Mrs. Day

December 11, 2007

Week of December 10th

Monday (10th):  Hand out Review sheet for the Final/Kid Nation
Tuesday (11th):  Go over Study Tips and good how to prepare for a test/Kid Nation
Wednesday (12th): Grammar review/Kid Nation. Essay question will be give. Due on or before the day of your exam.
Thursday (13th):  Review Game
Friday (14th): Follow-up questions concerns over Exam/Kid Nation

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November 26, 2007

Week of Nov. 26th

Monday (26th):  We will go over questions from “The Lottery”, we will also go over Irony from our notes, get into groups, I will meet with Group 3. Homework: Read “Angela’s Ashes” for Tuesday.

Tuesday: (27th):  Group 3 Presentations over “Angela’s Ashes”

Wednesday (28th):  Group 3 Follow up/Quiz.  Notes over Elements of a Short story. Review

Thursday (29th):  Quiz over 2nd part of short story elements; Activity, groups meet.

Friday (30th) Half-day:  Group 4 will meet and finish up. Silent reading.

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November 19, 2007

Week of November 19th

Monday:  We will read “The Lottery” in class today and do a short activity over it. For Tuesday you need to have read “To Build a Fire”

Tuesday:  Group 2 Presents “To Build a Fire”

Wednesday: Group 2 Follow-up and finish worksheet and discussion over “The Lottery”

Thursday:  Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday: No School

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November 13, 2007

Week of November 12th

Monday (12th):  No School

Tuesday (13th):  Point of View (notes), Group work.  Please remember to bring your binder to class.  Group 1 must be ready to go on Thursday!!!

Wednesday (14th) Change from calendar!  Today I will do a binder check for points, please remember to bring it to class.  We will continue with our short story notes and then get into groups and either read or work on your packets. “Open Window” must be read by everyone for Thursday!!!
Thursday (15th)  Group 1 presents “Open Window”

Friday (16th) Mid-Quarter:  Follow-up with Group 1 Presentations, we will read a short story called “The Lottery” and do a short activity in regards to Irony.

Remember there will be a mini-exam over “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Open Window” on Monday.

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November 5, 2007

Week of November 5th

Monday(5th):  We will finish our notes over “Elements of a Short Story”.  You will receive your packet over the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”.  You will have the rest of the class period to work on it and 10 min. on Wednesday. It will be due on Thursday.

Tuesday (6th): You will need your Stack the Deck books.  We will also be doing more work on Pronouns.

Wednesday (7th): Turn in Grammar Homework. Bring your Short story packet to class.  We will work on this for 10 min. and then you will be given a worksheet to work on. We will also go over the Group Projects that will start on Friday.

Thursday (8th): Short Quiz over Pronouns.   We will go over our packets together in class. Group 1 needs to read their short story tonight to be ready to discuss with their groups on Friday. Antagonist/Protagonist (notes)

Friday (9th):  Mini-Exam over Elements of a Short story.
check and we will go over them in class. Groups will get together and discuss their story and lesson.

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October 24, 2007

Week of Oct. 22nd

Sorry my post is up late this week:

Monday: I handed out spelling/voc. worksheet and we watched the movie

Tuesday: We went over a pronoun/noun worksheet (Due Wednesday) watched the movie.

Wednesday: Quiz over Pronouns, Go over homework, Stack the Deck exercise

Thursday: Essay question over the movie, Go over voc./spelling worksheets

Friday: Spelling/Voc. Test, work on folders

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September 25, 2007

Week of Oct. 15th

For the week of Oct. 15th:

Days you will need your Alchemist book: Monday,Tuesday, and Thursday

Monday (15th): Bell Schedule 2.  We will work on new vocabulary and spelling words for the week. Mini-grammar lesson. We will also continue to read and work on “The Alchemist”

Tuesday(16th): We will begin working in our Stack-the-Deck books. We will have an in-class Alchemist assignment working in groups.

Wednesday(17th): Mini-grammar lesson, Stack the Deck book.

Thursday(18th): Grammar test. Bring your vocabulary/spelling worksheet to class to go over them.

Friday(19th): END OF THE QUARTER. Spelling/Vocabulary test. Game day.

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