Sunday, February 17, 2008

1st and 2nd period LANGUAGE ARTS SYLLABUS- WEEK OF 2/18

Announcements:

  • Black History Month Assembly on Wednesday, 2/20 after lunch. Note: adjusted schedule will be posted on locker bays.
  • Online grades will be updated on Tuesday afternoon. Please note: Your final novel assignments on The Giver or Sphere will not be added into the grade book until Friday.
  • Retake on The Giver (matching) quiz will be given on Friday morning. You must attend study session @ 8:15 and retake will be given during that time. Be sure to study prior to this day. The highest retake score possible is 17/20 or B. See me for a pass.
  • Reminder: Return your persuasive essays and rubrics from your student conference portfolios and place them in your yellow folder.

Monday: No School (Presidents’ Day)

Tuesday:

  • LA Trivia
  • Discuss “There will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury.
  • Vocabulary Lesson #8 (words from this week’s literature). Homework: Write each word 5 times each, write a definition for each word, and use all words correctly in a mini-story (about 150 words). Please underline each word in the story. Due Wednesday.
  1. alleviate
  2. confrontation
  3. consternation
  4. desolation
  5. goad
  6. ignominious
  7. imperative
  8. oblivious
  9. prestige
  10. roster

Wednesday: (shortened periods following assembly in the afternoon)

  • Journal
  • Vocabulary homework is due. Review for Friday’s quiz.

Thursday:

Read and discuss Anne McCaffrey’s “The Smallest Dragonboy.”

Friday:

  • Vocabulary Quiz #8
  • ISAT practice test

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