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5/25: Turn in any missing work that you owe. 5/23: Make flash cards for Vocab list #15 (optional due to SOLs). Turn in any missing or incomplete work. 5/21: None. Good luck on your SOL!! Charge your Chromebook, get a good night's rest, and eat breakfast. Take your time and go back to the text. Believe in yourself! 5/17: Complete Achieve 3000 article, "New World, Old Writing," to review for Tuesday's SOL. Resources for figurative language have been posted to Google Classroom; check them out! If you want to practice with fiction, read "The School Play" in your Holt Interactive Reader to review plot, conflict, and character traits. If interested, the Unit 3 Reading Assessment Retake has been posted to Google Classroom. SOL Boot Camp continues this week. 5/15: Complete Achieve 3000 article, "Dressing for Work." Look over the test-taking strategies posted to Google Classroom to help on the SOL. If interested, the Unit 3 Reading Assessment Retake has been posted to Google Classroom. SOL Boot Camp continues this week. 5/11: Finish Achieve 3000 articles from class. The titles are posted on Google Classroom. If interested, the Unit 3 Reading Assessment Retake has been posted to Google Classroom. SOL Boot Camp continues this week and next. 5/9: Finish Achieve 3000 articles from class. The titles are posted on Google Classroom. If interested, the Unit 3 Reading Assessment Retake has been posted to Google Classroom. SOL Boot Camp continues this week and next. 5/7: Finish the "Three Little Pigs" Pear Deck to review fiction SOL skills. Study for your vocab quiz next class! SOL Boot Camp is this week and next week - see Google Classroom for the schedule! 5/3: Study for your Unit 3 Reading Assessment next class! Return your SOL Boot Camp to me tomorrow! Even if you are not attending, have your parents initial that they saw it and return saying that you will not be attending. A copy of the letter and schedule can be found on Google Classroom. 5/1: Make flashcards for your new vocab list. Finish classwork: "Sport Poems" on Google Classroom. You may need your online textbook. Study for your poetry quiz next class by reviewing your Pear Deck. You will have your Unit 3 Reading Assessment on Friday. 4/27: Finish reading and annotating "On Turning Ten." STUDENTS AT THE TATTOO: You will need to make up your Vocab Quiz #13. Complete Achieve 3000 article, "School of Hip Hop." Read and annotate the poem on Google Classroom, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." 4/25: Study for your vocabulary quiz next class. Finish taking notes on your Poetry Pear Deck. 4/23: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25 - NEXT CLASS. Finish Achieve 3000: "Teen's Company Cleans Up" if you didn't already do so in class. The Book Fair is all THIS week; bring in money! :) 4/19: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Make flashcards for your new vocab list. 4/17: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Complete your Unit 3 Written Assessment. 4/13: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Study for your vocabulary quiz next class! Complete your Unit 3 Written Assessment graphic organizer. 4/11: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter. Thank you so much! - Students, you can complete bonus articles in order to attend! 4/9: Make flashcards for vocab list #12. Complete the Google Form on today's media messages. Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: @http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/28: Work on your Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Read for Book It! Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:@http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/26: Study for your vocab quiz next class. Finish classwork - Pear Deck and Holt Reader (pages 354-357 and the questions on page 359). Work on Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Read for Book It! Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:@http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/22: Work on Auto/Biography Research Project due 4/25. Read for Book It! Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:@http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/20: Finish classwork. Make flashcards for your new vocab list #11. Pick out an auto/biography. Read for Book It! Review your notes on Plagiarism and Citations/Sources posted to GC. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:@http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/16: Finish classwork. Pick out an auto/biography. Read for Book It! Review your notes on Plagiarism and Citations/Sources posted to GC. