Period+4+-+MS170+-+5

Welcome to Mr. Ramsdell's Period 4 Wikispaces page.  **Wednesday: Continue working on review. Due at the end of class on Wednesday.** **Week of 5/7:** **Week of 4/30:** **Week of 4/22:** **Week of 4/16:** **Week of 4/02:** **All week, you are to write your own of the type of poem we discuss in class for homework.** **Week of 3/27:** **Week of 2/21:** **Week of 2/6:** **Week of 1/23:** **Week of 1/9:** **Week of 12/5:** **Week of Thanksgiving:** **Week of 11/14**
 * **M: Finish //AF//**
 * **T: Plot Summary Packet**
 * **W: Utopia Project due tomorrow**
 * **TR: Work on essay online**
 * **F: Final exam essay is on MONDAY**
 * **T: //Animal Farm// 1&2**
 * **W: Continue //AF// & Chart**
 * **TR: Continue //AF// & Chart**
 * **F: Finish AF & Chart**
 * **M: Read Anne Frank to pg. 114**
 * **T: Anne Frank, to pg. 114-127**
 * **W: Response**
 * **TR: pg. 128-142**
 * **F: Have a good weekend**
 * **M: Bring in photo!**
 * **TR: Read all of the packet and answer ONLY the circled questions (on a separate sheet of paper).**
 * **M: Odes!**
 * **T: Weather!**
 * **W: Senses!/Concrete!**
 * **TR: Ekphrastic!?!?!**
 * **The Tempest!**
 * **Friday: Project is due. Performance must be ready and translation must be handed in.**
 * **T: Reading and editing each other's stories.**
 * **HW: Final Draft**
 * **W: Final draft due! Begin vocab unit**
 * **HW: Exercises 5A&5B, 6A&6C**
 * **TR: Vocabulary**
 * **HW: Lessons 5&6 review**
 * **F: Vocab assessment TBA**
 * **Finishing the play! Last journal entries of the play.**
 * **Continuing Romeo and Juliet! Keep your journal entries coming, one per night.**
 * **Monday: None**
 * **T:** First journal entry
 * **W:** Journal Entry
 * **TR:** Journal entry
 * **F:** Probably nothing
 * **Monday:** Ch. 5 A&B, Ch. 6 A&C
 * **Tuesday:** Ch. 5&6 Review
 * **Wednesday:** Study for vocab quiz
 * **Thursday:** Vocab quiz. HW: Work on review
 * **Friday:** Review
 * **M:**Movie
 * HW: Outline
 * **T:** Movie

**Week of 11/07:** **Week of Halloween:** **Week beginning 10/24:** **Week beginning 10/17:** **First Week of Q2:** **Week 8: September 26 - 30** **Week 7: September 19 - 23** **Week 6: September 12 - 16** **Week 5: September 5 - 9** **Week 4: August 29 - September 3** **Week 3: August 22 - 26** **Week 2: August 15 - 19**
 * **M:**Theme discussion
 * HW: Finish //The Giver//
 * **T:**Final Discussion
 * HW: Theme worksheet
 * **W:**Outlining
 * HW: Create outline for //The Giver//
 * **TR:**Essay Test
 * HW: None!
 * **F: Free Write Friday!**
 * **W:** //The Giver//
 * HW: Ch. 12-14
 * **TR:** //The Giver//
 * HW: 15-17
 * **F:** Free Write Friday!
 * **M:**The Raven!
 * HW: Study for quiz
 * **T:**Quiz and short story
 * HW: "Second reading" of story, marking with Post Its
 * **W:** Theme discussion & introduction to //The Giver//
 * HW: //The Giver// Chapters 1 & 2
 * **TR:** Discussion of beginning of //The Giver//
 * HW: //The Giver// 3 & 4
 * **F:** Free Write Friday!
 * **M:**Go over test and lessons 3 & 4
 * HW: Exercises 3A, 3C, 4B & 4C. Bring Book Club Book
 * **T:** Book club meetings and going over homework
 * **W: DEAR Drop Day**
 * **TR**: Analogies
 * HW: Analogy/vocab practice
 * **F:** Free Write Friday!
 * M: Continue sentence diagramming.
 * T: Go over homework, review for test.
 * W: Parent conferences.
 * TR: Test on sentence diagramming.
 * F: Free Write Friday!
 * **M:** Glossary of parts of speech. Discuss //test.//
 * HW: Parts of speech worksheet.
 * **T:**Go over HW. Begin Sentence Diagramming.
 * **W:**Go over HW. Continue diagramming. Half day!
 * **TR:**Go over homework. Continue diagramming.
