Mrs. Huddleston - past agenda
Bellwork 1 and 2
Latin and Greek Roots 1: Chrom, Derm, Chron, and Therm
Japanese Internment Website research:
April 4: Context Clues
April 5: Research Skills Stations
April 8: Test Practice - Comprehension passages
Characterization resource: trading cards template
Characterization resource: Example soundtrack project
Audiobook links
Matched
Divergent
UgliesMaze Runner
Among the Hidden
Ender's Game
3rd Quarter Reading log
Bellwork - Jan. 4 - Jan. 22
Vocabulary Lesson 3 and Types of Sentences, Sentence Challenge!
Rhyme Scheme worksheet
"The Sea" analysis sheet
Syllables lesson - haiku and cinquain
Rubric for haiku
Rubric for cinquain
Tone - use textbook pages 646-647 or Poem and Motto: worksheet
Vocabulary Lesson 4 and Adjectives
Ode brainstorm
Rubric for ode
John Henry worksheet
Notes for diamante and limerick
Sound device poems analysis
Vocabulary Lesson 5 and Comparatives/Superlatives lesson
"Sneetches" worksheet
Rubric for alliteration poem
Vocabulary Lesson 6 and Linking Verbs
Poetry Quizlet - Study for test here.
Propaganda Unit links:
Analogies - Lesson 6, Lesson 7, Lesson 8, Lesson 9, Lesson 10, Lesson 11
Propaganda notes
Mythology Unit Links
Slides: Why should I know mythology?
Research form - assigned page 2 and 3
Baucis and Philemon worksheet
Constellation myths
Want to dig deeper? Try my memrise course. It starts with simple mythology and goes more obscure.
Adjectives in Sentences
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
Medusa's Head
Cause and Effect - Going for Gold
Apple of Discord - Whodunnit
Atalanta and Hippomenes packet
Who vs. Whom - On the Red Carpet
Dog of Pompeii - Graphic Organizer and Multiple Choice
Week of Dec. 14-18
Monday - In class we are going to finish reading chapters 23-25. Due: Chapter 21 title card. Chapter 22 gist. 6 book talk project. Homework: Finish annotation sheet for chapters 21-24. Study for final. (Study guide - here.)
Tuesday - In class, we are going to finish the book. Due: annotation sheet for chapters 21-24. Reading log 7. Homework: Study for final.
Wednesday - Final.
Thursday - Final.
Friday - Hanging of the Green activities.
Week of Dec. 7-11
Monday - We are going to start our partner writing project: Tic-Tac-Tuck. Due: Chapter 19 Title Card. Homework: Vocabulary 20-24.
Tuesday - Tic-Tac-Tuck Paragraph 2; Due: Reading log 6.
Wednesday - Finish Tic-Tac-Tuck. Homework: finish vocab 20-24.
Thursday - QUIZ over chapters 15-19. Annotate chapters 20-21. Due: Vocab. 20-24. Homework: finish annotation sheet for chapters 17-20. Chapter 21 Title Card.
Friday - Annotate chapters 22-23. Due: Chapters 17-20 annotation sheet. Chapter 21 Title Card. Homework: Chapter 22 GIST.
Other note: Friday is the last day this quarter that I will be accepting late work.
Week of Nov 30-Dec.4
Monday - Write a persuasive 3 paragraph letter to Winnie. Homework: Vocab. due Wednesday
Tuesday - Finish letter. Reading log due 5 due.
Wednesday - Annotate chapters 15-16. Due: Vocabulary.Homework: Annotate chart for titles, comments, connections, and questions for chapters 13-16. Chapter 15 title card.
Thursday - Annotate chapter 17. Due: Annotations for chapters 13-16. Chapter 15 Title Card. Homework: Chapter 17 gist.
Friday - Annotate chapters 18-19. Due: Chapter 17 Gist. Homework: Chapter 19 Title Card.
Week of Nov. 23-24
Monday - Open Book; Annotate chapter 13 and 14. Chapter 14 title card. Directions for how to do a title card.
Tuesday - Reading log week 4 due! Tuck Scavenger Hunt. Happy Thanksgiving Break!
Week of Nov. 16-20
Monday - Open Book; New vocabulary assigned. We are going to start a project in class for characterization.
Tuesday- Reading log week 3 due! Continue characterization project.
Wednesday - Annotate chapter 10 and write a title card.
Thursday - Annotate chapter 11.Vocabulary assignment due.
Friday - Annotate chapter 12. Comparison assignment.
Week of Nov. 9-13
Monday - Vocabulary and open book quiz! Annotate and read chapter 5 of Tuck Everlasting as a class.
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 2 Due! We will be reading and annotating chapter 6 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will then individually create a Gist over this chapter.
Wednesday - We will be reading and annotating chapter 7 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will individually create a Title Card for this chapter.
Thursday - Vocabulary due! We will be reading and annotating chapter 8 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will create a Gist.
Friday - Remember vocab quiz on Monday! We will be reading and annotating chapter 9 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will create a Title Card over this chapter
Week of Nov. 2-5
Monday - We will be annotating chapter 1 of Tuck Everlasting in class. Remember vocabulary is homework.
Tuesday - Reading Log due! We will annotate chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting in class. The students will then individually write a Gist on a blank note card, and turn it in at the end of class. This is a 20 word summary of what happened during this chapter.
Wednesday - Vocabulary Due! Vocabulary Quiz on Monday over these words! We will annotate chapter 3 of Tuck Everlasting in class.
We will then create a Title Card as a class. If they do not finish the Title Card, it will be homework.
Ex: On a blank note card, students will:
1. Put the chapter number and add the title they created.
2. Explain the reason for their title using, "This title fits the chapter because____________."
3. Write a super important quote using parenthetical documentation (author #).
4. Explain why they chose this quote in two sentences.
5. Create their own simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, or idiom for this chapter and label what it is.
Thursday - We will annotate chapter 4 of Tuck Everlasting as a class. Students will then create their own Title Card on their own (see above for detail). They will turn this in at the end of class. If it is not finished it will be homework.
Friday - No school! Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of Oct. 26-30
Monday - We will be reading the district writing benchmark stories. We will then be giving the students the prompts for the essay so they will have time to prepare.
Tuesday - New Reading Logs will be issued to students. Students will be writing independently in class their writing benchmark essay.
Wednesday - Students will take their reading benchmark on the computer.
Thursday - We will begin our Tuck Everlasting unit.