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:@http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter . Thank you so much! 3/14: Review your vocab words for your quiz. Read for Book It! Review the notes on Plagiarism found on Google Classroom. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter. Thank you so much! 3/12: Finish classwork from library lesson on citations and plagiarism. Pick out an auto/biography. Review your vocab words for your quiz. Read for Book It! Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter. Thank you so much! 3/8: Check out the essay contest posted to Google Classroom - there are prizes! Read for Book It! Need some new books? Check out:[]. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here:[]. Thank you so much! Any student interested in earning back points on the Unit 2 Reading Assessment can see me during Design Time this week to complete the Test Analysis. 3/6: Complete the Survey on Google Classroom. Make flashcards for your new vocab list. Check out the essay contest posted to Google Classroom - there are prizes! Read for Book It! Need some new books? Check out: []. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: []. Thank you so much! Any student interested in earning back points on the Unit 2 Reading Assessment can see me during Design Time this week to complete the Test Analysis. 3/2: Finish classwork - Writing with Constraints. Read for Book It! Any student who would like to retake the Unit 2 Reading Assessment should see me during Design Time. 2/28: Finish No Red Ink for Commas if you didn't already do so. Make flashcards and review your vocabulary words for list 9. The words are on Google Classroom, and your quiz is next class. Read for Book It! Need some new books? Check out: []. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: []. Thank you so much! 2/26: Make flashcards and review your vocabulary words for list 9. The words are on Google Classroom. Read for Book It! Need some new books? Check out: https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers/. Please also consider supporting our Achieve 3000 Candy Social initiative by signing up to donate candy here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945aba82a1-3rdquarter. Thank you so much! 2/22: Study for your Unit 2 Reading Assessment next class. Everything in your SOL spiral notebook will be on the test (except for writing/grammar related content). Read for Book It! 2/20: Finish your Achieve 3000 article, "South Korean Grandma is a Star" if you didn't already do so. Make flashcards for your new vocabulary list #9. Study for your Unit 2 Reading Assessment. 2/15: Finish the Achieve 3000 article, "Turning Workouts into Watts." Study for your quiz on organizational patterns. Read for Book It! 2/13: Finish your final draft of the Unit 2 Written Assessment. Finish your Achieve 3000 article, "Check the Facts" if you didn't do so in class. Read for Book It! 2/9: Finish your Unit 2 Written Assessment (graphic organizer). Read for Book It! 2/7: Finish classwork: Make sure your body paragraphs are complete. Then, complete your Subject Verb Agreement for No Red Ink. 2/5: Complete the practice items of the "Building Sentences" for No Red Ink. Read for Book It! 2/1: Finish the "Components of a Sentence" for No Red Ink if you haven't already done so. Read for Book It! The last day to turn in any missing or incomplete work is Friday. 1/30: Finish the "Capitalizing and Formatting Titles" for No Red Ink if you haven't already done so. Read for Book It! Please bring in donations for our Quarter 2 Achieve 3000 Ice Cream Social! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABA82A1-2ndquarter All bonus Achieve 3000 articles are due to me by 1/31. 1/29: Finish the "Punctuating Dialogue" for No Red Ink if you haven't already done so. Read for Book It! Please bring in donations for our Quarter 2 Achieve 3000 Ice Cream Social! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABA82A1-2ndquarter All bonus Achieve 3000 articles are due to me by 1/31. 1/25: Read for Book It! Turn in any missing work. Please bring in donations for our Quarter 2 Achieve 3000 Ice Cream Social! @http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABA82A1-2ndquarter 1/23: Finish the Achieve 3000 article, "Shakespeare: Lost and Found?" Read for Book It! Please bring in donations for our Quarter 2 Achieve 3000 Ice Cream Social! @http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABA82A1-2ndquarter 1/19: Finish the Achieve 3000 article, "Looking for Treasure" if you didn't already do so in class. Read for Book It! Please bring in donations for our Quarter 2 Achieve 3000 Ice Cream Social! @http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABA82A1-2ndquarter 1/17: Study for your vocab quiz next class. Read for Book It! Finish any classwork. 