CORE+1-4

=March 19- April 5th= All classes will be working with Poetry for the rest of this nine weeks and the start of the fourth nine weeks. These are the terms will be working with in class and the types of poems that we will study.

All Classes will write different kinds of poetry each day and compile them at the end of this unit.

== =Monday through Thursday they will have homework that deals with poetry or Figurative Language.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =February 20-24th=

CORE 1
WE ARE READING THE NOVEL __THE GIVER__. WE ARE ON CHAPTER 10 AND WE ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS WE READ.

THE NEW VOCABULARY FOR THIS WEEK IS ... WE ARE WORKING IN CLASS EVERY DAY WITH THESE WORDS. ==

WE WILL HAVE A WRITING ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK THAT RELATES TO A TOPIC FROM THIS NOVEL. WE WILL FILL OUT THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FIRST AND THEN WORK ON ROUGH DRAFTS.
HOMEWORK: MONDAY-THURSDAY

CORE 2
WE ARE WORKING TO FINISH UP OUR GROUP PROJECTS FROM __THE MAN WHO WAS POE.__ ALL OF NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK WEDNESDAY AND STUDENTS WILL GET NEW TERMS AND PROJECTS FOR THIS UNIT. THE TERMS WILL BE A PART OF THE MAJOR TEST FOR THIS PLAY.

=CORES 3-4= WE ARE WORKING TO FINISH THE PROJECTS FOR CHARLOTTE DOYLE IN CLASS. WE WILL START THE NOVEL __SOMEONE WAS WATCHING__ AND WORK WITH THIS NOVEL FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. VOCABULARY FOR THIS NOVEL: **__ Someone was Watching __**** Vocabulary **
 * 1. **** Contaminating: to make something impure, unclean, or polluted **
 * 2. **** Incident: something that happens, especially a single event **
 * 3. **** Bewildered: to confuse or puzzle somebody completely **
 * 4. **** Horizon: ** **to confuse or puzzle somebody completely**
 * 5. **** stride: walk with long steps **
 * 6. **** Presumed: believe something to be true **
 * 7. **** Uneasiness: anxious **
 * 8. **** Suspicions: feeling of something wrong **
 * 9. **** Sentinel: a guard **
 * 10. Acquainted: get to know **

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Core 1= =February 6-10th= We will be **quizzing on the terms Wednesday** for the __Giver__ chapters 1-5. We are reading the novel in class and taking notes as we read this novel.

=**CORE 2**= =We are working on group projects for __The Man Who Was Poe__ novel in class.= We have started a new novel __Nothing But the Truth__ and the students will have assignments to complete with this novel.

=Students have a biography assignment that is due on Feb. 16th and the requirements are listed here:= =Each student was given an author to complete this assignment.=
 * DUE FRIDAY!!!! The Man Who was Poe materials are due this Friday.**

=**Cores 3-4**= =We are working on finishing the novel __True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle__.= =These are the requirements:= =Students will be working in groups to produce a board game for this novel.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =January 24-27th= We are reading the novel __Schooled__ and we are working on our parts of speech with Kagan groups and strategies. =We will not have vocabulary this week.=
 * We are quizzes on the terms for List # 3 Wednesday.**
 * Students have projects that are due for this novel on Feb. 17th**
 * 1st Core**

=3rd and 4th Core= We are reading the novel, __The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle__, and students are working on items that correspond to the novel. We are also working with the eight parts of speech through Kagan strategies. =We will have a voc. quiz on Friday=
 * 2nd Core**
 * We are reading the novel, A Man Who was Poe, and working on our work for the novel in class**
 * There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.**
 * Students will receive a Biography Assignment and author for reasearch on Tuesday.**


 * Vocabulary terms Charlotte Doyle # 2 **

December 5-9 Core 1 PROGRESS REPORTS DECEMBER 6th We are reading the novel Someone was Watching on class. Students are taking notes on the elements from the novel as well as the plot from each chapter. New terms will be given on Monday and I will post them Monday afternoon. We will quiz on Friday December 9th.
 * Censure: blame, criticize harshly **
 * Chastened: inflict punishment **
 * Sardonically: mockery **
 * Fathom: understand **
 * Laconically: not caring **
 * Naïve: simple. Unaffected **
 * Unstinting: unrestricted **
 * Punctilious: very exact, particular **
 * Complicity: partnership in wrong doing **
 * Decrepit: old and feeble **
 * Dire: urgent or terrible **
 * Scrutiny: examine closely **
 * Maelstrom: turmoil **
 * Abated: diminish **
 * Concocted: plan or make up **

Core 2 We are starting __Seer of Shadows__ in class on Monday. Students have Pearl packages that are due on Friday the 9th. Terms for this week are listed below... =Quiz on Friday the 9th=

=We will have a project for this novel that I will send home in the coming weeks. I will post here what the project requirements will be for you all to have access to this week.= =CORE 3-4=

=We will be starting a new novel in class called __Schooled.__ Students wil be given a word list on Monday that I will post once they receive these terms on Monday.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =November 28-December 2, 2011= =Core I=

