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=media type="custom" key="10502038"= = WELCOME 7TH GRADE ENGLISH STUDENTS FROM YOUR TEACHER MRS. McCALL! =

__**Week of September 1-4:**__


 * **Due Thurs. 9/3--Please complete both sides of the handout you received in class (H-1).**
 * **Due Tues. 9/8--RDMs (required daily materials). See N-1 for list of required materials.**

__**Week of September 7-11:**__
 * **Due Wed. 9/9--Please complete the "Language Ponderables" sheet (H-3)**
 * **Due Thurs. 9/10--Please complete the "Basic Uses of the Marks of Punctuation" sheet (H-4)**
 * **Due Fri. 9/11--Summer Reading Bookmarks due!!!**

__**Week of September 14-18:**__


 * ** Due Thurs. 9/17--Please complete the front and back of H-9 **
 * ** Due Fri. 9/18--Please complete the front of H-10 **
 * ** Explore ixl.com (don't purchase a membership...we are working on getting a membership for school) You get 20 free questions a day! (go to language arts-then 7th grade skills-and choose an area) **

__** Week of September 21-25: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 9/21--Find 10 words that we use in English that come from other languages (and write down where they came from too!) **
 * ** Continue working on your IW #1 (superpower that you didn't want) **
 * ** Study for your punctuation quiz which will be given on Thurs. Oct. 1. Correct spelling of the names of the marks of punctuation will count! (see N-3, N-4, H-9 and H-10 for review) **

__** Week of September 28-October 2: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 9/29/15--Complete page H-6 (sentences 1-6). Also, always continue refining your IWs and study for your marks of punctuation quiz on Thurs. 10/1! (see N-3, N-4, H-4, H-9 and H-10 to review) **
 * **Due Wed. 9/30/15--Complete page H-6 (sentences 7-12). Also, always continue refining your IWs and study for your marks of punctuation quiz on Thurs. 10/1! (see N-3, N-4, H-4, H-9 and H-10 to review)**

__**Week of October 5-9:**__


 * **Due Tues. 10/6--Please spend a minimum of 15 active minutes on ixl.com (language arts/7th grade skills) doing JJ.1 and JJ.2. If you receive a "mastery ribbon" before the time is up, then you're done! Be sure to give your parents the IXL letter that I handed out in class today. **
 * ** Due Wed. 10/7--IXL website: Continue working on JJ.1 and JJ.2 and ALSO II.1. Please don't spend more than 10-15 minutes on these sections (in total)!!! **
 * **Due Thurs. 10/8--(H-15) Commonly Confused Words Crossword Puzzle (Try to complete it without using your notes--and then refer to your notes after you've tried) **
 * **English Section Quiz tomorrow! Have you been keeping organized **
 * **Due Fri. 10/9--Match the vocabulary word to the picture on the "Annabel Lee" sheet that you received in class today (L-10) **
 * ** PERIOD 4 ONLY: Begin to think about and formulate a plan for your language project **
 * **QUIZ on commonly confused words on Wed. Oct. 14!!! (Study your N-5 and N-6 sheets) **
 * **English Section Quiz on Thurs. 10/8 (I'm checking to make sure all your papers are organized) **
 * **Try to achieve mastery in the following sections of IXL: JJ.1, JJ.2, II.1 and L.1 by the end of the weekend! **

__**Week of October 12-16: **__


 * **Quiz tomorrow (Wed. 10/14) on commonly confused words! Please review sheets N-5 and N-6 tonight! **
 * **Due Monday 10/19--Keep working on IXL. Try to achieve mastery (100%) in JJ.1, JJ.2, II.1 and L.1. If you complete these, then please move on to QQ.1, QQ.2, QQ.3 and QQ.4 (Greek and Latin roots). When I check your name, you should have completed at least 60 minutes in total of using IXL. Some of you have already done this but others need to catch up! Additionally, always read for pleasure. **
 * **Period 4 ONLY: Also, continue working on your language project! **

