Homework:

Make sure to always have an independent reading book.

Unless otherwise stated, homework is due the next day. 

The Westing Game Wanted Poster- 5/9

4/29

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Writing/Revising: Friday 5/3 (see directions for details)

• The Westing Game Detective's Log due 4/30

• Poetry Term Test- 5/2

4/30

• Finish Voyages in English pages 138-139

5/2

• Finish creating Vocabulary Chart (word, definition, picture) for Vocabulary in Action Chapter 4 vocab words

• Vocabulary in Action pages 45-49 due 5/7

Past Homework

9/11

• One Word Project and Hexagon due 9/12

• Return Homework Policy signed by 9/13

9/12

• Make sure you have all your Notice and Note SignPosts notes completed in your notebook. Notes can be found in ELA Google Classroom.

9/14

• Exercises in English page 1

• Complete 3 IXL Nouns (starred) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each. 

• Bring in your annotated summer reading book

9/18

• Complete 3 IXL Nouns (starred) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each. 

• Independent Reading Letter #1 due 9/22

9/19

• Summary of “Wagon Train at Dusk” in Google Classroom

9/20

• Exercises in English page 2

9/25

• Finish page 5 in Voyages in English

9/26

• Exercises in English page 19

• Complete 3 IXL Pronouns (starred) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each. 

• Finish page 29 in Voyages in English

9/28

• Brown Girl Dreaming Comprehension check questions (pg. 19) to be answered in Google Classroom. 

• Exercises in English pages 20-21

10/2

• Voyages in English pages 30-31

• Independent Reading Letter #2-10/6

• Brown Girl Dreaming Test- 10/12

10/3

• Finish page 21-23 in Brown Girl Dreaming packet

10/4

• Complete 3 IXL Adjectives (starred) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each. 

• Exercises in English pages 39-40 

• Finish Voyages in English pages 54-55

10/5

• Voyages in English pages 56-57

• Exercises in English page 41

10/10

• Finish Vocabulary in Action- Chapter 1 chart in your notebook.

• Independent Reading Letter #3-10/13

• Brown Girl Dreaming Test- 10/12

10/11

• Finish Vocabulary in Action pages 11-14

• Independent Reading Letter #3- 10/13

• Brown Girl Dreaming Test- 10/12

10/12

• Finish Vocabulary in ActionChapter 1 Crossword puzzle in Google Classroom

10/13

• Independent Reading Letter #4- 10/20

• If you are making corrections to your Brown Girl Dreaming test, they are due in Google Classroom by 10/20. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

10/16

• Independent Reading Letter #4- 10/20

• If you are making corrections to your Brown Girl Dreaming test, they are due in Google Classroom by 10/20. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

• Complete 3 IXL Verbs (starred under Verb Type and Verb Tense) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each- due 10/18

• Exercises in English pages 55-56

• Finish Voyages in English page 81

• Calvin and Hobbes comprehension questions to be answered in Google Classroom

10/17

• Complete the comprehension questions for “I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid” and Bad Boy in Google Classroom due 10/20

• Finish Voyages in English pages 82-83

10/18

• Complete 3 IXL Adverbs (starred) for 15 mintues each or until 85% each

• Exercises in English pages 85-87

• Test- Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs- 10/24

10/19

• Finish Voyages in English pages 116-119 

10/23

• Independent Reading Letter #5- 10/27

• Test- Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs- 10/24

10/25

• Finish Analyze the Text (pg. 65) and Analyze Craft and Structure (pg. 66) for Bad Boy

• Finish Analyze the Text (pg. 73)  Analyze Craft and Structure (pg. 74), and Author's Style (pg. 75) for "I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid"

10/26

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 1 Test- 11/3

10/30

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 1 Test- 11/3

• Finish thesis statement

10/31

• Summary of all independent reading stories (from myPerspectives) due 11/3 in Google Classroom. Stories can only be found in the online textbook.

