Friday, May 16, 2008

LANGUAGE ARTS SYLLABUS - WEEK OF MAY 19

Announcements:

  • PJMS Annual All-School Spelling Bee - Wednesday, 5/21 after school. Come cheer on our 7-2 student Anthony M. Good luck! J
  • No study session this week.
  • SSR – Wednesday (bring reading materials)
  • Final journal-based assignment is due by Monday, 5/19. See blog for details if you lost your copy of requirements.
  • Poetry Unit. I will be collecting all 7 word gatherings and 7 rough drafts of poems that we completed in class last week. This week (see below) I have reserved the tech lab for you to type up 3 of your poems as final copies. If you do not finish in class, all of the above must be submitted by Thursday, 5/22. Details to be discussed in class on Monday.
  • Bring red grammar books – Tuesday – Friday.

Monday:
  • 1st and 2nd period only: Finish 7 word gatherings and 7 free verse poems.
  • Share journal-based assignments due today.
  • Extended 6th and 7th: Meet in tech lab to type up 3 poems.

Tuesday:
  • Extended 1st and 2nd period: Meet in tech lab to type up 3 poems.
  • Return last Friday’s vocabulary quiz.
  • 6th period: Share journal-based assignments. Begin lesson on complex sentences from grammar book.

Wednesday:
  • Grammar lesson: Complex sentences and types of dependent clauses.

Thursday:
  • Poetry not finished in tech lab is due today.
  • Free Verse poetry reading.
  • Extended 6th and 7th period: Using who, that, which (grammar book)
Friday:
  • Finish grammar lesson.
  • Extended 1st and 2nd period: Using who, that, which (grammar book)

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