4th Nine Week Important Dates

As always, this is a work in progress. 😊

Thursday, 4/5 - Membean Quiz* & probably Personal Narrative Due   (looking at Mid-April)
Monday, 4/16 - Bio Book Due (new date), BOC
Thursday, 4/19 - Bio Book Extra Credit Due, BOC
Thursday, 4/26 - Membean Quiz*,  Grammar Quiz Part One
Week of May 1st  7th - Debates will be held
Monday, 5/14 - STAAR Math
Tuesday, 5/15 - STAAR Reading
Week of May 21 - Students will perform play scene
Thursday, 5/17 - Membean Quiz*  (Last one of the school year!)

Tuesday, 5/29- We will take the Spring Final Exam during the 8th period final from 2:00-3:30.  We will NOT have a final exam during the 7th period exam time on Friday, 6/1.  That day, we will go over the graded exams and get our portfolios ready to turn over to 7th grade. ^


*Membean 90 minuted checks will run from: March 19- April 5, April 6-26, and April 27-May 16, JThese dates are a little different because they don't always start on a Monday and end on a Sunday, but they still start at 12:01 a.m. on the start date and end at Midnight on the end date for each of the three windows.


^ In case you want more detailed info about exams: Tuesday - Friday, 5/29-6/1 - Final Exams - On Thursday, it is a normal schedule until 5th period, and then they skip Activity and go directly to 8th period for the exam. On Wed. - Fri., 6th grade has two exams each day followed by lunch then Activity with a 12:30 dismissal.
Wed. 1st and 4th     Thu. 2nd and 5th    Fri. 7th and 3rd (yes, in that order) 😀

Grammar Book Work and To Be Checked for 4th Nine Weeks

May 3-5
Page 34: Exercise 1, Writing Applications

April 23 
Page 69 : All

April 16-20
Page 33: All

April 9-13
Monday
Page 29: Exercise 1, All

Wednesday

Page 29: Exercise 2, 1-6

Page 31: Exercise 1, All, Exercise 2, All

Thursday/Friday
Page 30: Exercise 1, All
Page 32: Exercise 1, All

April 3-6:

Tuesday

Page 14, Exercise 1, All (double underline the verb/s)

Page 18, Exercise 1, All (double underline the verb/s)

Page 20, Exercise 1, All (double underline the verb/s)

Page 43, Exercise 1, All

Wednesday

Page 21: Exercise 1, 1-5; Exercise 2, 1-5

Page 23: Exercise 2, All (be sure to read the information at the top)

Page 25: Exercise 1, 1-5

Friday

Page 22: Exercise 1, 1-10 (circle adjectives)

Page 25: Exercise 1, 6-10, Exercise 2 – pick your favorite 5

Page 26: Writing Application, all

March 20-23:

Tuesday:  Page 1: Exercise 1, 1-6; Exercise 2, 1-5

Page 3: Exercise 1, 1-10

Page 5: Exercise 1, all; Exercise 2, all

Wednesday:  Page 7: Exercise 1, 1-6; Exercise 2, all

Page 9: Exercise 1, all; Exercise 2, all

Page 11: Exercise 1, all; Exercise 2, all

Thursday:  Page 13: Exercise 1, all; Exercise 2, evens

Page 15: Exercise 1, 1-6; Exercise 2, all

Page 17: Exercise 1, all; Exercise 2, 1-6

Page 19: Exercise 1, all, Exercise 2, 1-6

Friday:  Page 21: Exercise 1, 1-6; Exercise 2, 1-6

Page 23: Exercise 2, all

Page 25: 

Page 27: 

Page 29:

Page 31: 

Stuff from before:
Page 175: Exercise 1, 1-6; Exercise 2, All
Page 177: Exercise 1, All (please do triple underline); Exercise 2, Odds

Page 178: Exercise 1, 1-10

Page 179: Exercise 1, 1-5

3^rd Nine Week Non-Fiction Test Over(RE)view

The exam will have 5 Parts and a total of 50 questions. Below tells you what each section covers, how it will be tested, and what you can study.

Part One: Identifying Text Features – You will look at a page from a magazine and identify text features.  The questions will be matching. You did this on the Text Features Quiz. Please study the Text Features list and the quiz.

Part Two: Identifying Text Structure – You will read 5 short passages and determine the text structure (compare and contrast, problem and solution, chronological/time order, sequence/procedural, cause and effect, spatial/description).  This is just like the three practices we have done.  Use them to study! You also have notes in your VIPs.

Part Three:  Non-Fiction and Documentation – You will answer multiple choice questions about non-fiction and documentation.  The questions on this sheet are to review for this section.

Part Four: Bringing it All Together! – You will read a paired passage and answer questions – multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer.  Questions will cover: analysis (author’s purpose), literary elements and devices (simile, metaphor, etc.), non-fiction text features (captions, titles, etc.) and structures (see Part Two).  You can study the Literary Lexicon and the Text Features Quiz (it will look a lot like this quiz).

Part Five: Bio Book Boogie – Okay, you won’t actually have to dance…classifying book excerpts by type. Questions about the Malala Book Study and questions on this review.

