Thursday, September 30, 2010

Week of October 4th

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

MONDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Read "Huck Tricks the Rapscallions" and discuss

Career Education- Preparing for the World of Work: Lesson 1- Social Security

Period 2- Current Events 7
Read current events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A
Lesson 11: The Fortune Teller- Read and complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: View movie, discuss comparisons between movie and novel

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pg. 81, Review Unit 6 assessment and complete


Period 7- Reading A
ReadThe Cookie Elf, complete spelling pre-test

TUESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"Huck Tricks the Rapscallions", complete vocab. sentences and comprehension activities, study for spelling test tomorrow

Career Education-Preparing for the World of Work: Finish Lesson 1- Social Security

Period 2- Current Events 7
Quiz on Current Events Article


Period 3- Reading A -
No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Continue watching movie and comparison discussion.


Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs.83-87


Period 7- Reading B
The Cookie Elf: Wkbk. pgs. 42-46


WEDNESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Spelling Test on "Huck Tricks the Rapscallions", begin reading "A New Name for Huck", discuss

Career Education- Preparing for the World of Work: Lesson 2- Reasons People Work


Period 2- Current Events 7
Read Current Events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A
Lesson 12-  Read, The Fight, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of HuckFinn: Finish viewing the movie and discussion, review for final exam next week.

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 88-92

Period 7- Reading B
The Cookie Elf: Wkbk. pgs. 47-51


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: Woody Guthrie and Alexander Graham Bell, Read and complete vocabulary and comprehension activities.

Period 2- Current Events 7
complete current events test


Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It: Unit 5- Comfortable Clothing, Read and complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs.93-96, Review Unit 7 assessment and complete

Period 7- Reading B
Progress Monitoring


FRIDAY


Period 1- English Lit.9-10
Progress Monitoring

Career Education: High Interest Jobs: pgs. 16-20

Period 2- Current Events 7
Progress Monitoring

Period 3- Reading A
Read Lesson 13, "Night School", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Progress Monitoring

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson7

Period 7- Reading B
Daily Schedule Sentences, visit library, silent reading activity

Friday, September 24, 2010

Week of September 27th

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

MONDAY


Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Spelling Test on "I Tricked Pap and Get Away", Read " A Family Takes Me In" and discuss
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Career Education- Filling out Forms: pgs.  18-21

Period 2- Current Events 7
Read current events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 10, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 62-66


Period 7- Reading A
Read Koalas, complete spelling pre-test

TUESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
" A Family Takes Me In", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities, write vocab. sentences, study words for spelling test tomorrow.

Career Education- Filling Out Forms- pgs. 22-24

Period 2- Current Events 7
Quiz on Current Events Article


Period 3- Reading A -
Read " A Birthday Party for Bob", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 11, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities


Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 67-71


Period 7- Reading B
Koalas- Wkbk. pgs. 32-36


WEDNESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Spelling Test on " A Family Takes Me In", Read and discuss "The Duke and the King.

Career Education- Filling Out Forms: Review activities


Period 2- Current Events 7
Read Current Events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of HuckFinn: Book Review activities, pgs. 25, 28-29

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 73-76


Period 7- Reading B
Koalas- Wkbk. pgs. 37-39


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10/Career Education
"The Duke and the King" complete vocabulary and comprehension activities, write vocab. sentences, study for spelling test tomorrow.
Career Education- High Interest Jobs- pgs. 11-15

Period 2- Current Events 7
complete current events test


Period 3- Reading A
Read " Eddie Wrecks His Car"- complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Book Review pgs. 30 and 33

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 77-80

Period 7- Reading B
Koalas- Spelling Book pgs. 22-24, Wkbk. pgs. 40-41, Study for Spelling test tomorrow.


FRIDAY


Period 1- English Lit.9-10
Spelling test on "The Duke and The King" Daily Reading Activity: Black Sox Scandal and Stan Musial, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities.

Period 2- Current Events 7
No Homework

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It: Unit 4- Food for Thought- complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 5

Period 7- Reading B
Spelling test, Daily Schedule Sentences, visit library, silent reading activity 

Friday, September 17, 2010

Week of September 20th

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

MONDAY


Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"A Visit from Pap", complete vocab. sentences, study for spelling test tomorrow.

Career Education- Filling out Forms: pgs. 9-12

Period 2- Current Events 7
Read current events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A - Read "Eddie's Bad Luck", complete vocabulary and reading comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 7, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 48-51


Period 7- Reading A
A Letter To Grandma, wkbk. pgs. 22-23 and 25-26


TUESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Spelling Test, Read " I Trick Pap and Get Away" and discuss

Career Education- Filling Out Forms- pgs. 13-14

Period 2- Current Events 7
Quiz on Current Events Article


Period 3- Reading A -
No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 8, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities


Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 52-55


Period 7- Reading B
A Letter to Grandma- Wkbk. pgs. 27-29


WEDNESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"I Trick Pap and Get Away", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Career Education- Filling Out Forms: pgs. 15-17


Period 2- Current Events 7
Read Current Events article, complete comprehension crossword

Period 3- Reading A
 Read "The Wrong Side of the Bed", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of HuckFinn: Read Ch. 9, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 56-57, Review Unit 4, complete Unit 4 assessment


Period 7- Reading B
A Letter to Grandma, Wkbk. pgs.59-61


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10/Career Education
Daily Language Review: Read Magellan and Lewis and Clark, complete comprehension activities


Period 2- Current Events 7
complete current events test


Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It: Unit 3, Home Sweet Home, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 59-61

Period 7- Reading B
Progress Monitoring


FRIDAY


Period 1- English Lit.9-10
"I Trick Pap and Get Away", write vocab. sentences, study for spelling test on Monday.

