Final Review

Final Review

Click on the link above to download the final exam review for ILA.

Agenda 5/23 - 5/27

Monday - Friday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Novel Study - Ch. 15-end of book
• ABC Book reporting - Due Friday
• Open Ended Responses
• Review for Final

Pre AP Photostories

Pre AP Photostories

Click on the link above to download photostories!  It looks like everyone had a lot of fun creating their procedural essay final product!

Agenda 5/16-5/20

Monday
SSR
Commonly confused terms
Literature Circles - Ch 11
PRE AP - Photostory presentations

Tuesday
SSR
Commonly confused terms
Literature Circles - Ch. 12
PRE AP - Photostory presentations

Wednesday
SSR
Research - Survival in different environments

Thursday - Substitute Teacher
SSR
ABC book reporting
Literature Circles - Ch 13 & 14

Friday - Substitute Teacher
SSR
ABC book reporting
Literature Circles -  Ch. 15 - Roles Due at end of class.

Agenda 5/9 - 5/13

Monday

• SSR
• Open Ended Response
• Commonly Confused Terms
• Procedural Essay - Peer Editing/Teacher Conference
• Literature Circles - Role #1 DUE TODAY - Start Role #2
• PRE AP: need flash drive with pictures/music

Tuesday

• SSR
• Commonly Confused Terms
• Procedural Essay - FINAL COPY
• Literature Circles

Wednesday

• SSR
• Commonly Confused Terms
• Procedural Essay DUE TODAY
• Literature Circles
• PRE AP: Integration lab - Photostory

Thursday

• SSR
• Commonly Confused Terms
• Literature Circles

Friday

• SSR
• Commonly Confused Terms
• Literature Circles
• Open Ended Responses

Agenda 5/2-5/6

Monday:
No School

Tuesday - Friday

• SSR
• Follow writing process for procedural essay
• Literature circles - Novels
• PRE AP: Homework - take pictures of recipe and gather music resources to save to a flash drive.

Agenda 4/25 - 4/29

Monday

• SSR
• Review TAKS strategies
• On Level: Survival
• Pre AP: Recipes

Tuesday

• TAKS MATH

Wednesday

• TAKS READING

Thursday

• SSR
• Reader's Theater - Phantom Tollbooth
• Procedural Essay
• Brainstorm for Procedural Essay

Friday

• SSR
• Reader's Theater - Phantom Tollbooth
• Procedural Essay
• Review Prepositional phrases

Agenda 4/18 - 4/22

Monday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters

Tuesday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters 

Wednesday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS review
• Informal Letters
• Facts/Opinions

Thursday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters
• Compare and Analyze expository texts 

Friday

• SSR
• DLR
• Informal Letters
• TAKS Passage

Agenda 4/11 - 4/15

Monday

• SSR
• Grammar
• On Level - Integration lab to create brochure for "local pet shelter". Use rough draft created on construction paper
• Pre AP - Read informational texts to compare and contrast - follow multi-step instructions

Tuesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Analyze informational texts

Wednesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Analyze informational texts
• Create a map and write out multi-step instructions

Thursday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Doctoring Sentences
• Review active/passive voice, superlative and comparative for quiz tomorrow

Friday

• SSR
• TAKS practice
• Analogies
• Grammar quiz - Step 1-5, active/passive voice, superlative/comparative

Agenda 4/4-4/8

Monday

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board - Due Thursday
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Sentence Structure

Tuesday

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board - Due Thursday
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Nonfiction Introductions & Conclusions

Wednesday - Library Day

• SSR
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• On level - Read "The Stray" then write news report and create a brochure
• Pre AP - Read "Homecoming" then write news report

Thursday

• SSR - sharing board due
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Continue news reports

Friday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• TAKS passage/ PRESS strategies
• Analogies

Agenda 3/28 - 4/1

Monday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Grammar - Irregular Verbs, Active/Passive Voice
• Complete TAKS passage from Friday

Tuesday

• SSR
• Daily Language review
• Grammar
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• Comparative/Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs

Wednesday - Mrs. G will have a Substitute Teacher

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Active Passive Voice
• TAKS passage/ PRESS strategies
• Mood & Tone application

Thursday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Reading Comprehension - Analyze connections; annotations
• Punctuation/Capitalization

Friday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Reading Comprehension - Make connections
• Punctuation/Capitalization