1. Students will complete the Anticipation Guide.
2. Students will also learn about the historical background of the 1880's.
Friday - We will be reading the prologue of Tuck Everlasting. Students will be:
1. Learning how to properly annotate and highlight their book.
2. Learning how to write comments, connections, and a question at the end of every chapter.
Week of Oct. 19 - 23
Monday - Vocabulary 7 and 8 - Word Analysis will be assigned and be due Thursday! We are going to start writing our five paragraph suspense essay. Students will get to choose which prompt they want to answer. Today we will write the introduction.
1. The first prompt will have the students proving that one of the plays we read last week in class ("In the Fog" or "The Hitchhiker") was suspenseful. The students must use text evidence from the play and be able to explain their evidence.
2. The second prompt will have the students comparing and contrasting the suspenseful elements the two plays used in order to create the suspense. The students must also use text evidence from both plays and be able to explain their evidence.
(The quotes we completed for both plays last week will be extremely useful during this essay!)
Example---Quote: "A rock or stump in the fog" (Geiger 76).
Tuesday - Reading log Week 8 due - this is the final reading log of the quarter. Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence. Today we will write the first body paragraph.
Wednesday - Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence. They should be finishing paragraph three (i.e. the second body paragraph) around this time!
Thursday - Vocabulary 7 and 8 - Word Analysis due! Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence and finishing their third body paragraph (this is the fourth paragraph total).
Friday - Students will be completing their five paragraph suspense essay with a conclusion and turning it in during class. The final version may be completed at home and printed to be turned in on Monday.
Week of Oct. 12-16
Monday - We are going to start our suspense unit with a ghostly tale: "In the Fog." Homework assigned: Vocabulary Lesson 11 (due Thursday).
Tuesday - Reading log Weeks 6-7 due. Students will find 10 suspenseful quotes from the play "Into the Fog." In the following format:
"Quote" (Author page #). Category: character, setting, sound effect, prop. Explain what makes it suspenseful. Eventually, we will be using these quotes to write an essay proving that the play is suspenseful, so it is very important that this assignment be completed on time.
Example---Quote: "A rock or stump in the fog" (Geiger 76).
Category: setting
Explain: Fog is suspenseful because it lessens the ability to see. Characters cannot know what is around them.
Wednesday - "In the Fog" vocabulary quiz. Study here! We will read our second suspenseful radio play called "The Hitchhiker."
Thursday - Vocabulary Lesson 11 due. Continue reading "The Hitchhiker." Here is the original radio play in case a student is absent.
Friday - Students will find 10 suspenseful quotes from the play "The Hitchhiker" with the same format as above.
Week 7 - Oct. 5-6
Monday - Figurative Language Test - This test will review figurative language vs. literal language, foreshadowing, flashback, theme, allusion, onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole. (Assignment Due: Personification and Hyperbole worksheet).
Tuesday - Textbook test - This test will review reading comprehension, vocabulary context clues, and writing.
Wednesday - Friday - FALL BREAK!!
Week 6 - Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
Monday - We will be studying compound sentences. Homework assigned: Homophone Vocabulary due Thursday
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 5 Due. We will continue with compound sentences. Students will write 10 compound sentences and highlight the subject in one color; highlight the verb in another color; highlight the conjunction in a third color. Extension: students can put parentheses around their prepositional phrases.
Wednesday - We are studying onomatopoeia. Students will write a suspenseful scene using 8 onomatopoeia (highlighted) and 2 compound sentences.
Thursday - Homophone Vocabulary due! We will study similes and metaphors (two video clips are linked to the Moodle). We will have a worksheet for homework.
Friday - We will study personification and hyperbole. Students may have a worksheet for homework if it is not completed in class.
Week 5 - Sept. 21-25
Monday - Turn in "Bud, Not Buddy" worksheet. We will be learning different types of conflict. There will be a fill-in-the-blank worksheet for homework. Vocabulary 4-6 will be assigned.
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 4 Due. We are going to start reading the story "Just Once" which is filled with conflict. Story vocabulary is available on quizlet:. Study here.
Wednesday - We are going to finish reading "Just Once". Students will write in response and analyze the text on a worksheet.
Thursday - Vocabulary Lesson 4-6 is due. We will go to the library to check out new books and work on book talks for the books we have already read this quarter.
Friday - We will have a test over the types of conflict. Please view the quizlet to study.
Week 4 - Sept. 14-18
Monday - Turn in 4 paragraph project. We are going to start studying some grammar. On Tuesday we are going play "Magic Squares" to match verbs. Students will have a worksheet to complete to identify the verbs. On the back, they will create 5 of their own sentences with vivid verbs and illustrate them.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE, Verbs worksheet due. We going to play with prepositions. We will start with a song to the tune of Yankee Doodle that lists 46 prepositions. Students have a worksheet to identify the prepositions and prepositional phrases in the sentences.
Wednesday - Preposition worksheet due. Today is the day to wear athletic shoes and comfy clothes. We are going to compete in a VERB-STACLE course.
Thursday - Grammar Pop Quiz. We going to start reading a selection from "Bud, not Buddy" and focus on inferences.
Friday - We are going finish reading the "Bud, not Buddy" selection. Students will have an inference worksheet to complete.
Week 3 - Sept. 7-11
Monday - no school - Labor Day
Tuesday - Reading log due. We are going to start writing in response to "Dragon, Dragon." We will start by writing a paragraph in third person to summarize the dragon problem. We will also learn how to use parenthetical documentation to cite our quotes (Author and page number). Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 9
Wednesday - We are going to create a character for the dragon to prank. Students will write in first person as the character to explain what the dragon did.
Thursday - We are now going to tell the dragon's side of the story in first person. Due: Vocabulary Lesson 9
Friday - Last, but not least, we are going to pick another character from the story (cobbler, one of the son's, the princess, the queen, the king, a cowardly knight, or the wizard) to write a paragraph from his or her point of view about what happened and what was learned.
Week 2 - Aug. 31 - Sept. 4
Monday - Vocabulary Lesson 7 Due. Vocabulary Lesson 8 Assigned (due on Friday). I will lecture over the literary terms for a story. (Here is my presentation.) Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 8 and fill-in-the-blank notes from the lecture. Don't forget to get the reading log signed and filled out.
Tuesday - Fill-in-the-blank notes due. READING LOG DUE. We will start reading a short story from our textbook called "Dragon, Dragon."
Wednesday - Finish reading "Dragon, Dragon." As a class, we will create a skeletal plot diagram. Homework: Write a GIST (a twenty word summary) of the story.
Thursday - Technology Intro day. I will show the students our class websites such as the Weebly, Moodle, and Quizlet. Homework: Study for Story Elements test. You can study here.
Friday - Story Elements Test. After the test, students can read silently, so it would be good to bring a book to class.
