May 24-26

May 24: Per. 1, 2, 3 FINALS
May 25: Per. 4, 5, Early Bird FINALS
May 26: NO SCHOOL for students

May 17-21

May 17: Teacher Survey (Schutte); Finish Animal Farm Essay
May 18: Reward/Make-up Day
May 19: Teacher Survey (Jones for Per. 5 & 6); Review for Final (MEL-Con & Grammar)
May 20: Take THREE surveys! Tech Survey, Augie Survey, & SLC Survey; Review for Final;
May 21: Review for Final Per. 1-4; (NO Per. 5; PER 6 TAKES FINAL!)

May 10-14

May 10: Finish Sophomore Sales Brochure
May 11: Review MEL-CON; Begin Child Warriors film
May 12: Review MEL-CON; Finish Child Warriors film
May 13: Read A Long Way Gone with guided reading
May 14: Revise essay; Enrichment on Child Soldiers

May 3-7

May 3: BR; Run-ons; Fragments1; Explore Practice
May 4: BR; Run-ons; Fragments2
May 5: PLAN TEST
May 6: Sophomore Sales Brochure
May 7: Sophomore Sales Brochure

Apr. 26-30

Apr. 26: BR; Skill Set Review; Explore Practice
Apr. 27: BR; Pronoun Case; Run-ons; Sub. Conj. Quiz 3
Apr. 28: NO SCHOOL
Apr. 29: Laptops--Revision
Apr. 30: Laptops--Final Draft Due

April 19-23

Apr. 19: Drafting (Add links)
Apr. 20: MAP testing
Apr. 21: Drafting (Revise for word variety/sentence variety/grammar)
Apr. 22: Drafting (Add intro & conclusion)
Apr. 23: Rough Draft Due

April 12-16

April 12: Intro Research Paper--Modeling process (blocking)
HW: Fragments/Run-Ons

April 13-15: Library for research (Notes/Outline/Source Cards/Thesis)

April 16: Lab for drafting (body paragraphs)

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)

Feb. 15-19

Feb. 15: No School

Feb. 16: (Sub) Sentence Combination #4; p. 130-131 grammar/Goldilocks rewrite

Feb. 17: BR; Making Inferences; Comma/Fanboys review

HW: Punctuation Review

Feb. 18: BR; Making Inferences Review

HW: Choosing the correct conjunction

Feb. 19: BR; Comma/Fanboys practice; Skill Set 3 Quiz 3

Feb. 8-12

Feb. 8: Why do we write? (discussion); creating complex sentences

HW: Online Quia practice for those who need to do it (Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS) or Cause-Effect Sentences 7). Print and turn in scores! (study Vocab Prove It words)

Feb. 9: BR; Prep for history essay (cause/effect); grammar workshop
HW: Write history essay; study Vocab Prove It words

Feb. 10: Vocab Prove It; grammar workshop; small-group instruction on cause/effect sentences
HW: Plan Cause/Effect Speech

Feb. 11: Speeches on Cause/Effect Essay

Feb. 12: Scheduling for Next Year

Feb. 1-5

Feb. 1: BR; Finish Interim Analysis; Commas w/ FANBOYS practice

HW: Plan cause/effect speech

Feb. 2: BR; Commas with FANBOYS rally coach; Skill Set Quiz 2

HW: Plan cause/effect speech

Feb. 3: No School

Feb. 4: BR; Persuasion Practice; Sentence Combination 1; Transition Packet

Feb. 5: LAB

1. Revise and post Cause/Effect Essay onto blog
2. Comment on one other student's blogs from a different class using bookmarks
3. Comma FANBOY practice--print scores
4. Cause/Effect practice--print scores

Choose One:

5. Top 10 Most Invasive Species--Choose one to read about. Then, blog about the causes and effects as depicted in the reading, linking us to the species you read about and making connections to co-existence.

6. Create a comic depicting the life of FANBOY. What does he do? What super powers does he have? What are his limitations or weaknesses?

7. Create a Quia game that helps teach COMMA/FANBOYS or SEMI-COLONS with CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS (cause/effect sentence writing).

• Sign in as "katherineschutte" with password "mhsteam3"
• Choose "activities" on left menu
• Choose "challenge board" (Jeopardy) or "rags to riches" (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?") or "battleship"
• Create questions that have clear answers
• Tell me which activity is yours so you get the credit!
  

Jan. 25-29

Jan. 25: RESUME DUE! BR; Revise Causal Analysis essays (global revisions)

HW: Finish revising for Wednesday

Jan. 26: BR; Revise Causal Analysis essays (specific revisions)

HW: Finish revising for Wednesday; C/E Sentences #5 (if necessary)

Jan. 27: CAUSAL ANALYSIS DUE! Revise essays for science; repost to Moodle

HW: Revise & repost to Moodle

Jan. 28: BR; Sentence Combining packet (sub)

Jan. 29: R&J Persuasive BR; Interim Test Analysis

Jan. 19-22

Jan. 19: Research/Write Resume
HW: Cause/Effect Sentences 4 (if applicable)

Jan. 20: Cover Letter Intro; Draft due Thursday
HW: Draft cover letter

Jan. 21: Revise cover letter & resume; works cited entries
HW: Resume/Cover letter due Monday

Jan. 22: Works Cited Page; Finish resume; Revise Causal Analysis essay
HW: Resume/Cover letter due Monday!

Jan. 11-15

Jan. 11: Vocab intro; essay revision (for sentence structure, transitions, and silly mistakes); share with peer for revision/comments
HW: Peer-Revision due Tuesday

Jan. 12: BR; Finish causal analysis (if not done); Cause/Effect Practice 3 (if required); Sentence Combination Exercises; Identifying transition phrases in WS Ch 17 & 19.

Jan. 13: Per. 2 & 5: Vocab Prove It/SSR; conferences
Per. 3 & 6: Resume Project Intro (What & Why/Samples); Citations--what and why

Jan. 14: Per. 3 & 6: Vocab Prove It/SSR; conferences
Per. 2 & 5: Resume Project Intro (What & Why/Samples); Citations--what and why

Jan. 15: Monarch Resume Research