Monday - We should finish Act II of The Diary of Anne Frank today.
Tuesday - Students will be given the entire class to complete the study guide for Act II. We will also review the correct answers.
Wednesday - Test Act II
Thurs/Fri - Students watch the movie DoAF.
Monday - We will finish reading Act I of The Diary of Anne Frank. In that we will have plenty of time, we will also review Monday for the test over act one to be held Tuesday.
Tuesday - Test Act 1, DoAF
Wednesday - Return tests - Begin reading Act II
Thursday - Finish Act II
Friday - Field Day - No classes
With CRCT testing completed, we will be turning our focus to reading The Diary of Anne Frank. We will read aloud in class. Due to its play format, reading aloud is more fun. If your student is absent, he or she may check out a literature book to catch up.
There is no DOL this week.
Monday: Homework pages 113 & 115 were collected. Students completed the practice test in style and expression. HW: WB pages 149-150 ALL follow the book's directions. READ CAREFULLY!
Tuesday: Review and discussion of the style and expression section of the practice test. Review and discuss the workbook pages. Answer any last minute questions regarding the CRCT testing.
Wednesday: Vocabulary for The Diary of Anne Frank to be completed in class.
Thursday: Complete vocabulary. As students finish, they will read WWII Women in Uniform Section 1.
Friday: Begin reading The Diary of Anne Frank aloud in class.
DOL Sentence: The CRCt which determine your're fate approace hour preaired to pass. (8)
Monday - Read and Rate 2 papers - DOL Corrections - TEST PREP: Drawing Conclusions - An Explanation and Examples
Tuesday - Read and Rate YOUR paper - DOL Parts of Speech - Test Prep: Drawing Conclusions - A practice test. HW: WB pages 151-152 ALL DUE THURSDAY
Wednesday - DOL Parts of a Sentence - 5 min to look over TEST Prep - Grade your own and review answers. Discuss how/why each answer was chosen. HW: WB page 63 Ex. 3 ALL
Thursday - DOL Phrases, Clauses, and Structure - REVIEW of ALL Workbook pages - Review of the most missed questions from the PRETEST
Friday - DOL Quiz - PREP TEST #2 - Focus: Misplaced Modifiers & Sentence Revision - Discuss and look at examples - WEEKEND HOMEWORK: WB Pages 113 & 115 ALL DUE MONDAY
Thursday: Students turned in their essays and took their end-of-year pretest.
Friday: 3rd, 4th and part of 5th reviewed their essays. The other part of 5th was a locker clean out. 6th & 7th were Spring Break preps.
Enjoy the break!
Students had the entire class period to work on their papers. Students who finished turned in their papers. Students who did not are to complete them for homework.
Last night's homework was collected. Students had the remaining class time to write, edit and revise their rough drafts. Thewe were collected to be finished as an in-class product tomorrow.
The exceptions to the above were the students leaving for the Orlando trip in our 5th, 6th, and 7th periods. They are to have their papers to us prior to their departure tomorrow. Today, those students pretested today.
HW: Write 6 compound sentences. Use any 6 of the FANBOYS, but you may only each conjunction only once. If you can use all 7, there is extra credit.
In class, students were walked through the ABI's last crime. All were to have taken notes as we discussed the crime. An example outline was on the board for students to use as their model. Their outlines will be graded for format. This will assist them with the paper we will begin tomorrow.
FOR STUDENTS LEAVING WEDNESDAY, THE FINAL COPY OF YOUR PAPER NEEDS TO BE TO YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER BEFORE YOU LEAVE!
This week's DOL sentence: ABI team members gave the lab pieces of evidence to process. Corrections were Monday - Tuesday is Parts of Speech - Wendesday is Parts of a Sentence - Thursday is Phrases, Clauses, and Structure - Friday is the QUIZ.
Investigations will conclude this week regardless of whether all teams solve the crime. Teams were told that not everyone would reach the final stages when we began the unit. Thus far, students have had to complete a resume, a job application, read a technical manual, complete report forms (lab submissions), and write a minimum of 2 business letters each.
Friday, students will review the "Who Dunnit?" papers previously written to remind them of the errors in flow and content before we begin next week's culmunating activities.
