Second Six Weeks

Week 5

November 2-6, 2015

MONDAY, November 2

  * Review for district benchmark

TUESDAY, November 3

  * Benchmark for reading

WEDNESDAY, November 4

  * Benchmark for math

THURSDAY, November 5

  * Benchmark for writing

FRIDAY, November 6

  * Six weeks test for social studies





Second Six Weeks

Week Four

October 26-30, 2015

MONDAY, October 26

 * Continue the last five questions of editing review.

 * Introduce the EXPOSITORY ESSAY - what it is and its importance in the world outside school.

 * Samples of expository pieces in different jobs and endeavors

 * Expository for STAAR

TUESDAY, October 27

 * The different parts of an expository essay: introduction, body, conclusion

 * Different strategies that go into each part

     

*An expository sample essay from the scoring guide

WEDNESDAY, October 28

 *JAMAICA

 * Early release

THURSDAY, October 29

 * Early College Jamaica

FRIDAY, October 30

 * Continuation of expository essay

 * Students start planning one

CREATIVE WRITING

Fables

Second Six Weeks

3rd Week

October 19-23, 2015

MONDAY, October 19

* Due to the change of date of our District Benchmark I for writing to Nov. 3rd instead of Nov. 19, we have accelerated our STAAR review. We have started with the REVISING review last Thursday.

 * Go over the answers today and review skills in the process.

 * We plan to finish it today.

TUESDAY, October 20

 * Start EDITING review with an actual STAAR 2013 released test.

 * Each passage MUST be read.

WEDNESDAY, October 21

 * If the questions are all answered, we start going over them.

THURSDAY, October 22

 * We continue going over the review questions.

FRIDAY

 * We start the EXPOSITORY ESSAY.

 * Overall plan for expository essay

 * Introduction: attention grabber, clear controlling idea

 * Body: reason or point, example, explanation, link (REEL or PEEL)

 

                                   

       

Second 6 Weeks

Second Week

October 12-16, 2015

MONDAY, October 12

 * Due to the need of students to understand the basics of conjugation in subject-verb agreement, especially the ending S in third person singular, present tense, there will be more practice in class for this day.

 * PETER PIPER PIZZA, REPORT CARD GRADE PICK-UP, 5;00-7;00 PM
 * there will be fifteen (15) extra points for students who show up with parents

TUESDAY, October 13

 * Complex sentences will be revisited, especially with relative pronouns WHO,WHOM,WHOSE,WHICH, WHAT, THAT.

 * Practice writing complex sentences

WEDNESDAY, October 14

 * Comma rules: 

        - in compound sentences with FANBOYS

        - in openers

        - in interrupters

        - in lists

        - in closers

THURSDAY, October 15

 * Comma rules continued

FRIDAY, October 16

 * Introduction to expository essay: explanatory and masked procedural

                

                 

CREATIVE WRITING

Biographical Sketch

Second Six Weeks

First Week

October 5-9, 2015

MONDAY, October 5

   * Go over revising and editing test

   * Review the past objectives in the process

   * Inspect the telescope project class by class

TUESDAY, October 6

   * Review some strategies for leads

   * Finish up on body paragraphs and conclusion

   * Linear and starred writing (kinesthetic activity)

   * Students read samples of starred and linear writing

WEDNESDAY, October 7

   * Continue the above if not finished

THURSDAY, October 8

   *HESTEC Trip to UTRGV

FRIDAY, October 9

   * Comma rules

   * Quiz is postponed

CREATIVE WRITING

Biographical Sketch

Sixth Week

September 28-October 2, 2015

THE WEEK AHEAD:

MONDAY, September 28

   * Revising and editing review (continued)

   * BOOK REPORT DUE

    * Work on late assignments.

TUESDAY, September 29

   * Review continues.

   * Students work on late assignments.

   * TELESCOPE PROJECT DUE

WEDNESDAY, September 30

   * Students go over personal narrative strategies.

   * Adjectival clause and complex sentences are revisited.

THURSDAY, October 1

    * 1ST 6 WEEKS COMMOM ASSESSMENT, revising and editing

FRIDAY, October 2

   * Personal  narrative essay

            

CREATIVE WRITING

Veterans Poem



Fifth Week

September 21-25, 2015

The Week Ahead:

MONDAY: September 21

 * Personal narrative

    - Students read and analyze a 4 essay and learn from the style of the student author.

    - Students continue writing their personal narrative.

    - This will be turned in as a final draft on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

  * Revising and editing review will continue 

  * Touch up on complex sentences: students write and analyze some examples.

TUESDAY: September 22

  * Revising and editing review continues.

  * Touch up on subject-verb-agreement: emphasize the rule - When the subject is singular, the verb must be singular; when the subject is plural, the verb must be plural.

  * All present tense verbs that are in third person singular always end in S.

  * All present tense verbs that are in third person plural DO NOT end in S.

WEDNESDAY: September 23

  * Revising and editing review continues.

     EARLY RELEASE

THURSDAY: September 24

  * Revising and editing review continues.

  * Personal narrative essay format of STAAR test is introduced to students.

FRIDAY: September 25

  * Revising and editing review continues.

CREATIVE WRITING

BIRDING Essay Contest

VETERANS POETRY Contest