Period 2- Current Events 7
Progress Monitoring

Period 3- Reading A
Read "At an Amusement Park", complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Progress Monitoring

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 4

Period 7- Reading B
Daily Schedule Sentences, visit library, silent reading activity

Friday, September 10, 2010

Week of September 13th

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

MONDAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10


"Playing Robbers", Complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Career Education- Introduction to Occupations, finish pamphlet


Period 2- Current Events 7

Extended School Year Testing


Period 3- Reading A - No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12

The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 4, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities


Period 5- English 9-12

Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 30-32, Review Unit 2, complete Unit 2 Assessment


Period 7- Reading A

Extended School Year Testing



TUESDAY - 4- Sight Testing Today


Period 1- English Lit. 9-10

"Playing Robbers", Use Key Words and Necessary Words  in Sentences, study for spelling test tomorrow

Career Education- Filling Out Forms- pgs. 1-4


Period 2- Current Events 7

Read current events article,  complete comprehension crossword puzzle


Period 3- Reading A -

Read "Kate Bakes a Cake" , complete reading comprehension and writing activities


Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12

The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 5, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities


Period 5- English 9-12

Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 34-38


Period 7- Reading B

The Divorce: Wkbk pgs. 13-18



WEDNESDAY- 4-SIGHT TESTING TODAY


Period 1- English Lit. 9-10

"Playing Robbers" - spelling test on vocabulary words, Begin reading " A Visit from Pap" and discuss

Career Education- Filling Out Forms: pgs. 5-8


Period 2- Current Events 7

Test on current events article


Period 3- Reading A - No Class Today


Period 4- English Lit. 11-12

The Adventures of HuckFinn: Read Ch. 6, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Period 5- English 9-12


Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 39-43


Period 7- Reading B

The Divorce: Wkbk: pgs. 19-21, Spelling Book pgs. 16-18, Study spelling words for test tomorrow



THURSDAY


Period 1- English Lit. 9-10

"Playing Robbers" complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Career Education- High Interest Jobs: pgs. 1-5


Period 2- Current Events 7

Read current events article and complete comprehension crossword puzzle


Period 3- Reading A

Lesson 5, "Talking with Aunt Louise"- Read and complete reading comprehension and writing activities.


Period 4- English Lit. 11-12

The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Ch 7, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities


Period 5- English 9-12

Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 44-46, Review Unit 3 and complete Unit 3 assessment


Period 7- Reading B

The Divorce: Spelling Test, complete spelling pre-test for A Letter to Grandmother, Begin reading A Letter to Grandmother and discuss



FRIDAY


Period 1- English Lit.9-10 and Career Education

Spelling Test, Daily Reading Activities: The Star-Spangled Banner and The Capitol Building

Period 2- Current Events 7

Test on current events article


Period 3- Reading A - No Class Today


Period 4- English LIt. 11-12

Read All About IT: Unit Two: Seeing Double- complete vocabulary and comprehension activities


Period 5- English 9-12

Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 3


Period 7- Reading B

Daily Schedule Sentences, visit library, silent reading activity

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Week of September 6th

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

MONDAY- LABOR DAY- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Read "Jim and the Witches", Use Key Words in Sentences
      
Career Education- Introduction to Occupations, work on  pamphlet

Period 2- Current Events 7
Read "Building a Brighter Future" Complete comprehension crossword puzzle

Period 3- Reading A - No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit.- 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Chapter 2, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: complete pgs. 23-24, Unit 1 Assessment

Period 7- Reading B
A Fish Tale: Wkbk. pgs. 6-9

WEDNESDAY-  STUDENT PHOTO DAY

MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT  6:30-8:30 PM

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"Jim and the Witches" - complete vocabulary and comprehension activities, write "necessary words" in sentences, study for spelling quiz tomorrow

Career Education- Contine working on pamphlet

Period 2- Current Events 7
Test on "Building a Better Future"

Period 3- Reading A
Read Challenger Lesson 2, " Bob Meets Dan Rose", complete comprehension and writing activities

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of HuckFinn: Read Ch. 3, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: pgs. 26-32

Period 7- Reading B
A Fish Tale: Spelling Book pgs. 4-6, Wkbk. pgs. 10-11, Study for spelling test tomorrow

THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Spelling Test, Begin Reading "Playing Robbers"

Career Education- Introduction to Occupations, work on pamphlet

Period 2- Current Events 7
Read " Kids Day is a Grand Slam", complete comprehension crossword puzzle

Period 3-  Reading A- No class today.

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
The Adventures of Huck Finn: Read Ch 4, complete comprehension and vocabulary activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Language Arts Handbook: Review Unit 2, Unit 2 Assessment

Period 7- Reading B
A Fish Tale: Spelling Test,  Begin Reading "The Divorce" , complete spelling pre-test

FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10 and Career Education
Spelling Test, Daily Reading Activities: Battle of Lake Erie and Pledge of Allegience

Period 2- Current Events 7
Test on "Kids' Day is a Grand Slam"

Period 3- Reading A
Read Challenger Lesson 3, "Eddie's Girlfriend", complete comprehension and writing activities

Period 4- English LIt. 11-12
Read All About IT: Unit One- Money Traditions, complete vocabulary and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 2

Period 7- Reading B
Finish Reading "The Divorce", Spelling Book pgs. 10-12