Calendar and Homework Log
Calendar for August 2008 (United States)
<July
| All
of year | September>
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8:
16:
23:
30:Credit for calendars to the following: <http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/monthly.html?year=2006&month=9&country=1>
Don’t
panic! The homework is listed
below: 
Homework Log
(I will keep the
previous week’s assignments posted until the new day of the current week
arrives.)
Monday 8/25/8
|
1. LGR
4 required students to use words from “Seventh Grade” according to the context
of Cloze text sentences. 2. Next,
students and teacher finished reviewing the contextual
clue strategies from the “Unlocking Word Meaning” packets. 3. The vocabulary
project for “Seventh Grade” was reviewed and explained. 4.
Homework: The vocabulary
project for “Seventh Grade” will be due on Friday, August 29, 2008, and
we will have a spelling/vocabulary test covering the “Seventh Grade” words
and contextual clues on that day, too. Try this vocabulary
game for “Seventh Grade.”
Mark A. Hicks, illustrator. Animated Book.
<http://school.discovery.com/clipart/clip/ani-book.html>. |
|
Tuesday 8/26/8 |
1.
LGR 5 required students to highlight the contextual
clues in the sentences on the last page of the “Unlocking Word Meaning”
packets and to devise definitions for the italicized words. (Selected sentences were reviewed as a
larger class unit.) 2.
Students were introduced to the following literary
terms from the supplemental reading for Unit 1, “Alfred: The Sweet-Shop Cat” by James Herriot on
pages 467-476: genre, non-fiction,
personal narrative, and Briticism. 3.
Students and teacher began to read orally the
personal narrative, “Alfred: The
Sweet-Shop Cat” by James Herriot on pages 467-476. (The reading will be concluded tomorrow in
class.) 4.
Homework: The
vocabulary
project for “Seventh Grade” will be due on Friday, August 29, 2008, and
we will have a spelling/vocabulary test covering the “Seventh Grade” words
and contextual clues on that day, too. Try this vocabulary
game for “Seventh Grade.” |
|
Wednesday,
8/20/8 |
1. LGR
1: Students copied the words,
parts of speech, and definitions for our first short story “Seventh Grade” by
Gary Soto. Then, students worked on a visual
and word clue sheet related to those words. 2. The words
for “Seventh Grade” were reviewed in terms of their pronunciation, parts of
speech, spelling patterns, and meanings. 3.
Homework: Read through the expectations
carefully, and have the letter
signed by Friday, August 22, 2008.
Mark A. Hicks, illustrator. Animated Dog Eating Homework.
<http://school.discovery.com/clipart/clip/ani-book.html>. |
|
Thursday,
8/21/8 |
1. LGR
2 required students to match examples with the words from “Seventh Grade”
by Gary Soto. 2. Next, students in 7R and 7P reviewed the visual
clue sheet from yesterday’s lesson. 3. The classroom expectations were reviewed in
their entirety with students, and questions were answered. 4. Students received their class texts: Literature and Integrated Studies
and English Workshop. 5. Students also made class portfolio folders
to house their work for the entire years. 6. In anticipation of tomorrow’s lesson on
contextual clue strategies, students were given a packet on “Unlocking Word
Meaning”; this packet is not available in electronic format. 7. Homework:
Read through the expectations
carefully, and have the letter
signed by Friday, August 22, 2008.
|
|
Friday, 8/22/08 |
1. LGR
3 required student to find antonyms for selected words from “Seventh
Grade” and then to select the “misfit” words. 2. Students were introduced to the first two
contextual clue strategies by establishing the importance of context. The first two strategies that we reviewed
are as follows: Definition and Restatement
and Example. 3. Homework:
Students should review all class notes and bring their literature
textbooks to class on Monday. Have
a safe, happy weekend, everyone!
|
Note well: Homework is due at the beginning of
class. Work that is not present with a student
in class, not completed, or partially finished will receive “0” points. Remember that homework is meant to reinforce
learning and to help you hone your language-arts skills; therefore, each
assignment is meaningful and important.
Should you not have an assignment completed, you are responsible for
having a late slip signed by your parents/guardians. Late
or Missing Homework Slip (If you are
absent, homework will be due the day after you return from your absence unless
you speak with me about receiving an extension.)
