Monday

Crispin reading. 

Mini-dictionary: Create a mini-dictionary with 5 imaginary words made of Latin roots/prefixes/suffixes.  Make sure to define your words!

Print Retelling the Tale.

Tuesday

-Retelling the Tale: presenting OR finish final drafts.

-Crispin reading.

Wednesday

Thanksgiving Break. 

Thursday

Thanksgiving Break:  Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday

Thanksgiving Break.

Monday

-Mini-Lesson: Latin suffixes. 

-Retelling the Tale: planning.

Crispin reading.  Study for Latin Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes quiz next Monday.

Tuesday

-Retelling the Tale: planning and drafting.

Crispin reading.

Mini-dictionary:  create 5 new words by combining Latin roots/prefixes/suffixes.  Make sure to define your terms!

Wednesday

-Retelling the Tale: drafting.

Thursday

-Retelling the Tale: drafting and revising.  Be prepared to present next Tuesday!

Friday

-Retelling the Tale: drafting, revising, final copy.

Crispin reading.

Get Crispin quiz signed.

Finish draft of "Retelling the Tale" if you didn't in class.

Monday

-DailyGRAMS

-Finish Latin prefixes

-Introduction to Brothers Grimm and fairy tales!

Crispin reading: Read chapters 20-21 (8 pages), circling any words you need to look up and underlining/highlighting each new character.

Tuesday

-Introduction to Elements of Fiction.

Wednesday

-Mini-Lesson: Latin suffixes.

-Elements of Fiction continued (fairy tale reading groups).

Thursday

-Begin planning for "Retelling the Tale."

Friday

-Crispin QUIZ.

-Ms. Ruble's progress report!

-Continue "Retelling the Tale."

Monday

-Update Writing Log.

-Finish St. Giles Reader Response

-Create a map of Crispin's world.

-Venn diagram to compare Crispin's society to our own.

Crispin reading: Read chapters 9-10 (7 pages), circling any words you need to look up and underlining/highlighting each new character.

Tuesday

-Finish map of Crispin's world.

Wednesday

-Finish venn diagram.

-Introduce Latin roots.

Thursday

-Update Who's Who notes on Crispin.

-Continue Latin roots/prefixes/suffixes.

Friday

Monday

- Continue the History of English: Modern English!

-History of English skits.

In your LA Handbook, create "Blitz -- History of English summary."  In 6 sentences or less, summarize the entire history of English in your own words!  Think about how you can use the 6 sentences to best cover the major events that occurred so that your summary is complete.

Tuesday

-Continue History of English skits if necessary.

-Introduction to Middle Ages.

-Start Medieval tales: The Sword in the Stone.

Wednesday

-Sentence Smack Down!

-Medieval tales: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Thursday

-DailyGRAMS

-Introduction to Crispin.

-Read and discuss historical note. 

-Start character list.

Friday

- DailyGRAMS

- Continue Crispin.

-Discussion: Religion in Crispin.

-Research on St. Giles and Reader Response.

Happy Halloween!! 

Crispin Reading: chapters 6-8 (14 pages), continuing to underline and circle.  Estimated time: 20-25 minutes.

Monday

- Checkpoint: character sketches.

- Super-Myth: rough storyboards.

Bring all supplies to complete Super-Myth project tomorrow!  Do not work on project at home.

Tuesday

- Checkpoint: Rough storyboards.

- Super-Myth workday: complete finished product.

Wednesday

- Super-Myth final workday: complete finished product.

Thursday

- Super-Myth due before school.

- Begin History of English Language: Old English, Beowulf, and kennings!

Friday

- Continue History of English Language: Middle English!

-The Canterbury Tales

Mini-Canterbury Tales:  On a white sheet of paper (can use up to 2 sheets front and back – stapled), write your own mini-Canterbury Tales.  Imagine you and a group of friends are going on a pilgrimage to see something special.  Begin your story by describing your pilgrimage, and then include at least 2 “mini-stories” like Chaucer does.  Make sure to finish your pilgrimage!  Illustrate your tales as Chaucer’s manuscripts were illustrated (here are some examples of The Canterbury Tales illustrations:  1   2   3   4).

Monday

Tuesday

- Add graded Grammar/Vocab Quizzes to portfolio.

- Introduction to Super-Myth project; begin work.

Study for Greek Mythology Unit Test on Thursday, October 16.

Complete timeline of myth for Super-Myth project.

Wednesday

- Checkpoint: myth timeline.

- Work on Super-Myth Project.

- Brief review for Greek Mythology Unit Test.

Thursday

- GREEK MYTHOLOGY UNIT TEST #1

Bring posterboard Monday with your name written on the back in pencil.

Finish character sketches for Monday's checkpoint.

Friday

No Class -- Field Trip to Pompeii Exhibit at Discovery Place!  Bring lunch!

Monday

- Homeroom:  Announcements.

- Résumés and cover letters due!

- Blitz!

- The Hero's Quest, Case Study #1:  Perseus

Read Case Study #2: Jason and the Argonauts.

Tuesday

- Case Study #2: Jason

- Compare Jason and Perseus

RR – Hero's Quest. 

Prompt:  Make up your own hero and send him on a quest. Make sure to include some of the common elements we listed in our LA Handbook notes.  At least one full page in LA Handbook.

Wednesday

- Case Study #3: Theseus

- Finish discussion of the Hero's Quest.

Thursday

- Greek Mythology Unit Test Study Guide.

Finish Greek Mythology Study Guide.

Bring Grammar/Vocab Quiz 2 back to class to put into portfolio on Tuesday.