Week 1 - Aug. 24-28
Monday - The t-shirt biography rough draft and final draft are due. We are going to start brainstorming personal letters.
Tuesday - We are going to write our personal letters. Homework: start the reading log. That means either reading on average 20 minutes a day or 140 minutes a week.
Wednesday - Finish personal letters.
Thursday - Read "Downfall of an Egg". We will focus on allusions, characters, setting, and how to cite evidence. Homework: finish the worksheet.
Friday - "Downfall of an Egg" worksheet is due. - Vocabulary Lesson 7 (pages 27-30). On numbers 1-10 students will highlight the context clue and write a predicted meaning of the word. On numbers 11-20, students will match sentences with the definitions to the bolded vocabulary word. On numbers 21-25, students will choose the correct synonym. On numbers 26-30, students will choose the correct antonym.
Week .5 - Aug. 20-21
Thursday - Start school! Whoot! Whoot! We went over expectations, played an icebreaker, and had a syllabus to get signed.
Friday - Syllabus was due! We went to the library to check out books, and we started the t-shirt biography. It will be due on Monday.
Open House!
Welcome parents, guardians, and students!
Check out our class website, drop off homeroom supplies, say, "hi" or "hello" or "howdy" to Mrs. Huddleston.
I have bell-work folders for the students to pick out.
(If you like buying teacher wishlist items, I could use colored copy paper!)
Week of April 27
Monday - MATH CRT
Tuesday - continue reading for week 2 on the schedule.
Wednesday - Meet with group to complete the 2nd third of the book quilt project.
Thursday and Friday - read for week 3.
Week of April 20
Monday - Literature Circles begin. We will start reading the novels in class. If your child is a speedy reader, then he or she may use the time to read for book talks. Remember 6 books are due this quarter!
Tuesday - LAST READING LOG DUE. Continue reading.
Wednesday - Meet with group to start working on book quilt for the literature circle novel.
Thursday and Friday - continue reading.
Week of April 13
Monday - Research skills review
Tuesday - Reading log due. Test practice.
Wednesday - CRT Jeopardy
Thursday - Silent, sustained reading; catch-up work day
Friday - READING CRT
All late work and missing work needs to be turned in by April 17 (Friday). Otherwise it is a permanent zero. All extra credit from studyisland.com is due on Friday, April 17 as well.
Week of April 6
Monday - Book talks (see Book Blog). Analogy assignment lesson 4-5.
Tuesday - How to fill out an application form. Reading log due.
Wednesday - Poetry bingo
Thursday - Genre review
Friday - Different types of context clues stations. Analogies due.
EXTRA CREDIT: Practice on studyisland.com for the reading test. Each blue ribbon will get you an extra credit point.
All late work and missing work needs to be turned in by April 17. Otherwise it is a permanent zero.
Week of March 30
Monday - Analogies lesson 2-3 (due Friday). Fairy tales and theme stations.
Tuesday- READING LOG DUE! Fairy tale vs. fables activity.
Wednesday - Read the autobiography "Storm" by Gary Paulsen.
Thursday - Biography assignment.
Friday - Practice CRT test. Analogies worksheet due.
Week of March 23
Monday - Analogies notes and worksheet
Tuesday - New reading logs were given out. Outline "The Wind People".
Wednesday - Analogies worksheet due. Begin reading "Ta-Na-E-Ka."
Thursday and Friday - continue and finish reading "Ta-Na-E-Ka." Complete a Venn Diagram over the old survival test and the ways that the character Mary completes the test. Finish the margins in the Holt Reader. Write a paragraph over the theme of the story.
Week of March 9
Monday - Write research paragraph synthesizing the research done last week.
Tuesday - Write the Works Cited Page/Bibliography for the research paragraph. Reading log due for the end of the quarter!
Wednesday - Language Arts Benchmark.
Thursday - Finish benchmark. 6 book talks are due!
In the evening, we have parent-teacher conferences from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Friday - NO SCHOOL. We have parent-teacher conferences from 8:00 AM-NOON.
Week of March 2
Monday - We are going to start our research unit over the Japanese Internment. Students will create direct quote cards, paraphrase cards, and source cards for a book, a magazine, and an internet source.
Tuesday - Reading log due. Continue research.
Wednesday - Gah! Snow day.
Thursday - Gah! Snow day.
Friday - Continue research.
Week of Feb. 23
Monday - Review writing expectations for Writing Benchmark.
Tuesday - No school - SNOW DAY.
Wednesday - WRITING BENCHMARK. In class we will read a book of narrative poetry about the Japanese Internment called Dust of Eden to give students some historical context before "The Bracelet."
Thursday - Reading log due. We are going to start reading "The Bracelet", a historical fiction short story about a little Japanese American girl during World War II who has to face the Japanese Internment.
Friday- Finish reading "The Bracelet." Assignment: Worksheet with text evidence.
Week of Feb. 16
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Pompeii Paragraphs are due. Reading Logs Due! We are starting our propaganda unit. Students will take notes on Tuesday. (If students like to watch television, they can practice identifying propaganda within the TV ads.) Click here for Notes!
Wednesday and Thursday - Students will be working in stations with propaganda. In station 1, they will be an advertising agency and create 4 different types of advertisements. In station 2, they will be on a scavenger hunt through magazines finding the different types of propaganda and advertising techniques.
Friday - Propaganda Test!! (Study Quiz here).
Week of Feb. 9
Monday - We are starting our new unit over historical fiction and informational texts. We will start to read "Dog of Pompeii" in our Holt Readers on Monday.
Tuesday - READING LOG IS DUE! We will finish reading "Dog of Pompeii" and students will complete a worksheet over the reading.
Wednesday - LAST SURVIVOR MAKTABA LESSON: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Atlas, Encyclopedia Review.
Thursday - Read a nonfiction article over Pompeii and complete a worksheet with text evidence. POP QUIZ over Survivor Maktaba resources!Read a magazine article written in second person point of view over Mt. Vesuvius and the eruption at Pompeii.
Friday - Read a magazine article written in second person point of view over Mt. Vesuvius and the eruption of Pompeii. Homework: Write one paragraph in second person point of view about a Pompeiian's last day. Write a second paragraph either in first person or third person point of view about either an archaeologist's discovery of Pompeii or different character's last day in Pompeii.
Week of Feb. 2
Monday - Wanted Poster due! Start reading the myth "Medusa's Head" from the Holt Reader.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE! Finish reading "Medusa's Head". Complete the two pages after the myth.
Wednesday - Survivor Maktaba Round 5: Internet Research Skills
Thursday - Medusa's Head assignment due. Start reading the myth "Atalanta and Hippomenes".
Friday - Atalanta and Hippomenes assignment due. MYTHOLOGY TEST!!!
