Tuesday 01/13/09

    DOL

    Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions

    Pg 483 Ex. 3

    Prepositions Phrases as Adjectives

    Pg. 485 Ex 4-5

Wednesday 01/14/09

    DOL

    Conjunctions

    Pg 487 Ex. 6-7

    Conjunctive Adverbs

    Pg 489 Ex 8-9

Thursday 01/15/09

    TALL TALES DAY

Friday 01/16/09

    DOL Test

    Turn in Spelling Unit 17 work

    Spelling Test 17

Monday 01/19/09

    No School

Tuesday 01/20/09

    DOL

    Spelling Unit 18 110-113

    Write Spelling Words 3 Times Each

    Interjections

    Pg 491 Ex 10

    Finding All the Parts of Speech

    Pg 492 Ex 13

Wednesday 01/21/09

    DOL

    Grammar Review

    Ex 1-8

Thursday 01/22/09

    DOL

    Grammar Test

Friday 01/23/09

    DOL Test

   Turn in Spelling Unit 18 work

    Spelling Test 18

Monday 01/26/09

    DOL   

    Spelling Unit 19 pages 116-119

    Write spelling words 3 times each

Tuesday 01/27/09

    DOL

    Pg. 333-336 Business Letters

    Identify the 13 Vocabulary Words

Wednesday 01/28/09

    DOL

    Write a Business Letter

Thursday 01/29/09

    DOL

    Type a Business Letter

Friday 01/30/09

    DOL Test

   Turn in Spelling Unit 19 work

    Spelling Test 19

    Media Center for the Remington Exhibit

Monday 02/02/09

      Spelling Unit 19 Test

    Pages 116-119 & 3 times each Due

Tuesday 02/03/09

    "Railroad Runs to Canada" Reading Pasage

    Pg. 558-566

    Passage Vocabulary and Graphic Organizer

Wednesday 02/04/09

   Main Clauses and Subordinating Clauses

    Pg. 505-507

    Ex 1-3

Thursday 02/05/09

    Adjective Clauses and Essential and Nonessential Clauses

    Pg. 509-511

    Ex.4-6

Friday 02/06/09

    Adverb Clauses and Noun Clauses

    Pg. 513-515

    Ex. 7-10

Monday 02/09/09

     Clause Review

Tuesday 02/10/09

    Clause Test

Wednesday 02/11/09

   Writing Assessment Terms and Notes

Thursday 02/12/09

    PowerPoint on the 4 Modes of Writing

Friday 02/13/09

    Outline of a Narrative Essay

Monday 02/16/09

      No School-President's Day

Tuesday 02/17/09

    Outline of a Descriptive, Expository, and Persuasive Essay

Wednesday 02/18/09

   Writing Terms Test

    Writing Prompt-Outline and Essay

Thursday 02/19/09

    Black History Month Activity-Frederick Douglass  Movie

Friday 02/20/09

    Writing Assessment Practice Essay

Monday 02/23/09

      Complete Practice Essay

    Review for Writing Assessment

Tuesday 02/24/09

    Writing Assessment

Wednesday 02/25/09

   Think Link Learn Testing

    Literature Lesson: Read "Broken Chain"

Thursday 02/26/09

    Think Link Learn Testing

    Literature Lesson: "Broken Chain" Graphic Organizer and Questions

    "Oranges" Poem

Friday 02/27/09

    Poetry Terms

Monday 03/02/09

      History of Poetry

Tuesday 03/03/09

    Book Fair 1/2 of class

    Epic Poems

Wednesday 03/04/09

   Characteristics of Epic Poems

Thursday 03/05/09

    Play: Alice in Wonderland

Friday 03/06/09

    Lyric Poems

Monday 03/09/09

      Sonnets

Tuesday 03/10/09

    Ballads

Wednesday 03/11/09

 Haiku and Limericks

Thursday 03/12/09

    Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme

Friday 03/13/09

    Poetry Test

NO SCHOOL: March 16-March 20, SPRING BREAK   

Students return on March 23, 2009

Monday 03/23/09

     Narrative Elements:

     Practice 3, Characterization

    Practice 6 Mood

    Practice 7 Conflict 

Tuesday 03/24/09

    Grammar Testing Review Packets

    SAT Standards

Wednesday 03/25/09

     Literary Structures

    Practice 1 Inference

    Practice 3 Theme

    Practice 5 Reading for Predictions

Thursday 03/26/09

    Literary Structures Continued

    Practice 6 Context Clues

    Practice 7 More Context Clues

    Practice 9 Fact or Opinion

    Practice 11 Chronological Order of Ideas

Friday 03/27/09

    Literary Structures Continued

    Practice 12 Time Order, Spatial Order, and Order of Importance

    Literary Structures Review

Monday 03/30/09

     Testing!!! ARMT Math

Tuesday 03/31/09

   Testing!!! ARMT Reading

Wednesday 04/01/09

    Testing!!! SAT Reading

Thursday 04/02/09

    Testing!!! SAT Math

Friday 04/03/09

    Mark Twain Literature Assignment

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Monday 04/06/09

     Testing!!! SAT Language and OLSAT & PRIDE Survey

Tuesday 04/07/09

   Make-Up SAT/ARMT

    Continue Mark Twain Literature Assignment

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Wednesday 04/08/09

    Make-Up SAT/ARMT

    Continue Mark Twain Literature Assignment

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Thursday 04/09/09

    Math Placement Test

Friday 04/10/09

    Finish Mark Twain Literature Assignment

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Monday 04/13/09

     C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment

    Intro to The Chronicles of Narnia

Tuesday 04/14/09

   C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment

    The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Wednesday 04/15/09

    C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment

    The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Thursday 04/16/09

    C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment

    Complete The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Activity

Friday 04/17/09

    No School.  Teacher In-Service Day.

