Week 5 Agenda

September 25-29

Monday
Chapter 5 Quote Identification
Introduce Vocabulary
Read Chapter 6

HW: Complete Chapter 6; Motivation Handout

Tuesday
Go over homework
Introduce Character Project
Reading Lesson: Point of View/Dialect
Read Chapter 7

HW: Complete Chapter 7; Point of View Journal

Wednesday
Grammar Lesson: Adjectives and Adverbs
Project Check
Read Chapter 8

HW: Complete Chapter 8

Thursday
Vocab/Grammar Review
Reading Quiz
Reading Lesson: Tone
Begin Chapter 9

HW: Complete Chapter 9; Chapter 9 Handout; study vocab/grammar

Friday
Weekly Quiz
Project Check
Begin Chapter 10

HW: Complete Chapter 10; Chapter 10 summary;
Character Project due on Tuesday

Character Mini-Project
Choose one of the following:
--create a MySpace Page for a character in the story
--write a Bio Poem for a character in the story
--create a small Collage representing the different passions, struggles, events, and conflicts in Greg’s life
This Project is worth 25 Points

Week 4 Agenda

September 18-22

Monday
Vocab Introduction
7 Habits Presentations
Share Pictures

HW: Character Worksheet

Tuesday
Noun-Verb Review
Introduction to Metacognition
Begin Slam!
Focus on visualizing and connecting

HW: Chapter 1 Handout

Wednesday
Grammar Lesson: What is a sentence?
Focus on Literary Terms (Character, Setting, Point of View)
Slam! Chapter 2

HW: Summary of Chapter 2

Thursday
Guest Speaker
Vocab/Grammar Review
Slam! Chapter 3
Focus on Talking to the Text

HW: Talk to the Text for Chapter 4

Friday
Vocab/Grammar Quiz
Read Chapter 5
Focus on Conflict

HW: Summary/Prediction Worksheet

Week 3 Agenda

September 11-15

Monday
Introduce Vocabulary
Type Bio Poems
Presentation Workshop

HW: Great Discovery

Wednesday
Grammar Lesson: Verbs
7 Habits Presentations

HW: Grammar Practice

Thursday
HCC Panel
Vocab Review
7 Habits Presentations

HW: Study Vocab; 7 Habits Activity

Friday
Binder Check
Vocab/Grammar Quiz
7 Habits Presentations

HW: Bring in two pictures. One should represent some aspect of your personality and one should represent something that you love. These can be photographs of you, pictures from the internet, or pictures from a magazine. It needs to be something we can keep because we will use it to create a class collage.

Binder Check (10 points)
___Syllabus
___Agendas (Week 2 and 3)
___Vocabulary
___Quiz 1
___Grammar
___ Parts of Speech Notes
___ Noun/Verb Practice
___Reading
___Writing
___Ideas/Word Choice Handout

Week 2 Agenda

September 5-8

Tuesday
Organize Binders
Introduce Vocabulary
Mission Statement
Introduction to Metacognition
Sophie’s World

HW: Bio Poem #2 Bio Poem Template #1 Bio Poem Template #2

Wednesday
Basketball Coach Presentation
Revision Workshop (photo shoot)
Sophie’s World

HW: Bio Poem Draft #2

Thursday
10th Grade Panel
Vocab Practice
7 Habits Introduction
7 Habits Groups

HW: Study Vocabulary; 7 Habits Worksheet

Friday
Vocab Quiz
Publish Bio Poem
7 Habits Group

HW: Speech Planner