Friday, Nov 6

SSR

Grammar Punk
1st: Comma rule #7, adverb, 3-Cs and Is, music/movies.
3rd: Comma rule #5, adverb, 3-Ts and Os, food/drink

Vocabulary test was changed to Tuesday, Nov 10

We discussed "Half-hanged Mary" and Cotton Mather.

Students listened to The Crucible:
1st hour: listened to the first 6 minutes (page 14 of the drama)
3rd: listened to the first 10 minutes (page 21 of the drama)

Wednesday, Nov 4

SSR

Grammar Punk
1st: Comma rule #6, interjectionm 3-Os and Ts, sports
3rd: Colon rule #5, pronoun, 3-As and Cs, wild

Students reviewed their vocabulary words

Students put their Fountainhead booklets together. Students should read 20 pages per day and work on their booklets as they read

We will begin The Crucible and cover "Half-Hanged Mary" on Friday.
Monday, Nov 2

SSR

Students checked out their Fountainhead and Crucible books from the library

Students worked for the remainder of the class period typing and proofing their Scarlet Letter essays and handed the essay and Scarlet Letter booklet in at the end of the hour.

Thursday, Oct 29

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st: Comma rule #5, interjection, 4-Ts and As, sports
3rd: Colon rule #4, adverb, 2-Is and Cs, wild

Students discussed C 23 & 24
Students were given the criteria for the character essay (due Monday at end of the hour; students will have lab time Monday): 3 paragraphs (SUTW format), active verbs only, works cited page.

Tuesday, Oct 27

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st: Comma rule #4, interjection, 2-Ms and Es, wild
3rd: Comma rule #4, adverb, 3-Ts and Es, wild

Students took vocab test #5

Students discussed C 21 and 22

Homework: read C 23 & 24 and complete all applicable information in booklet. Booklet due Thursday.

Friday, Oct 23

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st: Comma rule #3, preposition, 4-Ss and As, animals
3rd: Question mark rule #d, preposition, 5-Ls and Is, animals

Students discussed C 19 + 20
Homework: Read C 21 + 22 and complete all applicable work in booklet


Wednesday, Oct 21

SSR (3rd hour students completed their Sii reading activity)
 
Grammar Punk:
1st: Question mark rule #2, interjection, 3-Us and Ds, wild
3rd:Comma rule #3, adverb, 2-Ts and Us, music/movies

Students discussed C 17 and 18

Homework: Read C 19 & 20 and complete all applicable pages in booklet.

Monday, Oct 19

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st: Colon rule #4, adjective, 2-As and Gs, food/drink
3rd: Question mark rule #2, adverb, 3-Ts and Es, wild.

Students reviewed their new vocabulary for unit #5

Students discussed C 15 + 16

Homework: Read C 17 + 18 and complete all applicable info in booklet

Thursday, Oct 15

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st:
Colon rule #3, adverb, 3-Ss and Is, religion
3rd:
Colon rule #3, conjunction, 2-Bs and Es, music.movies

Students took Vocabulary test #4

Students discussed chapters 13 + 14

Homework: Read chapters 15 + 16 and complete all applicable information in booklet

Tuesday, Oct 13

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st:
Comma rule #2, adjective, 3-Es and Ws, food/drink
3rd:
Colon rule #2, interjection, 3-Us and Gs, sports

Students reviewed their vocabulary for the test Thursday

Students discussed chapters 11 + 12

Students turned in their spreadsheets and TEA charts
All work for the 6 weeks due today

Homework: Read C 13 + 14 and complete all applicable info in booklet

Thursday, Oct 8

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st:
Question mark rule #1, conjunction, 2-Gs and Es, religion
3rd:
Semicolon rule #3, conjunction, 3-Ts and Es, sports

Students reviewed their vocabulary words

Students discussed Chapters 9 + 10

Homework: Read Chapters 11 + 12 and complete all applicable pages in booklet

Spreadsheet and TEA charts due Tuesday
Tuesday, Oct 6

SSR

Grammar Punk:
1st:
Semicolon rule #3, pronoun, 5-Ds and Is, wild
3rd:
Quotation rule #3, conjunction, 2-Ss and Es, animals.

Students looked over their new vocabulary words

Students discussed chapter 7 + 8

Homework: Read chapter 9 +10 and complete all applicalbe info in booklets

Friday, Oct 2

SSR (3rd hour - no SSR due to evacuation drill)

Grammar
1st:
Colon rule #2, interjection, 3-Es and Ns, sports
3rd:
Question mark rule #2, adjective, 3-Is and Js, wild

Students took Vocabulary test #3

Students discussed chapter 5 & 6.

Homework: Read C 7 & 8 and complete applicable pages in booklet.

Wednesday, Sept 30

SSR

Grammar
1st:
Colon rule #1, conjunction, 3-Os and Ms, and sports
3rd:
Comma rule #2, preposition, 3-Is and Ms, music/movies

Students reviewed for their vocabulary test on Friday

Students discussed chatpers 2-4.