Week of Jan 26
Monday - Start research for mythology unit.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE! Finish mythology unit.
Wednesday - COGAT TESTING.
Thursday - Survivor Maktaba Round 4: Atlas Skills
Friday - We will read aloud the play "Apple of Discord". Students will determine who is the most responsible for the Trojan War and create a Wanted Poster. Students need to provide two reasons why the character they chose is the most responsible.
Week of Jan 19
Monday - NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday - Read "The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss. We are going to analyze the meter, rhyme, and alliteration. Students will have a worksheet to complete after our discussion. Reading log is due.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA ROUND 3: ENCYCLOPEDIA SKILLS
Thursday - Review for Poetry Test - Students can practice for their poetry test here.
Friday - Poetry test
Week of Jan 12
Monday - Poetry Pop Quiz! The "Poem" and "Motto" worksheet is due. If students need to review the poems to finish the worksheet, please use the online textbook at my.hrw.com. The username is L6THGRADE. The password is lions.
In class we are going to read odes.
Tuesday - Reading Log due! We are going to write an ode. The ode will be due on Thursday.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA ROUND 2: DICTIONARY SKILLS
Thursday - We are going to analyze the ballad of "John Henry." Students will have a worksheet to complete.
Friday- We are going to write a cinquain, diamante, and a limerick.
Week of Jan 5
Monday - We start our poetry unit! We will begin learning how to outline by notes over the different poetry elements. Homework: Students will write their first poem using "free-verse" and "alliteration".
Tuesday - New reading logs have begun! We will analyze the "rhyme scheme" in four poems. Then we will analyze the "imagery" in an extended metaphor poem called "The Sea." Homework: finish analysis worksheet.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA BEGINS! Survivor Maktaba is a series of research skills games. We will compete in these games in the library once a week for the next six weeks. Please have your student wear shoes that he or she can run in.
Thursday - We will analyze how the "tone" can change in poems written by the same author (Langston Hughes). Homework: finish the worksheet over the poems "Tone" and "Motto".
Friday - We will study "haiku" in class. Homework: finish writing three haiku. Remember haiku follow a 5-7-5 syllable count. Label each kind of haiku.
1 - daily moment
I watch my students
breaking their yellow pencils
to leave on the floor.
2 - nature
Black cat watches squirrel
leaping quickly from a branch.
Hungry, she pounces.
3 - contrast - light and dark
A winter's daylight
fades softly as sun goes down.
Shadows fill the night.
Week of Dec. 15
Monday - Read and annotate chapters 25-epilogue.
Tuesday - Reading log due for the nine weeks. Study guide for Tuck Everlasting final.
Wednesday - Final over Tuck Everlasting.
Thursday - reading for pleasure and book talks. Write a book talk for Tuck Everlasting.
Friday - dialect lesson with three different versions of The Night Before Christmas. We will examine the differences with tradition as well as how authors write dialect in books.
Week of Dec. 8
Monday - Read and annotate chapters 15-16.
Homework for Monday night: Chapter 15 index card (with figurative language highlighted and labeled; comma and conjunction highlighted in a compound sentence).
Homework for the week: Students will get a packet page for chapters 15-22. Students will choose two out of the four boxes to fill in by Friday. Students will also receive their next vocabulary page. They will choose one of the three assignments to complete by Friday.
Tuesday- Reading log due. Read and annotate chapter 17.
Wednesday - Read and annotate chapters 18-19.
Thursday - Read and annotate chapters 20-21.
Friday - Read and annotate chapters 22-23. We might get to chapter 24.
Homework for Friday night: Chapter 22 index card (with figurative language highlighted and labeled; comma and coordinating conjunction highlighted in a compound sentence; subordinating conjunction highlighted in a complex sentence).
Due on Friday: 1 vocabulary assignment; 2 boxes filled out on their packet page; 3 chapters annotations chosen by student for Mrs. H to grade.
Upcoming due date: Don't forget! 6 book talks are due by the end of the quarter!
Week of Dec 1
Monday - DUE: PACKET PAGE FOR CHAPTERS 11-14 AND VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTERS 10-14. (See above for links to these assignments).
Monday and Tuesday - Write a persuasive letter to Winnie. What should she do about the spring and Jesse?
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - Tic-Tac-Tuck Writing Assignment
Also, on Friday, ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE. Otherwise it will be changed to a forever zero.
Week of Nov. 24
Monday - Turn in packet page for chapters 7-10. Read and annotate chapter 12. Homework: Chapter 12 index card (highlight the comma and conjunction in your compound sentence and highlight your figurative language).
Tuesday - Reading log due. Read and annotate chapters 13-14. Packet page for chapters 11-14 are due after Thanksgiving Break.
Week of Nov. 17
Monday - Read chapter 7. Turn in packet page for chapters 3-6.
A new packet page for chapters 7-9 will be given out (due Friday).
Homework: Chapter 7 index card.
Tuesday - Catch up day. Work on vocabulary for chapters 5-9 (due Friday).
Wednesday - Read chapter 8-9. Reading log due.
Thursday - Read chapter 10. Homework: Chapter 10 index card.
Friday - Read chapter 11. Due: vocabulary for chapters 5-9 and packet page for chapters 7-10.
Week of Nov 10
Monday - Read chapter 4. Complete index cards for chapters 3 and 4 (a yellow handout was given with step-by-step instructions). A new packet page for chapters 3-6 was given out (due next Monday).
Tuesday - Read chapter 5. Complete a chapter 5 index card. Reading log due. Vocabulary for chapters 1-4 due.
Wednesday and Thursday - Group project over characterization.
Friday - Read chapter 6.
Homework over the weekend: Finish packet page for chapters 3-6 (due Monday). Work on vocabulary for chapters 5-9 (due next Friday).
Week of Nov 3
Monday - We will start reading Tuck Everlasting. We will start highlighting the prologue for characters, setting, figurative language, and vocabulary. Students have a vocabulary assignment to work on that is due on Nov. 11. We will also start a packet page for the first three chapters.
Tuesday - Reading log is due. Read and analyze chapter 1.
Wednesday - Read and analyze chapter 2.
Thursday - First packet page is due. Read and analyze chapter 3.
Thursday evening and Friday morning is parent teacher conferences. Please contact Mr. Harp if you are trying to set up a conference time.
Latin and Greek Roots 1: Chrom, Derm, Chron, and Therm
Japanese Internment Website research:
- This site has great information about World War II roundup of Japanese Americans, the camp experience, and Postwar Impacts.
- This site has good information about the daily life, basic necessities, and some primary source letters from the camps.
