Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

08/10

Rules, Consequences, Expectations, & Rewards discussion

08/11

Discuss Procedures and Miscellaneous Rules

Review for Rules, Consequences, & Expectations Test

Study for Test

08/12

Rules, Consequences, Expectations, & Rewards Test

Course Syllabus

Prepare binders

Week 2

08/15

Discuss & Create Base Groups

Prepare notebooks and journals

Vocabulary List 1- "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

08/16

Bellringer - Journal Entry 1

Discuss Literary Terms

Read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

Fire Drill 10:00

08/17

Bellringer - DOL 1

4 types of sentences grammar lesson

What am I to you? 

08/18

Bellringer - Journal Entry 2

Practice 4 types of sentences

Review Vocabulary Words

Practice Literary Terms

Study for Test

08/19

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Vocabulary 1/Literary Terms/Sentences Test

Write a Blues Song

I've got Dreams

Week 3

08/22

Library Orientation

Vocabulary List 2 - words ending with the suffix able

08/23

Bellringer - Journal Entry 3

Read "An Episode of War"

08/24

Bellringer - DOL 2

Journal Entry

Sentences/Subjects and Predicates

Fire Drill 10:00

08/25

Bellringer - Journal Entry 4

Read "The Medicine Bag"

Study for Test

08/26

Bellringer - Studying

Vocabulary 2 Test

Write a creative short story in a group

Week 4

08/29

Grades & assignments discussion

Complete Base Group Posters

Publish Legacy Poems

Explore Mr. Hooper's Website

Explore Mr. Hooper's Blog

08/30

Bellringer - Journal Entry 5

Vocabulary List 3 - Commonly Confused Words

08/31

Bellringer - DOL 3

Practice using prepositional phrases to vary sentences

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Fall Student Pictures

09/01

Bellringer - Journal Entry 6

Journal Reading

Practice Prepositions and commonly confused words

Study for Test

09/02

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Vocabulary 3/ Prepositions Test

Finish publishing Legacy Poems

Week 5

Labor Day

09/06

Bellringer - Journal Entry 7

Discuss Short Story diagram (Plot Mountain) Practice cause and effect and making predictions by reading and discussing "Barrington Bunny."

09/07

Bellringer - DOL 4

Nouns

It's the End of the World as we Know it

Progress Reports

09/08

Bellringer - Journal Entry 8

Identify Mood and Tone in literature

09/09

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Nouns/Punctuating Titles Test

Week 6

09/12

Respect discussion

Overview of nouns and punctuating titles

Workbook pages and test discussion

Draw What I Write

09/13

Holocaust Vocabulary List

Holocaust Unit Introduction

09/14

Bellringer - DOL 5

Verbs - 4 principal parts

Maggie's Farm

Fire Drill 9:30

09/15

Journal Entry 9

Study for Test

09/16

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Vocabulary 4/Verb Conjugations/Anne Frank Test

Classroom Management

Week 7

09/19

Vocabulary List 5

09/20

Bellringer - Journal Entry 11

Historical Context of The Diary of Anne Frank

09/21

Bellringer - DOL 6

Discuss simple and compound sentences

Charlie the Unicorn

Laptop Orientation

1st block

09/22

Bellringer - Journal Entry 12

Laptop Distribution

1st block

Study for Test

09/23

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Vocabulary 5/Simple & Compound Sentences Test

Organize P: drives

Explore Mr. Hooper's Websites and Blog site

Save Favorites

Discuss simple and compound sentences

Charlie the Unicorn

(1st Block)

Week 8

09/26

Organize P: Drives

Bellringer - Do Blog 1

Discuss Author's Purpose

09/27

Bellringer - Journal Entry 13

Read Act I, Scenes 1 &  2 of The Diary of Anne Frank

09/28

Bellringer - DOL 7

Discuss complex and  sentences

Tribute

09/29

Bellringer - Journal Entry 14

Do a web-based worksheet about Anne Frank

Read Act I, Scene 3 of The Diary of Anne Frank

09/30

Bellringer - Stream of Consciousness

Read Act I, Scenes 3-5 of The Diary of Anne Frank

Week 9

10/03

Bellringer - Do Blog 2

Read excerpts from The Diary of a Young Girl

Do Vocabulary 6

10/04

Bellringer - Journal Entry 15

Write a Diary Entry from the point of view of an object

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/05

Bellringer - DOL 8

Discuss compound-complex and  sentences

Massive Headwound Harry

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/06

Bellringer - Journal Entry 16

Review compound- complex sentences

Practice sentences types

Practice comparing and contrasting

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

Study for Test

10/07

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Complex, & Compound-complex Test

