3rd Period- Mrs. Appleton-English+ Assignments

Make sure your FIRST final draft of  your memoir is ready for class on Thursday.  You may be sharing it with other students.

Study for End of Year Grammar Final.  Make sure to review No Red Ink and the attached answer key. :-)

 

Bring your literature book to class to return - if you have not done so already.

 

Complete practice lessons on No Red Ink for the following topics:

 

Rules of Capitalization 1

Verb Tense 1: Simple Tenses

Articles

 

Identifying Adjectives

Identifying Adverbs

Comma Spices and FANBOYS

Identifying THAMOS

Components of a Sentence

Identifying prepositions

Identifying prepositional phrases

 

 

Complete the ENTIRE script for your movie AND print one copy of script for each person in the group.

 

Bring any items or clothes that you will need when you record your movie

 

Please bring back your literature books.

Complete taking 1-2 Grammar Practice Tests which can be found in the "Posts" below.

 

Make sure to complete the End of Year Practice Test Worksheet that I passed out in class today as well.

 

Finally, have you finished your literature circle novel yet?

 

:-)

 

Work on End of Year Grammar Practice Test- Have at least 3 questions completed that Mrs. Appleton can review.

 

Try to finish your literature circle book- or at least read 30-45 minutes.

Read for 30 minutes and complete Literature Discussion #4 Worksheet

Complete 'rough draft' writing for your Characterization of Me paragraph.

 

Read 30 minutes in your literature book

 

Complete Literature Discussion Worksheet #3 (if not already complete)

Read 30 minutes a night in your literature booK (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

 

Complete Literature Circle Worksheet

 

Complete No Red Ink Practice, Week #14

Complete No Red Ink Practice Week #14 AND Quiz Week #14

Read Assigned pages/chapters from your literature circle groups.  Complete the Pre Lit Circle worksheet.

 

Things Not Seen:  Read Chapters 1-3

Raft:   Read Chapters 1-6

Peak: Read Chapters 1-5 up to page 30

Elephant Run:  Read Chapter 1-3

Drums, Girls, Dangerous Pie:  Read Chapters 1-3 up to page 36

 

No Red Ink Practice 13 & Quiz 13

Complete No Red Ink Practice Week #13

Complete ALL 5 No Red Ink Quizzes

No Red Ink Quiz Week #12 Due.  

 

This quiz is a retake and your score on the quiz will reflect your score in

Powerschool.

 

Finish RTL for poem (if you did not finish in class on Friday).

NO RED INK Practice Week #12 Due at 1:00pm today.

Finish writing sentences for the remainder of your FANBOYS "Rolls". Make sure to circle the COORDINATOR (FANBOYS) of the sentence AND identify the SUBJECT (S) of each clause & the PREDICATE of each clause.

 

Complete the top section of the RTL worksheet (the backside of FANBOYS practice).  You should use the Author and Me question from the worksheet you did last week.  Write the (Author and Me) Question. Then answer the question using complete sentences. Include in your answer the evidence you found in the article (IT SAYS) you read AND the critical thinking ideas you came up with (I say) together in order to create your response.

Work on No Red Ink Week #10 Practice

 

BRING YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK

 

Complete the worksheet from Tuesday (if you have not already turned it in)

BRING YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TO CLASS- EVERYDAY!

 

Begin your No Red Ink Practice Week #10

Complete No Red Ink Quiz # 9

 

Revisions to Call of the Wild Essay due.  Please see attachment below for additional help.

No Red Ink Practice Week #9 Due at 1:00 pm

Complete It Says- I Say- And So... assignment from class today.

Complete No Red Ink Quiz #7

 

Complete Sequence Practice Exercise.  Make sure to bring your "Reading Comprehension" guidebook with the article you had to highlight.  Bring your transitional words too.  

 

If you have time, work on your Biography Slide Show. This will be due on Tuesday.