 * HW: Finish diagramming homework.
 * **F: Free Write Friday!**
 * **Monday:** Have //The// //Breadwinner//finished for class. We will have our discussion of the second half of the book.
 * HW: Test Tuesday
 * **Tuesday:** Test on //The Breadwinner//, Chapters 1&2 vocab and discussion rules.
 * **Wednesday:**DEAR!
 * HW: Make sure you have finished your second book club book and have marked it with Post-It notes.
 * **Thursday:** Second Book Club meeting.
 * **Friday:** Free Write Friday!
 * **Monday:**
 * Bring your book club book to be approved, if you have not done so already. We will begin //The Breadwinner//.
 * Read and code chapter 1 - 3 in //The Breadwinner//. Study chapters 1 & 2 vocab.
 * **Tuesday:**
 * Vocab quiz. Discussion of the beginning of //The Breadwinner//.
 * Read and code chapters 4 - 6.
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Continue to discuss //The Breadwinner.// We will do the "Power of Language" activity in class, aiding our discussion.
 * Read and code chapters 7 - 9.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Vocab usage. Continue literary discussion.
 * Read chapters 10 - 12.
 * **Friday:**
 * Continue literary discussion. Free Write Friday!
 * Finish //The Breadwinner// with coding.
 * **Monday:**
 * Discuss 9/11 and read personal narrative
 * HW: Write personal narrative
 * **Tuesday:**
 * First book club meeting!
 * HW: Read Afghanistan article. Write one unique question that you came up with while reading the article. Finish Book Club form from class today.
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Discuss Afghanistan articles in preparation to begin //The Breadwinner//.
 * HW: Begin reading //The Breadwinner//.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Go over sections 1 and 2 in VCR.
 * HW: Vocab exercises: Ch. 1 A&B, Ch. 2 A&C
 * **Friday:**
 * Free Write Friday!
 * HW: None.
 * **Monday: Holiday! Enjoy the break and try to stay dry!**
 * **Tuesday:**
 * Group editing of combo-creature essay.
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Work on final drafts of creature story.
 * HW: Work on final draft.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Last day to work on story!
 * HW: Final Drafts Due.
 * **Friday:**
 * Final drafts due. Free Write Friday, fill out rubric for project.
 * **Monday:**
 * Class: Listen to //Dogzilla//. Begin pre-writing of your own story.
 * HW: Finish filling out pre-writing sheets
 * **Tuesday:**
 * Class: Meet in your writing groups. Discuss your ideas and add or modify them as you would like. Vocabulary exercise. Begin work on your rough draft
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Class: Continue working on your rough draft.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Class: Continue working on rough draft.
 * HW: Finish rough draft if you have not already done so in class.
 * **Friday:**
 * Class: Peer editing finished rough drafts. Free Write Friday!
 * **Monday:**
 * Class: Go to library. Select first Book Club book.
 * HW: Final draft of Free Write Friday name exercise.
 * **Tuesday:**
 * Class: Continue //The Outsiders// film.
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Drop Day!
 * HW: Fill out book chart.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Class: Finish //The Outsiders// film. Begin vocabulary book, chapters 15 & 16.
 * HW: Ch. 15 Exercises A&C, Ch. 16 Exercises A & B
 * **Friday:**
 * Free Write Friday!
 * **Monday:**
 * Class: Quick Quiz and //Outsiders// discussion. Project on //The Outsiders// will also be distributed and work will begin.
 * HW: Look over Free Write Friday name exercise. Continue thinking about //The Outsiders// project.
 * **Tuesday:**
 * Class: Work on project. By the end of the class, handwritten drafts of written pieces must be completed.
 * HW: Collect pictures for project. Bring them with you to class Wednesday.
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Class: By the end of class, illustration pages should be completed.
 * HW: Put any finishing touches on your project. It is due Thursday.
 * **Thursday:**
 * Class: Hand in project! Begin //Outsiders// film.
 * **Friday:**
 * Class: Continue //Outsiders// film.
 * Week 1: August 10 - 12**
 * **Wednesday:**
 * Class: Welcome! The first day of class, a time when we will become acquainted with each other. We'll go over names, who we are and begin to become comfortable in my class.. A good start to a great year.
 * HW: Be sure to bring your summer work with you. You should have your notecard of your summer books filled out and your critique ready to be handed in, as you will do that at the beginning of class.
 * **Friday:**
 * Class: Free write Friday! Our first, so come to class ready to be creative.
 * HW: Bring //The Outsiders// to class and be ready for a quick quiz. Look over Free Write Friday name exercise if you'd like.