Week of November 30-December 4

Monday, November 30

1. DUE TOMORROW-typed rough draft of your Ulysses essay. *Remember to include 3 supports for each body paragraph (2 quotations and 1 example in your own words in each body paragraph).
2. Finish reading your adventure novel by December 11th (next week)
3. Writing Portfolio Reflections--Parent-Student questions, gold rubric filled in with your 3 goal areas due Wednesday

Tuesday, December 1

1. Revisions on rough draft due tomorrow
2. Practice drawing some main characters using cartooning guidelines
3. Portfolio, rubric and Parent/STudent questions due tomorrow
4. Read in adventure novel
5. Final copy of Ulysses essay due Friday.

Wednesday, December 2

1. Final copy of Ulysses essay due Friday with rough draft & revisions + gold rubric
2. Complete "Procedures" 1-4 for Ulysses cartoon.
3. Finish reading your adventure novel by December 11
4. Comma packet #1 pages 4-6 due tomorrow

Thursday, December 3

1. Final Copy of Ulysses essay due tomorrow
2. Final copy on top, rough draft with revisions, gold rubric beneath
3. Finish reading adventure novel by end of next week
4. Check mrswaxmanstableofcontents.blogspot.com

Week of November 16-20

Tuesday, November 17

1. Complete Ulysses study guide for tomorrow
2. Ulysses final test Thursday
3. no vocab test this week
4. Write intro paragraph #1 and body paragraph of Ulysses essay for tomorrow

Wednesday, November 18

1. Cut out bingo squares for Friday
2. Ulysses Final Test-tomorrow
3. RD of Ulysses essay--typed due December 1st
4. Start reading your adventure novel-record in reading log

Friday, November 19 ----Thanksgiving Break

1. Read in your independent reading/adventure book
2. Typed rough draft of Ulysses essay due December 1st--Look at the "blocking it out" we completed in class. Remember that you must have 2 quotations and 1 example for each body paragraph.

Week of November 9-13

Tuesday, November 10

1. Read "The Sirens" through "Cattle of the Sun" for Thursday
2. Chapter Notes
3. Vocabulary List #2-packet due Thursday
4. Vocabulary test on Ulysses List #2 on FRIDAY
5. Postcard from Ulysses due Friday

Thursday, November 12

1. Study vocabulary list #2 for test tomorrow
2. Post card due tomorrow
3. Read "Calypso" "Ino's Veil" and "Nausicaa" for Monday
4. Chapter Notes
5. Comma Packet #1 pgs. 1-3 due tomorrow(except period 7--we got a very late start on this)

Week of November 2-6

Tuesday, November 3

1. Read "The Cyclops' Cave" and "Keeper of the Winds" & Chapter Notes
2. Ulysses Vocabulary list #1 matching 10-20 for Wednesday
3. Test on Ulysses vocabulary list #1 on Friday

Wednesday, November 4

1. Read "Cannibal Beach" and "Circe" to page 55 &
2. Chapter Notes due tomorrow
3. Study Ulysses List #1
4. Vocabulary test Friday
5. Reading Log due January 13