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Week of March 6th-March 10th

Monday, March 6th
Classwork: Looking at Vocabulary for "Eternal Frontier"
Homework: Literary Elements Review Quiz on Friday, March 10th.

Tuesday, March 7th

Classwork: Reading "Eternal Frontier"
Homework: Literary Elements Review Quiz on Friday, March 10th

Wednesday, March 8th
Classwork: Text Dependent Questions for "Eternal Frontier"
Homework: Finish TD Questions.

Thursday, March 9th

Classwork: Fact and Opinion
Homework: Literary Elements Review Quiz tomorrow!

Friday, March 10th

Classwork: Literary Elements Quiz!
Homework: Cold Read #2 on Tuesday, March 14th

Week of December 5th- December 9th

Monday, December 5th
Classwork: Argumentative Essay planning sheet. BOOK FAIR!

Homework: Argumentative Essay due end of class on Monday, December 12th. 

Tuesday, December 6th

Classwork: Analyzing sample narratives
Homework: Argumentative Essay due end of class on Monday, December 12th

Wednesday, December 7th
Classwork: How to write a counter argument.
Homework: Rough draft due tomorrow. 

Thursday, December 8th
Classwork: Self edit --> Peer edit
Homework: Argumentative Essay due end of class on Monday, December 12th

Friday, December 9th
Classwork: Computer lab to type!
Homework: Argumentative Essay due end of class on Monday, December 12th

November 7th-November 11th

Monday, November 7th
Classwork: "Letters from Rifka"
Homework: Student Led Conferences!

Tuesday, November 8th

Classwork: "Letters from Rifka"
Homework: Finish Extraordinary Characters Chart

Wednesday, November 9th
Classwork: Review Extraordinary Characters Chart
Homework: Warm-Ups due tomorrow!

Thursday, November 10th
Classwork: Begin Essay Planning
Homework: Enjoy your break!

October 24th-October 28th

Monday, October 24th
Classwork: Susan B. Anthony Stations. Audio Link for Speech
Homework: Susan B. Anthony Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday!

Tuesday, October 25th
Classwork: Susan B. Anthony Stations. (Finish!)
Homework: Finish Susan B. Anthony Stations. Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 26th
Classwork: Susan B. Anthony Vocabulary Quiz. Junior Scholastic "I Almost Died Making Your Clothes".
Homework: None!

Thursday, October 27th
Classwork: Junior Scholastic "Now We are Refugees"
Homework: None!

Friday, October 28th
Classwork: "Now We are Refugees" Writing Assignment
Homework: Finish Writing Assignment

October 17th-October 21st

Monday, October 17th
Classwork: Analyzing a narrative
Homework: "An American Childhood" Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow

Tuesday, October 18th

Classwork: Text dependent questions
Homework: Cold Read Unit 2 Test 1 tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 19th

Classwork: Cold Read Unit 2 Test 1!
Homework: Finish "Suzy and Leah" vocabulary list

Thursday, October 20th

Classwork: Begin "Suzy and Leah"
Homework: "Suzy and Leah" vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, October 25th

Friday, October 21st
Classwork: Finish "Suzy and Leah"
Homework: Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, October 25th

October 10th-October 14th

Monday, October 10th
Classwork: Vocabulary quiz. Georgia O'Keefe's Powerpoint. 
Homework: Create O'Keefe's Haiku!

Tuesday, October 11th
Classwork: "An American Childhood". Parts of a Narrative study.
Homework: Library tomorrow! 

Wednesday, October 12th
Classwork: Library for circulation. Finish "An American Childhood"
Homework: Unit 2 Book Project due next Monday, October 24th. Project sheet. 

Thursday, October 13th
Classwork: "All Together Now" Parts of an Argumentative study. 
Homework: Unit 2 Book Project due next Monday, October 24th

Friday, October 14th
Classwork: Finish "All Together Now" 
Homework: Unit 2 Book Project due next Monday, October 24th. 

Week of October 3rd-October 7th

Monday, October 3rd
Classwork: Finish "$5 Dollar Dive". Begin "The Dinner Party"
Homework: Reading log due on Friday. AOW due on Friday.

Tuesday, October 4th

Classwork: Finish "The Dinner Party"
Homework: Vocabulary work for "The Dinner Party". Reading log and AOW due on Friday.

Wednesday, October 5th

Classwork: "The Brilliance of George Washington Carver"
Homework: Finish Main Idea and Supporting Details sheet. Reading log and AOW due on Friday.

Thursday, October 6th
Classwork: New York Times Person of The Year.1.  FAQ Times Magazine Interview 2. Partner Work
Homework: Reading log and AOW due tomorrow! Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, October 10th!

Friday, October 7th

Classwork: "The Brilliance of George Washington Carver" vocabulary work
Homework: Vocabulary quiz on Monday!

Week of September 19th-September 23rd

Monday, September 19th
Classwork: "After 20 Years" #4 & 5
Homework: Finish/revise #1-5

Tuesday, September 20th

Classwork: Point of View notes. "Ribbons"
Homework: Book projects due tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 21st
Classwork: Continue reading "Ribbons"
Homework: Cold Read Unit 1 Test 2 on Friday!

