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| Syllabus
| Assignments |
Revised:
Dec.14, 2005 |
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[First
Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of October 17 to 21 (Beginning of Second Quarter) |
| Mon |
Due: missed
spelling words written out 25X. Journal #19 (Untimed: New Quarter's
Resolutions). Spelling pre-test of words for quiz on Friday (their/they're/there
through weird, including weather/whether and words
from student writing). Read aloud: Knee-high Nigel, Laurence
Anholt. Hmwk: begin preparing for spelling quiz (Fri). |
| Tues |
Journal
#20 (First quarter: What went well? What needs to be better? How
can you make the necessary changes?). Parts of speech pre-test.
Noun notes on board (to be filed in "Notes" section of
English notebook. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
Journal #21 (I'm really
tired of . . . . I'm really mad about . . . . I'm really excited
about . . . . I'm really satisfied with . . . .). Review "Nouns"
in green grammar book. Do aloud: ex. 2 & 3. Write sentences:
- about school activities.
Include one common noun and one compound common noun.
- about a city or
town. Include one common noun and one compound proper noun.
- about a person.
Include one concrete noun and one abstract noun.
- about food. Include
one common noun and one compound common noun.
- about another country.
Include one proper noun and one collective noun (name of a group
of people or things. Ex: herd, tribe, mob, trio).
Hmwk: study for spelling
quiz (their/they're/there
through weird, including weather/whether and
words from student writing).
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| Fri |
Journal
#22 (This weekend I want to . . . . The best part of this past week
was . . . . I'm working on . . . .). Spelling quiz (their/they're/there
through weird, including weather/whether and words
from student writing. Spelling pre-test over next
week's words. Schoolhouse Rock: Nouns
(circle common nouns and box in proper nouns on handout) and Pronouns.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of October 24 to 28 |
| Mon |
Journal
#23 (Write the story of a recent event that involved your friends
and/or family.). Circle pronouns in journal writing. Pronoun worksheet.
Hmwk: complete pronoun worksheet. |
| Tues |
Due: pronoun
worksheet. Journal #24 (Your weekend, sports, an adventure, "I'm
working on . . .") Go over pronoun worksheet. Reminder of spelling
words for quiz on Friday (words from student
writing). Notes on lie/lay. Hmwk: Write four sentences
using forms of lie correctly and four sentences using forms
of lay correctly. |
| Thurs |
Journal
#25 (What is something you like about yourself? What do you do well?)
Practice quiz over
pronoun worksheet and lie/lay notes. Intro adjectives.
Schoolhouse Rock: Adjectives.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal #26 (What is your favorite room in your home and why?) Spelling
quiz (words from student writing).
Read aloud: pp. 1-5 from Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice
for the Grammatically Challenged, by Lederer and Dowes. No hmwk.
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| Week
of October 31 to November 4 |
| Mon |
Journal
#27 (What is a good neighbor?) Spelling words for Friday's quiz
(a
while
to candidate--the first five rows of all four columns).
Rd. pp. 349-352. Do ex. 6 & 7 aloud in class. Do Writing Application
C and Rev. Ex. A. Hmwk: Complete Writing Application C and Rev.
Ex. A. Study for quiz on nouns, pronouns, adjectives (and lie/lay)
(Tues). |
| Tues |
Journal #28 (What is
your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year and
why?) Noun, pronoun, adjective (and lie/lay)
quiz. Read pp. 354-357. Exercises 9, 10. Hwmk: complete
ex. 9 & 10. Due Thurs.
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| Thurs |
Due: ex. 9 & 10.
Journal #29 (What is the best way to treat meddlesome people?)
Go over ex. 9 & 10. Schoolhouse
Rock: Verbs. Do ex. 11. Hmwk: study
for spelling quiz. AND Using five friends' names
as subjects, write two sentences for each friend. Make sure one
contains an action verb and the other contains a linking verb.
Underline the verb in each sentence and label it "action"
or "linking" at the end of the sentence. Due Fri.
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| Fri |
No Class: Power Week Schedule (NB: homework and quiz that were scheduled
for today have been postponed until Mon. On Monday we will have
this week's spelling quiz, and hmwk will be collected.) |
| Week
of November 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Collect
homework sentences (from Thurs). Journal #30 (What is the best birthday
present you ever received or could ever receive?) Spelling quiz
(a
while
to candidate--the first five rows of all four columns).
Spelling words for Friday's quiz (cantaloupe
to deterrence). Verb phrases, pp. 359-360. Verb phrase
notes on board. Hmwk: ex. 13 (p. 360), ex. 3 (p. 345), & 6 (p.
352). NB: different instructions. Indentify the verbs/verb phrases.
Due Tues. |
| Tues |
Due: ex. 3, 6, &
13 (identify verb phrases). Go over homework in class. Do ex.
12 orally. (Use your name or a common noun that applies to you.)
Read aloud "How
the Whale Got His Throat," by Rudyard Kipling. Review
for verbs/verb phrases tuiz/quest. Hmwk: prepare for verbs/verb
phrases tuiz/quest.