- This site has pictures from the actual time period and locations.
- This site gives the basics over the before, during, and after the Japanese Internment. It also provides a timeline of events.
April 4: Context Clues
April 5: Research Skills Stations
April 8: Test Practice - Comprehension passages
Characterization resource: trading cards template
Characterization resource: Example soundtrack project
Audiobook links
Matched
Divergent
UgliesMaze Runner
Among the Hidden
Ender's Game
3rd Quarter Reading log
Bellwork - Jan. 4 - Jan. 22
Vocabulary Lesson 3 and Types of Sentences, Sentence Challenge!
Rhyme Scheme worksheet
"The Sea" analysis sheet
Syllables lesson - haiku and cinquain
Rubric for haiku
Rubric for cinquain
Tone - use textbook pages 646-647 or Poem and Motto: worksheet
Vocabulary Lesson 4 and Adjectives
Ode brainstorm
Rubric for ode
John Henry worksheet
Notes for diamante and limerick
Sound device poems analysis
Vocabulary Lesson 5 and Comparatives/Superlatives lesson
"Sneetches" worksheet
Rubric for alliteration poem
Vocabulary Lesson 6 and Linking Verbs
Poetry Quizlet - Study for test here.
Propaganda Unit links:
Analogies - Lesson 6, Lesson 7, Lesson 8, Lesson 9, Lesson 10, Lesson 11
Propaganda notes
Mythology Unit Links
Slides: Why should I know mythology?
Research form - assigned page 2 and 3
Baucis and Philemon worksheet
Constellation myths
Want to dig deeper? Try my memrise course. It starts with simple mythology and goes more obscure.
Adjectives in Sentences
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
Medusa's Head
Cause and Effect - Going for Gold
Apple of Discord - Whodunnit
Atalanta and Hippomenes packet
Who vs. Whom - On the Red Carpet
Dog of Pompeii - Graphic Organizer and Multiple Choice
Week of Dec. 14-18
Monday - In class we are going to finish reading chapters 23-25. Due: Chapter 21 title card. Chapter 22 gist. 6 book talk project. Homework: Finish annotation sheet for chapters 21-24. Study for final. (Study guide - here.)
Tuesday - In class, we are going to finish the book. Due: annotation sheet for chapters 21-24. Reading log 7. Homework: Study for final.
Wednesday - Final.
Thursday - Final.
Friday - Hanging of the Green activities.
Week of Dec. 7-11
Monday - We are going to start our partner writing project: Tic-Tac-Tuck. Due: Chapter 19 Title Card. Homework: Vocabulary 20-24.
Tuesday - Tic-Tac-Tuck Paragraph 2; Due: Reading log 6.
Wednesday - Finish Tic-Tac-Tuck. Homework: finish vocab 20-24.
Thursday - QUIZ over chapters 15-19. Annotate chapters 20-21. Due: Vocab. 20-24. Homework: finish annotation sheet for chapters 17-20. Chapter 21 Title Card.
Friday - Annotate chapters 22-23. Due: Chapters 17-20 annotation sheet. Chapter 21 Title Card. Homework: Chapter 22 GIST.
Other note: Friday is the last day this quarter that I will be accepting late work.
Week of Nov 30-Dec.4
Monday - Write a persuasive 3 paragraph letter to Winnie. Homework: Vocab. due Wednesday
Tuesday - Finish letter. Reading log due 5 due.
Wednesday - Annotate chapters 15-16. Due: Vocabulary.Homework: Annotate chart for titles, comments, connections, and questions for chapters 13-16. Chapter 15 title card.
Thursday - Annotate chapter 17. Due: Annotations for chapters 13-16. Chapter 15 Title Card. Homework: Chapter 17 gist.
Friday - Annotate chapters 18-19. Due: Chapter 17 Gist. Homework: Chapter 19 Title Card.
Week of Nov. 23-24
Monday - Open Book; Annotate chapter 13 and 14. Chapter 14 title card. Directions for how to do a title card.
Tuesday - Reading log week 4 due! Tuck Scavenger Hunt. Happy Thanksgiving Break!
Week of Nov. 16-20
Monday - Open Book; New vocabulary assigned. We are going to start a project in class for characterization.
Tuesday- Reading log week 3 due! Continue characterization project.
Wednesday - Annotate chapter 10 and write a title card.
Thursday - Annotate chapter 11.Vocabulary assignment due.
Friday - Annotate chapter 12. Comparison assignment.
Week of Nov. 9-13
Monday - Vocabulary and open book quiz! Annotate and read chapter 5 of Tuck Everlasting as a class.
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 2 Due! We will be reading and annotating chapter 6 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will then individually create a Gist over this chapter.
Wednesday - We will be reading and annotating chapter 7 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will individually create a Title Card for this chapter.
Thursday - Vocabulary due! We will be reading and annotating chapter 8 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will create a Gist.
Friday - Remember vocab quiz on Monday! We will be reading and annotating chapter 9 of Tuck Everlasting. Students will create a Title Card over this chapter
Week of Nov. 2-5
Monday - We will be annotating chapter 1 of Tuck Everlasting in class. Remember vocabulary is homework.
Tuesday - Reading Log due! We will annotate chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting in class. The students will then individually write a Gist on a blank note card, and turn it in at the end of class. This is a 20 word summary of what happened during this chapter.
Wednesday - Vocabulary Due! Vocabulary Quiz on Monday over these words! We will annotate chapter 3 of Tuck Everlasting in class.
We will then create a Title Card as a class. If they do not finish the Title Card, it will be homework.
Ex: On a blank note card, students will:
1. Put the chapter number and add the title they created.
2. Explain the reason for their title using, "This title fits the chapter because____________."
3. Write a super important quote using parenthetical documentation (author #).
4. Explain why they chose this quote in two sentences.
5. Create their own simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, or idiom for this chapter and label what it is.
Thursday - We will annotate chapter 4 of Tuck Everlasting as a class. Students will then create their own Title Card on their own (see above for detail). They will turn this in at the end of class. If it is not finished it will be homework.
Friday - No school! Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of Oct. 26-30
Monday - We will be reading the district writing benchmark stories. We will then be giving the students the prompts for the essay so they will have time to prepare.
Tuesday - New Reading Logs will be issued to students. Students will be writing independently in class their writing benchmark essay.
Wednesday - Students will take their reading benchmark on the computer.
Thursday - We will begin our Tuck Everlasting unit.
