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25
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All late and missing work due!
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25
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Fri
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Spelling Bee participants were selected in a process that
considered both current grades in spelling and success
in an extra credit classroom bee. Ashley New and
Miranda Maples will represent 8th grade in the Spelling
Bee.
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28
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p. 462 superlative and comparative adjectives
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29
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Discussion of censorship and banned books
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30
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Wed
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development and discussion of thesis on the topic of
censorship
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1
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 10
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2
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chart that lists 20 infinitives and 20 prepositional phrases
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7
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Wed
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p. 532 comparative and superlative adjectives
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9
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Predicate Adjective & Predicate Noun Practice worksheet
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14
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Wed
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guided self-assessment of their first essay
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15
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 13
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16
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Fri
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Grammar Test: Predicate Adjectives and Predicate
Nouns
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19
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Mon
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Assigned: Power Point or Set of Index Cards that bring
together carefully chosen images and suitable "choice"
vocabulary (10 words/card)
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20
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Tue
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National Day of Writing
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20
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Tue
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text p. 562 troublesome word pairs practice
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21
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Wed
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Progress Reports Distributed
text p. 560
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22
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 14
Test of Troublesome Word Pairs
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26
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Mon
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No grade taken/ Spelling Intro to Unit 15 and Intro to
Indirect Objects
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27
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Tue
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Troublesome Words Quiz
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28
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Wed
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EXPLORE standardized tests
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29
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 15
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29
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Thu
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p. 406 Indirect Object practice
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30
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Fri
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analogies and p. 426 Review
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2
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Mon
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P. 427 Review exercises
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2
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Mon
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No Spelling Words this week. We will have a review
extra credit spelling test.
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2
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Mon
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p. 426/427 review
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4
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Wed
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What's an anecdote? (Lecture no written assignment)
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5
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Thu
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Extra Credit Review Spelling Test
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6
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Fri
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All late and missing work for the 2nd six weeks DUE!
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6
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Fri
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Field Trip to SCHS Veteran's Day program
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9
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Mon
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Direct Object Review worksheet
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10
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Tue
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read English text p. 250-257 "Always to Remember" and
answer questions plus brief summary
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11
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NO SCHOOL
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12
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 16
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12
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Thu
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Write a summary and a critique of a Veteran's Day
selection
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13
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Fri
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Gerunds p. 530 Exercise 4
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16
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Mon
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Power Point descriptive writing practice
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17
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Tue
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model sentence practice
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18
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Wed
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participation grade/ spelling review/ gerund review and
foreign words
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19
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 17
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20
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Fri
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Gerund Test
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23
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Mon
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Appositive Practice 1
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24
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Tue
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Appositive Practice 2
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25
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Wed
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1/2 day No academic assignment
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30
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Mon
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Dr. Martin Luther King timeline
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1
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Tue
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Participation Grade group reading/discussion of Dr.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
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2
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Wed
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PPT: notes on Civil Rights movement and Dr. Martin
Luther King
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3
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 19
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4
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Fri
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listen to audio of MLK's "I Have a Dream' speech and
discuss/plan thesis options for our upcoming essay
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7
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Mon
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groups explain quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King
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8
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Tue
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write a 5 paragraph essay on a Civil Rights related topic
or specifiically on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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9
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Wed
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No School (Flooding)
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10
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Thu
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Spelling Test 20
Progress Reports Sent Home
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11
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Fri
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Bibliography for Science Report
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14
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Mon
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Pronouns p. 436
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15
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Tue
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P. 438 and 440 Pronoun
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16
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evaluate essays
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17
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Thu
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Spelling Test 21
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4
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Mon
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preview Spelling words Unit 22
Read and discuss Seedfolks Chapters 1 and 2
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7
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Thu
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Introduce Compound Sentences
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13
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Wed
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draft Diamente poem relevant to the Civil Rights
Movement to be completed tomorrow and shared Friday
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday
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14
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Thu
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Participation Credit/ Write for your own purposes
(Diamente poem relevant to the Civil Rights due
tomorrow.)
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18
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Mon
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No School in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King
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19
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Tue
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Discovery Ed. Testing Part 1 / Language Arts
PPT practice quiz for underlining or use of quotes for
titles
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20
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Wed
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Discovery Ed. Testing Part 2 / Math
Practice Compound Sentences with diagrams
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21
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 22
Practice Sentence Combining
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25
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Mon
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practice outline and thesis writing to multiple prompts
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26
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Tue
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practice elaboration from broad to specific
review of extra credit vocabulary/ test tomorrow
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27
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Wed
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Extra Credit Picture Vocabulary Test #1
Assigned words and explored resources for Dictionary
Day
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28
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Thu
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Spelling Test Unit 23
Practice Introductory Paragraph (as a narrative)
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29
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Fri
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Snow Day
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1
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Mon
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critique introductory narratives
Writing Assessment tomorrow morning
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2
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Tue
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State Writing Assessment
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2
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Tue
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review compound and complex sentences p. 506 and p.
508 all
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3
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Wed
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p. 510 adjective clauses
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4
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Thu
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adverb clauses p. 514
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8
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Mon
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check/collect pages 510 and 514 as two seperate grades
introduce Spelling Unit 26
introduce/discuss critique vs summary
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9
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Tue
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p. 516 Noun Clauses
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18
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Thu
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Discuss and contrast examples of inductive and
deductive reasoning
Critique Super Bowl ads
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19
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Fri
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Written practice (clause vs phrase)
check and collect p. 516
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22
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Mon
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Practice Spelling test (no score recorded) Unit 26
review clause vs phrase
Run-on Repair Practice #1
distribute missing work reports to students
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23
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Tue
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Extra Credit Picture Vocabulary Test #2
Run-on Repairs #2
Discuss structure of a essay/ or speech
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25
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Thu
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SNOW DAY!!
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26
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Fri
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Spelling Test Unit 26
Practice #3 Run-on sentences
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1
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Mon
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Collect run-on sentence practices
View and compare 2 presenters giving the same historic
speech
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3
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Wed
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Discussion & Notes on the traits of an effective speaker
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4
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Thu
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Spelling Unit 27 Test
Quiz Run-on Sentences
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5
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Fri
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PPT: "Dr. MLK teaches speech" notes added to earlier
notes on attributes of an effective speaker
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8
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Mon
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Narrow a research/essay topic
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9
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Tue
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view 2 historic speeches (primary documents)
sort primary from secondary sources
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11
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Thu
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Reliability of Sources ranking
Spelling Test Unit 29
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12
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Fri
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standardized review of research topics and terms
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