__**Week of October 19-23: **__


 * **DUE MONDAY 10/26--Work on IXL. You should have completed an hour on SS.1, SS.2, SS.3, SS.4 and SS.5 (cumulatively). **

__**Week of October 26-30: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 10/27--Complete the pretest on the parts of speech if you didn't finish it during class (located in Google Classroom). Also, complete the IXL links that are located in Google classroom. They are a review of nouns. **
 * ** Due Wed. 10/28--Complete H-18 (Reviewing the 8 Parts of Speech). Look at the back of N-7 and the front of N-8 to help you! **
 * **Due Thurs. 10/29--Please complete L-11. You will of course have to look at the poem "Annabel Lee" in order to fill in the blanks. The poem is posted in Google Classroom. **
 * **Due Friday Oct. 29--Complete L-12 (matching vocabulary for "The Tell-Tale Heart"). Also, IXL: One hour by Mon. 11/2 (any of the practice activities from the GG's to the TT's) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">You should have another hour of IXL in by Monday 11/2 (anything from the GG's to the TT's) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Quiz on "Annabel Lee" on Fri. 11/6 **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Please read for pleasure and have a sweet Halloween!!! **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Week of November 2-6: **__


 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">IXL--Another hour due by Monday 11/9! Continue trying for mastery in any of the areas from GG to TT. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Quiz--"Annabel Lee" poem and associated terminology (alliteration, assonance, etc...) on Tuesday 11/10! (new date!) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">IWs--All three writing pieces should be PRINTED and ready to be turned in by Wed. 11/11! All three topics are listed in Classroom. Be sure to check W-1 in your English section to be sure that you've fulfilled the requirements for an IW (page setup, length, etc...) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">PERIOD 4 ONLY--Language Project due on Friday Nov. 20! (an extra week...yay!!!) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The 1st quarter ends on Friday Nov. 13!!! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Due Thurs. 11/5--Please complete the Vocabulary Practice: "Tell-Tale Heart" sheet (L-13) for homework if you didn't finish it during class today. **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of November 9-13: **__


 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Your next hour of IXL is due on Mon. 11/16! (you should be at 5 hours--remember to go into "analytics" and change the setting from "last 30 days" to "this school year") Also, please remember to sign in! If you signed in, there should be a message at the top that reads "Welcome, your name." Continue to try for mastery in the GG's to the TT's and the Z section as well. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Review your notes for the quiz on Fri. 11/20: 8 parts of speech overview, types of nouns, plurals and possessives **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Please read for pleasure! **
 * ** Due Fri. 11/13--Please complete the BACK of H-20 (create your own cool collectives) **
 * ** Due Thurs. 11/12--Please complete the FRONT ONLY of H-20 "Cool Collectives" **
 * **Due Wed. 11/11--Please complete the front of H-19 (see H-18 for help with filling in the blanks)**
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">HW--Review for your "Annabel Lee" quiz tomorrow; 3 IWs due on Wed. 11/11! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">"Annabel Lee" review: all of L-10, all of L-11, the back of L-4, the back of L-5, L-1 (point of view and theme) and L-2 (setting, action and atmosphere) as well as any of the discussion questions that we did in class **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Period 4 only--Language Project due on Fri. 11/20!!! **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of November 16-20: **__
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Quiz Tues. 11/24 on the overview of the 8 parts of speech, nouns, pronouns, and possessives (the following sheets are great study guides: N-7, N-8, N-13, N-14, N-15, N-16, H-18, H-19, H-20, H-21, H-22, H-23 and H-24) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Your next hour of IXL (6 hours) due on Mon. 11/23! (GG's through the TT's, Z's and DD.1 **
 * =<span style="display: inline !important;">** Due Fri. 11/20--Complete H-24 ** =
 * ** Due Thurs. 11/19--Complete H-23 "Singular and Plural Nouns" review sheet (front and back!) **
 * ** D **** ue Wed. 11/18--Complete H-22 (singular, plurals and possessives chart to fill in--see the back of N-13 to help you) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Due Tues. 11/17--Complete H-21 "Nouns Notes Review" (see N-13 notes to help you) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Your next hour of IXL (6 hours) due on Mon. 11/23! (GG's to the TT's and all the Z's!) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Period 4 only--Language Project due Fri. 11/20! **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of November 23-27: **__
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">HAVE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Please remember to work on IXL. You should have 7 hours in total by Mon. 11/30! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">You started your gratitude writing response in class. Continue working on it when you get the opportunity (see Classroom for gratitude Google slide) **
 * ** PLEASE REVIEW FOR YOUR QUIZ TOMORROW (11/24) ON THE OVERVIEW OF THE 8 PARTS OF SPEECH, NOUNS, PLURALS AND POSSESSIVES! **

