April 5-9

April 5-9: Spring Break!

Remember to:

Add to Animal Farm essay on G-docs
Add to research paper proposal on G-docs
Do some Compass Learning practice--MAP testing is April 21!

Mar. 29-April 2

Mar. 29: Link Review/Practice; Laptops (drafting)




























































Mar. 30: Laptops (drafting w/ Writing Analyzer)
HW: Draft due Wednesday w/ Writing Analyzer




















Mar. 31: Laptops--Research tips/Google Advanced Searching/Topic Exploration
HW: Post web list to Google Docs

April 1: B220--Online Catalog/InterLibrary Loan/Topic Exploration/Proposals due at end of period

April 2: NO SCHOOL

Mar. 22-26

Mar. 22: BR; Ch 6 (finish); Ch 7 and Ch 8
HW: Subordinating Conjunction Practice (User Name = lpolito; Password = (school's initials)

Mar. 23 (Sub): BR; Ch 9 & 10
HW: Watch Ch 9 and Ch 10 (Stop at 0:25 because ending of video is different from book. Or, if you watch the full ending, why do you think the film makers added the last 2:30? How does it change the message of the book?)

Mar. 24: Journal; Discuss AF; MEL-CON explanation
HW: Evidence portion of outline





























































































Mar. 25: Essay Outlining (Per. 2 & 3--Eddie Speaks)
HW: LINK assignment; create own LINK

Mar. 26: PER. 2 & 3: Blog about Animal Farm one last time OR complete Language Arts Compass Learning activities (username = full student ID number; password = first and last initial). You may need headphones. Whichever you choose to do WILL be graded!!! If you have extra time, do a Subordinating Conjunction Practice (User Name = lpolito; Password = (school's initials)

Per. 5 & 6: Draft MEL-CON outline into paragraph. Save as your name in "Student Groups"--Team 3 folder.

Mar. 15-19

Mar. 15: BR; Ch 5; Skill 4 Quiz 2
Mar. 16: BR; Thesis Statement Review; Ch 5 AF
Mar. 17: Persuasive prompt; MEL-CON Outline
HW: Finish Outline/Ch 1-5 Review
Mar. 18: Ch 1-5 Quiz; 6 AF
Mar. 19: No School--Conferences

Mar. 8-12

Mar. 8: BR; Ch 2

Mar. 9: BR; Vocab Quiz (AF Terms); Subordinating Conjunction Practice

Mar. 10: (sub) BR; Ch 3

Mar. 11: (sub) BR; Inferencing

Mar. 12: BR (Persuasive Prompt); Ch 4; Comedy of Errors--$10 (Per. 6)

Mar. 1-5

Mar. 1: BR; Rise & Fall of Soviet Union reading; Ch 1
Mar. 2: BR (Persuasive prompt); Finish Ch 1
Mar. 3: Vocab Prove It; Extra Help Session; Skill Set 3 Test 4
Mar. 4: BR; Skill Set 4 Pretest; Ch 2 (Per. 2 & 5); Blogging (Per. 3 & 6) & Compass
Mar. 5: BR; Skill Set 4 Pretest; Ch 2 (Per. 3 & 6); Blogging (Per. 2 & 5) & Compass

Feb. 22-26

Feb. 22: BR; Blog #7--What is Power? How does someone/something earn or keep power? How can power be lost? What holds the most power in your life? What makes you powerful?
Compass Odyssey or Quia Practice/Creation

Feb. 23: BR (Persuasive Prompt); AF Vocab Intro

Feb. 24: Journal; AF Vocab

Feb. 25: BR; Finish AF Vocab;

Feb. 26: BR; Intro to AF (Russian Rev. Background; Begin Rise & Fall)