Weekly Agenda
//Syllabus
ela_syllabus_2017.docx
May 7-11
Novel Study
April 30 May 4th
Milestones Testing for ELA on 05/01 and 05/02
Class time will be spent completing a novel study.
April 23-April 27th
Book Talks will start on 04/27
Review week for Spec and Dict words with test on Friday
Rest of the week will be spent reviewing for Milestones.
April 16- April 20th
Vocabulary words for the week are "Dict" with homework due on Friday and quiz that day as well.
Monday-Tuesday Milestones Review Part 1
Wednesday- Milestones Review Part 1 answer review
Thursday- Friday Milestones Review Exercises and time to work on book talk
April 12-April 13th
Thursday- USA Test Prep Assignments//Media Center//Book Talks
Friday-- Archetypes in literature
April 9-11-- Savannah Field Trip= Regular classes will resume on April 12th.
April 2- April 6 == Spring Break
March 26-March 30
Monday- Introduce Spec words and verb moods
Tuesday- Friday Verb mood activities and complete any activities not covered in previous weeks//
Friday- Spec Quiz
March 19-March 23
Monday- Media Center and book fair/ No new vocabulary this week. Review test on Friday over Ped and Man words. Introduce book talks and verb moods//test review
Tuesday- Figures of speech and verb mood activities//test review
Wednesday- Analogies and verb mood activities//test review
Thursday- Unit Test
Friday - Vocab test and time to finish unit test
March 12-March 16
Monday- Introduce Man vocabulary and author's purpose
Tuesday - Author's purpose and ixl assignments. P3 and P4
Wednesday Read "Mt. St. Helen's Eruption"
Thursday- Read "BP Oil Spill"
Friday Man quiz//complete any unfinished activities from the week //study guide distributed
March 5- March 9
Monday- Media Center//Introduce Ped words and text structure//time given during the week to work in ixl for text structure and the book review along with studying the vocabulary words
Tuesday- "The Discovery of DNA" passgae
Wednesday- "It's all in our DNA" passage
Thursday- time to finish any unfinished activities
Friday- Ped vocabulary quiz and week 16 warm ups are due//Book Review due
February 26- March 2
Monday- Read Night/ Introduce Active and Passive Voice along with Book Review that is due 3/9
Tuesday- IXL D11 and D12 for active and passive voice//introduce word choice- connotation and denotation
Wednesday- Read "Bedbugs" and answer questions//time to work on book review and ixl
Thursday- Read "Goliath Beetle" //time to work on book review and ixl
Friday- Finish "Goliath Beetle" Week 15 warm ups are due//time to work on book review and ixl
February 19-23
Monday and Tuesday- School Holiday
Wednesday- Hero Project Wrap Up
Thursday-Friday- Hero Unit Assessment
February 12-February 16
Monday- Introduce infinitives and week 4 vocabulary//continue working on Hero Project
Tuesday- Hero Unit Review//complete Infinitives on IXL
Wednesday- Continue review through Thursday
Thursday- School wide writing activity during 1st block with modified schedule for the rest of the day
Friday- High School field trip
February 5-9
Monday- Introduce participles//Introduce week 3 vocabulary words//Media Center
Tuesday- Read"Sonnet" and discuss analyzing a poem with the SIFT method
Wednesday-Compare and contrast "The Story of Ida B. Wells" and "Sonnet"
Thursday- Friday - Hero Project- Select a real life example of someone acting heroically and create a poster outlining what the person did and how this makes them hero.
January 29- February 2
Monday- Introduce Week 2 vocab and participles//Compare and contrast "Underground Railroad" and "Theseus and the Minotaur."
Tuesday- Wednesday Read and discuss "Woman who helped Anne Frank dies at 100"
Thursday- Friday Read and discuss "The Story of Ida B. Wells"
January 22-January 26
Monday- Winter Writing Contest Assignment//Media Center//Reading Logs will be completed and turned in from last week//Introduce week 1 vocab
Tuesday- Wednesday Watch clip on characterization and motivation before reading and answering questions for "Theseus and the Minotaur"//Introduce Gerunds
Thursday-Friday discuss "Underground Railroad" and "Theseus" to compare and contrast the paired text. //Gerund practice//Review December writing benchmark.