__** Week of November 30-December 4: **__


 * **Next hour of IXL due Monday 12/7! (8 completed hours)-Add N.1, N.2 and N.3 to your practice!**
 * **POE TEST WED. 12/9! (Poe's life, "Annabel Lee, " "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Raven")**
 * **PERIOD 4 ONLY--Language Project videos to be presented on Fri. 12/4! If we didn't get to your video on Friday, please be prepared to share on Monday Dec. 7!!!**
 * ** Due Thurs. 12/3--Complete "The Raven" questions (L-22) if you didn't finish them in class today. **
 * ** Due Wed. 12/2--Reread "The Raven" (L-21) on your own for better understanding. Try the mind mapping method that you learned about in Critical Reading class! **
 * ** Due Tues. 12/1--Match "The Raven" vocabulary words (L-18) to the pictures (L-19 and L-20). **

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 * __ Week of December 7-11: __**


 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Due Friday 12/11--Complete reading chapter 1 in SFNL and answer the chapter one questions (questions are located in your English Google Classroom--do not submit your answers until I see you again in class--just write them in and leave it there) **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Please cover your books with a paper bag OR just keep it in a large Ziploc bag **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Next hour of IXL due on Mon. 12/14! (9 hours) **
 * ** POE TEST TOMORROW (12/9)!!! Please review all study sheets this evening. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Please study for your Poe test on Wednesday 12/9!!! (Poe's life, "Annabel Lee," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven." Also, review all literary terminology!) **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of December 14-18: **__


 * ** Your next hour of IXL is due on Monday 12/21! (10 hours total) **
 * ** Please also read for pleasure this weekend! **
 * ** QUIZ FRIDAY on //SFNL// chapters 1-6! **
 * ** DUE WED. 12/16--Do the questions for //SFNL// chapter 5 in Classroom! (Again, type your answers in a different color and don't submit). Also, please complete your sketch notes on the paper that I provided for you in class. Your sketch notes should only be on chapter 5! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">DUE TUES. 12/15--Do the questions for chapters 3 and 4 in Classroom! (Please type your answers in a different color--not black--and DO NOT submit your responses...I am able to see them without you submitting them. **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of December 21-25: **__


 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">HW for Tues. 12/22--Please continue working on your IWs for the 2nd quarter! They should each be a full page in length, have paragraphs and be checked for proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc... **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Be sure to check HAC daily for grades and to see if you're missing any work! **

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of January 4-8: **__

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 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">DUE MONDAY 1/11/16--Complete the FRONT of L-26 (matching vocabulary words). You will have to use a dictionary if you don't know the meaning of a word. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">DUE MONDAY 1/11/16--Complete reading chapters 11, 12 and 13 and do the questions for those chapters. Remember to read the questions carefully and answer all parts! **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">It looks like IXL is back in operation, but since it is already nearly the end of the week, we will simply make the next hour of IXL (11 total) due the Monday after next (1/18/16). **
 * ** Homework due Thurs. 1/7--Complete the FRONT of H-2 "Capitalization Rules Review" (Use N-17 {A-K} to help you!) **
 * ** Homework due Wed. 1/6--Complete the back of H-1 (practicing rules E, F and G). Review the front of N-17 capitalization rules! **
 * ** Homework due Tues. 1/5--Complete the FRONT ONLY of the new H-1 sheet that I handed out today. The title of it is "Practicing Capitalization Rules A-D." Review the rules that we discussed in class on your N-17 sheet. **