Thursday, September 22nd

Classwork: Making Inference notes. Finish "Ribbons"
Homework: Cold Read Unit 1 Test 2 tomorrow!

Friday, September 23rd

Classwork: Cold Read #2!
Homework: Reading Logs due next Friday!

Week of September 12th-September 19th

Monday, September 12th
Classwork: Plot Narratives
Homework: Narrative essays due on Friday!

Tuesday, September 13th
Classwork: Type essays in Google Drive
Homework: Narratives essays due  via Google Drive on Friday!

Wednesday, September 14th
Classwork: Peer sharing/editing
Homework: Narratives essays due via Google Drive  on Friday!

Thursday, September 15th
Classwork: Irony notes --> "After Twenty Years"
Homework: Irony in Cartoons (back of Irony worksheet). Final essays due via Google Drive tomorrow!

Friday, September 16th
Classwork: Finish "After Twenty Years". Answers Questions #1-3
Homework: Cold Read #2 next Friday, September 23rd

Week of August 15-August 19th

Monday, August 15th
Classwork: Dialogue practice
Homework: No reading logs this week!

Tuesday, August 16th
Classwork: Brainstorming "My Treasure" Essay
Homework: "My Treasure" Essay rough draft due (end of class) on Friday, August 19th

Wednesday, August 17th
Classwork: Hook sentences. 
Homework: Introduction paragraph due tomorrow.

Thursday, August 18th
Classwork: Body paragraphs
Homework: Rough draft due (end of class) tomorrow.


Friday, August 20th (Early Release!)
Classwork: Conclusion
Homework: Submit rough drafts!

Week of August 8th-August 12th

Monday, August 8th
Classwork: Review "The Blues". Continue reading "The Treasure of Lemon Brown".
Homework: Cold Read Test Unit 1 Test 1

Tuesday, August 9th
Classwork: Finish "The Treasure of Lemon Brown". Prove It multiple choice questions
Homework: Finish Characterization questions

Wednesday, August 10th
Classwork: Character and Characterization Powerpoint. 
Homework: Finish After Reading questions. Cold Read Test tomorrow!

Thursday, August 11th
Classwork: Cold Read!

Friday, August 12th
Classwork: Imagery mini lesson

Week of August 1st-August 5th

Monday, August 1st
Classwork:"The People Could Fly" multiple choice questions with proof
Homework: Finish literary analysis chart for "The People Could Fly"

Tuesday, August 2nd
Classwork: "Mother to Son" extended metaphor practice
Homework: Finish "Mother to Son" analysis questions. 

Wednesday, August 3rd
Classwork: "Mother to Son" flow chart and character analysis
Homework: "Mother to Son" Pop Quiz tomorrow!

Thursday, August 4th
Classwork: "Mother to Son" extended metaphor writing practice.
Homework: Finish extended metaphor (turn in on Monday). Reading logs due tomorrow! Extra reading log link. 

Friday, August 5th
Classwork: Intro to The Treasure of Lemon Brown. "The Blues" Powerpoint.
Homework: Reading logs due next Friday, August 12th.

Week of July 25th-July 29th

Monday, July 25th
Classwork: "The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be"; TP-CASTT
Homework: Unit 1 "Life is Not Fair" Quiz on Wednesday!

Tuesday, July 26th
Classwork: "The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be"
Homework: Unit 1 quiz tomorrow

Wednesday, July 27th
Classwork: 1. Unit 1 Quiz! 2. AOW Procedures
Homework: AOW's due on Friday. Reading logs due on Friday!

Thursday, July 28th
Classwork: "The People Could Fly"
Homework: AOW's due tomorrow. Reading logs due tomorrow!

Friday, July 29th

Classwork: "The People Could Fly"
Homework: Reading logs due next Friday!

Week of July 18th-July 22nd

Monday, July 18th

Classwork: Library orientation
Homework: Reading logs due on Friday!

Tuesday, July 19th

Classwork: Finish "Seventh Grade" visual aids
Homework: Reading logs due on Friday!

Wednesday, July 20th

Classwork: "Seventh Grade" text based questions
Homework: Finish "Seventh Grade" questions

Thursday, July 21st

Classwork: Begin "The Sun Goes Down on Summer"
​Homework: Reading logs due tomorrow!

Friday, July 22nd

Classwork: Finish "The Sung Goes Down on Summer" Analysis
​Homework: Reading logs due next Friday!

Week of July 11th-July 15th
Monday, July 11th

Classwork: Reading Attitude Survey

Homework: Bring all forms signed

Tuesday, July 12th

Classwork: ABC's of Me (At least 24) abcs_of_me_instructions.docx

Homework: ABC's of Me due on Friday

Wednesday, July 13th

Classwork: Introduce Unit 1: Life is Not Fair
Homework: ABC's of Me due on Friday! 

Thursday, July 14th

Classwork: Begin"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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Homework: ABC's of Me due on Friday! 

Friday, July 15th

Classwork: Finish "Seventh Grade"
Homework: Bring D.E.A.R. book on Monday. 
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