Agenda 3/21 - 3/25

Monday

• SSR - Nonfiction
• Grammar - Simple Steps
• TAKS practice - Organization
• Active & Passive Voice
• Point of View/Audience - TEXT Zlata's Diary

Tuesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Active & Passive Voice
• TAKS practice
• Reader's Theater - On level - distinguish fact from fiction - historical fiction
• Pre AP - socratic seminar - review for Stargirl test

Wednesday

• SSR
• Grammar Test - On Level
• Active & Passive Voice
• Stargirl Novel Test - Pre AP
• TAKS practice
• On Level - "Surviving a Concentration Camp"
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Thursday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Irregular Verbs
• Active & Passive Voice
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• TAKS practice
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Friday

• SSR
• Grammar
• TAKS passage
• Inferencing & Theme
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Agenda 3/7-3/11

Monday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar - Predicate Nominatives & Predicate Adjectives
• On Level: Holocaust poetry & create butterflies
• Pre AP: Stargirl lit circles chapters 28-More than Stars

Tuesday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• On Level: Review comprehension & vocabulary for test tomorrow
• Pre AP: Lit circles

***Open House***

Wednesday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• On Level: Test over Number the Stars
• Pre AP: Lit circles

Thursday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• On Level: Compare/Contrast Letters from Concentration Camp to Letter to Scottie.
• Pre AP: Grammar Test, Lit Circles

Friday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• TAKS passage
• Active & Passive Voice

Agenda 2/28-3/4

Monday

• SSR - We will go to library to pick out a biography or autobiography (chapter book)
• TAKS warmups
• Grammar - Predicate adjectives & predicate nominatives
• Novels - On Level: ch. 13-15; Pre AP: ch. 22-27
• Quiz over novels from last week

Tuesday - Friday

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• TAKS warmups
• TAKS passage on Friday
• Grammar
• Prefix & Suffix practice on Thursday
• Novels - comprehension, vocabulary, enrichment, writing activities

**Quiz on Monday over chapters for this week***

Agenda 2/22-2/25

Tuesday
- Nonfiction Sharing Board
- Quiz over novel
- Persuasive Speech

Wednesday - Thursday
- Nonfiction Sharing Board
- Grammar review
- Novels - On level: Ch. 9-12; Pre AP: Ch. 16-21 - Reading comprehension, vocabulary, extension activities

Friday
- Nonfiction Sharing Board Due
- Quiz over Grammar
- Novels

***Quiz on Monday over novel chapters this week ***

Agenda 2/14-2/18

Monday - Thursday

• Quiz over novel chapters from last week. On Level: Ch. 1-4; Pre AP: Ch. 1-8.
• SSR (need to have book finished this week, we will start our sharing boards next Monday)
• TAKS warmups
• Persuasive Essay (Rough Draft, Revising, Editing, Peer Editing, Final Copy - We will do ALL writing in class)
• Novels: On Level: Read Ch. 5-8 vocab & Comprehension - Quiz next Monday; Pre AP: Read ch. 9-15 with Lit Circles, Quiz next Monday)

Friday

• Nonfiction book needs to be completed by Monday
• Benchmark - Reading Comprehension
• Persuasive Essay Due - We will do all writing in class!

Next Week

• Quiz over novel chapters on Monday
• SSR Nonfiction Sharing board will start on Monday.

Monday, February 7th

• SSR
• Grammar - Complements
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Enrichment for Novels (On Level: Number the Stars; Pre AP: Star Girl)
• Begin Draft for Persuasive Essay
• Begin Reading Novels (On Level: Ch 1-4 this week; Pre AP: Ch. 1-8 this week)

Tuesday, February 8th

• SSR
• Grammar - Complements
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Enrichment for Novels (On Level: Number the Stars; Pre AP: Star Girl)
• Continue draft for Persuasive Essay
• Read Novels (On Level: Ch 1-4 this week; Pre AP: Ch. 1-8 this week)

Wednesay, February 9th

• SSR
• Gramar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Continue drafting persuasive essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Thursday, February 10th

• SSR
• Grammar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Analyze news program for pupose and levels of formality
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Friday, February 11th

• SSR
• Grammar
• TAKS Practice - PRESS strategies
• Analyze digital media
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & discuss comprehension and vocabulary

Agenda 1-31 - 2-4

Monday, January 31st

• Continue research for persuasive essay.
• Use online graphic organizer to focus essay
• Use paragraph organizer to begin writing out essay

