 52
Grammar Practice - Sentence Structure CLICK HERE
August 27 - 31
Monday-
Tuesday- Parts of Speech Notes (Power Point) CLICK HERE
Parts of Speech Poem (Handout in class)
Wednesday- Active Reading Strategies Notes (Power Point) CLICK HERE
Thursday- Read "The Gift of the Magi" (in class)
Friday- Create Most Prized Possession Drawing Assignment