Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing October break.

This week we will be reviewing all the word parts (prefixes, roots, and suffixes) that we have learned so far. We will have our quiz on all the word parts this Friday.

We will also begin work on our five-paragraph essay on The Outsiders.
This work will be done in class, but those who do not finish will need to do so for homework.

Our homework for this week is as follows:

Vocabulary review sheet   - Due Tuesday
'Choice Reading' paragraph - Due Wednesday
5 Vocabulary sentences  - Due Thursday
'Choice Reading' paragraph - Due Friday

Remember, our Halloween dance is this Friday the 26th from 6:00 - 8:30!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Homework for the week:

> Subject / Predicate worksheet      (handout)     DUE WEDNESDAY

> 'Choice Reading' paragraph             DUE THURSDAY

Our first unit test is tomorrow (Wednesday). No need to study, but come to class prepared to read, focus, and do your best!

We will finish our novel, The Outsiders, on Thursday

Remember, Friday is a minimum day. And next week, enjoy your break!

Monday, October 8, 2012

Today,
> We predicted what might happen next in the novel. We then summarized what has happened recently in The Outsiders. Quite a lot has happened to Ponyboy in a short time, and we went over the series of recent events that led him there.

> Then, we spent most of the day reading on in the book . . .

No homework this evening, as we're taking a break from our normal vocabulary routine this week.

Homework for the rest of the week will be updated daily.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

This week, we're continuing with The Outsiders. We will finish the book early next week.

In the meantime, we will learn about the elements of narrative that we didn't cover last week:

conflict
plot
theme

Our homework for the week is as follows:

Word Roots #5 ('celer' 'cede') worksheet - due Tuesday
choice reading paragraph - due Wednesday
vocabulary sentences  - due Thursday
choice reading paragraph #2 - due Friday

Grades are due Wednesday at noon! Last chance to turn in any missing work before the progress report is Wednesday by break.

Grade reports will be mailed out Friday.