Terms this week are nonfiction related terms. We will test on these at the end of the nonfiction unit.
=We will have work from each story and HW sheets that correspond to the readings of these stories in class.=

=Core 2= =We will continue to read __The Pearl__ in class and work on materials for this novel.=

These terms will be quizzed on December 1 from the novel.
**__ The Pearl __**** Vocabulary ** ** Quiz December 1, 2011 **


 * 1) ** parable: a story told to demonstrate a moral or spiritual truth **
 * 2) ** throng: a crowd of people moving together in the same direction **
 * 3) ** foliage: grass, leaves, vegetation **
 * 4) ** sinister: evil, spooky, frightening **
 * 5) ** goading: mocking, challenging someone to act **
 * 6) ** ulcerous: like an infected wound **
 * 7) ** graft: to take a part of the living things and stick to another thing to grow **
 * 8) ** vigor: strength, power **
 * 9) ** contemptuous: lacking respect or mocking **
 * 10) ** lethargy: tiredness, lack of energy, sleepiness **
 * 11) ** crafty; clever or tricky **
 * 12) ** brittle: not strong or easily broken **
 * 13) ** shimmer: to shine or glow **
 * 14) ** scrawl: in a panicky, hurried way **
 * 15) ** mirage: something you imagine that you can see, something unreal, something that tricks your eyes. **

== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =November 14-18= We are working with our new vocabulary in this file it is Chapter 3 words. OUR QUIZ ON THESE TERMS IS TUESDAY THE 22ND.
 * We will have a writing assigment that also goes with the novel and a essay test. **
 * Cores 3-4 **
 * We will finish the novel __Remembering the Good Times,__ we will test on this novel on Wednesday November 30th. **
 * We will start the new novel, __Schooled,__ Thursday. We will get new terms on Monday from Chapter 4 Unit 1 the quiz will be Thursday December 1, 2011. **
 * Core 1**

WED. HW Write a sentence with each word. We are still reading in the novel __The Duplicate__ and working to answer the questions for the chapters as we read in class THURS. HW Christian Dior, Fashion Designer Friday: NO HW for 1st core

We have started reading __The Pearl__ in class and working with the chapters and the vocabulary for this novel. QUIZ ON TUESDAY 22nd on terms from the short story unit.
 * Core 2**


 * Cores 3-4**

We are working together to read __Remembering the Good Times__ in class. We have questions to answer from each chapter and lesson activities broken into three parts for this novel. All work will be done in class. WED HW: Standing for Peace: Oscar Romero Thur: NO HW, study terms Fri. NO HW, Study terms QUIZ TUESDAY the 22nd Terms for this week are Unit 1 Chapter 3

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Core 1 November 7-10th= We will quiz tomorrow on the words for the week and we will receive new words on Tuesday. This quiz will be on Tuesday, Novmeber 15. =Unit 2 words are the words for this week.= We started a new novel in class this week called __The Duplicate__. We are taking notes on each chapter we read in class.

=Core 2 November 7 -10th=

We are still working on our short story unit. We worked with Monkey's Paw Monday and we will work on Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Tuesday in class. We have a field trip on Wed. and Thurs we will complete all work for the short stories on Thurs.

=Cores 3 and 4 November 7-10th= Writings are due Tuesday on Outsiders options. Monday we finished up the Outsiders assignments and we will quiz on the terms on Tuesday. Students will receive their new words on Tuesday and the quiz will be on Tuesday the 15th. =Unit 2 will the words for next week.= Tuesday we will start a new novel __Remember the Good Times__. Students will have work to complete for each chapter read in class. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Cores 1,3, and 4 October 31-November 4=
 * We will work on completing all assignments for __The Outsider__ novel. We will finish the Wanted Posters and work in our Kagan groups to complete assignments related to the novel.**
 * Cores 3 and 4 will complete the vocabulary packet for the novel by Friday the 4th**
 * NEW WORD LIST QUIZ ON MONDAY 7th**
 * Only Chapter 1 the others will follow in the weeks to come..**

=Students will have HW all week working with these words. The quiz will be these words put into the appropriate sentences. There will be a Word Bank.=

= = =Cores 3 and 4 will be reading the novel __Remembering the Good Times__.= = = =CORE 2 October 31-Nov. 4th= We will be reading the short stories, "Monkey's Paw", " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "The Tell Tale Heart", The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". We will be working in groups and indivudually to complete the assignments for these short stories.
 * We will test on Friday the 4th on The Outsiders and students will complete a Study Guide prior to the test.**
 * Core 1 will start a new novel this nine weeks called __The Duplicate.__**

WORD LIST for these stories: =At the end of this unit students from each group will act out one of these stories that will be assigned to their Kagan groups.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Cores 1, 3, and 4 October 17-21= =There will be a quiz on the 20th for the vocabulary words and and Quiz on chapters 1-6 on Friday from the novel readings.=
 * AR ends on the 27th of October**
 * Monday-Friday**
 * We will be reading from the novel The Outsiders and working on study guides in class and working in groups to review the vocabulary.**