__** Week of January 11-15: **__ <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * **IXL hours (11) due on Mon. 1/18/16**! **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(H.1 is capitalization--add this to your practice) **
 * ** CAPITALIZATION QUIZ on Fri. 1/22/16! **
 * ** All 3 IWs due on Mon. 1/25/16! (please scroll through Classroom to find the topics) **
 * ** Quarter 2 ends on Fri. 1/29/16! **
 * ** Due Fri. 1/15/16: Complete the questions for chapters 14 and 15 in //SFNL// **
 * ** Due Thurs. 1/14/16--Complete the BACK of H-2 (use your N-17 notes to help) "Capitalization Rules Review" **
 * ** QUIZ WEDNESDAY 1/13/16 ON CHAPTERS 7-13 OF SFNL!!! **

__** Week of January 18-22: **__ <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** 11.5 hours of IXL due on Monday 1/25! **
 * ** 3 IW's should be submitted in Classroom on Monday 1/25! Each one should be a minimum of a full page in length. Use paragraphs and check your conventions (punctuation, spelling, capitalization, etc...) PLEASE DO NOT PRINT OUT THE WRITING PIECES. Simply submit them in Classroom when all three are finished. (If you chose to do a stream of consciousness writing piece, then conventions are not as important--this is ONLY for the stream of consciousness piece.) **
 * ** THE 2ND QUARTER ENDS ON FRI. JAN. 29!!! **
 * ** CAPITALIZATION QUIZ TOMORROW--FRIDAY 1/22!!! Review your notes! **
 * ** DUE THURS. 1/21/16: Read chapters 18 and 19 in //SFNL// and do the questions **
 * ** DUE WED. 1/20/16: Read and do the questions for chapters 16 and 17 in SFNL. **

__** Week of January 25-29: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** 12 HOURS OF IXL DUE MON. 2/1! **
 * ** QUARTER 2 ENDS TODAY!!! IF YOU STILL OWE ME WORK, I WILL ACCEPT IT OVER THE WEEKEND. EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT YOU TURNED SOMETHING IN SO THAT I'M AWARE AND CAN MAKE THE CHANGES IN HAC. **
 * ** Due Fri. 1/29: Read chapters 24 and 25 in //SFNL// and do the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Thurs. 1/28: Read chapters 22 and 23 in //SFNL// and do the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Wed. 1/27: Read chapters 20 and 21 in //SFNL// and do the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** SFNL Test: Tues. 2/9 Multiple choice/Matching and Wed. 2/10 Short Essay (Text Dependent Analysis) **

__** Week of February 1-5: **__

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 * I**XL (12.5 hours) due on Monday 2/8/16!!!**
 * ** Tues. 2/9--Objective Section of SFNL Test (matching/multiple choice) **
 * ** Wed. 2/10--TDA (short essay using specific evidence from the text) **
 * ** Please consider donating new and like-new children's clothing for Cradles to Crayons (sizes 0-14/16) {coats, gloves, hats, mittens, shoes, and any other items}. There will be a box available in the annex and main building for collection. Thank you! (Collection will take place from 2/8-2/19) **
 * ** DUE FRI. 2/5/16--Read chapters 32 and 33 in SFNL and do the questions. **
 * ** DUE THURS. 2/4/16--Read chapters 30 and 31 in SFNL and do the questions. **
 * ** DUE WED. 2/3: Read chapters 28 and 29 and answer the questions for these chapters. **
 * ** DUE TUES. 2/2: Complete reading and doing the questions for chapters 26 and 27 in SFNL. **

__** Week of February 8-12: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** IXL (13 hours) due on Monday 2/15/16!!! **
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** Please consider donating new and like-new children's clothing for Cradles to Crayons (sizes 0-14/16) {coats, gloves, hats, mittens, shoes, and any other items}. There will be a box available in the annex and main building for collection. Thank you! (Collection will take place from 2/8-2/19) **
 * ** Please bring in your SFNL book tomorrow for collection! If you lost your book, the cost is $15 for the new hardcover blue copies. If you have the older version (red with yellow cover) then it's $7. **
 * ** Study for your //SFNL t//est which will be given tomorrow! TDA will be done on Wednesday! **

