MS. LACEY'S SITE http://slacey.edublogs.org Sheila Lacey\'s classroom resource page Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9 – 13, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/week-of-november-9-13-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/week-of-november-9-13-2009/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:11:05 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=48 ENGLISH: This week in class, we will continue our study of phrases and begin work on pronoun-antecedent agreement.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY: Study for tomorrow’s test on Chapter 20 – Phrases.

TUESDAY:  None

WEDNESDAY:  Holiday – Veteran’s Day

THURSDAY: Exercise 19, p. 567.

READING: In class, we are reading and studying <The Diary of Anne Frank>.

On Tuesday, we will make our first visit to the school library, where students will select a fiction book. The book must be read at home and complete by Friday, November 20th. On this day, students must bring the novel to class to use on a book test. The books must be brought back to class on the following Monday in order to be collected and turned in. Every other Tuesday will be the class date to revisit  the library and check out new books. Only students returning their books on loan will be allowed to check out a new one. Any student absent or failing to return their book on time will be responsible for obtaining an appropriate book on their own for the next  scheduled book test.

HOMEWORK:

Selected pages from <The Diary of Anne Frank> may be assigned to be read as needed, depending on how much material we are able to cover in class each day – and this may widely vary from day to day.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – NOVEMBER 19: Read and have library book completed by Friday, November 20th (and bring book to class on this date).

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/week-of-november-9-13-2009/feed/ 0 WEEK OF NOV. 2 – 6, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/week-of-nov-2-6-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/week-of-nov-2-6-2009/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:18:44 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=46 ENGLISH:

In class this week, we will be studying phrases: prepositional, participial, gerund, and infinitive.

HOMEWORK:

TUESDAY – Exercise 19, p. 447.

WEDNESDAY – Exercise 20, p. 447.

THURSDAY – Exercise 21, p. 447.

READING:

In class this week, we will begin our study of  <The Diary of Anne Frank>. Our skill focus will be making inferences and drawing conclusions, recognizing words within context that reveal particular time periods and cultures, examining literary elements, and analyzing how an author reveals character.

HOMEWORK:  Note:  Due to the length of the play, some homework reading of the play may be assigned as needed, depending on how much the class is able to cover each day.

TUESDAY – Complete assigned vocabulary exercise.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/week-of-nov-2-6-2009/feed/ 0 WEEK OF OCTOBER 26 – 30, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/21/week-of-october-26-30-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/21/week-of-october-26-30-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:37:48 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=44 ENGLISH:  This week, we will be studying ways to correct run-on sentences. On Monday, we will take a test on sentence-combining techniques. (This was originally scheduled for last week but was moved due to the Explore test.).

HOMEWORK:

WEDNESDAY:  Study for tomorrow’s quiz on correcting run-on sentences.

READING: This week, we will be reading two selections – “Green Mamba” and “The Circuit”. Our skill focus will be personification, inference, and analyzing text structures.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY:  Questions # 1,3,4 – p. 273.

TUESDAY:  Quiz tomorrow on “The Green Mamba”.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/21/week-of-october-26-30-2009/feed/ 0 WEEK OF OCTOBER 19 – 23, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/week-of-october-19-23-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/week-of-october-19-23-2009/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:24:47 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=42 ENGLISH:  This week in  class, we will be studying both sentence-combining techniques and how to recognize and correct run-on sentences.

HOMEWORK :

MONDAY:   Exercise 15, p. 475.

TUESDAY:  Test tomorrow on sentence-combining techniques.

READING:  We will read two selections this week – “In Trouble” and “There Will Come Soft Rains”. Our skill focus will be mood, tone, homophones, types of literary plots, and personification.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY:  Read p. 344 – 346, and answer accompanying questions.

TUESDAY:  Read p. 347 – 349, and answer accompanying questions.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/16/week-of-october-19-23-2009/feed/ 0 Week of October 14 – 16, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/week-of-october-14-16-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/week-of-october-14-16-2009/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:14:53 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=40 ENGLISH:  This short week, we will be studying the proper use of commas in class.

HOMEWORK:

WEDNESDAY:  Complete workbook p. 167-168.

THURSDAY:  Study for tomorrow’s comma test.

READING:  In class this week, we will be working on paraphrasing and drawing inferences.