• Test on independent reading story (of your choice) from myPerspectives- 11/7

11/6

• Test on independent reading story (of your choice) from myPerspectives- 11/7

• Independent Reading Letter #6 due 11/10

• Finish compare and contrast essay outline

11/7

• Finish intro and first body paragraph

11/8

• Rewrite paragraphs 

11/9

• Finish second body paragraph

• If you are making corrections to your myPerspectives Indpedent Reading Story test, they are due in Google Classroom by 11/16. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

11/13

• Independent Reading Letter #7 due 11/17

• If you are making corrections to your myPerspectives Indpedent Reading Story test, they are due in Google Classroom by 11/16. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

• Rewrite body paragraph 2

11/14

• Finish writing body paragraph 3 and conclusion paragraph

• Finish Holes settings sketch/drawing

11/15

• Rewrite body paragraph 3 and conclusion paragraph

• Final draft due 11/22

11/20

• Final draft of Compare and Contrast essay due 11/22

• Finish reading chapters 5-10 in Holes (make sure you have at least 2 annotations per chaper). Complete literature circle role in Google Classroom

11/27

• Finish reading chapters 11-19 in Holes (make sure you have at least 2 annotations per chapter). Complete literature circle role in Google Classroom.

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Literary Text: Friday 12/1 (see directions for details)

11/28

• Read chapters 20-28 in Holes (make sure you have at least 2 annotations per chapter). Complete literature circle role in Google Classroom due 11/30

11/29

• Exercises in English pages 3-4

11/30

• Concrete and abstract noun quiz- 12/6

• Finish Voyages in English pages 6-7 (exercises 1-5)

12/4

• Finish reading chapters 29-35 in Holes (make sure you have at least 2 annotations per chapter). Complete literature circle role in Google Classroom.

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Informational Text: Friday 12/8 (see directions for details)

• Independent Reading Letter #8- 12/8

• Concrete and abstract noun quiz- 12/12

12/5

• Read chapters 36-43 in Holes (make sure you have at least 2 annotations per chapter). Complete literature circle role in Google Classroom due 12/7

12/11

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Vocabulary: Friday 12/15 (see directions for details)

• Submit Holes Literature Circle Google Slides in Google Classroom

• If you would like to make corrections on your Compare and Contrast Essay to improve your grade they are due 12/18. Please read over all comments and submit revised essay in Google Classroom assignment named- "Compare and Contrast Revised Essay"

• Concrete and abstract noun quiz- 12/12

1/3

• Finish Vocabulary in Action Chapter 2 Vocabulary Chart

• Complete Vocabulary in Action pages 21-26

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 2 Test- 1/9

1/4

• Finish Vocabulary in Action Chapter 2 word search in Google Classroom

Holes Project due 1/12. See Google Classroom for directions and rubric.

1/8

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 2 Test- 1/9

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Edit for Grammar : Friday 1/12 (see directions for details)

• Independent Reading Letter #9 due 1/12

1/22 

• Comprehension check questions for My Life with the Chimpanzees to be answered in Google Classroom.

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Edit for Mechanics: Friday 1/26 (see directions for details)

• Exercises in English pages 5-6

• Independent Reading Letter #10 due 1/26

1/23

• Subject and Subject Complement quiz- 1/30

• Finish Voyages in English pages 8-9

1/25

• Finish pages 112-115 in myPerspectives due 1/29

1/26

• My Life with the Chimpanzees Test- 2/2

1/29

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Writing/Revising: Friday 2/2 (see directions for details)

• Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements Quiz- 1/30

• My Life with the Chimpanzees Test- 2/2

• Finish Voyages in English pages 10-11

2/5

• Exercises in English pages 7-9

• Nouns as Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Objects of the Prepositions Quiz- 2/14

• Independent Reading Letter #11 due 1/9

2/6

• If you are making corrections to your My Life with the Chimpanzee test, they are due in Google Classroom by 2/13. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

• Comprehension questions for Hachiko:The True Story of a Loyal Dog to be answered in Google Classroom.