Begin studying for Greek mythology UNIT TEST: next Thursday, October 16.

Friday

Teacher Workday -- No Class

Monday

- Homeroom:  Assembly.

- Study Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

- Mt. Olympus Job Application project:  How to draft "objective" and "skills" section.

-Writing Workshop: Finish drafting.

Finish drafting entire Mt. Olympus résumé.  Grammar/vocab QUIZ Friday!

Tuesday

- Practice with phrases vs. clauses.

- Writing Workshop:  Begin final draft of résumés as a class.

Wednesday

- Writing Workshop:  Continue final draft of résumé.

Thursday

- Learn about writing a cover letter. 

- Writing Workshop:  Draft cover letter (Ms. Ruble will come make corrections to your résumés during WW)

Friday

- Grammar/Vocab QUIZ 2

- Begin discussion of ancient Greek heroes!

Résumé project due Monday, paperclipped in this order:

1. Final cover letter
2. Final résumés
3. Drafts of cover letter and résumé
4. Prewriting sheet
5. Project assignment sheet with self-assessed rubric on back.

Bring A Perfect World paper back to class on Monday.

Monday

- Homeroom:  Organization reminders with Mrs. Denham; Announcements.

- Apostrophes practice

- Review of Greek Roots and Prefixes, scavenger hunt for Greek suffixes!

Make "CN - Imaginary Dictionary" entry in LA Handbook.  Make up at least 5 "new words" that include a Greek prefix, root, and suffix (just like examples in class).  Write the "definition" of your "new word" beside it.

Tuesday

- DailyGRAMS

- Introduction to mythical creatures and monsters!

Wednesday

- DailyGRAMS

-Introduction to Mt. Olympus Job Application project

Thursday

- DailyGRAMS

Friday

- DailyGRAMS

- Mt. Olympus Job Application project (how to go from prewriting to drafting)

Finish all planning and finish drafting education section.  Do not draft any other section.

Monday

- Homeroom:  Culminating discussion on The Giver -- What really happens to Jonas and Gabriel?

- DailyGRAMS

- Turn in A Perfect World essay

- Introduction to Greek mythology

Reader Response in LA Handbook on next available page:

Write a continuation of the ending for The Giver, clarifying what happened to Jonas and Gabriel and the community they left behind. 

At least one full page.

Tuesday

- DailyGRAMS

- Introduction to the Greek gods and goddesses!

Choose 2 of the gods or goddesses we studied today. 

Using one sheet of unlined paper per god, draw a full

color picture of both gods.  Add the characteristics and

symbols we mentioned in class, but your drawings

should have NO WORDS on them!

Wednesday

- Preposition practice

Thursday

- Possessives practice

One more time :)  Same homework as yesterday, but choose 2 new gods/goddesses! 

Also complete gods and goddesses reiew worksheet.

Friday

- gods and goddesses symbol memory practice.

- Greek roots, suffixes, and prefixes.

Finish Greek roots sheet (front) if you didn't in class, and then complete Greek prefixes (page 2).  Don't do Greek suffixes page (page 3) yet.

Monday

- DailyGRAMS

- Concrete vs. abstract nouns, prepositional phrases.

- Writing process: What is drafting? 

- Introduction to Writing Workshop procedure.

- Writing workshop:  Begin composing a rough draft of your paper on The Giver.  Individual conferences with Ms. Ruble during workshop.

Tuesday

- DailyGRAMS

- Prepositions

- Writing workshop:  Continue rough draft of your paper on The Giver.  Individual conferences with Ms. Ruble during workshop.

Wednesday

- Vocab:  Synonyms and antonyms

- Writing process: What is revising?

- ARMS activity:  (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute)

Thursday

- Grammar:  Capitalization Rules.

- Writing process: What is editing?  Go over editing tips.

- Briefing on grammar and vocabulary quiz:  What will be covered, format of quiz, brainstorming how to study.

Study for grammar and vocab quiz!

Bring computer to class tomorrow.

Friday

Bring computer to class today.

- Grammar and vocabulary quiz!

- Begin typing our final drafts in class.

- Go over what will be turned in on Monday.

Spellcheck and edit your paper on The Giver.

Due MONDAY, September 15 (paperclipped together in this order):

   - Final draft

   - Prewriting

   - Rough draft with revisions and editing

   - Project sheet with self-assessed rubric on back 

Monday

 No school.

Tuesday

- Personal Information Survey

- Six levels of moral development (complete graphic organizer)

- Brainstorming and drafting a class constitution: 

  How do we create a safe and loving environment? (snowball fight!)

-Procedures:  Entering the classroom, turning in work, exiting the classroom, voice procedure, snowball fight procedure

Read Ms. Ruble's FAQs online and be prepared to go over them tomorrow in class.

Wednesday

- Introduction to Ms. Ruble's class FAQs

- Blitz scribble:  Desert Island

- Introduction to notebook organization, classroom procedures.

Thursday

- Introduction to DailyGRAMS and vocabulary workbook.  First grammar and vocab quiz:  Friday, September 12th!

- Small-group Discussion:  Define "utopia."  Brainstorm the features of the society in  The Giver by Lois Lowry.  Decide if each feature is positive, negative, or both.

Friday

- DailyGRAMS

- Introduction to Analogies

- Overview of Six Trait assessment:  What does it mean to have good ideas?

- Review of the writing process.  Introduction to prewriting. 

- Begin prewriting for Utopian Society mini-project.

Field trip to the Greek Festival.  YUM!!

Finish planning your paper on The Giver.  Bring your completed plans to class Monday.

Complete page 24 in vocab workbook.