1. Students will complete the Anticipation Guide.
2. Students will also learn about the historical background of the 1880's.
Friday - We will be reading the prologue of Tuck Everlasting. Students will be:
1. Learning how to properly annotate and highlight their book.
2. Learning how to write comments, connections, and a question at the end of every chapter.
Week of Oct. 19 - 23
Monday - Vocabulary 7 and 8 - Word Analysis will be assigned and be due Thursday! We are going to start writing our five paragraph suspense essay. Students will get to choose which prompt they want to answer. Today we will write the introduction.
1. The first prompt will have the students proving that one of the plays we read last week in class ("In the Fog" or "The Hitchhiker") was suspenseful. The students must use text evidence from the play and be able to explain their evidence.
2. The second prompt will have the students comparing and contrasting the suspenseful elements the two plays used in order to create the suspense. The students must also use text evidence from both plays and be able to explain their evidence.
(The quotes we completed for both plays last week will be extremely useful during this essay!)
Example---Quote: "A rock or stump in the fog" (Geiger 76).
Tuesday - Reading log Week 8 due - this is the final reading log of the quarter. Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence. Today we will write the first body paragraph.
Wednesday - Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence. They should be finishing paragraph three (i.e. the second body paragraph) around this time!
Thursday - Vocabulary 7 and 8 - Word Analysis due! Students will continue writing their five paragraph suspense essay using text evidence and finishing their third body paragraph (this is the fourth paragraph total).
Friday - Students will be completing their five paragraph suspense essay with a conclusion and turning it in during class. The final version may be completed at home and printed to be turned in on Monday.
Week of Oct. 12-16
Monday - We are going to start our suspense unit with a ghostly tale: "In the Fog." Homework assigned: Vocabulary Lesson 11 (due Thursday).
Tuesday - Reading log Weeks 6-7 due. Students will find 10 suspenseful quotes from the play "Into the Fog." In the following format:
"Quote" (Author page #). Category: character, setting, sound effect, prop. Explain what makes it suspenseful. Eventually, we will be using these quotes to write an essay proving that the play is suspenseful, so it is very important that this assignment be completed on time.
Example---Quote: "A rock or stump in the fog" (Geiger 76).
Category: setting
Explain: Fog is suspenseful because it lessens the ability to see. Characters cannot know what is around them.
Wednesday - "In the Fog" vocabulary quiz. Study here! We will read our second suspenseful radio play called "The Hitchhiker."
Thursday - Vocabulary Lesson 11 due. Continue reading "The Hitchhiker." Here is the original radio play in case a student is absent.
Friday - Students will find 10 suspenseful quotes from the play "The Hitchhiker" with the same format as above.
Week 7 - Oct. 5-6
Monday - Figurative Language Test - This test will review figurative language vs. literal language, foreshadowing, flashback, theme, allusion, onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole. (Assignment Due: Personification and Hyperbole worksheet).
Tuesday - Textbook test - This test will review reading comprehension, vocabulary context clues, and writing.
Wednesday - Friday - FALL BREAK!!
Week 6 - Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
Monday - We will be studying compound sentences. Homework assigned: Homophone Vocabulary due Thursday
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 5 Due. We will continue with compound sentences. Students will write 10 compound sentences and highlight the subject in one color; highlight the verb in another color; highlight the conjunction in a third color. Extension: students can put parentheses around their prepositional phrases.
Wednesday - We are studying onomatopoeia. Students will write a suspenseful scene using 8 onomatopoeia (highlighted) and 2 compound sentences.
Thursday - Homophone Vocabulary due! We will study similes and metaphors (two video clips are linked to the Moodle). We will have a worksheet for homework.
Friday - We will study personification and hyperbole. Students may have a worksheet for homework if it is not completed in class.
Week 5 - Sept. 21-25
Monday - Turn in "Bud, Not Buddy" worksheet. We will be learning different types of conflict. There will be a fill-in-the-blank worksheet for homework. Vocabulary 4-6 will be assigned.
Tuesday - Reading Log Week 4 Due. We are going to start reading the story "Just Once" which is filled with conflict. Story vocabulary is available on quizlet:. Study here.
Wednesday - We are going to finish reading "Just Once". Students will write in response and analyze the text on a worksheet.
Thursday - Vocabulary Lesson 4-6 is due. We will go to the library to check out new books and work on book talks for the books we have already read this quarter.
Friday - We will have a test over the types of conflict. Please view the quizlet to study.
Week 4 - Sept. 14-18
Monday - Turn in 4 paragraph project. We are going to start studying some grammar. On Tuesday we are going play "Magic Squares" to match verbs. Students will have a worksheet to complete to identify the verbs. On the back, they will create 5 of their own sentences with vivid verbs and illustrate them.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE, Verbs worksheet due. We going to play with prepositions. We will start with a song to the tune of Yankee Doodle that lists 46 prepositions. Students have a worksheet to identify the prepositions and prepositional phrases in the sentences.
Wednesday - Preposition worksheet due. Today is the day to wear athletic shoes and comfy clothes. We are going to compete in a VERB-STACLE course.
Thursday - Grammar Pop Quiz. We going to start reading a selection from "Bud, not Buddy" and focus on inferences.
Friday - We are going finish reading the "Bud, not Buddy" selection. Students will have an inference worksheet to complete.
Week 3 - Sept. 7-11
Monday - no school - Labor Day
Tuesday - Reading log due. We are going to start writing in response to "Dragon, Dragon." We will start by writing a paragraph in third person to summarize the dragon problem. We will also learn how to use parenthetical documentation to cite our quotes (Author and page number). Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 9
Wednesday - We are going to create a character for the dragon to prank. Students will write in first person as the character to explain what the dragon did.
Thursday - We are now going to tell the dragon's side of the story in first person. Due: Vocabulary Lesson 9
Friday - Last, but not least, we are going to pick another character from the story (cobbler, one of the son's, the princess, the queen, the king, a cowardly knight, or the wizard) to write a paragraph from his or her point of view about what happened and what was learned.
Week 2 - Aug. 31 - Sept. 4
Monday - Vocabulary Lesson 7 Due. Vocabulary Lesson 8 Assigned (due on Friday). I will lecture over the literary terms for a story. (Here is my presentation.) Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 8 and fill-in-the-blank notes from the lecture. Don't forget to get the reading log signed and filled out.
Tuesday - Fill-in-the-blank notes due. READING LOG DUE. We will start reading a short story from our textbook called "Dragon, Dragon."
Wednesday - Finish reading "Dragon, Dragon." As a class, we will create a skeletal plot diagram. Homework: Write a GIST (a twenty word summary) of the story.
Thursday - Technology Intro day. I will show the students our class websites such as the Weebly, Moodle, and Quizlet. Homework: Study for Story Elements test. You can study here.
Friday - Story Elements Test. After the test, students can read silently, so it would be good to bring a book to class.