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

Week 10

10/10

Bellringer - Do Blog 3

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/11

Bellringer - Journal Entry 17

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

End First Quarter

10/12

Bellringer - DOL 9

Watch Act I of The Diary of Anne Frank

10/13 

Bellringer - Journal Entry 18

Practice making inferences

Read "Charles" by Shirley Jackson

Study for Test

10/14

Discuss comparative and superlative adjective forms

Blue

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

No School

10/18

Bellringer - Journal Entry 19

Finish "Blue"

Finish watching Act I of The Diary of Anne Frank

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/19

Bellringer - DOL 10

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/20

Bellringer - Journal Entry 20

Explore testing

10/21

Do Writing Territories

Week 2

10/24

Bellringer - Do Blog 4

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/25

Bellringer - Journal Entry 21

Discuss plot while reading The Diary of Anne Frank

Fire Drill 9:45

10/26

Bellringer - DOL 11

Practice subject/verb agreement with compound subjects joined by or or nor

10/27

Bellringer - Journal Entry 22

Read The Diary of Anne Frank

10/28

Finish reading The Diary of Anne Frank

Write a persuasive business letter using a persuasion map.

Week 3

10/31

Bellringer - Anne Frank journal entry

Watch The Diary of Anne Frank

11/01

Bellringer - Journal Entry 23

Read Raymond's Run

Study for compound subjects/verb agreement test

11/02

Bellringer - Do Blog 5

Finish watching The Diary of Anne Frank

Review for Anne Frank test and compound subjects test

11/03

Review for Anne Frank and Compound Subjects Test

Begin watching The Diary of Anne Frank

11/04

Quiz on The Diary of Anne Frank and subject/verb agreement with compound subjects

Click here for a practice video

Continue watching The Diary of Anne Frank

2nd block highest average party!

Persuasive Business Letters due

Week 4

11/07

Bellringer - Prepare for Vocabulary List

Vocabulary List - Commonly Confused Words

11/08

Bellringer - Vocabulary Quiz

Begin reading Anne Marie

Previous Commonly Confused Word List

11/09

Bellringer - Vocabulary Quiz

Continue reading Anne Marie

11/10

Bellringer - Base Group studying and review

Commonly Confused Words Vocabulary Test

Show Book Fair video

Continue reading Anne Marie

No School

Week 5

11/14

Bellringer - Do Blog 6

Visit Book Fair

Complete Prefixes and Suffixes Vocabulary List

Fire Drill 2:00

11/15

Bellringer - DOL 12

Grammar - Practice subject verb subjects plural in form or compound in form but singular in meaning

11/16

STI Assessment Test

Bellringer - Chapter 4 - Word Chain

Anne Marie

11/17

Bellringer - Journal Entry 27

Workbook pages - 189-192

Practice Vocab. Test

Anne Marie

11/18

Vocabulary Test (prefixes and suffixes)

Write a movie summary

Anne Marie

Week 6

11/21

Ch. 6 & 7 of Anne Marie

11/22

Ch. 8 & 9 of Anne Marie

Academic make-up day

Thanksgiving Break 

Week 7

11/28

Bellringer - Do Blog 7

Ch. 10 & 11 of Anne Marie

Share Word Chains and Movie Summaries and practice speaking aloud

11/29

Bellringer - Journal Entry 29

Ch. 12 of Anne Marie

11/30

Vocabulary List

Ch. 13 of Anne Marie

12/01

Bellringer - Journal Entry 30

Ch. 14 of Anne Marie

12/02

Vocabulary Test

Ch. 15 of Anne Marie

Week 8

12/05

Bellringer - Do Blog 8

Ch. 16 & 17 of Anne Marie

Reading Practice Test discussion

12/06

Bellringer - Journal Entry 31

Ch. 18 & 19 of Anne Marie

Reading Practice Test discussion

12/07

Practice subject verb agreement with collective nouns.

Taco Town

12/08

Ch. 20-22 of Anne Marie

12/09

Practice applying mechanics in writing by using conjunctive adverbs to join two independent clauses or to correct run-on sentences.

Red House Furniture

Ch. 23 of Anne Marie

Week 9

12/12

Bellringer - Do Blog 10

Ch. 24 - 26 and the "Epilogue" of Anne Marie

12/13

Bellringer - Journal Entry 33

Illustrate The Anne Marie

Fire Drill 2:00

12/14

Practice grammar 

Review

12/15

objectives while

for Semester

Study Guide

12/16

watching Elf.

Exams

Week 10

12/19

Semester

12/20

Exams