Week 1

Monday - 11/28
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 13 - Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.
• Steps to Writing a Fictional Narrative [PDF]
• Spooky Story Writing Assignment
• On a piece of binder paper, make a story map [PDF] or plot outline [PDF] for your own original spooky story.
• Complete Figures of Speech from Stories We've Read WS [PDF]
  HW: Spooky Story Plan and Figures of Speech WS due tomorrow.

Tuesday - 11/29
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Turn in Figures of Speech WS.
• Share Spooky Story ideas.
• Work on Spooky Story. Follow the writing guidelines - skip lines, use blue or black ink, write on one side of the paper only, leave 1" margins. Due next Tuesday.
  HW: Prepositions WS - 1 [page 1 PDF] / [page 2 PDF]. Be sure to print out both pages.
  

Wednesday - 11/30
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Turn in Prepositions WS - 1.
• Work on Spooky Story. Follow the writing guidelines - skip lines, use blue or black ink, write on one side of the paper only, leave 1" margins. Due next Tuesday.
  HW: Complete A Christmas Carol Vocabulit - Stave 1 [ PDF ]. Do Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 - Part A only - due tomorrow.

Thursday - 12/1
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Notebook Entry #31 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Childhood
• Review definitions for A Christmas Carol Vocabulit Stave 1.
• Work on A Christmas Carol Vocabulit Stave 1 [ PDF ]. Part 2. Due tomorrow.
  HW: Finish Vocabulit - Stave 1. Due tomorrow. Continue writing Spooky Story.

Friday - 12/2
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - Turn in
• Correct Vocabulit - Stave 1. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #32 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Young Adulthood

Week 2

Monday - 12/5
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 14
• Notebook Entry #32 / 33 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Older Adulthood
• Do Prepositions WS - 2 [PDF].
  HW: Spooky Story plan and draft due tomorrow.

Tuesday - 12/6
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Preposition WS - 2. Turn in.
• Share Spooky Stories. Turn in plan and draft.
• Grammar Book - Review the information on pages 327 - 328. Complete Exercise 5, p. 328. Write out the sentences correctly. Skip #6 because it's already correct. Not all the sentences include dialogue, but some of them do. Below each sentence, write the prepositional phrases.
  HW: Notebook Entry #34 - Write about a favorite holiday memory. Include descriptive details and some dialogue. Minimum 3/4 page.
  

Wednesday - 12/7
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Finish Notebook Entry #33 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Older Adulthood
• Start reading A Christmas Carol - Stave 1.
  HW: If you got a RD on the Quotations WS - 2 Rewrite, your homework is to rewrite the story with corrections. If you haven't done the Quotation Marks WS - 2 Rewrite, do it tonight. [PDF]
  

Thursday - 12/8
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari
• Turn in Quotations 2 Rewrite, if you had to re-do it.
• Notebook Entry #35 - ACC Thinkables -Write a short paragraph (1/2 page) response to each of the following statements. Tell whether you agree or disagree and explain why.
  • It is better to be rich rather than poor.
  • Poor people are lazy.
• Continue readng A Christmas Carol - Stave 1.
  HW: Prepositional Phrases Worksheet 3 [PDF].

Friday - 12/9-
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Correct and turn in Prepositions WS - 3.
• Continue reading A Christmas Carol - Stave 1.

Week 3

Monday - 12/12
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Week 15: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes
• Finish reading ACC - Stave 1.
• Do Scrooge Character Worksheet [ PDF ]. Due Thursday.
  HW: Do ACC Vocabulit - Stave 2 - Ex. 1 & 2 A only [PDF]. Due tomorrow.

Tuesday - 12/13
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Review ACC - Stave 1.
• Notebook Entry #36 - Make a list of differences between the movie and book versions of ACC - Stave 1. Or, as an alternate assignment, if you were absent, write a one-half page summary of a scene from Stave One.
• Review ACC Vocabulit - Stave 2 definitions. Part 2 due Friday.
  HW: Work on ACC Vocabulit - Stave 2 - Part 2 [PDF]. Due Friday.

Wednesday - 12/14
E - F - A - B - C - D

• 2nd Quarter Benchmark Test
  HW: Scrooge Character Worksheet [ PDF ] due tomorrow.

Thursday - 12/15
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari. Turn in.
• Review Scrooge Character Worksheet. Turn in at end of period.
• Notebook Entry #37 - Scrooge in the Beginning. Write down a list of five or six character trait words that describe Scrooge's character at the beginning of the story. Circle the trait that you think describes Scrooge the best. Make a list of evidence from Stave 1 to support your views. Use the book and the Scrooge Character Worksheet to help you gather evidence. What does Scrooge say, think, and do that shows us that he's a certain type of person?
  HW: ACC Vocabulit - Stave 2 [PDF] due tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day to turn in missing, absent, or re-do work for 2nd quarter.

Friday - 12/16 - Today is the last day to turn in missing, absent, or re-do work for 2nd quarter.
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Correct and turn in ACC Stave 2 Vocabulit.
• Stave 1 Quiz
• Notebook Entry #38 - ACC Thinkables -Write a short paragraph (1/2 page for each) response for two of the following statements:
  • Our experiences when we're younger determine what kind of person we'll be as adults.
  • There is no such thing as a ghost.
  • Greed is good.

Week 4

Monday - 12/19
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 16: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes, continued.
• Start reading Stave 2 of ACC.
• Notebook Entry #39 - Ghost of the Past - In Stave Two of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past. This spirit reminds Scrooge of the events and choices that have shaped Scrooge's life and affected Scrooge's attitude toward people and the holidays. If a spirit were to visit you, what would it show you? What choices or events from your past have shaped your attitude toward people, life, or the spirit of giving? 3/4 page minimum.
  HW: Punctuation WS - 1 [PDF]

Tuesday - 12/20
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Punctuation WS - 1. Turn in.
• Continue reading ACC - Stave 2.
• Notebook Entry #40 - The Greatest Gift - Write about the best gift you ever gave to someone else. Describe what you gave and who you gave it to. What made this gift special to you and the recipient?
  HW: The following items are due tomorrow:
  • Notebook Entries #31 - 40
  • 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Log
  • 2nd Quarter Reading Response Log

Wednesday - 12/21- LAST DAY OF THE FIRST SEMESTER!
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Turn in the following:
  • Notebook Entries #31 - 40
  • 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Log
  • 2nd Quarter Reading Response Log
• Finish reading ACC - Stave 2, if necessary.
• Review Stave 2, if there's time.

  HW: None! Have a pleasant Winter Break!

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