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This document outlines the class agenda and activities for September, including important due dates for assignments such as the syllabus, want ads, and various writing assessments. Students are encouraged to engage in self-reflection through writing prompts and are reminded about academic expectations. Key activities include reading logs, vocabulary exercises, and presentations. The schedule also incorporates various language arts lessons focusing on sentence structure and clauses, culminating in assessments and project preparations. Stay organized and meet all deadlines for a successful month!
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September 4—Welcome • Agenda—copy • 9/4/13—Syllabus (due tomorrow) • 9/5/13—Want Ads (interviewing) • 9/6/13—Want Ads (writing) • Syllabus • Read through and highlight the ‘highlights’
September 5—Welcome • Agenda—copy • 9/4/13—Syllabus (due tomorrow) • 9/5/13—Want Ads (interviewing) • 9/6/13—Want Ads (writing) • Turn in your syllabus in the back turn in box for your class period • Reading changes • Percentages for all grades • Handout materials to absent students • National Boards hand out (due tomorrow) • Want Ads • Interviewing
September 6—Welcome • SSW: in your comp. book—10 minutes • Describe your favorite day this summer. Use sensory (the five senses) details. • Want Ads • Writing • Due: Hand book signatures, want ads, national boards letters, composition books
September 9—Welcome • SSW: Agenda—Copy • 9/9-SRI Comp. Library • 9/10-Easy CBM Library, Finish Want Ads • 9/11-Present Want Ads • 9/12-Writing Assessment, Oh, The Places You’ll Go (Reflection) • 9/13-SSR, Assembly Schedule (Anti-Bullying at the SHS) • Reading log in the Agenda—write down book’s title, parents initial, due on Mondays • SRI—Library
September 10—Welcome • NO SSW • Easy CBM Vocabulary—Library • Finish SRI Comp.—Library • Check out books • Finish Want Ads—presentations tomorrow
September 11—Welcome • SSW: Describe your first week of school. What were your expectations? Were they met? Any surprises? What are your goals? Anything else you can think of. • Write the whole time in your comp. book—10 minutes • Want Ads Presentations
September 12—Welcome • SSW: You are planning a party. Who will you invite? Make a list. Who are the celebrities you are inviting? What kind of entertainment will you have? What kind of food? The sky is the limit. Be appropriate and have fun. • —10 minutes • Writing Assessment • Oh, The Places You’ll Go!!! • Bring you SSR book tomorrow
September 13—Welcome • SSW: Free Write, Free Draw, SSR • 10 minutes • SSR: All class period • Some will be testing SRI—6th period
September 16 • SSW: Agenda—Copy • 9/16- Oh, The Places You’ll Go; Reading Logs; Finish Want Ads • 9/17-Sentences: Complements pp. 399-402 Ex 15-18; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • 9/18-Correct; Phrases: pp418-423; Ex 1-4; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • 9/19-Correct: Phrases: pp 426: Writing Application; hmwk: Write another paragraph • 9/20-SSR, PLC • Oh, The Places You’ll Go; • Reading Logs; • Finish Want Ads
September 17 • SSW: CS—What is your goal for this year? How are you going to achieve it? Be specific. Write for 10 minutes. • Sentences: Complements pp. 399-402 Ex 15-18; hmwk: Write 5 on your own
September 18 • SSW: What is your favorite room in your home and why? Write for 10 minutes. • Correct • Sentences: Complements pp. 399-402 Ex 15-18; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • Phrases: pp418-423; Ex 1-4; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • Turn in Bonus Credit stuff • Bonus points for those who audition for plays (see bulletin board for more information).
September 19 • SSW: What is your favorite time of day? Write for 10 minutes. • Correct • Phrases: pp418-423; Ex 1-2; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • Phrases: pp418-423; Ex 3-4; hmwk: Write 5 on your own • Phrases: pp 426: Writing Application; hmwk: Write another paragraph
September 20--PLC • SSW: Free Write, Free Draw, SSR • 10 minutes • Turn in homework in the back (if you have it done, if not turn it in on Monday) • SSR: All class period
September 23 • SSW: Agenda—Copy • 9/23—turn in paragraph in back; Clauses p 450-457, ex 1-4; hmwk: ex 5—write sentences • 9/24—noun clause; p 458, ex 6; hmwk: worksheets (independent and dependent [subordinate] clauses) • 9/25—paragraph p 462—organizing for a big test • 9/26—happy birthday to me; types of sentences: p 463-466 ex 8; hmwk: paragraph—important project • 9/27-SSR, Fluency tests • Reading Logs • turn in paragraph in back; • Clauses p 450-457, ex 1-4 • hmwk: ex 5—write sentences
September 24 • SSW: CS—Write about your favorite childhood toy. Write for 10 minutes. • Finish yesterday…EX 3 and 4 P 455, 457 • Tomorrow: Noun clause; p 458, ex 6; • Hmwk: worksheets (independent and dependent [subordinate] clauses)
September 25—tomorrow is my birthday • SSW: Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!)Write for 10 minutes. • Correct—Hmwk: worksheets (independent and dependent [subordinate] clauses) • Paragraph p 462—organizing for a big test
September 26—Happy birthday to me • SSW: Write about a day you'd like to remember. Write for 10 minutes. • Happy birthday to me; • Types of sentences: p 463-466 ex 8; • Hmwk: paragraph—important project
September 27 • SSW: Free Write, Free Draw, SSR • 10 minutes • Turn in homework in the back • SSR • Fluency