Agenda 8 for 12/13-12/17

Monday
Vocab Tests
More "Monkey's Paw" Discussion
Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" p. 624

Tuesday
Finish "The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Tell-Tale Hearts" Questions #1 (w/TE), Comp Check,
and #7 (w/TE) and Vocabulary pp. 631-632
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Video
HW "The Tell-Tale Heart" Test

Wednesday
Read "The Raven"
"The Raven" Worksheet

Thursday
?????

Agenda 8 for 12/6-12/10

Monday
Outsiders Response to Literature Editing (Final due Wednesday 12/8)
New Vocab List from "The Monkey's Paw" p.680 and "The Dinner Party " lit book pp. 565

Tuesday
Assembly Day
Guest Lesson

Wednesday
Read: "The Monkey's Paw"
Outsiders Response to Literature Final Due

Thursday
"Monkey's Paw" Questions 1, Comprehension Check, and 4

Friday
The Vocab Test

Agenda 8 for 11/29-12/3

Monday
Review Outsiders TE, Connections, and Paragraphing
Grammar ???

Tuesday
Outsiders Response to Literature Drafting

Wednesday
Grammar Quiz
CHANGE: Read The Lady and the Tiger

Thursday
CHANGE: Correct Grammar Quizzes
CHANGE: Lady and the Tiger Question 1, 3, and 4, and vocabulary 1-10 on pp.601-602

Friday
CHANGE (Again) : Nouns and Their Jobs Quiz 2

Agenda 8 for 11/15-11/19

Monday
Binder Reminders
Turn in Outsiders Final Character Chart
Pass out Outsiders RtoL Assignment Sheet
Finish Grammar 2.5 and start Grammar 2.6
NO HW

Tuesday
Review Outsiders RtoL Assignment Sheet
Start Outsiders TE Worksheet
Grammar 2.6

Wednesday
Complete Outsiders TE Sheet
Correct Grammar 2.6

Thursday
Outsiders Connections Worksheet

Friday
Paragraphing PPT
Finish TE and Connections

Agenda 8 for 11/8-11/12

Monday
STAR Practice Question
Read Outsiders 11 and 12
Finish and Correct Grammar 2.5
HW: Outsiders Character Chart (entire Book, all key characters)

Tuesday
Vocab Practice
Outsiders Motion Picture w/Differences Lists

Wednesday
Outsiders Movie
HW: Start Grammar 2.6 CHANGE: POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK

Thursday
Veterans' Day (No School)
HW: Study Vocab

Friday
Outsiders Vocab Test 3
CHANGE: NO NEW VOCAB LIST
Finish Outsiders Movie, Turn in Differences List
HW: Outsiders Final Character Charts (Due Monday)

Agenda 8 for 11/1-11/5

Monday
Correct Grammar Reviews
Outsiders 8

Tuesday
Nouns/Pronouns Grammar Test
Vocab Review

Wednesday
Check Grammar Chapters 2-3
HW: Outsiders 9 Chapter Guide

Thursday
Grammar 2.5
HW: Outsiders 10 Response Journal


Friday
Constitution Vocab Test 2
Outsiders Vocab List 3
Correct Response Journals

Agenda 8 for 10/25-10/29

Monday
8 Part Paper Checklist
Outsiders Vocab Test 2
Constitution Vocab List 1
HW: 8 Part Final Drafts (Again)

Tuesday
Turn in 8 Part Finals
Grammar 3.7
HW:Outsiders 6 Character Chart

Wednesday
Review Vocab
Correct Outsiders Character Charts
HW: Outsiders 7 Response Journal

Thursday
Correct Outsiders 7 Response Journal
Grammar 3.8
HW: Grammar 2/3 Review Sheet

Friday
Constitution Vocab Test 1
Constitution Vocab List 2
Correct Grammar 3.7 and 3.8

8 Part Paper Final Drafts

Final copies are due Monday October 25th.

Click here to view Lorraine Hansberry's example. Unfortunately, my webpage will not allow 2 column formatting on linked documents. Nonetheless, your final will be 2 columns.

Click here for a copy of the assignment sheet and rubric.

Some additional thoughts:

Unlike most essays in the class, the 8 Part Paper must be:
-single spaced
-in 2 columns
-bolded thoughtful title
-part 8. in business letter format

Agenda 8 for 10/18-10/22

Monday
Binder Reminders
Edit Part 1
Correct Grammar 3.2
HW:Outsiders 2 Chapter Guide

Tuesday
Library: Scary Stories
HW: Read Outsiders 3

Wednesday
Turn in Outsiders 2 Chapter Guides
Grammar 3.3 and Correct
Read Outsiders 4
HW: Outsiders 4 Response Journal

Thursday
8 Part Formatting
Correct 3.3
Grammar 3.4
Read Outsiders 5

Friday
Outsiders Vocab Test 2 POSTPONED TO MONDAY
Outsiders Vocab List 3 POSTPONED TO MONDAY
Vocab Test Review
Correct Grammar 3.4
Turn in Response Journal
Read Outsiders 6

HW: 8 part final drafts

Agenda 8 for 10/11-10/15

Monday
Correct Grammar 2.3
Grammar 3.1
Library to checkout The Outsiders
HW: Part 8 Drafts

Tuesday
Correct Grammar 3.1
Edit Part 8
HW: Grammar 3.2

Wednesday
QW:More than anything else, I am ________. Prove it.
The Outsiders chapter 1

