Monday, September 20, 2010

September 20 -24

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. This week we will be finishing Native American cultures and preparing for our test next week. We will take a quiz on the United States map and the landmarks, so make sure you get a chance to play the game at the beginning of class. We will continue studying poetry this week and take a quiz on our poetry terms. Remember to always bring your poetry notes to class!

Social Studies
Monday: Finish wb pgs. 2-5 using our observation notes, WordMasters notes, and QuickWrite (8.1) (homework if you did not finish in class)
Tuesday: Review QuickWrite (you WILL see this on a test) and StoryBlasters.
Wednesday: Write your own StoryBlasters using vocabulary.
Thursday: Review Day, Review QuickWrites and Ch. 1 Bingo
Friday: Ch.1 and United States map quiz

Language Arts
Monday: Daily Language, Onomatopoeia, Pun, and Ballad notes,  and "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" wkst, hw: Pun wkst.
Tuesday: "Grand Mothers" focus on voice, Literary Skillbuilder wkst, hw: "Football Injuries" reading comprehension wkst.
Wednesday: Symbols, "Fear/Identity" and "Stopping by the Woods" Literary Skillbuilder wkst, hw: descriptive paragraph about your favorite place.
Thursday: Free Verse and Imagery Literary Skillbuilder wkst, hw: descriptive poem wkst
Friday: Narrative poetry and Sound Devices, "Charge of the Light Brigade"

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