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Due dates:
  • May 15 - Book Report finished
  • May 15 - 1st round of corrections 
  • May 16 - 2nd round of corrections
  • May 20/21 - video ready to show
​Important Stuff:
Here's the Schedule for the last two days of school.
Click here for info about the Comprehensive Exams.

​Click here to download "Future Me."
​Click here to download "Grrr!"

⬇︎Here's what we're doing each day.​ ⬇︎

MONDAY

May 20
  • If you want to see your final paper, email me.
  • Make-up exams
  • Book reports and videos
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TUESDAY

May 21
  • If you want to see your final paper, email me.
  • Make-up exams
  • Book reports and videos
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WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY

No school!!!
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MONDAY

May 13
  • Research paper grades
  • Review games over Vocab, spelling, grammar, and reading passages
  • Time to work on your book report and/or video
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TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

May 14-15
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THURSDAY/FRIDAY

May 16-17
  • "Am I exempt...?"
  • Comprehensive exams 
  • Time to work on your video
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MONDAY

May 6
  • NWEA make-ups
  • Silent Reading
  • Did we read "Grrr!"?
  • Discussing last-minute formatting corrections
  • ​​30-second video survey
  • Share your Book Report file with me.
  • TinyCards 10 due today
  • Work Time (corrections, book report, etc.)
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TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

May 7-8
  • NWEA make-ups
  • Silent Reading
  • Journal: What was your favorite thing we read this semester?  Why?  What was your least favorite?  Why?
  • Continuing "Romeo & Juliet"
  • Simple Stuff 15 due today
  • Work Time (corrections, book report, etc.)​
Go ahead and print your corrected paper whenever it's ready.  Turn in the corrected one and the new one.  ​
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THURSDAY/FRIDAY

May 9-10
  • Discussing the comprehensive exams
  • The Book Report should be halfway finished by the end of class today.
  • Watching "Romeo & Juliet"
  • Comprehension Practice 12 due today
  • Work Time (corrections, book report, etc.)
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MONDAY

April 29
  • Silent Reading
  • Discussing the NWEA
  • Research paper corrections
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TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

April 30 - May 1
  • ​NWEA
  • Research paper corrections
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THURSDAY/FRIDAY

May 2-3
  • A little poetry
  • NWEA
  • Research paper corrections
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MONDAY

[No school this Monday]
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TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

April 23-24
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • Read the article on p.506 AND the one on p.508.
  • Answer the questions on p.511 (except #4).
  • TinyCards 9 is due today.
  • Start making corrections on your research paper.  Look at the "Proofreading," "MLA Samples," and "Editing" pages to help.
DO NOT re-print your paper yet.
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THURSDAY/FRIDAY

April 25-26
  • Silent Reading
  • Intro to the Book Report
  • Continue Act II.
  • Add to your Characters & Plot notes.
  • Comprehension Practice 11  is due today.
  • Continue making corrections on your research paper.  Look at the "Proofreading," "MLA Samples," and "Editing" pages to help.
DO NOT re-print your paper yet.
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MONDAY/TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY

FRIDAY
April 15-16
  • Silent Reading
  • ​Reward movie
April 17-18
  • Silent Reading
  • ​Reward movie
  • How to do in-text citations
[No school this Friday]

MONDAY

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY/FRIDAY
April 8
  • Silent Reading
  • Going over Vocab 8
  • Discussing our new schedule for TC, SS & CP
  • Setting NWEA goals
  • TinyCards 8 due TODAY
  • SS 13 & 14
April 9-10
  • Silent Reading
  • Discussing the sub work for next time
  • Journal: If your family didn't approve of your boy/girlfriend, how could you try to convince them?  DON'T say you wouldn't try; that's not what I'm asking.
  • Starting Act II
  • HS: ​S+V Combinations
  • Simple Stuff 13 & 14 due TODAY
  • Reviewing Vocab 8
April 11-12
* Any of these that you don't get finished today will be a ZERO.*
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • ​Click here to prepare a Short Story Presentation.
  • Comprehension Practice 10 due TODAY
​April 4-5
  • ​Online poll
  • Journal: If you recently broke up and someone told you "there are more fish in the sea," how would you feel?  Why?
  • Continuing with Act I
  • Updating Cornell notes
  • Work time (missing work, etc.)



April 2-3
  • Intro to "Romeo & Juliet"
  • Starting Act I
  • Cornell notes on Crucible Characters
  • Cornell notes on major plots elements
  • Work Time (corrections, etc.)​

April 1
  • Silent Reading
  • Quiz over Vocab 6 (1st & 3rd)
  • Discussing grades
  • Time to turn in ANY missing work
    * Friday is the deadline for turning in ANYTHING due up to this point. *
  • Cleaning up the Works Cited pages

March 29
March 28
March 27
March 26
  • Silent Reading
  • Editing, formatting & printing research papers
  • Vocab/Spelling Quiz
  • Weekly work:
    • Vocab 7
    • Comprehension Practice 9
    • Simple Stuff 11 & 12

March 25
  • New website pages about the research paper
    • "Grading"
    • "Editing" 
    • "Formatting" (for next time)
  • Peer editing activity

March 21-22
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • Finishing "Future Me"
  • Thesis Statements
  • TinyCards 6, Comprehension Practice 8, and Simple Stuff 9 & 10
  • Sharing your endings?

