Agenda 8 for 2/28 - 3/4

Monday:
Turn in Miranda Letters
Finish Tempest 2:1

Tuesday:
Video: Tempest Act 1
HW: Grammar 5.1: Adjectives

Wednesday:
Vocab Review
Tempest Act 2:2
HW: Act 2 Writing Assignment

Thursday:
Video: Tempest Act 2
Correct Grammar 5.1
Tempest Act 3:1

Friday:
Tempest Vocab Test 2
New Vocab Words
Tempest Act 3:2

Agenda 8 for 2/21 - 2/25

Monday
No School

Tuesday
Library: Poetry Stations

Wednesday
Vocab Review
Review Tempest Act 1 Scene 2

Thursday
Tempest Act 1 Writing: Miranda Letter
HW: Type Miranda Letter (due 2/28)

Friday
Tempest Vocab Test 1
New Vocab Words
Tempest Act 2:1

Agenda 8 for 2/14 - 2/18

Monday
Poetry Portfolio Checklists
Tempest Preview and Summary
Tempest Characters
HW: Finalize Portfolios

Tuesday
Turn in Poetry Portfolios
Grammar Test 4
Finish Tempest Characters
HW:Tempest Vocab List 1 (Quiz 2/22)
and Finish Grammar Books

Wednesday
Tempest Act 1 Scene 1
Grammar Books 4
HW: Scene Guide 1:1

Thursday
Tempest Act 1 Scene 2
HW: Response Journal 1:2

Friday
Turn in Response Journals and Guides
Tempest Vocab Lists
Tempest Act 2:1 ???

Agenda 8 for 2/7 - 2/11

Monday
Grammar 4.9
Work on Poetry Portfolios
HW: Poetry Portfolios and Grammar 4.9

Tuesday
Haiku Lesson
HW: Poetry Portfolios and Grammar Review

Wednesday
Grammar: Correct 4.9, Chapter 4 Review
HW: Poetry Portfolios and Grammar 4.9

Thursday
Correct Grammar Review
Discuss Poetry Portfolio Letters
Library: Check out The Tempest
HW: Work on Poetry Portfolios (Due Monday 2/14)

Friday
No School

Agenda 8 for 1/31 - 2/5

Monday
New Vocab List
Introduce Poetry Portfolio
Correct Grammar 4.4
HW:Grammar 4.5

Tuesday
QW:Write an 8 line poem with: alliteration,
rhyme OR (repetition), stanzas, adverbs, and adjectives. When you are finished:
underline all your adverbs and circle all your adjectives.
Read "Paul Revere's Ride" and complete Plot Pyramid
HW: Poetry Portfolio

Wednesday
Correct Grammar 4.5
Read "O Captain My Captain"
HW: Poetry Portfolio

Thursday
QW:Write a two stanza poem, with 8 words per line about
your favorite color. (if you don’t have a favorite color, or if
you have more than one, PICK ONE).
Read "I Stepped from Plank to Plank" and
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
HW: Grammar 4.6, Vocab Lists and Poetry Portfolios

Friday
Vocabulary Test
Correct Grammar 4.6
HW: Poetry Portfolio

Agenda 8 for 1/24-1/28

Monday
Binder Reminders
Read "Grand Mothers" pp. 408
"Grand Mothers" Questions 2, 3, 4 and
Vocabulary 1-10 pp 415-416
HW: Grammar 4.3, Vocab Lists

Tuesday
QW:

Write a 3 stanza poem containing 3 similes 3 alliterations and 3 adverbs

Turn in "Grand Mothers" Questions
Review Poetic Devices from "Grand Mothers"
Correct Grammar 4.3
HW: Print favorite (clean) song lyrics

Wednesday
"Learning to Fly" Worksheet

Thursday
"Learning to Fly" Worksheet Cont.
Your Song Worksheet

Friday
"Grand Mothers" Vocab Test
Grammar 4.4

Agenda 8 for 1/18-1/21

Monday
MLK Holiday

Tuesday
Read Giovanni Poetry pp.417-421
Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7
HW: Supplemental Worksheet

Wednesday
QW: Write a six line poem about a place ( anywhere you choose!) with rhymes that alternate lines (ABABAB pattern). Start Grammar 4.2
Review Giovanni Poems

Thursday

QW: Write a five line poem with 4 similes or metaphors.

Correct Grammar and Post 4.2

Correct and Post Poetry Terms Test 2

Friday

QW: Write a ten line poem about your future with: 3 metaphors, and 3 adjectives or image “combinations”(in other words, you are using adjectives to create imagery!)

More Giovanni Poems

Vocab Lists