WEDNESDAY:  None

THURSDAY: Do questions and answers to # 2,3, & 5 on p. 166.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/week-of-october-14-16-2009/feed/ 0 WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 – 9, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/week-of-october-5-9-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/week-of-october-5-9-2009/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:18:54 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=38 ENGLISH:  This week’s focus is on conjunctions, interjections, and commas. Personal narrative final copies will also be  finished in class.

NOTE: THERE ARE FEWER HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK DUE TO GRADE DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARTER ENDING ON FRIDAY.

HOMEWORK: MONDAY:  Test tomorrow on conjunctions and interjections.

THURSDAY: Comma test tomorrow.

READING: This week, we will reading two selections: “Too Soon a Woman” and “Mrs. Flowers”. We will continue our study of vocabulary and literary elements.

HOMEWORK:  MONDAY: Quiz tomorrow on selection “Harriet Tubman”.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/week-of-october-5-9-2009/feed/ 0 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 2, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/09/23/week-of-september-28-october-2-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/09/23/week-of-september-28-october-2-2009/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:58:40 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=32 ENGLISH: This week, the class will be completing the writing process through peer evaluation and writing the final copy of their personal narrative. We will also be studying interjections and three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY: Complete exercises 6 & 7, p. 387.

TUESDAY: None.

WEDNESDAY: None.

THURSDAY: None.

READING: This week, the class will be writing a comparison/contrast of two stories. We will take a summative test on Collection One. Our literary focus will be on characterization and vocabulary as we read the selection “Harriet Tubman”.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY: Using (8×10) paper supplied by the teacher, students will select either “The Monkey’s Paw” or “The Third Wish” and will create a poster for the movie that could be made from the story. An important moment from the story should be used. Also, small drawings of one or more subplots should be used around the edges of the poster. Color should be used.

TUESDAY: None.

WEDNESDAY: Use today’s vocabulary words in original sentences.

THURSDAY: Use each of the vocabulary words on text p. 142 in an original sentence.

FRIDAY:  Quiz Monday on Harriet Tubman selection.

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CLASSWORK – This week’s focus will be going through the process of writing to complete a personal narrative and the study of coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions.

HOMEWORK :

MONDAY – Complete handout on superlative degree.

Study for tomorrow’s test on proper adjectives and the degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs.

TUESDAY – Complete review sheet on possessive nouns.

WEDNESDAY – Complete personal narrative rough draft.

THURSDAY – Complete exercise 5 on p. 387.

READING:

This week’s focus will be on the study of irony, foreshadowing, and mood – and the reading of “The Landlady,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” and “The Third Wish”. We will also compose a comparison/contrast paragraph of two of the stories.

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY – Finish reading “The Landlady”. There will be a quiz on the story tomorrow.

TUESDAY – Use each of today’s vocabulary words in an original sentence.

WEDNESDAY – Do questions and answers # 2,3,4,5 on p. 81

THURSDAY – Finish reading “The Monkey’s Paw” and do the Reading Check on p. 100.

]]> http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/09/13/week-of-sept-21-25/feed/ 0 Week of Sept. 14 – 18, 2009 http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/09/12/week-of-sept-14-18-2009/ http://slacey.edublogs.org/2009/09/12/week-of-sept-14-18-2009/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:56:24 +0000 slacey http://slacey.edublogs.org/?p=26 MONDAY:  ENGLISH  -  This week’s class focus is verbs, proper adjectives, and the degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs.

ENGLISH HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

MONDAY: Text p. 561 – exercise 14.

TUESDAY: Study for test on verbs.

WEDNESDAY: None

THURSDAY: Complete comparative degree handout.

READING: This week’s focus is point of view and characterization.

READING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

MONDAY – Read text p. 122 – 124 and do questions on p. 125.

TUESDAY – Read text p. 126, and do questions on p. 127.

WEDNESDAY – Read and do questions on p. 128 – 129.

THURSDAY – Study for tomorrow’s test on fact/opinion and how an author reveals characterization.

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Class work will focus on verb usage.

HOMEWORK:

Tuesday – Complete workbook p. 123 – 124

Wednesday – Complete exercises 19 & 20, p. 567.

Thursday – Complete exercises 25 & 26, p. 568

READING

Classwork will focus on distinguishing between fact and opinion.

HOMEWORK:

Tuesday  – Read for at least twenty minutes.

Wednesday  – Complete fact/opinion sheet given in class.

Thursday – Read for at least twenty minutes.

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