Click on the following link for my Quia home page. You can practice for Greek and Latin tests and review for Literature tests.
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Retesting Opportunities Retesting opportunities for students will be Monday and Thursday before and after school and on Friday during Independent Reading time. Before a student may retest, he or she must complete some practice problems and any daily practice that was assigned as homework prior to retesting. |
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3 •Write-for-five #15 •G/L Lesson 16 WS due Tuesday •Read Chapter 3, 4 •Complete study questions and packet due Tuesday |
4 •Collect G/L WS •Write-for-five #16 •Discussion •Quiz Chapters 1-4 •Read Chapter 5, 6 •Complete study questions and packet due Wednesday •G/L pgs. 48, 49 (II, III, IV) due Thursday |
5 •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 8 & packet |
6 •Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 5-8 reading quiz •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 9 & packet |
7 •Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 5-8 reading quiz •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 9 & packet |
10 •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #7 (chapter 12) & packet |
11 •Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 9-12reading quiz •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #8 (chapter 13) & packet
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12 •Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #9 (chapters 14 &15) & packet |
13 Review for Hound of the Baskervilles exam |
14 Hound of the Baskervilles final exam |
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1st Quarter Write for Five Journal Topics |
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Identify the character pillars that best identify you. Describe how those traits make you the person you are today. |
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If your best friend could describe you, what would he or she say? |
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What are some of your goals in life? ...Your hopes and dreams? |
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What are your unique quailities. What makes you different than other people? |
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Tell a story about one of the events on the "Timeline of Your Life" handout. |
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Write about an interesting place you have been. (this doesn't have to be a vacation...it could be as simple as getting lost in the pages of a good book." |
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Freewrite about your weekend |
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Write about someone you know who isn't what they seem. |
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Talk about something bizarre that has happened to you. Think about our theme of strange and mysterious. |
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Explain what you think happened to Billy Weaver at the end of the story. |
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Freewrite about your weekend |
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Supose you received an object that had the power to grant its owner 3 wishes. What would you do? |
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Create a story usind the following lead...It was a dark and stormy night. We had been traveling... |
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What do you think happened at the end of "The Monkey's Paw"? Justify your answer with examples from the story. |
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Free write. |
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Create a top ten list of terrors in pop culture. Consider movies, shows, book, roller coaster, haunted houses, etc... |
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Why do some people like being scared? Can a good scare ever be healthy? |
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Can you tell if someone is telling the truth or lying? If so, how? If no, why is this difficult? |
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Free write. |
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In what ways was the Narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" unreliable/ Give specific examples from the text for support. |
2nd Quarter Write for Five Journal Topics |
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Free write |
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Write about your scariest experience. |
Book Products Students are required to do two book products per quarter. The first book product is a required genre and the second book product is a choice genre. For the required genre students fill out a book review form (see link below), and for the choice genre students need to choose a book product from the book product list (see link below). Due dates are listed below. |
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Book Products -link to book product ideas Book_Review - link to book review form |
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Greek/Latin Everday Vocabulary Click below for a link to each lesson with a list of the bases and definitions |
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