• NOTES: Summary/GIST, topic sentence
• Read "The Dinner Party" - Summarize the story in one paragraph.
• HW: "Tell-Tale Heart" due tomorrow - View the 3:12 "Simpson's" clip on The Dashboard.
• HW: Vocab 1 due Wednesday, Quiz on Weds.

• Turn in "Tell-Tale Heart" HW
• NOTES: Character (protagonist & antogonist)
• Library book checkout & silent reading
• HW: Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz - Vocab 1 HW due tomorrow.

• Vocab #1 QUIZ, turn in HW
• Begin Vocab #2 (due next Weds.) 
• HW: TBA, Read 30 minutes.

• WN #9 - Difficult Decision
• Read "The Lady or The Tiger?" 
• HW: TBA, Read 30 minutes.

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Monday, September 21, 2009

• Review pronouns
• Notes on types of Internal & External Conflict
• Read "The Monkey's Paw"
• HW: Finish the Pronoun HW (due tomorrow)
• HW: Finish IRA #1 - Due Friday.

• Pronoun List - tape into English Notes
• Turn in Pronoun HW
• Finish "The Monkey's Paw" classwork
• Extra time?  Reading Counts Quiz, IRA #1, library, read
• HW: IRA #1 due Friday.  RC Quiz must be taken on your own time.  These are both assessment grades (70% of overall class grade).

• MOOD - English Notes
• Compare/Contrast video & story versions of "The Monkey's Paw"
• Pronoun QUIZ - Grade in class.
• HW: IRA #1 & RC Quiz due Friday.

• WN #8 - Wishes
• NOTES: Point of View
• VOCAB #1: The Tell-Tale Heart - HW due & Quiz on Weds., 9/30
• HW: IRA #1 & RC Quiz due Friday.

• Turn in IRA #1.  RC Quiz must be completed by 2:00 p.m.
• Introduce Poe
• Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" - work for the story is due Tuesday.
• HW: VOCAB #1 - Due Weds. (quiz also)
• HW: "Tell-Tale Heart" - due Tuesday.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

• Pronouns - Notes and video
• Review constructed response expectations - REDO's for "Rules of the Game" are due by Thursday.
• Handout IRA #1 Assignment
• Read "Raymond's Run"
• HW: "Raymond's Run" Packet - Due Wednesday, 9/16

• ALL: Pronoun video and notes (taped into your English Notes)
• Honors: Read "The Third Wish" & do plot diagram.
• Regular: Finish "Raymond's Run" in the Interactive Reader (these books stay in the classroom)
• ALL: Time to work on HW, IRA #1, or visit the library.
• HW: "Raymond's Run" Packet - Due tomorrow
• HW: Read and/or work on your IRA #1

• WN #7
• Grade "Raymond's Run" packet in class. Bring a grading pen!
• Review MyAccess - How to login and type your piece of writing.
• HW: Pronoun Packet due Tuesday, 9/22.  Quiz is Wednesday!
• HW: Read and/or work on your IRA #1 (due Friday, 9//24).

• Type district assessment in the compueter lab using MyAccess.
• HW: Read and/or work on your IRA #1 (Due Friday, 9/25.)
• Finish Pronun Packet (Due Tuesday, Quiz on Wednesday)

• Read "Rules of the Game"
  • Written assignment due at end of class.
• HW: Read for 30 minutes.  You should be at least halfway done with your IRA #1 novel.

• Nouns & writing improvement (taped into English Notes)
• HW: Study for your noun quiz on Friday.  Read 20 minutes.

• EXPLORE Testing for ALL 8th grade students
• NO core classes
• HW: Study for your noun quiz tomorrow!  Read 20 minutes.

• Finish writing practice using noun tools
• Noun Quiz - Grade in class
• Renew library books if needed.
• HW: Read your IRA #1 novel.

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• District Writing Assessment - Rough Draft
• HW: Read for 30 minutes.

• Revise DWA
• Nouns - Notes and video - You must bring BOTH composition books to class everyday! 
• HW: Noun Packet - due Thursday at the beginning of class (available in "The File Cabinet")

• WN #1 - Writing Territories - See Mrs. Ryan if you were absent.
• Textbook Orientation (nonfiction terms review)
• HW: Read 30 minutes.

• WN #2 - Select one item from your territories.  Write for ten minutes.
• Discuss turning late work, absent work, and book checkout.
• Set up Reading Wheel and confirm selection for IRA #1 (due Sept. 25).  A written assignment for this will be available soon and students will also take a Reading Counts Quiz on their novel.
• Finish textbook orientation and/or read silently.
• HW: Read 30 minutes.

• WN #3 - Bio-Poem
• Review the class website 
• HW: Please bring your parents to Back to School Night!

• Levels of Questioning
• Teambuilding activity 
• HW: Read 30 minutes

• WN #4 - Continue your entry from WN #2 OR select a new topic from your territory list.
• Learning Strengths
• HW: Read for 30 minutes.  Be sure to welcome Cutler to Denver! 

• Welcome to 8th Grade (1/2 day)
  • Period 1 - Turn in supplies.
  • Period 2 - Review Core Handbook & Movie Permission Slip.
  • Period 3 - Question & Answer 
  • Period 4 - Question & Answer (lockers tomorrow)

• Positive Expectations for Behavior
• Lockers
• Seating Chart
• Letter to Mrs. Ryan (20 points)- Due Friday at the beginning of class.
• HW: Finish your letter.

• Turn in your letter (20 points).
• Library Orientation (Note: Book checkout may not be possible depending on the status of Infinite Campus.)
• HW: Enjoy your weekend!