Monday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster chapter 5 and funeral rituals (venn diagram).

Read A Girl chapters 7-8.

Tuesday

-A Girl Named Disaster.

-Discuss funeral rituals.

-Go over The Power of One test.

Read A Girl chapter 9.

Grammar Quiz next Tuesday.

Wednesday

-A Girl Named Disaster.

-Grammar strategy:  linking/action verbs, direct/indirect objects, and demonstrative pronoun review.

-Grammar practice.

Read A Girl Named Disaster reading: ch. 10.

Thursday

-Grammar practice.

-A Girl Named Disaster.

A Girl Named Disaster reading: ch. 11.  

Friday

-Grammar practice.

-A Girl Named Disaster.

-Introduction to Hero's Quest in A Girl Named Disaster.

A Girl Named Disaster reading 12-13, filling in Hero's Quest sheet. 

Grammar Quiz Tuesday!

Monday

-Grammar Practice.

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster chapters 12-13.

-Review Hero's Quest: Departure Stage.

-Begin planning Personal Hero's Quest.

Read A Girl chapters 14-15.

Tuesday

-Grammar Quiz!

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster chapters 14-15.

-Review Hero's Quest: Initiation Stage.

Read A Girl chapter 16-18. 

Wednesday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (fill out Hero's Quest sheet)

-Personal Hero's Quest (planning).

A Girl Named Disaster reading: 19-20.

Thursday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (fill out Hero's Quest sheet)

-Personal Hero's Quest (planning/drafting).

A Girl Named Disaster reading:  Finish chapters 21-25 started in SS class.  

Friday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (fill out Hero's Quest sheet)

-Personal Hero's Quest (drafting).

A Girl Named Disaster reading: chapters 26-27.

Monday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (fill out Hero's Quest sheet)

-Introduce A Girl vocabulary.

-Personal Hero's Quest: drafting.

Read A Girl chapters 28-29.

A Girl test Tuesday, March 31.

Tuesday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (fill out Hero's Quest sheet)

-Personal Hero's Quest: Drafting and Peer Revision. 

Read A Girl chapter 30-31. 

Final Personal Hero's Quest due Friday.

Wednesday

-Blitz! Vocab.

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster.

-Reading Workshop:  read chapters 32-36.

Finish A Girl Named Disaster reading started in class.

Thursday

-Blitz! Quotation.

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster.

-Reading Workshop:  read chapters 37-end.

-A Girl study groups during Flex!

Finish A Girl Named Disaster reading started in class. 

Study!

Friday

No Class: Field trip!  Mealtime at the Mission.

(turn in Hero's Quest and LA Handbook to Ms. Ruble)

Monday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster (Nhamo's development).

-NHD interview explanation.

Study.

Tuesday

-Discuss A Girl Named Disaster. (compare Nhamo's journey to Santiago's and Peekay's)

-NHD interview practice.

Study.

Wednesday

-A Girl Named Disaster Unit Test: Parts 1-3.

Study for essay portion.

Thursday

No Class: NHD field trip to UNCC.

Friday

-A Girl Named Disaster Unit Test: Essay Portion.

YAY SPRING BREAK!

Monday

-Multiple Intelligences test.

-Introduce Flowers for Algernon.

Read Progress Reports 1-6.

Click here for info about the "Rorschach" inkblot test Charlie had to take.  Click hereto see the official inkblot images.

Tuesday

-Create continuum of change for Flowers.

Read Progress Reports 7-8.

Wednesday

-Introduce Vocab Unit 6.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

Reading TBA.

Thursday

-Vocab: CTS.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

Reading: through PR 11-May 3. 

Friday

-Flowers for Algernon, continued (through part of May 10).

-Group discussion.

Reading TBA.

Monday

-Begin Comma Rules: "Easy" 5 Rules.

-Update Flowers Continuum of Change.

Flowers reading (to page 119).

Tuesday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Introduce Flowers Choice Project.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

Write a one-paragraph proposal of your FlowersChoice Project.

