Monday, March 30, 2009

Week of March 30-April 3

Monday, March 30
  1. Fill in the blanks and highlight on pages 164-166 of unit 15
  2. Due Wednesday-Type the rough draft of your lead article summary on your chosen Holmes mystery
Tuesday, March 31
  1. Vocabulary unit 15 "Synonyms and Antonyms"page 168
  2. Complete page 1 of noun packet
  3. Due tomorrow--Type rough draft of your lead article for the chosen Holmes mystery.
Wednesday, April 1
  1. Do "Completing the Sentence" on page 167-168 of Unit 15
  2. Pages 2 & 3 of Noun packet due tomorrow
  3. Decide on a topic for your editorial and complete the T chart with the topic as the heading, the reasons on one side with the corresponding support on the other.



Sunday, March 22, 2009

Week of March 23-27

Monday, March 23
  1. Reading Log due Wednesday-late reading logs will receive a grade of a D 
  2. Indirect Objects packet pages 1&2 due tomorrow
  3. Pages 157-159 and highlighting of vocabulary unit 14 in workbook due tomorrow
  4. Holmes Test Thursday
  5. Read "The Dancing Men" due Wednesday/Continue taking notes
Tuesday, March 24
  1. Reading Log due tomorrow-have all summaries and signatures
  2. Indirect Objects packet page 3 due tomorrow
  3. Unit 14 "Synonyms and Antonyms" and "Choosing the Right Word" due tomorrow
  4. Study notes for Holmes test on Thursday
  5. Read "The Dancing Men" for Thursday/finish notes
  6. Prefixes pre-and re- due tomorrow
Wednesday, March 25
  1. Unit 14 "Completing the Sentence" due tomorrow
  2. Study notes for Holmes test tomorrow
  3. Finish reading "The Dancing Men" for tomorrow
  4. Prefixes sub- and trans- for tomorrow
Thursday, March 26
  1. Study unit 14 for test tomorrow
  2. Finish all of unit 14 in book
  3. Latin suffixes -ible, -able and -ation




Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Week of March 16-20

Monday, March 16
  1. Latin prefixes
  2. Unit 13 vocabulary pages 150-152/ highlight
  3. Finish reading "Crooked Man" and notes for tomorrow
  4. Reading Log due NEXT WEDNESDAY
Tuesday, March 17
  1. Latin prefixes dis-, inter- due tomorrow
  2. Reading Log due NEXT WEDNESDAY
  3. Unit 13 pages 154 & 155/ Test Friday
  4. Pre-read "The Greek Interpreter"-skim through the story noting key words, phrases, and names that will help prepare you for the reading.  
Wednesday, March 18
  1. Reading Log due NEXT WEDNESDAY
  2. Unit 13 page 153 "Completing the Sentence" due tomorrow
  3. Study for test on Friday
  4. "The Greek Interpreter" + notes pages 220-229
Thursday, March 19
  1. Reading log due next Wednesday. 1,250 pages for an A
  2. Vocabulary Unit 13 "Vocabulary in Context" due tomorrow
  3. Finish reading 229-238 of "The Greek Interpreter" for Monday
  4. Continue notes for Sherlock Holmes.


Monday, March 09, 2009

Week of March 9-13

Monday, March 9
  1. Latin roots -pel (to drive)
  2. Vocab unit 10-12 Review
  3. 138-139 "Vocabulary for Comprehension"141 (skip 140) "Two Word Completions"
  4. Review pink sheets for verb test tomorrow
  5. Finish "Red Head League" and notes for tomorrow
Tuesday, March 10
  1. "Antonyms" and "Word Families" pages 142-143
  2. Begin "Adventures of the Speckled Band" pages 131-143/Takes notes on case description, possible clues and suspects/motives
  3. Check ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/doyle/arthur_conan
  4. click on Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and then "read" if you do not have the textbook yet.  Read until "It was nearly one o'clock when Sherlock Holmes returned..."
Wednesday, March 11
1. Review 10-12 test Friday/ Complete pages 144,147 and 148 for Friday
2. Read 143-end of "Speckled Band" with your notes for tomorrow  
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3. Latin roots -pend (to hang) and -scrib (to write) due tomorrow
4. Vocab test 10-12 on Friday.

Thursday, March 12
  1. Review vocabulary words from units 10-12 for test tomorrow
  2. Finish pages 144, 147, and 148 in vocabulary book.
  3. Latin roots 
  4. Read "The Crooked Man" for Monday & notes
Friday, March 13
Read "The Crooked Man" for Monday  & notes
Reading Log due March 25




Monday, March 02, 2009

Week of March 2-6

Monday, March 2
  1. Type "A Bell Rings...A Man Dies" double spaced for tomorrow (about a page in length)
  2. Unit 12 vocabulary pages 131-133 and highlighting
  3. Reading Log due March 25
  4. Verb packet #4 pages 3 & 4 due tomorrow
Tuesday, March 3
  1. Unit 12 vocabulary "Synonyms and "Antonyms" and "Choosing the Right Word"
  2. Vocabulary test Friday
  3. Verb packet #4 page #5 due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 4
  1. Unit 12 vocabulary "Completing the Sentence"
  2. Verb Packet #4 page 5
  3. Reading log due March 25
Thursday, March 5
  1. Study for test tomorrow on unit 12 and bring your completed unit to correct tomorrow
  2. For Monday Read pages 42-59 of "The Red Headed League" and note clues and suspects on your worksheets
  3. Review all verb pink sheets (including irregular verbs) for VERB TEST on Tuesday 3/10
  4. Find two words with the Latin root -ject and -gress/bring tomorrow
Friday, March 6
  1. Read pages 42-59 of "The Red Headed League" and note clues and suspects
  2. Review pink sheets for the verb test on Tuesday 3/10