Tuesday, February 1st

• SSR
• Grammar - Complements
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Enrichment for Novels (On Level: Number the Stars; Pre AP: Star Girl)
• Begin Draft for Persuasive Essay
• Begin Reading Novels (On Level: Ch 1-4 this week; Pre AP: Ch. 1-8 this week)

Wednesay, February 2nd

• SSR
• Gramar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Continue drafting persuasive essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Thursday, February 3rd

• SSR
• Grammar
• Appetizers - PRESS passages
• Analyze news program for pupose and levels of formality
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & disscuss comprehension and vocabulary

Friday, February 4th

• SSR
• Grammar
• TAKS Practice - PRESS strategies
• Analyze digital media
• Revise & Edit persuasive essay
• Teacher Conference with students about essay
• Read novels & discuss comprehension and vocabulary

HW - Watch superbowl commercials and analyze for persuasive techniques and faulty reasoning.

Pre AP Research

Online Graphic Organizer - Persuasion Map

Should Physical Education be Mandatory?

Should Physical Education be Required?

Articles on the Web about Physical Education

We need mandatory physical education back in schools.

Lack of Mandatory PE is Making our Kids Fat

The Danger of Mandatory PE

On Level Research

Online Graphic Organizer - Persuasion Map

Using cell phones as teaching tools

New Technology, Old problems in the classroom

From Toy to Tool

Supporting Cell Phone Use in the Classroom

Cell Phones in the Classroom

Pros of Cell Phones in School

Cons of Cell Phones in School

Should Public School Ban Cell Phones

Cell Phones in the Classroom

Students and Cell Phones

Students agree: Cell Phones in Class are Distracting

Cell Phones in Classroom: Bad Idea, Inevitable, or Both?

Agenda 1/24-1/28

Monday, January 24th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Writing Prompt: Persuasive writing
• Grammar - Review prepositions, verbs, subjects & direct objects. Introduce indirect objects.
• Analyze persuasive texts and write editorials based on school issues.
• Persuasion in Advertising: Promises, Dares & Flattery.  Introduce Faulty reasoning
• HW: "Persuasion is all around you" - find a persuasive piece (commercial, advertisement, letter to the editor, etc.) and analyze.

Tuesday, Janurary 25th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Writing Prompt: Persuasive writing
• Grammar - Direct & Indirect Objects
• Analyze persuasive texts with faulty reasoning (TEXT 512-514)
• Share advertisements brought from home (last night's homework)

Wednesday, January 26th

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board
• Grammar
• Writing Prompt
• Analyze persuasive texts (Reader's notebook: 199-201)
• Commercials/advertisements reviewed and analyzed for faulty reasoning

Thursday, January 27th (Substitute teacher)

• Research in Library - begin researching for persuasive speech
• Take notes
• Fill out graphic organizer(s)
• Begin forming support and evidence for stated claim
• MLA Citations review
• On Level - need at least 2 sources
• Pre AP - need at least 3 sources

Friday, January 28th (Substitute teacher)

• SSR
• Grammar
• Use graphic organizer to begin drafting persuasive speech
• Agree or disagree - state support for your claim

Agenda 1/17-1/21

Monday, January 17th
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Thursday
- SSR (nonfiction)  We will begin our new SSR activities with the nonfiction sharing board.  Students will take notes in their journal.
- Grammar: Simple Step #4 (Complements: Direct Objects)
- Read and analyze examples of persuasive texts

Friday, January 21st
- SSR - I will check journals for notes about their nonfiction book (main idea, chart/graph about information learned, important vocabulary)
- Grammar quiz: prepositions, verbs, subjects, direct objects
- TAKS Practice - utilize test strategies
- Read and analyze examples of persuasive texts

Agenda 1/10-1/14

Monday, January 10th
Review for Semester Exams
SSR

Tuesday, January 11th
1st Period Exam - English/Grammar
SSR

Wednesday, January 12th
2nd Period Exam - Reading Comprehension
4th Period Exam - English/Grammar
SSR

Thursday, January 13th
5th Period Exam - Reading Comprehension
SSR

Friday, January 14th
NO SCHOOL!

Agenda 1/3-1/7

Monday - Friday: This week we will focus on reviewing for our final exam which we will take next week.  Please be prepared to participate in class as we review independently, in groups, and whole class!

SSR

Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects

Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!