Thursday
Draft Part 1
The Outsiders chapter 2 and Chapter Guide

Friday
Vocabulary Test
New Vocabulary List
Correct Grammar 3.2

CST Practice Question 10/4

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

To make an orange dye, parts of red dye are mixed with parts of yellow dye. To make a green dye, parts of blue dye are mixed with part of yellow dye. If equal amounts of green and orange are mixed, what fraction of the new mixture is yellow dye?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Agenda 8 for 10/4-10/8

Monday
CST Practice Question
Vocabulary Test
HW: Grammar 2.2 and Part 7 Drafts

Tuesday
Edit Part 7

Wednesday
QW:List 10 things that really upset you and why.
Business Letter Formatting
Correct Grammar 2.2
HW: Grammar 2.3

Thursday
Textbook Article and Other Issues
Draft Part 8

Friday
Correct Grammar 2.3
New Vocabulary Words

Agenda 8 for 9/27-10/1

Monday
Library- Genre-Rama Presentation

Tuesday
QW: Without _________I wouldn't_________...
"The Great Rat Hunt" and "Flying" Vocabulary List
HW Grammar 2.1

Wednesday
Read "The Great Rat Hunt"
HW Complete Questions 1,2,3,5, and 7 on p. 115
and Vocabulary on 116

Thursday
Correct Grammar 2.1
Read My Name and Flying
Complete Questions 1,2,3,4,and 7 on p.127
and Vocabulary on p. 128

Friday
Draft Part 7

STAR Practice Question 9/22

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Although	it is not a fast runner,	wolves	can
A		B

maintain a loping run for many miles,	running
	C

throughout the night	if necessary	.	No error
	D		E

A. (A)

B. (B)

C. (C)

D. (D)

E. (E)

STAR Practice Question 9/16

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The success of the Norman Invasion depended on ------- logistical operation: in planning it, William the Conqueror wisely left no detail -------.

A. a puzzling . . untarnished

B. a realistic . . unsupervised

C. an intricate. . overlooked

D. an erroneous . . ignored

E. a flawed . . unattended

Agenda 8 for 9/20-9/24

Monday
Grammar 11.7 and Correct

Tuesday
QW: What does your family do for fun? as a tradition? for a holiday?
Grammar Test Review: Punctuation
HW: Study for Grammar Test

Wednesday
STAR Practice Question
Start Part 6
HW: Study for Grammar Test

Thursday
Grammar Test: Punctuation
Read: LUTS: "Baseball in April"
HW: Finish Typed Part 6 Draft

Friday
Correct Grammar Books
Edit Part 6

Agenda 8 for 9/13-9/17

Monday
Read LUTS "1,2,3"
Complete Story Pyramids for all stories in the chapter.
HW if unfinished

Tuesday
Quickwrite: What is your birth order in your family
and how do you feel about it
Talk about Birth Order
Correct Grammar 11.2
HW: Grammar 11.3

Wednesday
Draft Part 4
HW: Part 4 (due Friday), Grammar 11.3

Thursday
STAR Practice Question 9/16
Correct Grammar 11.3
Complete Grammar 11.4
Correct Grammar 11.4
HW: Part 4

Friday
Edit Part 4

Agenda 8 for 9/6-9/10

Monday
Labor Day NO SCHOOL

Tuesday
Part 3 Outlining and Drafting

Wednesday

QW: “Who is the most interesting character in your story? Explain.

Grammar 11.2 and correct
HW: Continue Part 3 drafts

Thursday
STAR Practice Question
Read: LUTS "1,2,3"
Complete Plot Pyramids for all three stories in 1,2,3.
Discuss 1,2,3 related to birth order.
HW: Part 3 Typed Drafts

Friday
Part 3 Editing

STAR Practice Question 9/2

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The store manager was ------- when sales dropped for the third year in a row; that was why she ------- our department for its lack of effort.

A. indolent . . intimidated

B. indignant . . upbraided

C. insolent . . exonerated

D. indulgent . . castigated

Kingsolver Quickwrite

Describe your favorite place in town. Try to emulate Barbara
Kingsolver's use of metaphors and simile in doing so.

Part 2 Inspirations

He had moved from the Mission District of San Francisco,
an urban barrio, to Sycamore, a pleasant suburban town
with tree-lined streets. His mother had gotten tired of yanking
open her drapes to see run-down Chevys and fender-buckled
Ford Torinos bleeding black oil. Tired of the ghetto blasters
shouldered by shirtless vatos. Tired of jackhammers cutting
up the street in the morning. Tired of the Number 43 bus leaving
shreds of black smoke hovering in the city air. It was time to
get out, she said one day when she came home from work and
found her planter box tipped over, her snapdragons stomped,
and her small Victorian flat ransacked. The window screen was
slashed, and the TV and stereo were gone. Left in their place were
a couple of crushed beer cans and cigarette butts.


Sharply manicured lawns and rigidly trimmed hedges. That’s the
view from my front stoop. Then there’s my sorry front lawn.
Sigh. Riddled with Bermuda Grass that goes dormant in the
Winter, my “lawn” is just now starting to pretend to be green.
Sure, the patch at the top of the gentle, sloping berm of a hill
is green, but it also isn’t technically grass. Is clover grass?The narrow concrete walkway that runs to my front door is buckled
in the middle by the invasive top root of the untamed weeping
willow growing in the far left of my front yard. Moving your gaze
to the right, the immature liquid ambers, growing taller each year,
are spaced evenly apart.Does the house or home make the
neighborhood?