No Red Ink Quiz #8 Due

 

Sequencing Reading and Worksheet Due.  Make sure to have both the article (highlighted) and the worksheet to turn in to Mrs. Appleton.

No Red Ink Practice #8 Due

Complete Biography Slide Show and practice biography presentations.  Presentations will be on Thursday, Monday and Tuesday

Biography Slideshows are due.  Make sure to 'share' with Mrs. Appleton before you come to class.

 

Start working on NO RED INK PRACTICE #8

Work on No Red Ink Practice #7

 

Continue reading biography book

 

Complete any incomplete assignments

Begin working on No Red Ink Practice (this is a repeat of last week as everyone seemed to struggle on the quiz.  Please write down grammar questions you want to review in class on Tuesday.

 

Continue to read your biography book- if you have not yet finished it.

 

Begin working on your Biography Research Worksheet- at least the first question should be answered

Please read AT LEAST 30 minutes each night (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) from your biography book.  Make sure that you have filled out the Biography Worksheet (front and back) by Monday.

 

BRING YOUR BIOGRAPHY BOOK TO CLASS WITH YOU ON MONDAY!!!

 

Take NO RED INK quiz by Monday @ 9:00am

Complete No Red Ink Practice Week #6

Work on No Red Ink

 

Bring your Biography Book to class tomorrow. You will need it!!!

 

Finish your first assignment in "My Reading Comprehension Handout" and bring to class. 

No Red Ink Quiz must be complete by 9:00am

 

Read TWO Newsela articles with quizzes complete by 9:00am

Final Draft of Call of the Wild due by 1:00pm (end of tutorial)

Don't forget to bring your Call of the Wild book to class to turn in.

 

No Red Ink Practice due by 1:00pm

1st revised draft of Call of the Wild essay.  Make sure to use the Writing Observation Notes worksheet as a guideline AND color code the essay in the same way that you did your Winter Break essay.

 

Work on No Red Ink (due Friday @1:00) and Newsela (Due Monday @ 8:00am) assignments as well.

Submit a ROUGH DRAFT of your Call of the Wild essay to Mrs. Appleton via Google Docs by 8:00am today (Thursday, 1/19)

 

Please review the attached checklist and questions to help you with your writing.

Write a "Quickwrite" essay on your winter break.  Please see the example that is attached below.

Begin writing 1st draft of Characterization of Buck Essay.

 

Make sure to share on Google Docs with Mrs. Appleton ([email protected])

 

Highlight your THESIS STATEMENT in yellow.  Thesis= Claim = Reason(s)

 

Example Thesis

Claim: Buck learns how to survive +  Reason: because he is able to adapt to his ever-changing environment.

Study for Call of the Wild test.

 

Complete No RedInk by Friday at 1:00pm

Bring your book Call of the Wild to class

 

Read one article from Newsela and take the quiz

Make sure that you finish Call of the Wild novel.  You may use this reading (groups B & C as your independent reading pages.

 

Independent Reading Log Due (Signed by Parent) 

 

No RedInk Week #2 Quiz Completed

 

Read TWO articles from Newsela (your choice).  Make sure to annotate each article and take a quiz for each article.

Complete No RedInk Week #2 Assignment  

Independent Reading Log is Due (Signed by your parent/guardian and question of the week completed)

 

No RedInk Week #1 Quiz should be completed

 

Annotated NewsELA articles should be completed and the QUIZ taken for each one.  Go to "Library" and choose any 2 articles that seem interesting to you.

Complete  NO RedInk practice questions by today.

Complete at least 30 minutes of No Red Ink.

Practice on No Red Ink for at least 30 minutes 

Finish your Gratitude Picture Slide.  Please review directions below.

 

Spend 30 minutes practicing skills in No Red Ink.

Open this link to get to the Gratitude Picture Slideshow

 

PLEASE EDIT YOUR SLIDE # ONLY.   Thank you!