1/12: Study for your quiz on Context Clues next class. Read for Book It! 1/2: Make flashcards for vocabulary list #8. Finish the Achieve 3000 article, "A New Sport" if you haven't done so already. Read for Book It! 12/19: Complete the Achieve 3000 article "Baseball Goes to China." This counts towards Book It! Remember, you need a total of four articles that are a 75% or higher, first try, for the month of December. Have a fantastic break!! 12/15: Quiz next class on “The All-American Slurp” (when we finish it) and figurative language. Read for Book It! 12/13: Finish Achieve 3000 article, "The Candy Man" if you didn't already do so in class. Read for Book It! Review today's notes on figurative language and its contribution to tone, mood, and characterization. 12/11: Study for your vocabulary quiz on lesson #7. Finish classwork: Make sure you have your SOL spiral notebook complete based on the Google Sites for figurative language. Then, identify (highlight) examples of figurative language in "The Jacket" in your Holt Interactive Reader. 12/7: Complete the Achieve 3000 article, "From Farm to Fork." This counts towards Book It! Bring headphones next class. 12/5: Finish final draft for the Unit 1 Written Assessment. Read for Book It! Make flashcards for your Vocab List #7. 12/1: Finish your rough draft for the Unit 1 Written Assessment. (Reminder, you are not to have help on this, but rather see me.) Read for Book It - December's starts today! :) 11/29: Study for your vocab quiz list #6 next class. Read for Book It - your November calendar is due next class! Check your Achieve 3000 Data Tracker. You must have at least four articles (non-stretch) with a score of 75% or higher first try. If you do not, you will need to complete additional articles on your own.  11/27: Finish any classwork. Read for Book It - the month of November ends soon!  11/21: Make flashcards for your new vocab list #6. Complete the Achieve 3000 article "Giving and Getting." Look for the connections between this article and "What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?" because your quiz will be next class. Read for Book It!  11/17: Finish Achieve 3000 ("Got Chocolate Milk?") if you didn't do so already. Review/finish your Pear Deck on "What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?" There will be a quiz next class after our discussion. Read for Book It!   11/15: Study for your vocabulary quiz on list #5. Study for your Unit 1 Reading Assessment on Friday! (Everything that is in your SOL spiral notebook will be tested - plot, subject, theme, inferencing, conflict, imagery, summarizing, main ideas, context clues, etc.) Read for Book It. Check out the bonus Achieve 3000 articles so that you can attend the ice cream social! 11/13: Study for your Unit 1 Reading Assessment on Friday! (Everything that is in your SOL spiral notebook will be tested - plot, subject, theme, inferencing, conflict, imagery, summarizing, main ideas, context clues, etc.) Read for Book It. Check out the bonus Achieve 3000 articles so that you can attend the ice cream social! 11/8: Review today's notes on summarizing and main ideas. Read for November's Book It! 11/3: Finish classwork on the Unit 1 Generalizations if you didn't already do so. Read for Book It! 11/1: Review your vocabulary words for list #4's quiz next class. Finish classwork: I n your Digital Writing Portfolio, answer the following question in a Panther Power Paragraph: How do George Saunders’s ideas about kindness apply to Heather? Explain how Heather fails to be kind as well as how she succeeds. Use textual evidence. Book It begins today for the month of November - happy reading! 10/30: Study for your quiz on "The Good Deed." You will need to know the conflict, imagery, plot, characters, and setting. Complete the Achieve 3000 article "Colonization: It Must be Witchcraft." Tomorrow is the last day to count minutes for October's Book It calendar! Parents, to encourage students to find a love for reading, the sixth grade English teachers are putting on an ice cream social for our students who earn five 100s on their Achieve 3000 activities! We would appreciate any donations to make this happen! Thank you!! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080945aba82a1-werocked 10/26: Finish your Pear Deck for "The Good Deed." The link can be found on Google Classroom. Make flashcards for Vocabulary List #4 - the list can be found on Google Classroom. Read for Book It! Parents, to encourage students to find a love for reading, the sixth grade English teachers are putting on an ice cream social for our students who earn five 100s on their Achieve 3000 activities! We would appreciate any donations to make this happen! Thank you!! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080945aba82a1-werocked 10/24: Read for Book It! Parents, to encourage students to find a love for reading, the sixth grade English teachers are putting on an ice cream social for our students who earn five 100s on their Achieve 3000 activities! We would appreciate any donations to make this happen! Thank you!! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080945aba82a1-werocked 10/20: Study vocabulary list #3 for your quiz next class. (The list can be found on Google Classroom.) Read for Book It! 10/18: Review conflict in your SOL spiral notebook. Read for Book It! 10/16: Make flashcards for Vocab list #3; a copy of the words can be found on Google Classroom. Read for Book It! 10/12: Review your SOL spiral notebook. Read for Book It! 10/10: Review your vocabulary words for your quiz on list #2. A copy of these words can be found on Google Classroom. Read for Book It! Be sure to show your parents your progress report if you got one. 10/5: Finish classwork and review your vocabulary: Open up your Digital Writing Portfolio in Google Slides. Add a new slide. Put today’s date and the following prompt. Then, answer it. Compose a personal narrative describing your most embarrassing moment or a time when you felt ashamed or humiliated. You can substitute another person—such as a parent, friend or completely fictional person—for yourself, but please use first-person point of view for the story’s narration. In the story, include all five components of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). 10/3: Finish classwork: Complete the "Making Inferences" graphic organizer for "Eleven" found on Google Classroom. Make flashcards for Vocabulary List #2. Study for your quiz on "Eleven" next class. Read for Book It! 9/29: Study for your quiz on plot next class! Finish identifying the following narrative elements in "Eleven": Theme, Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion, Protagonist, Antagonist, and Setting. Book It begins October 1st - happy reading! 9/25: Quiz next class on vocabulary list #1 and multiple meaning words. Review today's notes in your SOL spiral notebook. 9/25: Review today's notes. Review vocabulary list #1. A copy of the words can be found on Google Classroom. I suggest making flash cards. 9/21: Review today's notes. Review vocabulary list #1. A copy of the words can be found on Google Classroom. I suggest making flash cards. 9/19: Bring school supplies. 9/15: Finish classwork: Complete the Kaplan frame graphic organizer for your choice article (located on Google Classroom). This must be filled with direct quotes from the text. Return forms. Bring in supplies/donations. 9/13: Finish classwork: In a Panther Power Paragraph, contrast the experiences that sculpted your identity, who you are as a person, with an older family member. (This should be completed independently on Google Classroom.) Return forms. Bring in supplies/donations. 9/11: Bring your interview next class. Return any forms to your 1A teacher. Bring supplies/donations. 9/7: Return Chromebook form TOMORROW!! Conduct your interview for your writing piece. Here are the questions that you all brainstormed: Bring in school supplies (donations appreciated!) If you haven’t already done so, return any other forms to your 1A teacher, and make sure you’ve read the class expectations and filled in the Islanders Info Form. 9/5: Read my class expectations at the bottom of this page. Then, complete the Islander Information sheet: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeg0mETmpg7y5IsQfd3lB3dNcuqgyHS257faBlETXsv2Ds3OA/viewform?usp=sf_link . All forms needed by PAMS should be returned ASAP to your 1A teacher. Please try to have all materials by next class, and if you can, please bring in any class donations - thank you!
 * Homework: **

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 * Class Supplies Needed **
 * Three-ring binder containing a separate section for English
 * Loose-leaf paper
 * Pencils
 * Pens
 * Coloring Utensils
 * Highlighters
 * Spiral notebook with at least 100 pages
 * Flash drive (this will be used for all classes)
 * Agenda (which students will be given)
 * **Donations of tissues, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, paper towels, glue sticks, and any other classroom supplies would be greatly appreciated!**

**Class Expectations:** Please complete the Google Forms sheet acknowledging that you have read and reviewed these expectations with your student. Please submit form by 9/7/17! **

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