January 15-January 19
Monday- MKL Holiday
Tuesday Class Spelling Bee// Work on Reading Log// Verbal Pretest
Wednesday- Friday Inclement Weather Days
January 8-January 12
Monday- Ice Day
Tuesday- Media Center and distributed Reading Log due on Friday
Wednesday-Friday- Read "The Underground Railroad" and complete discussion activities.
Week 14 warm ups and Reading Log will be due on Friday, 1/12
December 4-December 21
Monday 12/4- Finish common assessment and group 3 vocabulary quiz
Tuesday 12/5- SRI benchmark
Wednesday 12/6- Thursday, 12/7- Theme stations
Friday, 12/8- Monday 12/11 School closed due to inclement weather
Tuesday 12/12- Finish reading stories and completing activities and questions for "Thank You Ma'am" and "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"//IXL check of completed skills//Make up day for Media Center
Wednesday 12/13- Independent Reading Choice boards are due
Wednesday 12/13- Thursday 12/14- Vocabulary review and read "The Necklace" and complete questions and activities
Friday, 12/15- Group 4 vocabulary quiz and choice board due// Work in IXL skills//Complete any missing work
Monday 12/18-Tuesday 12/19- Read "The Gift of the Magi" and review for Literary Standards Benchmark
Tuesday 12/19 Second check of IXL sheet for the last five completed skills
Wednesday- 12/20- Literary Standards Test
Thursday 12/21- Make up day for test and any other missing work from the previous two weeks.
November 27-December 1
Amnesty Week- Make up any missing work this week during the beginning of class in lieu of a written warm up.
Monday-Wednesday- Paired text assignments// IXL assignments and vocabulary choice board// vocabulary review
Thursday- Friday -Paired text assessment// vocabulary quiz on group 3 words
November 20-24
Thanksgiving Break//No School
November 13-17
Monday- Tuesday- Read The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and complete the handout activities
Wednesday- Watch the 1960s and 2002 versions to compare to the play
Thursday- Friday Writing prompt
Weekly Warm ups, choice board, and writing prompt are due this week.
November 6- November 10
Monday- Plot Maps // Vocabulary grp 3 words were distributed and choice boards
Tuesday- No school
Wednesday- Letters to soldiers
Thursday- Write a scary story
Friday- Finish story
Weekly warm ups , plot maps, and scary stories are graded assignments.
October 30-November 3
Monday- Tell Tale Heart Activities focusing on point of view and unreliable narrator
Tuesday- Tell Tale Heart Activities focusing on figurative language, tone and mood along with perspective
Wednesday- Reviewed vocabulary words using Kahoot//Completed plot map of Tell Tale Heart
Thursday- Reviewed vocabulary words using Kahoot//Started plot map of "Monkey's Paw"
Friday- Group 2 vocab quiz//finish plot map of "Monkey's Paw"
Week 11 warm ups and vocabulary choice board are due on Friday.
October 23-27
Monday- Media Center//Introduce group 2 vocabulary
Tuesday- Read "Frankenstein" on pages 31-34 in Close Reader and completed exercises
Wednesday- Conference and writing day//Red Ribbon Speaker
Thursday- Read "Tell Tale Heart"
Friday- Plot activity with "Tell Tale Heart"
October 16-20
Monday- Mood Activity
Tuesday- Friday-- Narrative and Argumentative writing assignments in Google Classroom
Daily Grammar focus on Indirect and Direct Objects//Quiz on Friday along with daily practice exercises.
Assignments due are weekly warm ups//grammar exercises and quiz//narrative and argumentative assignments.//vocabulary choice board is due and quiz on Friday over grp 1 vocab terms
October 9-13
Monday- Media Center/ Introduce 'Monkey's Paw"//Grammar focus for the week and vocabulary terms will be introduced.