Week 1 - Aug. 24-28
Monday - The t-shirt biography rough draft and final draft are due. We are going to start brainstorming personal letters.
Tuesday - We are going to write our personal letters. Homework: start the reading log. That means either reading on average 20 minutes a day or 140 minutes a week.
Wednesday - Finish personal letters.
Thursday - Read "Downfall of an Egg". We will focus on allusions, characters, setting, and how to cite evidence. Homework: finish the worksheet.
Friday - "Downfall of an Egg" worksheet is due. - Vocabulary Lesson 7 (pages 27-30). On numbers 1-10 students will highlight the context clue and write a predicted meaning of the word. On numbers 11-20, students will match sentences with the definitions to the bolded vocabulary word. On numbers 21-25, students will choose the correct synonym. On numbers 26-30, students will choose the correct antonym.
Week .5 - Aug. 20-21
Thursday - Start school! Whoot! Whoot! We went over expectations, played an icebreaker, and had a syllabus to get signed.
Friday - Syllabus was due! We went to the library to check out books, and we started the t-shirt biography. It will be due on Monday.
Open House!
Welcome parents, guardians, and students!
Check out our class website, drop off homeroom supplies, say, "hi" or "hello" or "howdy" to Mrs. Huddleston.
I have bell-work folders for the students to pick out.
(If you like buying teacher wishlist items, I could use colored copy paper!)
Week of April 27
Monday - MATH CRT
Tuesday - continue reading for week 2 on the schedule.
Wednesday - Meet with group to complete the 2nd third of the book quilt project.
Thursday and Friday - read for week 3.
Week of April 20
Monday - Literature Circles begin. We will start reading the novels in class. If your child is a speedy reader, then he or she may use the time to read for book talks. Remember 6 books are due this quarter!
Tuesday - LAST READING LOG DUE. Continue reading.
Wednesday - Meet with group to start working on book quilt for the literature circle novel.
Thursday and Friday - continue reading.
Week of April 13
Monday - Research skills review
Tuesday - Reading log due. Test practice.
Wednesday - CRT Jeopardy
Thursday - Silent, sustained reading; catch-up work day
Friday - READING CRT
All late work and missing work needs to be turned in by April 17 (Friday). Otherwise it is a permanent zero. All extra credit from studyisland.com is due on Friday, April 17 as well.
Week of April 6
Monday - Book talks (see Book Blog). Analogy assignment lesson 4-5.
Tuesday - How to fill out an application form. Reading log due.
Wednesday - Poetry bingo
Thursday - Genre review
Friday - Different types of context clues stations. Analogies due.
EXTRA CREDIT: Practice on studyisland.com for the reading test. Each blue ribbon will get you an extra credit point.
All late work and missing work needs to be turned in by April 17. Otherwise it is a permanent zero.
Week of March 30
Monday - Analogies lesson 2-3 (due Friday). Fairy tales and theme stations.
Tuesday- READING LOG DUE! Fairy tale vs. fables activity.
Wednesday - Read the autobiography "Storm" by Gary Paulsen.
Thursday - Biography assignment.
Friday - Practice CRT test. Analogies worksheet due.
Week of March 23
Monday - Analogies notes and worksheet
Tuesday - New reading logs were given out. Outline "The Wind People".
Wednesday - Analogies worksheet due. Begin reading "Ta-Na-E-Ka."
Thursday and Friday - continue and finish reading "Ta-Na-E-Ka." Complete a Venn Diagram over the old survival test and the ways that the character Mary completes the test. Finish the margins in the Holt Reader. Write a paragraph over the theme of the story.
Week of March 9
Monday - Write research paragraph synthesizing the research done last week.
Tuesday - Write the Works Cited Page/Bibliography for the research paragraph. Reading log due for the end of the quarter!
Wednesday - Language Arts Benchmark.
Thursday - Finish benchmark. 6 book talks are due!
In the evening, we have parent-teacher conferences from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Friday - NO SCHOOL. We have parent-teacher conferences from 8:00 AM-NOON.
Week of March 2
Monday - We are going to start our research unit over the Japanese Internment. Students will create direct quote cards, paraphrase cards, and source cards for a book, a magazine, and an internet source.
Tuesday - Reading log due. Continue research.
Wednesday - Gah! Snow day.
Thursday - Gah! Snow day.
Friday - Continue research.
Week of Feb. 23
Monday - Review writing expectations for Writing Benchmark.
Tuesday - No school - SNOW DAY.
Wednesday - WRITING BENCHMARK. In class we will read a book of narrative poetry about the Japanese Internment called Dust of Eden to give students some historical context before "The Bracelet."
Thursday - Reading log due. We are going to start reading "The Bracelet", a historical fiction short story about a little Japanese American girl during World War II who has to face the Japanese Internment.
Friday- Finish reading "The Bracelet." Assignment: Worksheet with text evidence.
Week of Feb. 16
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Pompeii Paragraphs are due. Reading Logs Due! We are starting our propaganda unit. Students will take notes on Tuesday. (If students like to watch television, they can practice identifying propaganda within the TV ads.) Click here for Notes!
Wednesday and Thursday - Students will be working in stations with propaganda. In station 1, they will be an advertising agency and create 4 different types of advertisements. In station 2, they will be on a scavenger hunt through magazines finding the different types of propaganda and advertising techniques.
Friday - Propaganda Test!! (Study Quiz here).
Week of Feb. 9
Monday - We are starting our new unit over historical fiction and informational texts. We will start to read "Dog of Pompeii" in our Holt Readers on Monday.
Tuesday - READING LOG IS DUE! We will finish reading "Dog of Pompeii" and students will complete a worksheet over the reading.
Wednesday - LAST SURVIVOR MAKTABA LESSON: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Atlas, Encyclopedia Review.
Thursday - Read a nonfiction article over Pompeii and complete a worksheet with text evidence. POP QUIZ over Survivor Maktaba resources!Read a magazine article written in second person point of view over Mt. Vesuvius and the eruption at Pompeii.
Friday - Read a magazine article written in second person point of view over Mt. Vesuvius and the eruption of Pompeii. Homework: Write one paragraph in second person point of view about a Pompeiian's last day. Write a second paragraph either in first person or third person point of view about either an archaeologist's discovery of Pompeii or different character's last day in Pompeii.
Week of Feb. 2
Monday - Wanted Poster due! Start reading the myth "Medusa's Head" from the Holt Reader.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE! Finish reading "Medusa's Head". Complete the two pages after the myth.
Wednesday - Survivor Maktaba Round 5: Internet Research Skills
Thursday - Medusa's Head assignment due. Start reading the myth "Atalanta and Hippomenes".