Please bring in a picture of something that you are grateful for to class tomorow.  Grateful comes from the word Gratitude.  Gratitude means to be thankful for something. It can be a person or group of people, a pet, an object, a hobby (something that you like to do in your free time) or anything else that you can think of.

For example: I am grateful for my car.  It keeps my family safe.  It doesn’t use a lot of gas. It helps me get to work so that I can make money to take care of my family.

Bring your INDEPENDENT READING BOOK to class.

 

Complete Unknown Vocabulary and annotations for Call of the Wild

 

Complete Check in #1 (B & C groups only)

Independent Study Assignment #3 is due.

 

Group A: Complete "What is the Solar System"  Make sure you have highlighted the title and 1 important fact on the first page.

 

Group B/C: Complete "An Ancient Cure for a Superbug" Make sure your FIVE annotations include comments.

 

For example: If you annotate with a "?" also write a small comment about "what" the text is making you wonder about on the paper.

 

Attached are the directions that were handed out in class if you need to review them.

My Figurative Language Guidebooks are due at the end of FLEX TIME (Wednesday) 10/26/16

Last Independent Reading Log is Due (Make sure question is answered and parent/guardian signs your paper.)

 

Independent Study Assignment #2 is Due (all parts: reading, writing, speaking)

Last Independent Reading Log due.  Please make sure all questions are filled out and that parent/guardian has signed the form.

 

Independent Study Assignment #2 Due.  Reading [Newsela] or [Raz Kids], Writing, Speaking [Recap].

 

PLEASE BRING YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE GUIDEBOOK to class

Complete all tasks for "DAY 1" of your My Figurative Language Guidebook

Complete STEP 1- STEP 6 in the directions of your My Figurative Language Guide Book.

Independent Reading Logs are due.

 

BRING IN YOUR PRINTED CHILDREN"S BOOK TO CLASS.  We will bind them (put them  together) in class.  You need to have all your pages printed with a colored picture on each page.

Make sure to use your Children's Book rubric to make sure that you have all parts of the book ready for peer review on Thursday.  (About the Author with picture, dedication, vivid language, dialogue of characters)

 

Do NOT print your book yet.  :-)

1.  Reading Logs Due: 45 pages read, complete task, get parent's signature

 

2. Study for the "Response to Literature" Test.  Use the practice quiz (yellow paper) to study. TEST WILL INCLUDE DIALOGUE

 

3. Complete pictures for your story book BUT do not print story text on them.  Come to class with final story ready to be edited. Do not use computer program to edit or have others edit your work before class.  We will be editing in class.

All Groups: Create a title page,  Biography Page and Dedication Page.

 

Begin sketching pictures for your book.

 

You will have time to work on all of the above in class.

 

Groups B & C In Google Slides, please make sure that you have highlighted the following before class tomorrow:

 

Conflict: blue font

Climax: red font

Resolution: purple font

Complete your 1st draft writing of your children's book in Google Slides.

 

Share your work with Mrs. Appleton [email protected]

Group A:  Complete Character worksheet

 

Group B/C: Complete rough draft of narrative.  Make sure you have all parts of your plot diagram included in the narrative AND that you have used descriptive (sensory/emotional) language like we discussed in class.  

Complete Plot Diagram for your life lesson (theme).  You must choose one of the following themes (life lessons) for your plot diagram:

 

1. Be Kind

2. Face Your Fears

3. It is Okay to Be Yourself

4. Follow Your Heart

5. Don't Judge Other

 

Independent Reading Log Due. Make sure parents sign your log sheet

1. Complete " I Remember....." worksheet

 

2. INDEPENDENT READING LOGS ARE DUE.  MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PARENT SIGNATURE.

Make sure to go online with your parents and complete syllabus form.

 

Also, bring BINDER, TAB DIVIDERS and COMPOSITION BOOK on Thursday.

Read the class syllabus with your parents/guardians and then complete the online Syllabus survey.  The link is at the end of the syllabus.

Independent Reading Log Due.  Make sure to have read at least 45 pages and have a parent sign your log.