Tuesday- Read the short story "Monkey's Paw"
Wednesday- Thursday Foreshadowing assignment
Friday- Theme activity// Subject/Verb quiz
Assignments due this week: Weekly warm ups//daily grammar exercises and quiz//Foreshadowing assignment
October 2-6
Monday- Finish reading Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Tuesday-Wednesday- CSI activity
Thursday- Friday- American Legion writing assignment in Google Classroom
Assignments due this week: warm ups, Letter, and American Legion essay
September 25-29
Monday- Media Center visit/ continue reading Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Tuesday- Friday Finish reading CLK and completing dialectical journal along with argumentative writing assignment on Google Classroom
Assignments due Week 6 Warm ups and dialectical journal for chapters 6-Prologue//Argument writing assignment
September 11-15 No school due to Tropical Storm Irma
September 4-8
Monday- School Holiday
Tuesday- Finish reading chapter 4 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Wednesday-Friday read chapters 5-7 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Week Five warm ups will be due on Friday and dialectical journal for chapters 1-5// Also evaluating an argument "Wind Power" assignment is due and will be graded as a quiz.
August 21-25
Monday- School closed due to eclipse
Tuesday- Read intro and Prologue in Chasing Lincoln's Killer/ Set up dialectical journal
Wednesday- Friday read chapters 1-4 and work on dialectical journal// evaluating an argument packet
Assignment due will be week 4 warm ups
August 14-18
Monday- review of CSET writing strategy and constructed responses using questions from Drummer Boy
Tuesday- Context clues mini lesson and activity
Wednesday- Introduction of the nonfiction text Chasing Lincoln's Killer (CLK)
Thursday-Friday- Read prologue and chapter one in CLK and introduce dialectical journal.
Assignments due for the week are Week 2 warm ups, constructed responses, and book introduction activity.
Homework- Read your library book for 15-25 minutes nightly.
August 7-11
Monday- Unit 1 Pretest/USA Test Prep/ Finish found poetry and choice boards
Tuesday- Media Center Visit/ Introduce vocabulary and background information for "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
Wednesday-Thursday- Read "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" on page 167 of classroom text and answer questions. Media Center on Thursday.
Friday- Take SRI and complete any missing assignments including the pretest. Ticket out the door- write a paragraph describing a time that you had to be courageous.
Assignments due for the week will be Week 1 warm ups and ticket out the door on Google Classroom.
Homework-Read your library book for 15-25 minutes nightly.
August 1-4
Tuesday- Classroom scavenger hunt and review syllabus
Wednesday- Personal mission statement and back to school choice board activity
Thursday-Friday- Introduction of theme for 1st unit :Take a Stand" and Rosa Parks activity
ela_syllabus_2017.docx
May 7-11
Novel Study
April 30 May 4th
Milestones Testing for ELA on 05/01 and 05/02
Class time will be spent completing a novel study.
April 23-April 27th
Book Talks will start on 04/27
Review week for Spec and Dict words with test on Friday
Rest of the week will be spent reviewing for Milestones.
April 16- April 20th
Vocabulary words for the week are "Dict" with homework due on Friday and quiz that day as well.
Monday-Tuesday Milestones Review Part 1
Wednesday- Milestones Review Part 1 answer review
Thursday- Friday Milestones Review Exercises and time to work on book talk
April 12-April 13th
Thursday- USA Test Prep Assignments//Media Center//Book Talks
Friday-- Archetypes in literature
April 9-11-- Savannah Field Trip= Regular classes will resume on April 12th.
April 2- April 6 == Spring Break
March 26-March 30
Monday- Introduce Spec words and verb moods
Tuesday- Friday Verb mood activities and complete any activities not covered in previous weeks//
Friday- Spec Quiz
March 19-March 23
Monday- Media Center and book fair/ No new vocabulary this week. Review test on Friday over Ped and Man words. Introduce book talks and verb moods//test review
Tuesday- Figures of speech and verb mood activities//test review
Wednesday- Analogies and verb mood activities//test review
Thursday- Unit Test
Friday - Vocab test and time to finish unit test
March 12-March 16
Monday- Introduce Man vocabulary and author's purpose
Tuesday - Author's purpose and ixl assignments. P3 and P4
Wednesday Read "Mt. St. Helen's Eruption"
Thursday- Read "BP Oil Spill"
Friday Man quiz//complete any unfinished activities from the week //study guide distributed