March 19-20
  • Silent Reading
  • Writing How-To: Punctuation within quotations
  • Journal: Note to Self
  • Reading & discussing "Future Me"
  • Time to write your conclusion (How-To)

March 18
  • Silent Reading
  • How to write an introduction
  • Time to write your introduction (due by Midnight)
  • If you have time, you could get started on TinyCards 6, Comprehension Practice 8, and Simple Stuff 9 & 10, but the Introduction is more important.

March 7 ​
March 6
  • Silent Reading
  • How to write a rebuttal without 1st person
  • Time to write the rebuttal (due by Midnight)
  • Sample rebuttal [Yours doesn't have to be this long.]

March 4-5
  • Silent Reading
  • Reminders
  • Vocab/Spelling quiz
  • Time to finish your Counter Arguments rough draft

Feb. 28 - March 1
  • Silent Reading
  • Typing the counter arguments verbatim
  • Researching for the counter argument
  • Five more notecards due

Feb. 26-27
  • Silent Reading
  • Time to get caught-up
  • Vocab/Spelling quiz (6th block)
  • "Challenge Me" activity
  • Hand-writing the counter arguments

Feb. 25
  • ​Silent Reading
  • Due dates
  • Vocab/Spelling Quiz
  • ​TinyCards 5
  • Simple Stuff 7 & 8​​

​Feb. 21-22
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • HS: FANBOYS
  • Writing/research:
    • Type your "one reason" paragraphs verbatim.
    • By the end of class today, you should have those paragraphs finished (with quotes, statistics, etc.).
  • Time to finish your TinyCards & Comprehension Practice

Feb. 20 (1st & 3rd Blocks)
Feb. 19 (6th Block)
  • Silent Reading
  • Journal: How's your research going so far?
  • HS: FANBOYS (Practice 1 & 2)
  • Comprehension Practice 6
  • TinyCards 4
  • Writing How-To: Integrating a source into your sentence with signal words
  • Writing/research:
    • Type your "one reason" paragraphs verbatim.
    • By the end of class on Thursday/Friday, you should have those paragraphs finished (with quotes, statistics, etc.).

Feb. 12-13
  • Silent Reading
  • Five research questions
  • Formulating questions for each other
  • First five notecards and "One reason..." cards due today

​Feb. 11
  • Grade Check (in PowerSchool)
  • [6th Block: Notecards, Comprehension Practice 5, Vocab Quiz]
  • Work Time:
    • turning in missing work
    • doing research
    • watching the movie
    • If I see you playing games, I will take your computer.

Feb. 8 (6th Block)
  • Surprise!

Feb. 6-7
  • Silent Reading
  • Electronic notecards
  • Vocab Quiz
  • Formulating research questions
  • Comprehension Practice 5
  • Time to catch-up on missing work

Feb. 4-5
  • Silent Reading
  • Extra Vocab words
  • Research paper requirements
  • Writing the 3rd reason paragraph
  • Quizlet Live (to prep for the Vocab quiz)
  • Time to catch-up on missing work

Jan. 31-Feb. 1
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • HS: Clauses (review & quiz)
  • Reading & discussing "Grrr!" (page 4)
  • Turn in "Topic & Reasons" with at least two paragraphs written

Jan. 29-30
  • Silent Reading
  • HS: Clauses (Practice 1 & 2)
  • Journal: Aliens
  • Reading & discussing "Grrr!" (pages 1-3)
  • Topic & Reasons

Jan. 28
  • Silent Reading
  • Spelling Quiz
  • Comprehension Practice
  • Simple Stuff 5 & 6
  • Time to catch-up on missing work

Jan. 24-25
6th Block: Click here.
1st & 3rd Blocks:
  • Silent Reading
  • Reading Log
  • Close Reads & questions
  • Choosing a topic & reasons
  • Catch-up Time

Jan. 22-23
  • Silent Reading
  • Spelling Quiz
  • Discussing Thursday
  • Reading "There Will Come Soft Rains" (p.722)
  • Starting Practice Paragraph #2

Jan. 17-18
6th Block: Click here.
1st & 3rd Blocks:
Jan. 15-16
Jan. 14
Jan. 10-11
Jan. 8-9
  • Silent Reading
  • Subject+Verb (Practice 1 & 2)
  • Journal: Time Travel
  • Starting "By the Waters of Babylon"

Jan. 7
Jan. 3-4 ​
Research Paper Due Dates

Jan. 24/25
  • Topic chosen
Jan. 31/Feb. 1
  • Two hand-written "one reason" paragraphs due
Feb. 12/13
  • First five notecards due
Feb. 21/22
  • Rough draft due for two "one reason" paragraphs
Feb. 26/27
  • Hand-written counter arguments due
Feb. 28/March 1
  • ​Five more notecards due
March 4/5
  • Rough draft of counter arguments due
March 6/7
  • Rough draft of rebuttal due
March 18
  • Rough draft of Introduction due
March 19-20
  • Rough draft of Conclusion due
March 26-27
  • If you print it and turn it in by 3p.m. today, I'll proofread it this time and once more, meaning you'll have two chances to make corrections.
March 28/29
  • Works Cited due
April 1
  • If you print it and turn it in by 3p.m. today, I'll proofread it one time, meaning you'll have one chance to make corrections.
April 5
  • Last chance to turn it in!  If you print it and turn it in by 3p.m. today, you won't have any chance to make corrections.