Thursday, March 31, 2011

Week of April 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-8th and 11th Grade PSSA Science Testing Today

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"The Long Sleep", read and complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 35-57

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
REad and discuss "Freak the Mighty",CH 6

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element:Theme,  Read "Great Joy and The Self-Respecting Ox" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Six Rows of Flowers- Part 1

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: The Adopted Baby Wkbk. pgs. 7-11


TUESDAY- 8th and 11th Grade PSSA Science Testing Today

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
The Driver, Read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 40-44

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast Forword Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Theme- Test on "Great Joy and The Self-Respecting Ox"

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Six Rows of Flowers-Part 2

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: The Adopted Baby, Spelling Practice wrkshts.  Study for spelling test tomorrow.


WEDNESDAY -11th Grade PSSA Science testing today.
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"The Day it Snowed Tortillas", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Moving Out on Your Own: pgs. 5-9

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty": CH 6 Test

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Theme- Read, "Heat Tree", and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Space Star- Part 1

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: Spelling test on The Adopted Baby, Spelling pre-test on "The Story of Hibernation", Read and discuss "The Story of Hibernation"


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"The Captain", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
High Interest Jobs:  pgs. 21-25


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

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Theme- Test on "Head Tree"

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Space Star-Part 2

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: The Story of Hibernation, Wkbk. pgs. 12-16


FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: Olympics and Florida, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 2- Current Events 7
test on yesterday's current events article

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty" Read and discuss CH 7

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It 2: Getting There, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 32

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

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Week of March 28th

*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- PSSA WRITING TEST 8th and 11th grade

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
The Champ, read and complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 15-19

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element:Theme,  Read "Just a Tyke" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Younde Goes to Town- complete Part 1

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: Review pgs. 56-57 and 60-63


TUESDAY - PSSA WRITING TEST 8th and 11th gradePeriod 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: The Old House, Read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities, complete progress monitoring

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 20-24

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast Forword Program

Period 3- Reading A
Read CH 5 "Freak the Mighty" and discuss

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Theme- Test on "Just a Tyke"

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Younde Goes to Town complete-Part 2

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: Read "The Adopted Baby" and discuss, complete spelling pre-test


WEDNESDAY -PSSA WRITING TEST 8th and 11th gradePeriod 1- English Lit. 9-10
"A Hard World", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 25-29

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Theme- complete pg.44

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment- Part 1

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 4: "The Adopted Baby" Wkbk. pgs. 1-6


THURSDAY - PSSA WRITING TEST 8th and 11th grade
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"Yes, I Can", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 30-34


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

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It: Emergency Action, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Dr Heidegger's Experiment complete-Part 2

Period 7- Reading B
Progress Monitoring


FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: Alaska Earthquake and Virgin Islands, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 2- Current Events 7
test on yesterday's current events article

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Progress Monitoring

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 32

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

Friday, March 18, 2011

Week of March 21st

*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
Challenger2: Jails on the High Seas, read and complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Job Search: pgs. 35-39

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
Test on "Freak the Mighty",CH 3

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element:Theme, Introduce the concept of Theme, Read "The Emperor's New Clothes" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Something Funny- pgs. 2-11

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "Rapunzel", Wkbk. pgs. 49-51


TUESDAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Father of Our Country, Read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Job Search: pgs. 40-44

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast Forword Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Theme- Test on "The Emperor's New Clothes"

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Something Funny-Part 2- pgs. 12-21

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "Rapunzel",Spelling Practice, study for spelling test tomorrow


WEDNESDAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"Answer Me This", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 5-9

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty": CH 4, Read and discuss

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Theme- Read, "Just a Tyke", and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Three Hundred Pesos- pgs. 24-33

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "Rapunzel",spelling test, Read "Fairy Tales", discuss, complete pgs. 52-55


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
"The Game", read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Getting Ahead at Work: pgs. 10-14


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

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Theme- Test on "Just a Tyke"

Period 5- English 9-12
English, Yes: Three Hundred Pesos-Part 2- pgs. 34-41

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: Review pgs. 56-57 and 60-63


FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: Grand Canyon and Mt. Rushmore, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 2- Current Events 7
test on yesterday's current events article

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty"  Test on CH 4

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Read All About It 2: Emergency Action, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson31

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

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Week of March 14th

*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/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: Read and Discuss two topics that occurred during this month in history

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Setting, Read " Janette's Winter" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Unit 2: pgs. 58-61

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: Read " Rapunzel" and discuss, complete spelling pre-test


TUESDAY -PSSA TESTING TODAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Read "Black Bart"  discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue working on writing prompt/ power point

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

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty", Test on CH 2

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Setting, test on "Janette's Winter"

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Unit 2: pgs. 62-65

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "Rapunzel",wkbk pgs. 42-48


WEDNESDAY -PSSA TESTING TODAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Finish "Black Bart"  vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue working on writing prompt/power point

Period 2- Current Events 7
Test on Current Event's article from yesterday

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Setting- read poetry in "Spotlight on Setting" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
Complete Daily Language Reviews and Journal

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "Rapunzel",wkbk. pgs. 46-48


THURSDAY- PSSA TESTING TODAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Earth Day, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue  Working on Writing Prompt/ power point


Period 2- Current Events 7
Progress Monitoring

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty", Read CH 3 and discuss, review for test on Monday.

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Setting: complete wkbk. pgs. 33 and 34

Period 5- English 9-12
Complete daily language reviews and journal

Period 7- Reading B
Progress Monitoring


FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10
Progress Monitoring

Career Education
Paper and Powerpoint must be finished by today for submission.


Period 2- Current Events 7
FastForword Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Progress Monitoring

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 29

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

Friday, March 4, 2011

Week of March 7th

*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
Challenger 4: Lesson 20: Nail Soup, read and complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue working on writing prompt/begin power point

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
Introduction to "Freak the Mighty", Read CH 1 and discuss

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Setting, Read " The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin' of Hog Hammock" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Unit 1: pgs. 40-43

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: Read " All About Vitamins", Wkbk. pgs. 32-36


TUESDAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 4: Review Lessons 1-20, Read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue working on writing prompt/ power point

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast Forword Program

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Element: Setting, test on "The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin' of Hog Hammock

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Unit 2: pgs. 46-49

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "All About Vitaminsl",wkbk pgs. 37-41


WEDNESDAY
Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Lesson 15: A Very Strange Hobby, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue working on writing prompt/power point

Period 2- Current Events 7
Fast ForWord Program

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty": CH 1 Quiz

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Setting- read "Watermelon Preserves" and discuss

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Grammar- Unit 2: pgs.50-53

Period 7- Reading B
Purple Book 3: "All About Vitaminsl", spelling practice, study for spelling test tomorrow


THURSDAY

Period 1- English Lit. 9-10
Challenger 2: Lesson 16: Whales, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Career Education
Continue  Working on Writing Prompt/ power point


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

Period 3- Reading A
No Class Today

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
Literary Elements: Setting: Test on "Watermelon Preserves"

Period 5- English 9-12
Scott-Foresman Grammar- Unit 2: pgs. 54-57

Period 7- Reading B
Spelling Test on "All about Vitamins" watch "BrainPop" video on Vitamins and complete bonus pt. sheet


FRIDAY

Period 1- English Lit.9-10/Career Education
Daily Reading Activity: FAll of the Alamo and Luther Burbank, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 2- Current Events 7
test on yesterday's current events article

Period 3- Reading A
"Freak the Mighty"  Read CH 2 and discuss

Period 4- English Lit. 11-12
REad All About It 2: To Your Health, read, discuss, complete vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 5- English 9-12
Steck-Vaughn Spelling: Lesson 28

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