Week of November 29- December 3
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: The Old Demon
Mon., November 29
Vocabulary Workshop Unit 6, 1-10
Introduce story, The Old Demon & the vocabulary
Start reading the story orally in class.
**** Need to finish Wrinkle in Time Booklets****

Tuesday, November 30
Vocabulary Workshop Unit 6, 11-20
Review Vocabulary
Review story part read on Monday and finish reading
Do workbook pages 81-82 (Finish for homework)
***Finish Wrinkle in TIme Booklets ******

Wednesday, December 1
Review Vocabulary and story
Take vocabulary and comprehension test
Do Workbook pg. 83

Thursday, December 2
Go over test
Workbook pg 84
Vocab Workshop pg. 69

Friday, December 3
Voacb Workshop Pg. 69-70
mindjogger quiz

Week Of November 15-19
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: A Wrinkle In Time
Monday, November 15
Read Chapter 10
Review vocabulary from booklet
Work on Unit 5 in Vocab workshop

Homework: Page 20 in booklet

Tuesday, November 16
Read Chapter 11
Review vocabulary
Work on Unit 5

HOmework: Page 21 & 22

Wednesday, November 17
Read Chapter 12
Review vocabulary
Work on Unit 5

Homework: Pages 24 & 25

Thursday, November 18
Discuss Story & do study guide
Review Unit 5
Check Booklet

***Test on A Wrinkle In Time Tomorrow*****

Friday, November 19
Test on story
Test on Unit 5- Vocab Workshop

Hope You Have A Safe A Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Week of November 1-5
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: A Wrinkle In Time
Monday, November 1
Review Unit 4 Vocab workshop words & definitions
Read Chapter 1/ Do handout on chp 1
(You must keep up with the handout. It will be taken up when we finish the story for a TEST grade.)

Tuesday, November 2
SCHOOL'S OUT for Election Day. Please remember to vote!

Wednesday, November 3
Review Unit 4 words & definitions. Test Friday.
Read chapter 2/ Do handout on chp. 2

Thursday, NOvember 4
Review Unit 4 words & definitions. Test Tomorrow!!
Read chapter 3/ Do chp. 3 in handout.

Friday, November 5
Take Spelling test-Unit 4
Read Chapter 4/ Do chp. 4 in handout

Week of October 25-29
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Monday, October 25
Root-duct, vol
Introduce Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4
Introduce Vocabulary for Story

Tuesday, October 26
Root- duct,vol
Review Vocabulary
Read Act I of story
Reading workbook pgs. 85-87

Wednesday, October 27
Root-vers, vert
Review vocabulary
Read Act II
Reading workbook 86, 88

Thursday, October 28
Root-vers, vert
Review vocabulary
Review Story, take test

Friday, Octobe 29
Review root, take test
Watch twilight zone episode; write paragraph

Week of October 18-22
Mood:  special
Now Playing: All Summer in a Day
Monday, Oct. 18
Work on vocabulary workshop pgs. 38-39
Introduced story, All Summer in a Day, pg. 460
Introduced vocabulary words

Tuesday, October 19
Root:fract
Read story together and discuss
Reading workbook pg. 78

Wednesday, October 20
Root: anim, cred
Read story silently and take test
Review spelling words and definitions

Thursday, October 21
Take spelling test
Take root test
Do writing project

Friday, October 22
Watch movie by Ray Bradbury, the author of our story this week.

Week of October 11-15
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: The Scholarship Jacket
Tuesday, October 12
Vocabulary sheet and read story silently. Finish for homework.
Go over Unit 3 vocabulary workshop. Test will be Oct. 22.

Wednesday, October 13
Root-dict, rupt
Review vocabulary & check worksheet
Read story together & take comprehension test

Thursday, October 14
Root-pos (Test Friday)
Dictionary Skills
***Remember that porjects are due tomorrow***

Friday, October 15
Review roots & take test
Students will present projects

Week of October 4-8
Mood:  a-ok
Monday, Oct. 4
-Finish final drafts. If not finished in class, must complete at home for homework tonight. Everything on the BLUE sheet must be turned in on Tuesday for final grade.

Tuesday, Oct. 5
-Turn in research sleeves
-Root:scrib
-Work on "puns" (play on words)
-Study Unit 2 Vocab Workshop- The following words will be covered on the test Friday. You must know how to spell them and know the definitions.
1-available
2-cater
3-hazard
4-homicide
5-indifference
6-indignant
7-lubricate
8-mutual
9-retard
10-transparent

Wednesday, Oct. 6
-Root-capt, tact (test Friday)
-Will begin story Amigo Brothers
-Finish vocab worksheet on Amigo Brothers
-Study Vocab Workshop Words (test Friday)
-Reading Workbook p. 71
-Assign project-pg. 431 "Learning for Life"

Thursday, Oct. 7
-Check vocab worksheet & workbook
-Read Amigo Brothers & Discuss
-Reading Workbook

Friday, Oct. 8
-Review Vocab & story
-Review roots, suffixes & prefixes
-Review vocab workshop
-Take tests

Week of September 27-October 1
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: The Life Of Jim Morris
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Root - juven, ven
Vocabulary Workshop - Unit 2

We are finishing our notecards for our research paper on Jim Morris. Everyone should have atleast 30 notecards. (10-Movie sheet, 10-Internet, 10-Excerpt from his autobiography) The outline is as follows:
I- Introduction (This is your thesis statement.)
II- Childhood
A. Born
B. Family
C. Growing Up
D. High School
III- Early Adult Life
A. College
B. Attempt at pro-bowl
C. Family
D. Baseball Team Deal
IV- Later Adule Life
A. Tryouts
B. Minors
C. Majors
V- Conclusion (This sums up everything you just talked about.)

Wednesday- Sept. 29
1. We will organize our notecards
2. Write our bibliography
3. Start our rough draft
4. Go over Unit 2 words in Vocab Workshop
5. Root cogn, termin
Thursday- Sept. 30
1. Complete rough draft
2. Proofread
3. Begin cover sheet
Friday- Oct. 1
1. Root Quiz
2. Begin Final draft

Tuesday, September 14
Mood:  energetic
Now Playing: Jim Morris-The Rookie
We will be watching the movie, The Rookie, this week. We are gathering information to write a biography on Jim Morris,the title character of the movie. We will gather our information from the movie, the internet, and his autobiography. (BE SURE TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR NOTE-TAKING SHEET FROM THE MOVIE-You Will Turn These In!)

We started vocabulary workshop this week. We will test on the Unit we are working on every other Friday. This test schedule can be found on the front inside cover of the vocab. book. We are working on Unit 1, page 21-27.

We also are still working with roots, prefixes, and suffixes. This week we are workin on the roots-
celer-fast
gress-step
avi/avia-bird
memor/memori-remember
Prefixes:
ac-to,toward,near
de-away,down
di-apart,away,not
pro-for,before,forward
re-back,again
com-with,together
Suffixes:
-ate-to make,to act
-ion-state,quality,act
-al-like,related to
-ary-someone or something that belongs to
-ate-to make,to act
-trix-feminine
-y-state,quality,act
We will have a quiz on these Friday.

Week of September 7-10
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: A Boy and His Dog
Tuesday- Get Vocabulary Words and Root-"mob"
Finish Vocabulary Worksheet and study root worksheet.

Wednesday- Library
Continue to study vocab and root worksheets.

Thursday- Get root-"brev" & "cede" worksheet. Read and discuss story. Take comprehension and vocabulary test.
Study both root worksheets.

Friday- Review roots and take quiz. Go over idioms.

Have a Great Weekend!!!