Monday, April 27, 2009

Week of April 27-May 1

Monday, April 27
  1. Study units 1-3 for quiz tomorrow
  2. Complete Latin suffix quiz for Wednesday
  3. Complete Latin suffix packet for Wednesday
Tuesday, April 28
  1. Pronoun packet pages 3 & 4
  2. Complete Latin suffix quiz for Wednesday
  3. Complete Latin suffix packet for Wednesday
Wednesday, April 29
  1. Quiz on vocabulary units 4-6 tomorrow
  2. Pronoun packet #1 page 8 due tomorrow
  3. READ DIRECTIONS/EXAMPLES
  4. extra credit optional assignment-create a thorough, colorful travel brochure to attract visitors to your created UTOPIA (your ideas may differ from the collaborative work you completed with your peers).  DUE MONDAY, MAY 4
Your brochure:  may be a folded brochure or one regular page.  
               must look like a professional document
                            attractive front/center image
                            (colors, formatting, typed, designed using borders, graphics, bullets, etc.)
                             must include the name and slogan of your utopia
                             must include a mission statement that explains the goal of your community
                             must include the rules for those living in your community
                             must include pictures/scenes of a typical day at your utopia
     
Thursday, April 30
  1. Read pages 1-39 of The Giver for Monday. Be prepared for a reading quiz
  2. Extra credit Utopia travel brochure due Monday
  3. Vocabulary review quiz 7-9 on Tuesday
  4. CUMULATIVE VOCABULARY TEST UNITS 1-15 on MAY 12
                            

                            








Monday, April 20, 2009

Week of April 20-24

Monday, April 20
  1. Pronoun packet #1 pages 1 & 2
  2. Vocabulary Review 171, 172 & 174
  3. Final copy of Sherlock Holmes newspaper due THURSDAY
  4. Continue reading in reading log due June 5
Tuesday, April 21
  1. Pronoun packet #1 page 3
  2. Review for unit 13-15 test on Friday
  3. Final copy of Sherlock Holmes newspaper due Thursday
  4. Find an excerpt that shows evidence of 1st or 3rd person point of view-
  5. TYPE and write on the back whether it is 1st person or 3rd person limited or omniscient 
Wednesday, April 22
  1. Pronoun packet #1 pg. 4
  2. Unit 13-15 Review pages 175-176/Test Friday
  3. Final copy of Sherlock Holmes newspaper project due tomorrow
Thursday, April 23
  1. Pronoun packet #1 page 5 due tomorrow
  2. Review 13-15 vocabulary for test tomorrow--go to Quia web or Quia.com and enter my name (Lisa Waxman) and then press go.  Try the unit 13-15 review activity or the Latin/Greek prefixes and roots review.
  3. Complete Latin suffixes for Monday (-ation, -fy, -ment, -ty, ity). Packet to be collected for a grade on Tuesday. 
Friday, April 24
STAR TESTING NEXT WEEK
Continue reading for reading log due June 5

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Week of Monday April 6-10

Monday, April 6
  1. Typed rough draft of editorial due tomorrow
  2. Typed rough draft of human interest article due Wednesday
  3. ROUGH DRAFT OF NEWSPAPER DUE APRIL 22/ FINAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT DUE APRIL 23
  4. Quiz on Latin prefixes on Thursday
  5. Continue with reading log
Tuesday, April 7
  1. Typed rough draft of human interest article due tomorrow
  2. ROUGH DRAFT OF NEWSPAPER DUE APRIL 22/FINAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT DUE APRIL 23
  3. Quiz on Latin prefixes on Thursday
  4. Continue with reading log
Wednesday, April 8
  1. Quiz on Latin prefixes tomorrow
  2. ROUGH DRAFT OF NEWSPAPER DUE APRIL 22/FINAL PROJECT DUE APRIL 23
  3. Continue with reading log