March 5- March 9
Monday- Media Center//Introduce Ped words and text structure//time given during the week to work in ixl for text structure and the book review along with studying the vocabulary words
Tuesday- "The Discovery of DNA" passgae
Wednesday- "It's all in our DNA" passage
Thursday- time to finish any unfinished activities
Friday- Ped vocabulary quiz and week 16 warm ups are due//Book Review due
February 26- March 2
Monday- Read Night/ Introduce Active and Passive Voice along with Book Review that is due 3/9
Tuesday- IXL D11 and D12 for active and passive voice//introduce word choice- connotation and denotation
Wednesday- Read "Bedbugs" and answer questions//time to work on book review and ixl
Thursday- Read "Goliath Beetle" //time to work on book review and ixl
Friday- Finish "Goliath Beetle" Week 15 warm ups are due//time to work on book review and ixl
February 19-23
Monday and Tuesday- School Holiday
Wednesday- Hero Project Wrap Up
Thursday-Friday- Hero Unit Assessment
February 12-February 16
Monday- Introduce infinitives and week 4 vocabulary//continue working on Hero Project
Tuesday- Hero Unit Review//complete Infinitives on IXL
Wednesday- Continue review through Thursday
Thursday- School wide writing activity during 1st block with modified schedule for the rest of the day
Friday- High School field trip
February 5-9
Monday- Introduce participles//Introduce week 3 vocabulary words//Media Center
Tuesday- Read"Sonnet" and discuss analyzing a poem with the SIFT method
Wednesday-Compare and contrast "The Story of Ida B. Wells" and "Sonnet"
Thursday- Friday - Hero Project- Select a real life example of someone acting heroically and create a poster outlining what the person did and how this makes them hero.
January 29- February 2
Monday- Introduce Week 2 vocab and participles//Compare and contrast "Underground Railroad" and "Theseus and the Minotaur."
Tuesday- Wednesday Read and discuss "Woman who helped Anne Frank dies at 100"
Thursday- Friday Read and discuss "The Story of Ida B. Wells"
January 22-January 26
Monday- Winter Writing Contest Assignment//Media Center//Reading Logs will be completed and turned in from last week//Introduce week 1 vocab
Tuesday- Wednesday Watch clip on characterization and motivation before reading and answering questions for "Theseus and the Minotaur"//Introduce Gerunds
Thursday-Friday discuss "Underground Railroad" and "Theseus" to compare and contrast the paired text. //Gerund practice//Review December writing benchmark.
January 15-January 19
Monday- MKL Holiday
Tuesday Class Spelling Bee// Work on Reading Log// Verbal Pretest
Wednesday- Friday Inclement Weather Days
January 8-January 12
Monday- Ice Day
Tuesday- Media Center and distributed Reading Log due on Friday
Wednesday-Friday- Read "The Underground Railroad" and complete discussion activities.
Week 14 warm ups and Reading Log will be due on Friday, 1/12
December 4-December 21
Monday 12/4- Finish common assessment and group 3 vocabulary quiz
Tuesday 12/5- SRI benchmark
Wednesday 12/6- Thursday, 12/7- Theme stations
Friday, 12/8- Monday 12/11 School closed due to inclement weather
Tuesday 12/12- Finish reading stories and completing activities and questions for "Thank You Ma'am" and "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"//IXL check of completed skills//Make up day for Media Center
Wednesday 12/13- Independent Reading Choice boards are due
Wednesday 12/13- Thursday 12/14- Vocabulary review and read "The Necklace" and complete questions and activities
Friday, 12/15- Group 4 vocabulary quiz and choice board due// Work in IXL skills//Complete any missing work
Monday 12/18-Tuesday 12/19- Read "The Gift of the Magi" and review for Literary Standards Benchmark
Tuesday 12/19 Second check of IXL sheet for the last five completed skills
Wednesday- 12/20- Literary Standards Test
Thursday 12/21- Make up day for test and any other missing work from the previous two weeks.
November 27-December 1
Amnesty Week- Make up any missing work this week during the beginning of class in lieu of a written warm up.
Monday-Wednesday- Paired text assignments// IXL assignments and vocabulary choice board// vocabulary review
Thursday- Friday -Paired text assessment// vocabulary quiz on group 3 words
November 20-24
Thanksgiving Break//No School
November 13-17
Monday- Tuesday- Read The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and complete the handout activities
Wednesday- Watch the 1960s and 2002 versions to compare to the play
Thursday- Friday Writing prompt
Weekly Warm ups, choice board, and writing prompt are due this week.