__** Week of February 15-19: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** QUIZ FRIDAY 2/26 on African-American writers! Review the first half of your notes this weekend and we'll finish the notes/discussion early next week. **
 * ** Due Fri. 2/19: Complete N-32 "Some of the Most Challenging Irregular Verbs in English" and remember that I am checking for at least 30 minutes of IXL practice by tomorrow! **
 * ** Due Thurs. 2/18: Complete N-30 "Using Correct Forms of Irregular Verbs" (you received it in class today) **
 * ** Due Wed. 2/17--Complete the verbs chart on the back of N-29 (I handed this out in class today and there's a copy in Classroom too!) **
 * ** IXL: 30 minutes practice due on Fri. 2/19! (This is a change from the usual. I am now checking to see how much time you spent on IXL during the week that we are currently in...so please practice!) Work on the VERBS section. **

__**Week of February 22-26:**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">**QUIZ on African-American writers past and present POSTPONED UNTIL WED. 3/2!!! Please use the extra time to study your N-24 notes!!!**
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">**Please also read for pleasure this weekend!**
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">**IXL: 30 minutes of practice due on Fri. 2/26!**
 * ** Please review your notes on "Poetic Terminology" on the back of L-5 **
 * ** DUE WED. 2/24: Complete the FRONT of N-33 and mark the sentences the way we practiced in class (see Classroom for a copy of the worksheet) **

__** Week of February 29-March 4: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** Please read for pleasure this weekend!!! **
 * ** HW due 3/4/16: Complete the comma worksheet that is in Classroom. Place commas where they are needed and write the abbreviation for the reason the commas were used on the line to the left of the sentence (use your N-25 and N-26 notes to help you). Your 30 minutes of IXL is due tomorrow as well! **
 * ** QUIZ WED. 3/2 on African-American Writers! Review your notes please. **

__** Week of March 7-11: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** Please read for pleasure this weekend! Also, remember to start bringing in your completed zoo trip forms as well as $20! **
 * ** STUDY ALL NOTES AND RECENT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR QUIZ ON COMMA RULES 1-7 THAT YOU WILL HAVE TOMORROW 3/11/16! **
 * ** 30 MINUTES OF IXL DUE FRI. 3/11! **
 * ** Due Thurs. 3/10/16--Complete N-39 "Reviewing Comma Rules 1-7" **
 * ** Due Wed. 3/9/16--Complete the front AND back of N-35 which you received a hard copy of in class today (Remember what I said: do the first side using your notes and then try to do the back of the page with no notes at all to see what areas you still need to study and practice. Your quiz on Friday will mimic the back side of the homework.) **
 * ** Due Tues. 3/8/16--Complete "Practicing the First Four Comma Rules" worksheet (N-34) **

__** Week of March 14-18: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** Spring Break Homework: Please read for pleasure! Also, be sure you've completed the two IWs that I've assigned so far ("Dude Be Nice" reflection and "Is Life Fair" reflection--both located as assignments in your English Classroom). Finally, try to achieve at least two ribbons in A.1, A.4 and Q.3 in IXL. Have a safe and happy Spring Break!!! **
 * ** DUE FRIDAY--Complete the BACK of N-42 "Questions for Comma Rules 10-13" **
 * ** 30 minutes of IXL due Fri. 3/18!!! (Try to achieve two ribbons in A.1, A.4, and Q.3) **
 * ** Due Thurs. 3/17: Complete N-41 the entire front and JUST THE FRIENDLY LETTER on the BACK using the notes that we've had on commas so far (comma rules 1-11). A copy of N-41 is posted in Classroom. **
 * ** Due Wed. 3/16: Use your notes on using commas with dates (rule #8 on page N-27A) to complete N-40 (all of the front and the top half of the back only) **

