Week of Jan. 25

Friday
We graded the cap, pel/puls Roots Review Test and completed Stave Five Review.
Tales #53:
no the whole group are here and were going too stick it out reiterated gnarly
Homework:
Quiz(zes) on the novel next week. AR quiz day is Tuesday.
Bring your plot diagram/story map to class next week!



Thursday
Students took the cap, pel/puls Roots Review Test.
Handout: Scrooge's Timeline project (due 2/4).
Students had time to read in class.
Homework:
Quiz(zes) on the novel next week.



Wednesday
Tales #52
hey let's get out of here before we go any further harold rasped in gnarlys left ear
Vocab: rasped
We finished reading Stave Five of A Christmas Carol, then worked on vocab and study guide questions.
Homework:
Quiz(zes) on the novel next week. Review for cap/pel, puls quiz tomorrow.



Tuesday
Copy the prompt into your composition notebook. Skip a line. Respond to the prompt.
"My worst mistake was..."
Worked with a partner on Stave Four Review questions. Turned these in. If not finished, due Wednesday.
Homework:
Finish questions.



Monday
Tales #51
Conan lounged between all his cool friends against a wall smoking a cigarette to look cool
Vocab: lounge
Reviewed how to summarize (handout). Practiced summarizing a paragraph. After viewing and discussing a poor example, worked a little more to perfect own copy. Then viewed and discussed an example of a well-written summary.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc. Work on study guide.
Cap/pel, puls roots quiz on Thursday.
A Christmas Carol quizzes next week.

Week of Jan. 18

Friday
Tales #50
everyone was in their best attire accept conan who wore his best holy jeans which had been cut with knifes for effect
Vocab: attire
Listened (as we followed along) to a reading of Stave Four.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc. Work on study guide.
Cap/pel, puls roots quiz next week (not Monday).



Thursday
In composition notebooks: Write the prompt, skip a line, respond to it.
Prompt: What piece of furniture in your house has the most interesting story behind it? Write about it.
Finished and collected the Stave Three Reviews from yesterday.
Time for silent reading.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc. Work on study guide.



Wednesday
Tales #49
when harold jaunty in his good slacks and chubby gnarly arrive at belindas parents house the party is already in full swing
Vocab: jaunty
Finished and collected the green w/s from yesterday (Comparing Christmas Parties).
Worked in partners to complete the Stave Three Review.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc. Work on study guide.



Tuesday
Worked on Stave Three activities:
- The Cratchit Family w/s (collected)
- Comparing Christmas Parties (will finish in class tomorrow)
Remember to give evidence from the text and to cite the page numbers!!
Homework:
Cap, Pels/Puls roots quiz next week. Continue to work on vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Monday
No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Week of Jan. 11

Friday
Took, graded, and collected Roots (Pel/Puls) Quiz.
Time for silent reading and review of language arts vocabulary.
Homework:
Cap, Pels/Puls roots quiz coming up.



Thursday
Prompt for composition notebooks:
Write the prompt, skip a line, and respond to it:
Write a fake news story that includes the following words:
- tater tot casserole
- geraniums
- zipper
- karate
Finished reading Stave Three in class and then had some time for silent reading and AR tests.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc., for tomorrow's quiz.



Wednesday
Early Release - Special schedule.
Homework:
Vocab, parts of speech, roots, etc.



Tuesday
Today we read and discussed Stave Three as far as the bottom of p. 231 ("-in a glow!")
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Monday
This week's root word list (pel, puls) was distributed.
Students worked on a characterization exercise about Scrooge using quotes from Stave Two. Last week's Stave Two Review was handed back, and students were given feedback on the grade they received. We also graded Friday's Roots Quiz.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.

Week of Jan. 4

Friday
Students took this week's Roots Quiz (cap) and then worked on a characterization exercise, which was turned in at the end of the period.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Thursday
Finished reading Stave Two and worked with partner on Stave Two Review questions. These were turned in at the end of the period.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Wednesday
Handed out A Christmas Carol Study Guide. You will need to know the answers to these questions for a test on the novel (after we've finished reading).
Continued reading A Christmas Carol, picking up with Stave 2. We will finish the section in class tomorrow.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Tuesday
Stave One Vocabulary quiz - graded and collected.
We continued with the Word Chop activity from yesterday (graded and collected) - it went longer than expected and so we did not get to read the novel today. Tomorrow for sure!
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Monday
Writing Prompt (to be completed in composition notebooks): In 1789, the first U.S. Presidential election was held. If you were running for President at that time, on what issue(s) would you have based your campaign?
Gap-fill exercise on A Christmas Carol.
New roots word list - cap. Quiz Friday.
Stave One Vocabulary review - graded and collected.
We read a w/s on The Worth of Trivia (Jan. 4 is Trivia Day), then answered comprehension questions on the piece. This was graded and collected.
We began the Word Chop w/s, related to the Trivia article, and will finish in class tomorrow.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc. Roots quiz (including parts of speech, etc.) on Friday. Tomorrow we continue with the story.