Friday - Atalanta and Hippomenes assignment due. MYTHOLOGY TEST!!!
Week of Jan 26
Monday - Start research for mythology unit.
Tuesday - READING LOG DUE! Finish mythology unit.
Wednesday - COGAT TESTING.
Thursday - Survivor Maktaba Round 4: Atlas Skills
Friday - We will read aloud the play "Apple of Discord". Students will determine who is the most responsible for the Trojan War and create a Wanted Poster. Students need to provide two reasons why the character they chose is the most responsible.
Week of Jan 19
Monday - NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday - Read "The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss. We are going to analyze the meter, rhyme, and alliteration. Students will have a worksheet to complete after our discussion. Reading log is due.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA ROUND 3: ENCYCLOPEDIA SKILLS
Thursday - Review for Poetry Test - Students can practice for their poetry test here.
Friday - Poetry test
Week of Jan 12
Monday - Poetry Pop Quiz! The "Poem" and "Motto" worksheet is due. If students need to review the poems to finish the worksheet, please use the online textbook at my.hrw.com. The username is L6THGRADE. The password is lions.
In class we are going to read odes.
Tuesday - Reading Log due! We are going to write an ode. The ode will be due on Thursday.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA ROUND 2: DICTIONARY SKILLS
Thursday - We are going to analyze the ballad of "John Henry." Students will have a worksheet to complete.
Friday- We are going to write a cinquain, diamante, and a limerick.
Week of Jan 5
Monday - We start our poetry unit! We will begin learning how to outline by notes over the different poetry elements. Homework: Students will write their first poem using "free-verse" and "alliteration".
Tuesday - New reading logs have begun! We will analyze the "rhyme scheme" in four poems. Then we will analyze the "imagery" in an extended metaphor poem called "The Sea." Homework: finish analysis worksheet.
Wednesday - SURVIVOR MAKTABA BEGINS! Survivor Maktaba is a series of research skills games. We will compete in these games in the library once a week for the next six weeks. Please have your student wear shoes that he or she can run in.
Thursday - We will analyze how the "tone" can change in poems written by the same author (Langston Hughes). Homework: finish the worksheet over the poems "Tone" and "Motto".
Friday - We will study "haiku" in class. Homework: finish writing three haiku. Remember haiku follow a 5-7-5 syllable count. Label each kind of haiku.
- Write a haiku about an ordinary, daily moment.
- Write a haiku about something in nature.
- Write a haiku using a contrast such as light and dark; warm and cold; high and low; big and small, etc.
1 - daily moment
I watch my students
breaking their yellow pencils
to leave on the floor.
2 - nature
Black cat watches squirrel
leaping quickly from a branch.
Hungry, she pounces.
3 - contrast - light and dark
A winter's daylight
fades softly as sun goes down.
Shadows fill the night.
Week of Dec. 15
Monday - Read and annotate chapters 25-epilogue.
Tuesday - Reading log due for the nine weeks. Study guide for Tuck Everlasting final.
Wednesday - Final over Tuck Everlasting.
Thursday - reading for pleasure and book talks. Write a book talk for Tuck Everlasting.
Friday - dialect lesson with three different versions of The Night Before Christmas. We will examine the differences with tradition as well as how authors write dialect in books.
Week of Dec. 8
Monday - Read and annotate chapters 15-16.
Homework for Monday night: Chapter 15 index card (with figurative language highlighted and labeled; comma and conjunction highlighted in a compound sentence).
Homework for the week: Students will get a packet page for chapters 15-22. Students will choose two out of the four boxes to fill in by Friday. Students will also receive their next vocabulary page. They will choose one of the three assignments to complete by Friday.
Tuesday- Reading log due. Read and annotate chapter 17.
Wednesday - Read and annotate chapters 18-19.
Thursday - Read and annotate chapters 20-21.
Friday - Read and annotate chapters 22-23. We might get to chapter 24.
Homework for Friday night: Chapter 22 index card (with figurative language highlighted and labeled; comma and coordinating conjunction highlighted in a compound sentence; subordinating conjunction highlighted in a complex sentence).
Due on Friday: 1 vocabulary assignment; 2 boxes filled out on their packet page; 3 chapters annotations chosen by student for Mrs. H to grade.
Upcoming due date: Don't forget! 6 book talks are due by the end of the quarter!
Week of Dec 1
Monday - DUE: PACKET PAGE FOR CHAPTERS 11-14 AND VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTERS 10-14. (See above for links to these assignments).
Monday and Tuesday - Write a persuasive letter to Winnie. What should she do about the spring and Jesse?
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - Tic-Tac-Tuck Writing Assignment
Also, on Friday, ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE. Otherwise it will be changed to a forever zero.
Week of Nov. 24
Monday - Turn in packet page for chapters 7-10. Read and annotate chapter 12. Homework: Chapter 12 index card (highlight the comma and conjunction in your compound sentence and highlight your figurative language).
Tuesday - Reading log due. Read and annotate chapters 13-14. Packet page for chapters 11-14 are due after Thanksgiving Break.
Week of Nov. 17
Monday - Read chapter 7. Turn in packet page for chapters 3-6.
A new packet page for chapters 7-9 will be given out (due Friday).
Homework: Chapter 7 index card.
Tuesday - Catch up day. Work on vocabulary for chapters 5-9 (due Friday).
Wednesday - Read chapter 8-9. Reading log due.
Thursday - Read chapter 10. Homework: Chapter 10 index card.
Friday - Read chapter 11. Due: vocabulary for chapters 5-9 and packet page for chapters 7-10.
Week of Nov 10
Monday - Read chapter 4. Complete index cards for chapters 3 and 4 (a yellow handout was given with step-by-step instructions). A new packet page for chapters 3-6 was given out (due next Monday).
Tuesday - Read chapter 5. Complete a chapter 5 index card. Reading log due. Vocabulary for chapters 1-4 due.
Wednesday and Thursday - Group project over characterization.
Friday - Read chapter 6.
Homework over the weekend: Finish packet page for chapters 3-6 (due Monday). Work on vocabulary for chapters 5-9 (due next Friday).
Week of Nov 3
Monday - We will start reading Tuck Everlasting. We will start highlighting the prologue for characters, setting, figurative language, and vocabulary. Students have a vocabulary assignment to work on that is due on Nov. 11. We will also start a packet page for the first three chapters.
Tuesday - Reading log is due. Read and analyze chapter 1.
Wednesday - Read and analyze chapter 2.
Thursday - First packet page is due. Read and analyze chapter 3.
Thursday evening and Friday morning is parent teacher conferences. Please contact Mr. Harp if you are trying to set up a conference time.