__** Week of March 28-April 1: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** Weekend Homework: Continue reviewing your notes in the "N" and "L" sections of your English binder in preparation for the PSSA's. The ELA PSSA will be given during the week of April 11th! **


 * ** Due Friday 4/1: 30 minutes of IXL ** ** (Try to achieve three ribbons in A.1, A.4, and Q.3); ALSO: ZOO TRIP PERMISSION FORM and $20 DUE!!! **
 * ** Due Thursday 3/31/16: Complete the "Mission of Mercy" TDA that you started in class on lined paper. Refer to the story in your PSSA packet on your Chromebooks for specific evidence to support the points that you make. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> Begin reviewing your notes in the "N" and "L" sections of your binder in preparation for the PSSA ELA exam which will be given during the week of April 11. **

__**Week of April 4-8:**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); display: block; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
 * ** Homework for the weekend: Review your (N) notes and your (L) literature sections in your English binder in preparation for the PSSA. Also, think about your approach to responding to prompts and writing essays and TDAs. The PSSA ELA begins on Tuesday 4/12 and ends on Friday 4/15. It will also be helpful if you practice your grammar skills in IXL. I attached a narrative essay writing tips sheet in your English Classroom. Please take a look at it. **
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** Due Friday 4/8: Complete the informative/explanatory essay that you started in class today. If you need to look at the prompt again, just scroll down in Classroom to March 29 and click on the PSSA packet. The prompt is on page 87 or page 139. **
 * **<span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Due Friday 4/8: 40 minutes of IXL is due tomorrow too!!! (Try to get three ribbons in K.1) **


 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** Due Thurs. 4/7: Complete the BACK of N-45 "Practicing Subject-Verb Agreement" (you started it in class today) **
 * <span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** Complete the narrative essay that you started in class today. Please refer to the March 29 PSSA packet that you have in your English Classroom if you need to remind yourself about the prompt. It is on page 93 of the packet. **

__<span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">** Week of April 11-15: ** __


 * **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">This week you will be taking the ELA PSSA (starting on 4/12 and ending on Fri. 4/15). Please sleep well each night. Eat a good breakfast in the morning. Bring in at least 2 #2 pencils. Do your VERY BEST during the test! Remember to bring in an interesting IR book to read if you finish the test early. NO ELECTRONICS will be allowed in the classroom where you're being tested (cell phones, Chromebooks, etc...) **
 * **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Also, the 3rd marking period ends this Friday 4/15. Please check HAC to see your current grade. **
 * **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">NO WRITTEN HOMEWORK DURING PSSA'S...WOO HOO!!! ENJOY!!! **

__**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Week of April 18-22: **__


 * ** This week you will be taking the MATH PSSA (starting on Tuesday 4/19 and ending on Thursday 4/22). Please sleep well each night. Eat a good breakfast in the morning. Bring in at least 2 #2 pencils. Also, bring a calculator!!! Do your VERY BEST during the test! Remember to bring in an interesting IR book to read if you finish the test early. **
 * ** NO WRITTEN HOMEWORK DURING PSSA'S...ENJOY!!! **

__** Week of April 25-29: **__


 * ** Due Wed. 4/27--Complete "The Road Not Taken" questions. Also, remember to fill in your poetry chart for all the poems that we've done. **
 * ** Due Thurs. 4/28--Complete "Out, Out" questions. Also, remember to fill in your poetry chart for this poem. **
 * ** Quiz next week on ONE of the Frost poems that we discussed (we will do three Frost poems in total) **

__** Week of May 2-6: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 5/3--Complete questions 1-5 for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (see Chromebook). **
 * ** Due Wed. 5/4--Nature poem due by the end of the period. You're allowed to work with a partner or two on this poem and remember to follow the directions! **
 * ** Due Fri. 5/6--30 minutes of IXL (try to achieve 100% in as many categories as possible) **
 * ** Due Fri. 5/6--Complete 7-10 sentence paragraph on one of the e.e. cummings' quotes that is listed in your English Classroom **
 * ** *QUIZ FRI. MAY 6 ON A FROST POEM THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN CLASS..PLEASE REVIEW ALL POEMS WRITTEN BY ROBERT FROST. **