Homework: Read C 5 & 6 and complete applicable pages in booklet

SSR

Grammar
1st:
Parentheses rule #3, adjective, 5-Es and Ts, music/movies
3rd:
Semicolon rule #2, preposition, 3-As and Gs, animals.

Students worked with their vocabulary words.

Students discussed C 1 & 2 of The Scarlet Letter

Homework: Read C 3 & 4 and complete applicable pages in booklet.

Thursday, Sept 23

SSR

Grammar
1st:
Parentheses rule #2, adjective, 3-Fs and Is, music/movies
3rd:
Comma rule #1, pronoun, 5-Us and Gs, music/movies

Vocabulary Test #2

Students took notes over Hawthorne, and we covered Romanticism and Transcendentalism.

Homework: Read C 1 & 2 of The Scarlet Letter and complete graphic organizers.

Tuesday, Sept 22

No SSR - (check out The Scarlet Letter in library and make booklet for reading The Scarlet Letter) Students may also read the novel online @ http://bartelby.com/83/ and can search for passages/words.

Grammar Punk
1st:
Semicolon rule #2, adjective, 3-Es and Ds, wild
3rd:
Semicolon rule #1, preposition, 3-Us and Gs, sports

Review Word Smart for Thursday's test

Students shared their Persuasive Paragraphs

Friday, Sept 18

SSR

Grammar Punk
1st:
Quotation rule #3, 3-Es and Ss, interjection, music/movies
3rd:
Parentheses rule #3, interjection, 5-Es and Ts, food/drink

Students discussed Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and we viewed the video of Shirly Phelps-Roper.

Homework: Write a 14-sentence persuasive paragraph. Students need to footnote any literary devices they use.

Wednesday, Sept 16

SSR

Grammar Punk
1st:
Quotation rule #2, 3-As and Ws, interjection, animals.
3rd:
Parentheses rule #2, preposition, 3-Es and Fs, wild.

We covered spreadsheets and TEA responses

Students should begin using their vocabulary words in sentences.

Students finsihed their paragraph on metaphors and turned these in with their TNotes and 5 steps.

Students discussed Mather and turned in their Key Concept Synthesis ogranizer.

lHomework: Read Edwards (TNotes p 91) Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God p 99-109; students completed Sensory Notes.

Monday, Sept 14

SSR

Grammar Punk
1st:
Parentheses rule #1, animals, 2-Es and Ts, and a conjunction
3rd:
Quotation rule #2, sports, 3-As and Ns, prepositions

Students took vocabular test #1

Students discussed Taylor and wrote a paragraph on his use of metaphors

Homework: Read Mather p 76 and complete TNotes; complete a Key Concept Synthesis chart on p 77-  from Magnalia Christi Americana (Key Concept Synthesis are attached below and may be downloaded).

Thursday, Sept 10

SSR

Students were given their Lexile Range and will include this information on their spreadsheet.

Grammar Punk
1st:
Comma rule #1, conjunction, religion, 3-Es and Fs
3rd:
Parentheses rule #1, adverb, animals, 3-Es and Ss.

Students were given a new vocabulary list with all words defined for lessons 1-9.

Students wrote a 14-sentence paragraph on Bradstreet's theme from The Flesh and the Spirit or the tone of Upon the Burning of Our House. This was a timed writing.

Students discussed Sewall and their Key Concept Synthesis Notes over The Diary of... and turned in the T-Notes and organizer.

Homework: read Taylor and do TNotes p 66 and the Five Steps of Poetry for Preface p 67, Huwifery p 70, and Upon a Spider Catching a Fly p 72. Students should be able to discuss metaphors after reading these poems.

Tuesday, Sept 8

No SSR  due to picture day

Grammar Punk
1st:
Semicolon rule #1, 3-As and Ps, interjection, and animals.
3rd:
Colon rule #1, conjunction, 3-As and Cs, and animals.

Review Word Smart vocabulary

Students discussed Bradstreet's The Flesh and the Spirit, To My Dear and Loving Husband, and Upon the Burning of Our House. Students wrote a 14-sentence paragraph on either the theme of The Flesh and the Spirit or the tone of Upon the Burning of Our House. This is an in-class assignment that students did not finish but will next class period.

Homework: Read Sewall p 54 and do TNotes; read The Dieary of...p 55-60 and complete Key Concept Synthesis Notes.


Thursday, Sept 3

No SSR due to the Assembly in the auditorium.

Grammar Punk
1st:
Quotation rule #1, conjunction, animals, 3-Os and Ts.
3rd:
Quotation rule #1, pronoun, 3-Is and Js, and the subject was wild (student's choice).

Word Smart review

Literary Terms review

Discussion over Colonial Time period. Students turned in their GIST organzers.

Homework: Bradstreet author info. p 44 take TNotes. Do the 5 Steps for Poetry: The Flesh and the Spirit p 47, To My Dear and Loving Husband p 51, Upon the Burning of Our House p 52.

Tuesday, Sept 1

We covered the class expectations and students received various handouts.

Homework: Read pages 3-8 and complete Idea Cards/GIST organizer: Summarize each paragraph.

Begin defining Word Smart vocabulary for lesson 1.