I Am Malala Reading Schedule and Plan

Reading Goals (Feel free to read ahead. You must complete the indicated part before coming to class on a given date.)

Finish part one by Tuesday, 2/20
Finish part two by Friday, 2/23
Finish parts three and four by Tuesday 2/26
Finish part five and Epilogue by Friday, 3/2

Choice Write/Imaginative Story

Imaginative Story Instructions

You must:

·         Abide by the following due dates:

o   First Draft shared with correct title: Wednesday, Jan. 10, BOC

o   Plot Chart: Wednesday, Jan. 10, EOC

o   Revised Draft: Friday, Jan. 12, EOC

o   Final Draft with Process Packet: Wednesday, Jan. 17, BOC (see rubric)

Thanks to someone ticking off Elsa, these are now due Monday, Jan. 22, BOC.  😉

You will:

• Write an imaginative story (fiction) and take it through the entire writing process (drafting, revising, editing, publishing).
• Make a final copy that is double-spaced, 12 or 14 point, easy to read font, typed story (At least a full page double spaced.)
• Use at least one purposeful instance of dialogue (dialogue develops the character and/or moves the action of the story forward).

• Include at least one really fantastic poetic/literary device.  Then, you must highlight and label it on your final draft.  THEN, you need to explain why you used it – in other words, what did it add to the story or character. 

• Revise your story to add in vivid active verbs and decrease the number of boring be verbs.
• Break the story into appropriate paragraphs.
• Do your first draft and revision in your Google Docs
• Follow conventions for the title of your text.  Remember, we do not underline, italicize, bold or do really anything different with the title when it is ON the original text most of the time.

You may:

• Work on drafts in class when you have finished your daily work, at home, or in the library before or after school.
• Present this story to your class.

• Add illustrations (You may also have a “guest illustrator” IF they are properly credited).

You may not:

• Use a previously published story for this assignment.
• Copy work from another student or from the internet.
• Ask for a pass to the library during Activity to use the computers for this project.

Imaginative Story Rubric

           

	VERY evident	MOSTLY evident	SOMEWHAT evident	NOT evident
Organization/Progression of Ideas (40 pts)
Well-developed protagonist with a conflict	10	7	5	0
Clear beginning/middle/end* (BME) with smooth transitions in time and story Reasonable resolution for the conflict*	20	17	13	0
Paragraphing (and illustrations if included) are thoughtful and follow conventions	10	7	5	0
Development of Ideas (30 pts)
Interesting Dialogue that develops character or plot in a meaningful way	10	7	5	0
Vivid Verbs	10	7	5	0
·         Well used literary device that is highlighted, labeled and explained in terms of your purpose in using it	10	7	5	0
Editing (20 pts)
Error free final draft (1 pt. each error)**	10			0
Follows the conventions of a short story, including the title	10	7	5	0
Attention to Directions (10 pts)
All parts of packet present, in order ·         Rubric with name, period and date ·         Final Copy ·         Peer Editing Sheet ·         Story Chart	10 (all present)	8 (1 item missing)	6 (2 items missing)	0 (3 or more items missing)

*Cliff hangers and early novel chapters must have pre-approval and a signature here.  ________

**First two typed pages will be graded for editing, the full story for content                                                       

3rd Nine Weeks Important Dates

As always, this is a work in progress, but should be pretty accurate through at least early February. 😊

Mon., 1/15 - no school
Tue., 1/16 - Classical and Traditional Stories Quiz  - moved to Thursday 1/18 due to ice
Thu., 1/18 - Latin Roots and Affixes Quiz One
Mid to Late January - Final Copy of Choice Write Due   Monday, Jan. 22, BOC
Tue., 1/23 - Membean Quiz*  and moved Latin Roots and Affixes Quiz One
Thu., 1/25 - Homer and Classics Test  (probably)  moved to Tuesday, Jan. 30  Ugh, 2/1
Thu., 2/8 - Non-Fiction Text Features and Analysis Quiz moved to 2/20
Tue., 2/13 - Latin Roots and Affixes Quiz Two and Membean Quiz*
Mon., 2/19 - no school
Thur., 3/8- I Am Malala and Non-Fiction Test
Tue., 3/6 - last Membean quiz of the 9 weeks*
March 12-16 - SPRING BREAK!


*Membean 90 minuted checks will run from: Jan. 3-22, Jan. 23- Feb. 12, and Feb. 13- March 5.  These dates are a little different because they don't always start on a Monday and end on a Sunday, but they still start at 12:01 a.m. on the start date and end at Midnight on the end date for each of the three windows.

Membean Extra Credit Opportunity

The last Membean practice session grade ends at midnight on Thursday, December 14.  I am offering +5 points on the Vocabulary Quiz Average if you do 60 Membean practice minutes over the break to keep it fresh in your head.

• Minutes will run from 12:01 a.m. Friday, December 15 to midnight Monday, January 1.
• You must have 60 minutes or more - subtracting any "dubious marriage" between those dates; no partial credit will be offered.
• I will run the report on Tuesday, January 2 and add the points as earned before the window to fix grades closes.