__** Week of May 9-13: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 5/10--List 10 facts about the yellow fever in Philadelphia in the late 1700s. Please write down the **** CREDIBLE ** ** website that you used. **
 * ** Due Wed. 5/11--Read the Appendix in your novel and fill in as much information as you can for the supporting characters in the novel. **
 * ** Due Thurs. 5/12--Read chapter 1 in Fever and answer the questions for that chapter. **
 * ** Be sure to bring an IR book to class each day!!! **
 * ** Due Fri. 5/13--Read chapter 2 in Fever and answer the questions for that chapter. **
 * ** Due Fri. 5/13--40 minutes of IXL! **
 * ** QUIZ ALERT!!! ON THURSDAY 5/19, there will be a quiz on chapters 1-6 of the novel and also the YouTube video about Fever 1793 The Philadelphia Experiment that we watched in class (review the notes that you had to fill in while watching the video). **

__** Week of May 16-20: **__


 * ** Due Tues. 5/17--Read chapters 5 and 6 in Fever and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Wed. 5/18--Read chapters 7 and 8 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Fri. 5/20--Read chapter 9 and answer the questions for that chapter. Remember IXL!!! **
 * ** Due Mon. 5/23--Read chapter 10 in Fever and answer the questions for that chapter. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ ON CHAPTERS 7-12 WILL BE GIVEN ON TUESDAY 5/24!!! **
 * ** 40 minutes of IXL due on Friday 5/20!!! **
 * ** QUIZ THURS. 5/19 on chapters 1-6 AND the documentary about Philadelphia and the yellow fever that we watched in class. The video is posted in Classroom in case you want to watch it again to review the facts. **

__** Week of May 23-27: **__

> **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Fri. 5/27--Chapters 17 and 18 ** > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Tues. 5/31--Chapters 19, 20, 21, and 22 ** > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Wed. 6/1--Chapters 23 and 24 ** > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Thurs. 6/2--Chapters 25 and 26 ** > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Fri. 6/3--Chapters 27 and 28 ** > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">In class on Fri. 6/3--We will read Chapters 29 and the Epilogue...novel completed!!! **
 * ** Due Tues. 5/23--Read chapters 11 and 12 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Wed. 5/24--Read chapters 13 and 14 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** 40 minutes of IXL due on Friday 5/27! **
 * QUIZ TOMORROW 5/24 on chapters 7-12! (If you've read the chapters and completed your homework questions, you will be fine--it's multiple choice.
 * **<span style="color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Due Thurs. 5/26--Read chapters 15 and 16 in Fever and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0,0,0,0.870588); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Reading schedule for the novel: **
 * **PLEASE BRING IN $25 and COMPLETED TRIP FORM FOR TRIP TO CAMP AMERICA!!! DEADLINE FOR FORM AND MONEY IS FRIDAY JUNE 3**

__**Week of May 30-June3:**__


 * ** Due Wed. 6/1--Read chapters 23 and 24 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Thurs. 6/2--Read chapters 25 and 26 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** Due Fri. 6/3--Read chapters 27 and 28 and answer the questions for those chapters. **
 * ** In class on Fri. 6/3--We will read chapters 29 and the epilogue...novel completed!!! **
 * ** 30 minutes of IXL due on Fri. 6/3! **
 * ** ESSAY TEST ON WED. 6/8--you will be allowed to use the novel, chapter notes, and an outline if you wish! **
 * ** CAMP AMERICA trip forms and $25 due THIS FRIDAY 6/3! **

__** Week of June 6-10: **__


 * ** 30 minutes of IXL due on Thurs. 6/9! **
 * ** Essay test on Wed. 6/8! **
 * ** Please return your Fever novel as soon as possible! **
 * ** Early dismissal tomorrow (Tues. 6/7)! **
 * ** Anything Goes Day on Fri. 6/10--wear your navy colors! **
 * ** Camp America trip on Monday 6/13! **