2/13

• Nouns as Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Objects of the Prepositions Quiz- 2/16 (date change)

2/20

• Complete A Blessing comprehension questions in Google Classroom (Miss Carreon's homeroom only)

• Finish Hachiko retelling plot diagram

2/21

• Complete A Blessing comprehension questions in Google Classroom (Mrs. Foley's homeroom only)

• Complete Predator comprehension questions in Google Classroom (due 2/23)

2/22

• Complete A Blessing (pg. 141-143)- or Predators (147-149)  pages in myPerspectives due 2/26

2/23

• A Blessing or Predators test-3/1

2/26

• A Blessing or Predators test-3/1

• Copy dialogue notes posted in Google Classroom in ELA notebook (title- Dialogue Notes)

• Finish Vocabulary in Action Chapter 3 Vocab Chart in Notebook

2/27

• Finish Hachiko retelling graphic organizer- exposition, rising action, and climax

• Finish pages 31-36 in Vocabulary in Action

2/28

• Finish Hachiko retelling rough draft of exposition, rising action, and climax

2/29

• Make any corrections to the Hachiko retelling rough draft of exposition, rising action, and climax (rewrite due 3/4)

3/1

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 3 Test- 3/8

• If you are making corrections to your "A Blessing" or "Predators" test, they are due in Google Classroom by 3/8. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

3/4

• Vocabulary in Action Chapter 3 Test- 3/8

• If you are making corrections to your "A Blessing" or "Predators" test, they are due in Google Classroom by 3/8. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

• Summary of all independent reading stories (from myPerspectives- Animal Allies) due 3/11 in Google Classroom. Stories can only be found in the online textbook.

• Test on independent reading story (of your choice) from myPerspectives- 3/14

3/5

• Finish Hachiko retelling graphic organizer- falling action and resolution

3/6

• Finish Hachiko retelling rough draft of falling action and resolution

• Study Smarts booklet (spelling counts so make sure everything is spelled correctly)

3/7

• Make any corrections to the Hachiko retelling rough draft of falling action and resolution (due 3/13)

3/11

• Test on independent reading story (of your choice) from myPerspectives- 3/14

• Make any corrections to the Hachiko retelling rough draft of falling action and resolution (due 3/13)

• Finish Voyages in English pages 132-133

• Exercises in English pages 97-99

3/13

• Subject and Predicate Quiz- 3/21

3/14

• Hachiko Retelling Final Draft due 3/25

3/18

• Subject and Predicate Quiz- 3/21

• Hachiko Retelling Final Draft due 3/25

• If you are making corrections to your Unit 2 myPerspectives Indepedent Reading Story test, they are due in Google Classroom by 3/25. Directions can be found in the "Materials" section of the ELA Google Classroom.

4/8

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Literary Text: Friday 4/12 (see directions for details)

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Informational Text: Friday 4/12(see directions for details)

• If you would like to make corrections on your Hachiko Retelling to improve your grade they are due 4/15. Please read over all comments and submit revised essay in Google Classroom assignment named- "Hachiko Revised Retelling"

• Write rough draft of Blackout Poem in Notebook (Title- Blackout Poem Rough Draft)

4/10

• Blackout Poem due 4/15

4/15

• IXL Skill Plan- Reading Vocabulary: Friday 4/19 (see directions for details)

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Edit for Grammar : Friday 4/19 (see directions for details)

• If you would like to make corrections on your Hachiko Retelling to improve your grade they are due 4/15. Please read over all comments and submit revised essay in Google Classroom assignment named- "Hachiko Revised Retelling"

• Finish Voyages in English pages 136-137

4/16

• Exercises in English page 102-104

• Types of Sentences Quiz- 4/23

4/17

• Poetry Term Test- 5/2

4/22

• IXL Skill Plan- Language Arts Edit for Mechanics: Friday 4/26 (see directions for details)

• The Westing Game Detective's Log due 4/30

• Types of Sentences Quiz- 4/23

• Independent Reading Letter #12- 4/26

4/23

• Poetry Term Test- 5/2

• Finish writing poetry notes in your notebook found in Google Classroom

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