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Reading and Reports

November/December

The book report this time is verbal. Complete your book talk by Friday, December 4th. If you've lost the set of instructions, please download them from "My Documents."

November's reading calendar is due Friday, November 19th.

Every Month

1. Read 100 minutes per week, and record your time on the calendar you receive in class.

2. Obtain the parent signature at the end of the month, and hand in calendar.

3. Make sure you read the genre assigned that month.

4. Complete the book report assigned for the month.

Writing and Projects

Writing assignments from now until the end of the trimester will not be project based. Instead, students will complete shorter, one-day assignments.

We handed in the Halloween newspaper on October 30. Students should bring a final, typed copy of every section that day. We'll complete the rough drafts in class on the following days:

1. Oct. 14: Trick-or-treat letter to the editor (See "My Documents"/"Writing Projects" to download the rough draft worksheet or the typing template.)

2. Oct. 21: Front page story (See "My Documents"/"Writing Projects" to download the typing template, which includes instructions.)

3. Oct. 22: Black/Orange poem (See "My Documents"/"Writing Projects" to download the rough draft worksheet. To reread the example "What is Orange?" poem from class, see "My Bookmarks"/Poetry in English/List Poems." You can also see more about poetry and find a rhyming dictionary in that same folder.)

4. Oct. 28: Description of familiar object

5. Oct. 29: Fun pages

6. Oct. 30: Put everything together in typed form

Front Page: Title of newspaper, volume and edition #, date; front page story (in columns), picture and caption

Inside Pages: Fun Pages (choose 4 sets)

Loose, Tucked Inside: Letter, Poem, Extra credit description

Routines: Weekly and Make-up Procedures

1. Check my website (http://my.uen.org/79194). Good job, because you're already here! Check the outline of what we've been doing to see what you've missed.

2. Copy the homework, starter, and notes from a classmate.

3. Double check the homework, starter, and notes from 1-2 more classmates to make sure they're accurate.

4. Pick up any paperwork you missed from the basket on the back table on the left. Make sure it's from the 3rd basket, labeled in purple.

5. Hand in any makeup work to the basket on the back table on the right. Make sure it's the 3rd basket, labeled in purple.

6. Arrange to take any tests or quizzes you missed within one week.

Extra Credit

Extra credit options for 1st trimester have passed. Check back next week!

Assignments

ALWAYS: 20 minutes of reading each night

NOVEMBER

19: Take and correct spelling 11 test. Read silently. (Bring a book!)

18: Complete free write. Complete writing process worksheet.

17: Correct spelling 11. Grade alien brochure.

16: D.O.L.: pick up new sheet. Take notes on -able and -ible suffixes. Complete spelling lesson 11. Hand in alien brochure.

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13: Take prefix quiz 2. Hand in brochure. Read silently. LAST DAY FOR MAKING UP 1ST TRIMESTER GRADES. NEXT WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS WILL GO ON 2ND TRIMESTER'S GRADES.

12: Take spelling test 10. Complete instructions for aliens brochure.

11: Finish library orientation and take post-test.

10: Take notes on quotation marks (grammar p.639, parts 8/9), then complete classmate interview paragraph. Finish alien instructions brochure brainstorm.

9: Complete spelling lesson 10 and review all prefixes. Read instruction manuals and begin brochure brainstorm.

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6: correct test 9;classmate interview complete; silent reading. Find an instruction manual at home.

5: spelling test 9; pre-test/post-test reflection sheet; classmate interview

4: correct literary pre-test, record pre-test and complete writing reflection page

3: correct spelling 9, counseling center: study skills homework help, grammar 633 parts 5-7 (colon and semi-colon); prefix re- (again)

2: literary strategies pre-test, get book talk handout and November reading calendar, spelling lesson 9

OCTOBER

30: correct spelling test 8; publishing party (and newspaper grading)

29: spelling test 8; typed black/orange poem due; assemble newspaper and finish fun pages; extra credit: description of familiar object

28: HAND IN READING CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER; grammar: punctuation; start assembling newspaper and fun page

27: counseling center lesson on test anxiety; correct and record spelling 8; revise black/orange poem; take writing pre-test

26: spelling lesson 8; prefix pre- (before): prevent, present, prelude, preposition, prehistoric, preview; type up front page draft

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