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Classroom Expectations - link to classroom expectations
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Retesting: Retesting opportunities for students are Monday and Thursday after school or at lunch time by appointment. 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. |
Looking for a good book? (Click on the link below) YALSA list for the college bound: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/ outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm Arrowhead Library System: http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html College bound reading list http://www.petersons.com/education_planner/preparing_article.asp?sponsor= 2859&articleName=College_Bound_Reading_List Enrichment reading http://adhd.kids.tripod.com/enrichlist.html English companion http://www.englishcompanion.com/Readings/booklists/booklists.html Books for young adults |
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2 -Journal #18 -Collect essays -Greek & Latin lesson 16…notecards due Tues. -Begin The Hound of the Baskervilles • powerpoint • Chapter 1 Homework: Reading #1 (Chaps. 1 & 2)& packet |
3 -Journal #19 -G&L lesson 16 bookwork…p. 48-49 due Thurs. -Discuss reading #1 Homework: Reading #2 (chaps. 3 & 4) & packet |
4 -Journal #20 -Reading quiz: chaps. 1-4 -Disucss reading #2 Homework: Reading #3 (chaps. 5 & 6) & packet
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5 -Journal #21 -Discuss reading #3 Homework: Chapter 7 & packet |
6 -Lesson 16 G&L test -Discuss chapter 7 Homework: Chapter 8 & packet -Book products due Nov. 18 |
9 -Journal #22 -G&L Lesson 17…notecards due Tues. -Discuss chapter 8 Homework: Reading #5 (chapter 9) & packet
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10 -Journal #23 -G&L Lesson 17…p. 50-51 due Thurs. -Disucss chapter 9 Homework: Reading #6 (chaps. 10 & 11) & packet |
11 -Journal #24 -Disucss chaps. 10 & 11 Homework: Reading #7 (chapter 12) & packet |
12 -Journal #25 -Reading quiz- chaps. 9-12 -Disucss chapter 12 Homework: Reading #8 (chapter 13) & packet |
13 -Lesson 17 G&L test -Discuss chapter 13 Homework: Reading #9 (chaps. 14 – 15) & packet -Book products due Nov. 18 |
16 -Journal #26 -Review for final exam
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17 -Final Exam |
18 Book Product #3 due -Final Project |
19 -Begin typing |
20 -Peer edit -Finish typing -Final copy due at end of class |
23 -Watch Hound of the Baskervilles |
24 -Watch Hound of the Baskervilles |
25 -PM #4 -Finish watching Hound of the Baskervilles
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NO SCHOOL
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Aug. 24 |
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What does it mean to be a person of character? What is good character? What is bad character? |
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Aug. 25 |
2 |
Identify the character pillars that best identify you. Describe how those traits make you the person that you are. |
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Aug. 26 |
3 |
If your best friend could describe you, what would he or she say? |
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Aug. 31 |
4 |
What are some of your goals in life? …Your hopes & dreams? |
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Sept. 1 |
5 |
What are your unique qualities? What makes you different than other people? |
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Sept. 2 |
6 |
Write about the members of your family or your close circle of friends. |
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Sept. 3 |
7 |
Tell a story about one of the events on the “Timeline of your life” handout. |
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Sept. 8 |
8 |
Free write |
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Sept. 9 |
9 |
Write about someone who isn’t what they seem |
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Sept. 15 |
10 |
If you were in Billy Weaver’s shoes, would you have picked up on the Landlady’s clues? Why or why not? (Remember that hindsight is 20/20). |
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Sept. 16 |
11 |
Create a story using the following lead… It was a dark and stormy night. We had been traveling all night… |
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Sept. 21 |
12 |
Free Write or finish your story from journal #11 |
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Sept. 23 |
13 |
What would you like to be famous for someday? |
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Sept. 24 |
14 |
Create a top ten list of terrors in pop culture. (Consider movies, shows, books, roller coasters, Haunted Houses, etc.) |
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Sept. 28 |
15 |
Free Write |
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Oct. 5 |
16 |
Free Write |
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Oct. 6 |
17 |
In what ways was the Narrator of “The Tell Tale Heart” unreliable? Give specific examples from the text for support. |
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Nov. 2 |
18 |
Free Write |
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Nov. 3 |
19 |
Write about your first impression of The Hound of the Baskervilles. |
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Nov. 4 |
20 |
Write about the similarities and differences between the characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. |
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Nov. 5 |
21 |
Make a list of the various “problems” encountered in chapters 3 & 4. |
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Nov. 9 |
22 |
Free write |
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Nov. 10 |
23 |
Summarize Watson’s first two reports to Holmes. What were the basic things he wanted to convey to Holmes? |
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Nov. 11 |
24 |
What big discovery did Watson make in chapter 10? |
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Nov. 12 |
25 |
Two surprising discoveries were made in Chapter 12, write about them. |
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Nov. 16 |
26 |
Free Write |
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QW # (From your packet) |
Topic |
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Sept. 10 |
1 |
Write about something bizarre that has happened to you. |
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Sept. 14 |
2 |
Explain what you think happened to Billy Weaver at the end of the story. |
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Sept. 17 |
3 |
Suppose you received an object that had the power to grant its owner 3 wishes. What would you do? |
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Sept. 22 |
4 |
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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Sept. 29 |
5 |
Why do some people like being scared? Can a good scare ever be healthy? |
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Sept. 30 |
6 |
Can you tell if someone is telling the truth or lying? if so, why is this difficult? |
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Topic |
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Aug. 27 |
1 |
Think about someone you consider to be a "hero". Write a description of this person explaining the qualities or characteristics that someone should have to be considered a hero. |
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Oct. 1 |
2 |
Imagine you are one of the police officers who responded to the neighbor’s call in “The Tell Tale Heart”. Write a report to be filed after you return to the station explaining what you found when you arrived on the scene. |
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Oct. 22 |
3 |
Think about someone you know who turned out to be different than your first impression. Write a story explaining your impression and what you discovered was the truth about that person. |
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Nov. 25 |
4 |
Imagine you are one of the police officers who responded to the neighbor’s call in “The Tell Tale Heart”. Write a report to be filed after you return to the station explaining what you found when you arrived on the scene. |
Greek & Latin Everyday Vocabulary Click below for a link to each lesson |
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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 choice a book product from the book product list (see link below). Due dates are listed below. |
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Book Product Idea Sheet - link to Book Products ideas Book Review Sheet - link to Book Review Sheet |
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