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MONDAY: NO homework
TUESDAY: Complete TPFASTT's for all the Langston Hughes poems on the handout.
WEDNESDAY: QUIZ tomorrow over TPFASTT.
THURSDAY: Complete PFAST's of ee cummings poems - "In Just" and "maggie and millie and molly and mae". Remember that you need to take an AR test on/before next Thursday.
FRIDAY: Read your AR book.
MONDAY: NO homework.
TUESDAY: Complete prewrite for tribute poems as directed below:
Prewrite: Fill up a sheet of notebook paper listing words, phrases and expressions that connect to the person to whom you are paying tribute. Possible categories mayinclude the following: likes, dislikes, hobbies, activities, values.
WEDNESDAY: Complete rough drafts of tribute peoms as directed:
Rough Drafts: Select two of the tribute poems studied in class (one from Group A and one from Group B) and write a rough draft of a tribute poem for your person that models the style and form.
Group A Group B
“My Mother Pieced Quilts” “My Father’s Hand Held Mine”
“My Father Is a Simple Man” “The Courage That My Mother Had”
“Mother to Son” “While I Slept”
“Mama is a Sunrise”
THURSDAY: In class today, the students revised and edited their poems. Final copies of both tribute poems are due tomorrow. Each will be a ten point grade.
MONDAY: Complete back of worksheet on types of sentences.
TUESDAY - FRIDAY: No homework.
MONDAY: No homework.
TUESDAY: No homework.
WEDNESDAY: No homework.
THURSDAY: Complete second-half of the front side of the sentence type worksheet. Review as necessary rules of capitalization and punctuation in preparation for tomorrow's quiz.
FRIDAY: No homework!
MONDAY: Cpmplete worksheets on capitalization for Wednesday. "Spitball in the Eye" vocabulary quiz will be given on Friday.
TUESDAY: No new assignment.
MONDAY: Revisit the Brain Ticklers questions. Complete work sheets as assigned. Remeber to review notes the test over usage which will be given tomorrow.
TUESDAY: No written homework. Read your outside reading book. You must take an AR test on/before March 31 which will count as a quiz grade in language arts.
WEDNESDAY: Complete the "Find the Errors" worksheets for Friday. Remember your Ar quiz must be taken on/before March 31.
THURSDAY: No new assignment.
FRIDAY: Read your outsiade library book.
MONDAY: Complete exercises in WRITING and GRAMMAR pp.566 - Exercises 9 and 11; pp.571 - Exercises 17, 18, and 19; pp.572-573 Exercises 24-29.
TUESDAY: No homework. Remember your AR test on/before March 31st.
Wednesday - Friday working in class on expository writing in the writing labs. Comparison/ contrast paper and new draft of research paper.
WEDNESDAY: Review work for usage test which will be given on Tuesday, March 25th. All work is due on Monday, March 24th.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY: No new assignments
MONDAY: Complete Review Matrix for Shakespeare Unit Test.
TUESDAY: Finish studying for Shakespeare unit test which will be given tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY: Quiz over Chapter 24 on Friday, March 14th. Complete grammar exercise from Writing and Grammar as follows:
THURSDAY: Quiz over Chapter 24 on Friday, March 14th. Complete grammar exercise from Writing and Grammar pp.554-555- Exercises 27-32.
FRIDAY: Read your outside reading book. Each student must take an AR quiz by March 31st.
MONDAY: Diagnostic Test on pronouns - Page 519 in Writing and Grammar.
TUESDAY:Page 526-Ex. 8, Page 528 - Ex.10, and Page 529-Ex. 14.
WEDNESDAY:
THURSDAY: Complete modified BUT chart for each of your three comparison/contrast ideas. Remember to add the SO WHAT? column.
FRIDAY: NO new assignment. Read your outside reading book.
Monday: Complete the following reflection in your literature spiral:
