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[First
Quarter Assignments]
[Second Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of January 10 to 14 |
| Mon |
Journal
28 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .?).
Pass back final exams. Grammar review: verbs & prepositions.
Hmwk: 1) Review syllabus for quiz. 2) Study spelling words for quiz.
3) Complete "Identifying
Verbs Worksheet 2." |
| Wed |
Journal
29 (Academic performance last semester: what I liked, what I'm going
to change and how). Collect "Identifying
Verbs Worksheet 2." Spelling quiz. Syllabus quiz. Class
activity: inventing and sharing silly/funny complete subjects and
predicates. Hmwk: Write 10 sentences. Underline complete subjects
once. Underline complete predicates twice. Circle simple subjects
and verbs (include helping verbs). Due Wed. |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Mon |
No School:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Wed |
Journal
30 (What I wish people really understood about me: what I like,
what I care about, and what I really like about life). Collect sentences
(from Wed.) Do chpt. 13 grammar exercises: 1-4. Go over exercises
in class. In pairs, do ex. 5 & 6 (two names on one paper). Turn
in before end of class. No hmwk. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Mon |
Journal
31 (Why I'm really glad I live here and not somewhere else OR why
I wish I lived somewhere else and not here). Dictate spelling words.
(You must check the spellings of the words AND make sure you know
how to use them in sentences. Any words missed on the quiz will
need to be written out 25 times each.) Do Rev. Ex. A, p. 383 on
your own (as a check of your understanding of the chapter so far).
Subject and predicate notes on board. (Add to Notes section of your
notebook.) Return previous spelling quiz. Begin ex. 7 to 12. To
be continued on Wed. Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. Write out any
words missed on the previous spelling quiz 25 times each. Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Journal
32 (My best winter thought and/or memory). Spelling quiz. Continue
with ex. 7 - 12 in green grammar text. Use class notes from Monday,
and explanations and samples in the text to assist you--if you have
questions. At the end of the class period, turn in what you have
completed. If you finish before the end of class, read quietly (or
work on other homework) while your classmates finish their work.
Hmwk: write out 25 times each any words missed on the spelling quiz.
Due Mon. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Mon |
Journal 33 (If you
hadn't chosen to be here, where would you be? Dream. Imagine!).
Collect spelling words (from previous two quizzes) written out
25 times. Dictate spelling words for Wed. Review of subjects in
odd places. Do Rev. Ex. B. Intro complements. Notes on board (add
to Notes section in English notebook). Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. Check the spelling of the words and know how to use them
in sentences.
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| Wed |
Journal
34 (Sports). Spelling quiz. Continue with intro to complements.
Do ex 15 -17 aloud in class. Do ex 19 & 20 aloud in class. Write
out ex. 21. Hmwk: Do ex. 18 (Using each of these as a complement,
write five sentences. Underline the subject once, the verb twice,
and circle the complement in each sentence. Words: pencil, bellhop,
shrewd, sluggish, clown.) Complete ex. 18 (if not completed
in class). Write out words missed on spelling quiz 25 times. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
No
School: Staff Development Day. |
| Tues |
(Monday
Classes) Collect hmwk (ex. 18 sentences--if not completed last Wed.)
& spelling words written out 25 times (if required). Journal
35 (What do your "toys" do when you are not there? Make
up a story about one of your toys.). Do complements
worksheet. No hmwk. |
| Wed |
(PUC Basketball
Tournament) Journal 36 (Basketball, etc.). Do ex. 22 & Rev.
Ex. E. (New directions for assignment: 1) Cross out prepositional
phrases. 2) Underline verbs (including helpers) twice. 3) Identify
verbs as VI, VT, or VL. 4) Circle all complements. 5) Identify complements
as P.A., P.N., D.O., or I.O. Hmwk: complete ex. 22 & Rev. Ex.
E. Due Mon. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Check
off ex. 22 & Rev. Ex. E. Go over exercises. Journal 37 (Valentine's
Day spectrum: National Single Awareness Day to Mushy! Mushy! Mushy!).
Dictate words for spelling quiz on Wed.
Do ex. 23 & 24 (directions: write down and identify the complements--p.n.,
p.a., i.o., d.o.), Rev. Ex. F, and ex. 25. Hmwk: complete exercises
(if not completed in class). Study for spelling quiz. |
| Wed |
Journal
38 ("Me": aspects of my life). Spelling
quiz. Posttests 1 (A & B) & 2. Hmwk: Chapter
review worksheet (Do the 3rd section. We'll do the 1st and 2nd
sections in class on Tues). Due Tues. |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
No School:
President's Day |
| Tues |
(Monday
Classes) Journal 39 (What is grace? What does grace look like?).
Write out missed spelling words 25X. Complete Posttests (if not
completed last class period). Do 1st & 2nd sections of chapter
review worksheet. Hmwk: complete pink chapter
review worksheet. Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Check
off completed chapter
review worksheet. Journal 40 (Looking forward: snow day, spring
break, trips? etc.). Go over worksheet, sharing sentences and checking
answers. Review for test. (Make-up spelling quiz for those who missed
it last week) Hwmk: study for test. Click
here for Practice Worksheets and Answers. |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Mon |
Test:
Parts of the Sentence. Read aloud: "The Dog That
Bit People," by James Thurber. No hmwk. |
| Wed |
No
Classes: Prep Ski/Snow Day |
| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Journal
41 (3rd quarter retrospective: What did you do well? What do you
wish you had done differently? Plot for success for 4th quarter).
Robert Louis Stevenson's writing about the Napa Valley: "The
Silverado Squatters," "In the Valley," and "The
Petrified Forest." No hwmk. |
| Wed |
(Choir
in England) Watch The Count of Monte Cristo (103 min., 1974).
No hmwk. |
| Spring
Break. Classes
resume March 28. |