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