Week of Monday, Oct.18th, 2010 - Friday, Oct. 22nd, 2010

8th Grade ELA & AELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, and begin reading Clarke's "Crime on Mars"
Homework: Eat & Sleep for MEAP!
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, continue reading Clarke's "Crime on Mars"
Homework: Eat & Sleep for MEAP!
Wednesday: No Journal or Agenda, complete all questions; except "Thinking and Writing" on page 143...Use Complete Sentences!!!
Homework: Answer all questions; except "Thinking & Writing", on page 143- Due Thursday 10/21
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, Good News, Discuss, Correct, and Collect questions on page 143
Homework: Complete homework worksheet- Due Friday 10/22
Friday: Journal, Agenda, Good News, Correct & Collect homework worksheet, Take "Crime on Mars" Pop Quiz
Homework: No Homework

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Good News, and Begin sharing Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!!!
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, Share Good News, and Continue sharing Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!!!
Wednesday: No Journal or Agenda, Share Good News, and Finish sharing Scary Stories
Homework: No Homework
Thursday: Continue to Discuss Poe's "Tell Tale Heart"
Homework: No Homework
Friday: Compare and Contrast different "Tell Tale Heart" Parodies
Homework: No Homework

Monday, Oct. 11th, 2010 - Friday, Oct. 15th, 2010

8th & Advanced 8th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal and Agenda, Begin read Isaac Asimov's "Rain, Rain, Go Away" pages 12-19
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, Finish reading Isaac Asimov's "Rain, Rain, Go Away" pages 12-19 and begin asnwering Think About the Selection, Analyzing Literature, and Critical Thinking and Reading Questions on page 19.
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Wednesday: No Journal, Agenda Check, Continue Thinking About the Selection, Analyzing Literature, and Critical Thinking and Reading Questions on page 19.
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Thursday: No Journal or Agenda, Discuss and Correct Reading Selection Questions
Homework: No Homework
Friday: Agneda & Story Time, Concluding "Rain, Rain, Go Away" Activity
Homework: No Homework

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Begin Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, Continue writing Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Wednesday: No Journal, Agenda Check, Continue writing Scary Stories, Peer Evaluate Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Thursday: No Journal or Agenda, Continue writing Scary Stories, Peer Evaluate Stories
Homework: No Homework
Friday: No Journal, Story Time & Agenda, Finish Scary Stories and Peer Evaluations
Homework: Finish Scary Story...due Monday 10/18/10

Monday, Oct.4th, 2010 - Friday, Oct.8th, 2010

Monday: Journal/Agenda, Vocabulary Test, Complete Genre Stories
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Tuesday: Journal/Agenda, Share Genre Stories
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Wednesday: Journal/Agenda, Genre Quiz
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Thursday: Journal/Agenda, Continue MEAP Review with Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Friday: Journal/Agenda, Vocabulary Test, Library Visit
Homework: No Homework

Monday, September 27, 2010 - Friday, October 1, 2010

Monday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Reveiw...Leads and Endings
Homework: Complete and study Vocubulary Crossword...due Friday
Tuesday: Journals, Agendas, Continue MEAP Reveiw...Leads and Endings Power Point
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Wednesday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Review...Genres
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday
Thursday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Review...Genres
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday
Friday: No Journals, Agendas, Story Time/Genre Pop Quiz
Homework: Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday

Monday, Sept.20th, 2010 - Friday, Sept.24th, 2010

Monday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Article 2 in Test Taking Strategies
Tuesday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Article 3 in Test Taking Strategies
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review Pop Quiz over the 3 articles
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Reviewing in Leads
Friday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with additional Review in Leads

Monday, Sept.13th, 2010 - Friday, Sept.17th, 2010

Monday: SRI testing
Tuesday: SRI testing, Library Visit, & Book Check Out
Wednesday: Journals, Agendas, Create Social Contracts
Thursday: Journals, Agendas, Discuss SRI/Lexile Scores & Complete Arrow Handout
Friday: Begin MEAP Review with Article 1 of Test Taking Strategies

Tuesday, Sept. 6th - Friday, Sept.9th, 2011

Tuesday: Introductions, Review Parent Letter & Name Game
Homework: None

Wednesday: Finish Name Game; Assign "I Am" Poem Mini-Project (8th grade)/"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" Essay Mini-Project (7th grade)

Thursday: Class time provided to work on mini-projects (7th/8th grade respectively)

Friday: Final class day to work on mini-projects (7th/8th grade respectively)
Homework: Mini-projects due Monday, Sept.12th, 2010