November 6- November 10
Monday- Plot Maps // Vocabulary grp 3 words were distributed and choice boards
Tuesday- No school
Wednesday- Letters to soldiers
Thursday- Write a scary story
Friday- Finish story
Weekly warm ups , plot maps, and scary stories are graded assignments.
October 30-November 3
Monday- Tell Tale Heart Activities focusing on point of view and unreliable narrator
Tuesday- Tell Tale Heart Activities focusing on figurative language, tone and mood along with perspective
Wednesday- Reviewed vocabulary words using Kahoot//Completed plot map of Tell Tale Heart
Thursday- Reviewed vocabulary words using Kahoot//Started plot map of "Monkey's Paw"
Friday- Group 2 vocab quiz//finish plot map of "Monkey's Paw"
Week 11 warm ups and vocabulary choice board are due on Friday.
October 23-27
Monday- Media Center//Introduce group 2 vocabulary
Tuesday- Read "Frankenstein" on pages 31-34 in Close Reader and completed exercises
Wednesday- Conference and writing day//Red Ribbon Speaker
Thursday- Read "Tell Tale Heart"
Friday- Plot activity with "Tell Tale Heart"
October 16-20
Monday- Mood Activity
Tuesday- Friday-- Narrative and Argumentative writing assignments in Google Classroom
Daily Grammar focus on Indirect and Direct Objects//Quiz on Friday along with daily practice exercises.
Assignments due are weekly warm ups//grammar exercises and quiz//narrative and argumentative assignments.//vocabulary choice board is due and quiz on Friday over grp 1 vocab terms
October 9-13
Monday- Media Center/ Introduce 'Monkey's Paw"//Grammar focus for the week and vocabulary terms will be introduced.
Tuesday- Read the short story "Monkey's Paw"
Wednesday- Thursday Foreshadowing assignment
Friday- Theme activity// Subject/Verb quiz
Assignments due this week: Weekly warm ups//daily grammar exercises and quiz//Foreshadowing assignment
October 2-6
Monday- Finish reading Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Tuesday-Wednesday- CSI activity
Thursday- Friday- American Legion writing assignment in Google Classroom
Assignments due this week: warm ups, Letter, and American Legion essay
September 25-29
Monday- Media Center visit/ continue reading Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Tuesday- Friday Finish reading CLK and completing dialectical journal along with argumentative writing assignment on Google Classroom
Assignments due Week 6 Warm ups and dialectical journal for chapters 6-Prologue//Argument writing assignment
September 11-15 No school due to Tropical Storm Irma
September 4-8
Monday- School Holiday
Tuesday- Finish reading chapter 4 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Wednesday-Friday read chapters 5-7 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Week Five warm ups will be due on Friday and dialectical journal for chapters 1-5// Also evaluating an argument "Wind Power" assignment is due and will be graded as a quiz.
August 21-25
Monday- School closed due to eclipse
Tuesday- Read intro and Prologue in Chasing Lincoln's Killer/ Set up dialectical journal
Wednesday- Friday read chapters 1-4 and work on dialectical journal// evaluating an argument packet
Assignment due will be week 4 warm ups
August 14-18
Monday- review of CSET writing strategy and constructed responses using questions from Drummer Boy
Tuesday- Context clues mini lesson and activity
Wednesday- Introduction of the nonfiction text Chasing Lincoln's Killer (CLK)
Thursday-Friday- Read prologue and chapter one in CLK and introduce dialectical journal.
Assignments due for the week are Week 2 warm ups, constructed responses, and book introduction activity.
Homework- Read your library book for 15-25 minutes nightly.
August 7-11
Monday- Unit 1 Pretest/USA Test Prep/ Finish found poetry and choice boards
Tuesday- Media Center Visit/ Introduce vocabulary and background information for "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
Wednesday-Thursday- Read "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" on page 167 of classroom text and answer questions. Media Center on Thursday.
Friday- Take SRI and complete any missing assignments including the pretest. Ticket out the door- write a paragraph describing a time that you had to be courageous.
Assignments due for the week will be Week 1 warm ups and ticket out the door on Google Classroom.
Homework-Read your library book for 15-25 minutes nightly.
August 1-4
Tuesday- Classroom scavenger hunt and review syllabus
Wednesday- Personal mission statement and back to school choice board activity
Thursday-Friday- Introduction of theme for 1st unit :Take a Stand" and Rosa Parks activity