Wednesday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

-Flowers Choice Project proposal paragraph due. Individual conferences about proposals.

Flowers reading (through PR 14 - June 15th).

Begin collecting supplies for Flowers Choice Project.

Thursday

-Continue Comma Rules: Nonessential elements or interrupters.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

Flowers reading (through June 25th).

Start Flowers Choice Project.

Friday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Flowers for Algernon, continued.

Flowers reading (through page 232 - June 15th).

Get Grade Record Sheet signed.

Work on Flowers Choice Project (about 40 min.)

Monday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Flowers for Algernon Choice Project workday.

Flowers reading (TBA).

Tuesday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Flowers for Algernon reading.

Flowers reading: Finish PR 16.

Wednesday

-Flowers for Algernon Choice Project workday.

Flowers reading to page 296.

Thursday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Update Flowers for Algernon continuum of change.

-Flowers for Algernon reading.

Finish Flowers.

Friday

-Guest Speaker:  Mrs. Bowman introduces our Lamplighter task.

Finish choice project.

Monday

-Continue Comma Rules: Rule #7 (Introductory Phrases/Clauses).

-Flowers for Algernon Choice Project due date: Complete Guided Reflection.

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Create list of possible interviews.

Create interview questions for each possible interview.

Tuesday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Inverted pyramid planning.  Conduct interviews.

Continue planning story.

Wednesday

-Continue Comma Rules: Practice.

-Vocab:  Check all vocab exercises.

-Save the Drama!

-Field trip forms due.

Spend 30 minutes (can be divided between tonight, Saturday, and Sunday) working on your news story: conducting/scheduling interviews, finding/taking pictures, planning on your inverted pyramid, etc.

Thursday

No Class: 7th grade field trip.

Friday

No Class: 7th grade field trip. 

Monday

-Grammar / Vocab Quiz:  Vocab Unit 6 and Comma Rules.

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Conduct interviews and plan.

Conduct interviews and plan.

Tuesday

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Finish conducting all interviews and planning.

Finish conducting all interviews and planning.

Wednesday

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Begin drafting articles. 

Continue drafting articles.

Thursday

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Finish drafting articles.   Begin finding pictures and writing captions.  

Collect/take/find all pictures for your articles.  Save each one with a descriptive file name (i.e. "Jane Smith - Grade 4 - Summer article.jpg").  Write captions for each picture.

Draft, pictures, and captions due to Ms. Ruble via email (jruble@woodlawnschool.org)  by 7 pm.

Friday

-Vocab Unit 7: Completing the Sentence.

-The Lamplighter Newsroom: Revise articles.

Revise articles.  Final Draft of news article due to Ms. Ruble via email (jruble@woodlawnschool.org)  by 5 pm tomorrow.

Include:

-article

-picture(s)

-caption(s) 

Monday

-Comma Rules: Rule #7.

-Introduction to COMMA MAN!

Finish your Comma Man.

Vocab/Grammar Quiz Tuesday 5/26.

Tuesday

No Class.

Wednesday

-Comma Rules: Rule #7 Practice.

-Vocab practice:  Synonyms and Antonyms, Choosing the Right Word, and creating sentences.

Finish any vocab practice.

Thursday

-Comma Rules: Rule #7 Practice.

-"What Does It Mean to be Human?" final reflection project.

-Save the Drama!

Study. 

Friday

No Class.

Vocab/Grammar Quiz Tuesday 5/26.

Monday

No Class - Field Day.

Study.

Vocab/Grammar Quiz Tuesday 5/26.

Tuesday

-Save the Drama!

-Vocab/Grammar Quiz.

-"What Does It Mean to be Human?" final reflection project: individual brainstorm.

Complete 1/2 of planning chart. 

Wednesday

-"What Does It Mean to be Human?" final reflection project: group discussion and planning.

Finish chart.  Newspaper materials due tomorrow.

Thursday

-"What Does It Mean to be Human?" final reflection project: outline.

Complete outline. 

Friday

No Class.