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| Thurs |
Journal #31 (What would happen if you could fly? When would you
use this ability?) Verb Phrases
worksheet. [Click here
for answers.] Spelling quiz review. Hmwk: study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal
#32 (What would happen if there were no TV. Would this be good?
bad? Why?) Spelling quiz (cantaloupe
to deterrence). Verb
Types Worksheet. [Click
here for answers.] Question and answer session in preparation
for the verb phrases quest/tuiz. Hmwk: prepare for verb phrases
tuiz/quest. |
| Week
of November 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Journal
#33 (What would happen if animals could talk? Could your pet tell
some secrets on you? What would you ask an animal?) Verbs/verb
phrases tuiz/quest. Spelling words for Friday's quiz (development
to government). Adverbs. Read pp. 360 to 365. Do Adverb
wkst. Do ex. 14 & 15. Hwmk: complete Adverb
wkst ex. 14 & 15. Due Tues. |
| Tues |
Due: Adverb
wkst, ex. 14 & 15. Journal #34 (How would you use an invisibility
cloak? What could you do that you cannot do now?) [Schoolhouse
Rock: Adverbs] Do ex. 16 orally. Write out ex. 17. Do ex. 18
orally. Hmwk: Do ex. 19 & Rev. Ex. B, pp. 366-367. Due Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Due: Ex.
19 & Rev. Ex. B, pp. 366-367. Journal #35 (What is your favorite
book/movie/game and why?) Review for spelling quiz. Turn back graded
and recorded papers. Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal
#36 (Best Thanksgiving ever, or best Thanksgiving that could be).
Spelling quiz (development
to government). Prepositions. Preposition notes on board.
[Schoolhouse Rock: Prepositions].
Do ex. 20. Read aloud: "How
the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," by Rudyard Kipling. No hmwk.
[Leave notebooks on shelf for a notebook check over vacation.] |
| Week
of November 21 to 25: Thanksgiving Vacation |
| Week
of November 28 to December 2 |
| Mon |
Journal
#37 (Thanksgiving redux, seasons). Spelling words for Friday's quiz
(grammar
to lose). Review of prepositions. Conjunctions &
interjections. Do ex. 21 orally. Do ex. 22 individually & review
answers. Hmwk: Posttest 2, p. 374. Due Tues. |
| Tues |
Review
questions for parts of speech test. Hmwk: complete review
questions for parts of speech test and study for test. |
| Thurs |
Test:
Parts of Speech. Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal
#38 (Does Christmas start too early?) Spelling quiz (grammar
to lose). Begin unit of Christmas short stories. Read
aloud "The
Little Fir-Tree," by Hans Christian Andersen. Is this a
sad story? Why? Why not? No hmwk. |
| Week
of December 5 to 9 |
| Mon |
Journal
#39 (Christmas stories and animals). Spelling words for Friday's
quiz (lying
to physical). Read aloud: "The
Tailor of Gloucester," by Beatrix Potter. Hmwk: complete
"The
Tailor of Gloucester," by Beatrix Potter. |
| Tues |
Journal
#40 (Christmas wishes: for your friends, your sibling/s, your parents,
yourself). Read along with BBC recording: "Dulce
Domum" (chpt. 5 of Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth
Grahame). Hmwk: complete reading "Dulce
Domum" from Wind in the Willows. |
| Thurs |
Journal
#41 (What is required for a story to be a "Christmas"
story?). Christmas story themes. Read along with NPR recording:
"Auggie
Wren's Christmas Story." Hmwk: complete reading of "Auggie
Wren's Christmas Story." [Try
this link for the audio.] |
| Fri |
Journal
#42 (A childhood Christmas memory). Spelling quiz (lying
to physical) Begin reading aloud: "A
Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote, pp. 405-416. No hwmk. |
| Week
of December 12 to 16 |
| Mon |
Journal
#43 (Christmas food traditions). Spelling words for quiz on Thursday
(piece
to sacrilegious). Finish reading: "A
Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote. Do response questions
(p. 417, #1-5, 7-9, 12 and "Write a paragraph explaining why
this is a 'Christmas' story.") Hmwk: complete "A
Christmas Memory" response questions. Due Tues, at the
beginning of class. [Enrichment: learn more
about fruitcakes,
read a humorous history of fruitcakes, and pick up a recipe.]
[Here's a link to a
different website for "A Christmas Memory."] |
| Tues |
Due: "A
Christmas Memory" response questions. Review: Christmas
stories. Test review questions:
- For each story,
write a paragraph summary including the main plot points.
- List main characters
for each story.
- Consider all of
the stories: What do they share? What common themes are important
to the idea of a "Christmas" story? (Do NOT say, "They
are about Christmas"! Think deeper.)
- Two are animal stories,
two are stories about humans, and one is told by a tree.
- What makes an
animal story a "Christmas" story?
- Do human "Christmas"
stories have to contain different elements than a non-human
story?
- According to these
stories, what is Christmas all about?
Hwmk: study for Christmas
stories test.
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| Thurs |
(10:45
to 12:15) Test
& spelling quiz (piece
to sacrilegious). |
| Fri |
(10:30)
SA Christmas Party |