Monday 04/20/09

    No School.  Teacher In-Service Day.

Tuesday 04/21/09

   Life in the 1950's Powerpoint

Wednesday 04/22/09

    Vocabulary for The Rocket Boys

Thursday 04/23/09

    Finish Vocabulary for The Rocket Boys

Friday 04/24/09

    Begin reading The Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.

    Chapter 1

Monday 04/27/09

     Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 1 and Complete Chapter 1 Guide

Tuesday 04/28/09

   Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 2

Wednesday 04/29/09

    Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 2 and Complete Chapter 2 Guide

Thursday 04/30/09

  Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 3

Friday 05/01/09

    Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 3 and Complete Chapter 3 Guide

Monday 05/04/09

     Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 4 and Complete Chapter 4 Guide

Tuesday 05/05/09

   Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 5

Wednesday 05/06/09

    Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 5 and Complete Chapter 5 Guide

Thursday 05/07/09

  Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 6

Friday 05/08/09

    Read The Rocket Boys

    Chapter 6 and Complete Chapter 6 Guide

Monday 05/11/09

     Complete Handouts on Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles.

Tuesday 05/12/09

   Complete Handouts on Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles. Classroom discussion on these parts of speech.

Wednesday 05/13/09

    Semester Exam Study Guide and Powerpoint

Thursday 05/14/09

  Semester Exam Study Guide and Powerpoint

Friday 05/15/09

    Semester Exam Study Guide and Powerpoint

Monday 05/18/09

     Semester Exam

Tuesday 05/19/09

   Award's Day

Wednesday 05/20/09

    Film Study of October Sky (Movie based on Rocket Boys)

Thursday 05/21/09

  Film Study of October Sky (Movie based on Rocket Boys)

Friday 05/22/09

    Film Study of October Sky (Movie based on Rocket Boys)

Monday 05/25/09

     Memorial Day-No School

Tuesday 05/26/09

   End of Year Activities

Wednesday 05/27/09

    Field Day

Thursday 05/28/09

  Move-Up Day

Friday 05/29/09

    End of Year Activities-Last Day of School!!!

8th Grade Reading

Monday 04/06/09

     Testing!!! SAT Language and OLSAT & PRIDE Survey

Tuesday 04/07/09

   C. S. Lewis Narnia Assignment The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Wednesday 04/08/09

     C. S. Lewis Narnia Assignment The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Thursday 04/09/09

    Math Placement Test

Friday 04/10/09

    Finish  C. S. Lewis Narnia Assignment  The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Monday 04/13/09

     C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment Prince Caspian

Tuesday 04/14/09

   C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment   Prince Caspian

Wednesday 04/15/09

    C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment Prince Caspian

Thursday 04/16/09

    C.S. Lewis Literature Assignment

    Complete Prince Caspian Activity

Friday 04/17/09

    No School.  Teacher In-Service Day.

Monday 04/20/09

    No School.  Teacher In-Service Day.

Tuesday 04/21/09

   S. E. Hinton Literature Assignment

Wednesday 04/22/09

    S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders Activity

Thursday 04/23/09

    S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders Activity

Friday 04/24/09

    S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders Activity

Monday 04/27/09

     Expedition 11 Review

Tuesday 04/28/09

   Expedition 11 Lesson 4

Wednesday 04/29/09

   Expedition 11 Lesson 5 SOLO

 Thursday 04/30/09

  Expedition 11 Lesson 6

Friday 05/01/09

    Expedition 11 Lesson 7

Monday 05/04/09

     Expedition 11 Lesson 8

Tuesday 05/05/09

   Expedition 11 Lesson 9

Wednesday 05/06/09

    Expedition 11 Lesson 10 SOLO

Thursday 05/07/09

  Expedition 12 Lesson 1

Friday 05/08/09

    Expedition 12 Lesson 2

Monday 05/11/09

     Expedition 12 Lesson 3

Tuesday 05/12/09

   Expedition 12 Lesson 4

Wednesday 05/13/09

    Expedition 12 Lesson 5

Thursday 05/14/09

  Expedition 12 Lesson 6

Friday 05/15/09

    Expedition 12 Lesson 7

Monday 05/18/09

     Expedition 12 Lesson 8

Tuesday 05/19/09

   Award's Day

Wednesday 05/20/09

    Expedition 12 Lesson 9

Thursday 05/21/09

  Expedition 12 Lesson 10

Friday 05/22/09

    End of Year Activities

Monday 05/25/09

     Memorial Day-No School

Tuesday 05/26/09

   End of Year Activities

Wednesday 05/27/09

    Field Day

Thursday 05/28/09

  Move-Up Day

Friday 05/29/09

    End of Year Activities-Last Day of School!!!