Monday, Nov.29th, 2010 - Friday, Dec.3rd, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Tuesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Wednesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Thursday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Friday: Study & Take Vocabulary Test, Perform Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: No Homework

8th Grade ELA
Monday: Agenda, D.O.L., Vocabulary Practice, Continue reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Tuesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Vocabulary Practice, Continue reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Wednesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Vocabulary Practice, Continue reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Thursday: Agenda, D.O.L., Vocabulary Practice, Continue reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Friday: Agenda, D.O.L. Pop Quiz, Study & Take Vocabulary Test, Continue Guided reading of "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Complete Guided Reading worksheet...due Monday 12/6/10

8th Grade Advanced ELA
Advanced ELA will be completing their book study using a Computer Learning System called Moodle. They will have the entire month of November to complete the book and online assignments. Students can complete their work at school and also at home at the following link: http://moodle.remc8.k12.mi.us/login/index.php. Feel free to monitor your students progress (all you will need is your son/daughter's user name and/or password).

Monday, Nov.22nd, 2010 - Friday, Nov.26th, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Agenda, D.O.L., Begin rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Tuesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Wednesday: Half Day of School...Continue rehearsing Doyle's "Silver Blaze" Play
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Thursday: Thanksgiving Break...No School!
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Friday: Thanksgiving Break...No School!
Homework: Silver Blaze Vocabulary Test...12/3/10

8th Grade ELA
Monday: Agenda, D.O.L., Begin reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Tuesday: Agenda, D.O.L., Continue reading Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon"
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test 12/3/10
Wednesday: Half Day of School...Review Grades
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Thursday: Thanksgiving Break...No School!
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10
Friday: Thanksgiving Break...No School!
Homework: Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Test...12/3/10

8th Grade Advanced ELA
Advanced ELA will be completing their book study using a Computer Learning System called Moodle. They will have the entire month of November to complete the book and online assignments. Students can complete their work at school and also at home at the following link: http://moodle.remc8.k12.mi.us/login/index.php. Feel free to monitor your students progress (all you will need is your son/daughter's user name and/or password).

Monday, Nov.15th, 2010 - Friday, Nov. 19th, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: D.O.L., Agenda, Continue viewing Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms
Tuesday: D.O.L., Agenda, Finish viewing Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians"
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms...Conferences 4pm-8pm
Wednesday: 1/2 Day of School (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hours Only!)
D.O.L., Agenda, Review & Take Quiz on "Ten Little Indians", Study & Take Mystery Vocabulary Test
Homework: No Homework...Conferences 12pm-8pm
Thursday: 1/2 Day of School (4th, 5th, and 6th Hours Only!)
No class for 7th Grade ELA
Homework: No Homework...No Conferences
Friday: 1/2 Day of School (All Hours Meet!)
D.O.L., Agenda, Review Social Contract, Grades, and Missing Assignments
Homework: No Homework...No Conferences

8th Grade ELA
Monday: D.O.L., Agenda, Collect Comic Strip assignment, Begin viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds" movie
Homework: No Homework
Tuesday: D.O.L., Agenda, Continue viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds"
Homework: No Homework...Conferences 4pm-8pm
Wednesday: 1/2 Day of School (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hours Only!!!)
D.O.L., Agenda, Study & Re-take Science Fiction Test, and Review Social Contract, Grades, and Missing Assignments
Homework: No Homework...Conferences 12pm-8pm
Thursday: 1/2 Day of School (4th, 5th, and 6th Hours Only!!!)
D.O.L., Agenda, Study & Re-Take Science Fiction Test, and Review Social Contract, Grades, and Missing Assignments
Homework: No Homework...No Conferences
Friday: 1/2 Day of School (All Hours!!!)
Library Visit
Homework: No Homework...No Conferences

8th Grade Advanced ELA
Advanced ELA will be completing their book study using a Computer Learning System called Moodle. They will have the entire month of November to complete the book and online assignments. Students can complete their work at school and also at home at the following link: http://moodle.remc8.k12.mi.us/login/index.php. Feel free to monitor your students progress (all you will need is your son/daughter's user name and/or password).

Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010 - Friday, Nov. 12th, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: D.O.L., Agenda, Read and Discuss "About Mysteries" and "Biography of Agatha Christie" Handouts, Begin viewing Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms
Tuesday: D.O.L., Agenda, Continue viewing Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians"
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms
Wednesday: No class...students go on Science Fair/Griffins Field
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms
Thursday: Guidance Counselors' Classroom Visit
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms
Friday: Guidance Counselors' Classroom Visit
Homework: Study Mystery Vocabulary Terms

8th Grade ELA
Monday: D.O.L., Agenda, Collect Comic Strip assignment, Begin viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds" movie
Homework: No Homework
Tuesday: D.O.L., Agenda, Continue viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds"
Homework: No Homework
Wednesday: D.O.L., Agenda, Science Fiction Pop Quiz, and Continue viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds"
Homework: No Homework
Thursday: Finish Viewing Wells' "War of the Worlds" and complete Plot Diagram
Homework: Complete Plot Diagram
Friday: D.O.L., Agenda, Discuss and Collect Plot and Venn Diagrams for Radio Broadcast and Film "War of the Worlds"
Homework: No Homework

8th Grade Advanced ELA
Advanced ELA will be completing their book study using a Computer Learning System called Moodle. They will have the entire month of November to complete the book and online assignments. Students can complete their work at school and also at home at the following link: http://moodle.remc8.k12.mi.us/login/index.php. Feel free to monitor your students progress (all you will need is your son/daughter's user name and/or password).

Monday, Nov. 1st, 2010 - Friday, Nov. 5th, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Complete Assessment, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Tuesday: Journal, Agenda, Listen to Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes Speckled Band" Radio Broadcast, Complete Assessment, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, Finish listening to Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes Speckled Band" Radio Broadcast, Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, Begin viewing Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes Speckled Band" short film, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Friday: Journal, Agenda, Finish viewing Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes Speckled Band" short film, and finish working on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010

8th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Complete Assessment, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Tuesday: Journal, Agenda, Complete Assessment, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, Begin listening to Wells' "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, Continue listening to Wells' "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast, and Continue to work on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010
Friday: Journal, Agenda, Finish listening to Wells' "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast, and Finish working on Comic Strip
Homework: Comic Strip...due Nov. 8th, 2010

8th Grade Advanced ELA
Advanced ELA will be completing their book study using a Computer Learning System called Moodle. They will have the entire month of November to complete the book and online assignments. Students can complete their work at school and also at home at the following link: http://moodle.remc8.k12.mi.us/login/index.php. Feel free to monitor your students progress (all you will need is your son/daughter's user name and/or password).

Monday, Oct.25th, 2010 - Friday, Oct.29th, 2010

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Read and Discuss Social Contract & Classroom Expectations
Homework: No Homework
Tuesday: No School do to Extreme Weather
Homework: No Homework
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, View & Discuss Edgar Allen Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", Explain "Mystery Comic Strip" Project
Homework: Comic Strip...due Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, Begin 1st Quater District Assessment ("Personal Narrative Writing")
Homework: No Homework
Friday: Half Day of School --> Finish 1st Quarter District Assessment
Homework: Comic Strip...due Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010

8th Grade/Advanced ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Read and Discuss Social Contract & Classroom Expectations
Homework: Finish "Crime on Mars" Vocabulary and Mechanics Worksheet
Tuesday: Journal, Agenda, Discuss and Collect "Crime on Mars" Vocabulary and Mechanics Worksheet, Explain and Practice "Interactive Grammar"
Homework: No Homework
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, Discuss and Begin "Science Fiction Comic Strip" Project
Homework: Comic Strip...due Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, Begin 1st Quarter Assessment ("Constructed Response" Essay)
Homework: Comic Strip...due Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010
Friday: Half Day of School --> Finish 1st Quarter District Assessment
Homework: Comic Strip...due Monday, Nov. 8th, 2010