Monday November 16, 2009

1. DLW Week 4 – sentence 1
2. Vocabulary Words to Own from “The Monkey’s Paw” on an overhead.
3. Essential Question: What makes you suspicious?
4. Listen to “The Monkey’s Paw” and following along. pp. 360-370
5. Homework: Complete vocabulary and Reading Comprehension worksheet.

Tuesday November 17, 2009 EXTENDED PERIODS

1. DLW Week 4 – sentence 2
2. Turn in homework worksheet.
3. Discuss instances of suspense (list on board).  Discuss instances of foreshadowing (list on board) – “Monkey’s Paw.”
4. Essential Question:  Is seeing believing? Vocabulary Review p. 87 textbook.  Discuss “Radio Play” – compare to “The War of the Worlds.”
5. Listen to and follow along with “The Hitchhiker” pp. 88-98

Wednesday November 18, 2009 No Class

Thursday November 19, 2009

1. DLW Week 4 – sentence 3
2. Drawing Conclusions from the stories.
3. Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement and Subject/Verb Agreement – Homework
4. Comprehension quizzes.

Friday November 20, 2009

1. Reading Day/Freak the Mighty
2. Million Word Sheets
3. Subject/Verb agreement supplemental homework due.

Monday November 23, 2009

1. DLW Week 4 – sentence 4
2. Review Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement and Subject Verb Agreement Homework
3. Alternate quiz
4. Make sure vocabulary from both stories is in spiral notebooks.
5. Freak the Mighty
6. Circle Discussions (one question from “Monkey’s Paw” and one question from “The Hitchhiker.”

Tuesday November 24, 2009

1. DLW Week 4 – sentence 5
2. Make-up work.  Vocabulary due in spiral notebooks.
3. Freak the Mighty

Wednesday November 25, 2009

1. DLW Week 4 – quiz
2. Midterms
3. Library 

Thursday November 26, 2009 THANKSGIVING BREAK

Friday November 27, 2009 THANKSGIVING BREAK

Monday November 30, 2009

1. Vocabulary Review game – Make sure all vocabulary is in their spiral notebook.
2. Essential Question: What makes you suspicious?
3. Vocabulary List from page 77
4. Listen to and follow along with “Tell-Tale Heart” pp. 78-85.
5. Suspense (list) on the chalkboard/Foreshadowing (list) on the chalkboard.
6. Character/Plot/Dialogue (graphic organizer) and homework.
7. Drawing Conclusions – discussion
8. Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

Tuesday December 1, 2009 EXTENDED PERIODS

1. Subject/Verb Agreement and Pronoun Antecedent Review
2. Test Thursday
3. book project
4. Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
5. Book Choices for in class reading – The Chocolate War, Downriver, Dicey’s Song, Izzy Willy Nilly, The Outsiders. – book talks and book choices.  Check out by Thursday with assignment #1. (character and dialogue, suspense and foreshadowing, drawing conclusions)

Wednesday December 2, 2009 No Classes

Thursday December 3, 2009

1. Vocabulary for each book.
2. Work on assignment #1

Friday December 4, 2009

1.  Work on assignment #1 for book project.