 * Tuesday is the nine weeks testing for all classes on the computer.**

= = =**Monday-Friday**=
 * HW: Monday and Wednesday nights**
 * Core 2**
 * We will watch the Treasure Island movie and find the differences between the novel and the movie. Monday and Wed.**
 * Tuesday is the nine weeks test on the computer.**


 * Thursday and Friday students will work in their groups to finish the board game projects for Treasure Island.**

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Cores 1, 3, and 4 October 10-14= We will be quizzing on Tuesday October 11th on the words from last week and will receive the new words listed below on Tueday.
 * HW: Monday and Wed. nights Reading Comprehension selections**

** Vocabulary Words Outsiders ** ** Quiz October 18, 2011 **


 * 1) ** Editorial: **** an article in a newspaper or other periodical presenting the opinion of the publisher, [|editor], or [|editors] . **
 * 2) ** Hesitation **** : **** a **** state **** of [|doubt] or uncertainty. **

= = =We will be in the mini lab on Tuesday, Weds., and Friday of this week working on a Research project "The Day I was Born". The students will be researching the day and year they were born and making power points to show to the class on their research.= Tuesday's HW; Writing Assignment
 * 1) ** Nonchalantly **** : **** coolly unconcerned, **** indifferent ****, **** or unexcited; casual **
 * 2) ** Rebellious **** : **** inclined to rebel. **
 * 3) ** elude: ** to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery,
 * 4) ** indignant **** : **** feeling ****, **** characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust **
 * 5) ** Divert **** : ** to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
 * 6) ** Recurring: ** occurring or appearing again.
 * 7) ** Stupor **** : in a daze **
 * 8) ** Vague **** : not clear **


 * On Monday and Thursday we will be reading in the Outsiders and taking notes on these chapters.**


 * HW: MONDAY and Thursday Context clues Worksheets**

There will be a test on Chapters 16-34 on Thursday of this week and their packets are due on this day.
= = =We will be in the mini lab on Tues., Wed, and Friday working on pirate research and Unsolved Mysteries. The students will make power points of the materials researched and present them to the class.= =Tuesday's HW that is due on Friday = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Cores 1, 3, and 4 October 3-7= We will working with Kagan groups all week and reviewing Vocabulary words for this week in groups and using Graphic organizers. =Look for the week when the quiz is on Tuesday October 11th= Graphic organizer used in HW and groups

We will be reading from the novel __The Outsiders__ and taking notes on these chapters.

Students will be working on their Wanted Posters from characters from the novel. Each student will be assigned a character from the novel.

HW: We will be working on Reading Comprehension and Context Clues for unfamiliar vocabulary.

Students will be reading the odd chapters in Treasure Island from chapters 23,25,27, 29, and 31. They will do the Sea Logs for these chapters and turn in daily.
Look for words from Chapters 22-27.
 * Terms for Chapters 22-27 were given Monday and the quiz is on Monday 10th (change from the schedule)**

_ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Cores 1, 3 and 4 September 26-September 29 =

We will be working in Kagan groups with items from the novel THE OUTSIDERS. Students will view a powerpoint on the items from the '60s and they will be working with the words from the novel. == == = Quiz on the terms October 4th = = Tuesday night's HW two word Graphic organizer. =

**Homework using Context Clues Wed. and Thursday** = = = = = **Core 2** = =September 26-September 29= =Follow the schedule for Treasure Island Quiz on 16-21 and the terms Oct. 3rd= == = HW: Nightly reading of ODD Chapters. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =September 6-9=
 * We will start reading The Outsiders and working with each character in groups.**

We will be working with short stories this week and using the fiction terms to analyze these stories.
"Charles", "Thank you M'am", and "Raymond's Run" there will be Homework and quizzes with each of these stories. After this unit we will begin reading __Bronx Masquerade__ in class. We will starting a new novel __Bronx Masequerade__ students will have a quiz on the terms given and they are located below. This quiz will be on Friday the 16th. We will also go to the library for the first time on Friday. Students will have a writing activity for HW this week it is also posted below.
 * September 12-16**

=CORE 2 September 5-9= We will be working with the short stories " Dinner Party", "The Necklace", and 'Story of an Hour" There will be work with each of these short stories and a test and the end of this unit.

We will start our first novel after this short story unit.

**SEPTEMBER 12-October 13th**

 * We are working with the novel Treasure Island and every student has a schedule of events for the days to come through October. I will attach this below. They are responsible for the readings of all the even chapters and the Sea Logs for these chapters. There are quizzes announced on the schedule sheets and the students are given the terms for each quiz. The quizzes from the novel chapters come from the questions they answer from their readings.**

We will be working with short stories this week and using the fiction terms to analyze these stories.
"Charles", "Thank you M'am", and "Raymond's Run" there will be Homework and quizzes with each of these stories. After this unit we will begin reading __Bronx Masquerade__ in class. = = =September 12-16= We will starting a new novel __Bronx Masequerade__ students will have a quiz on the terms given and they are located below. This quiz will be on Friday the 16th. We will also go to the library for the first time on Friday. Students will have a writing activity for HW this week it is also posted below. == = = == =CORE 4 September 5-9= =We will be working with short stories this week and using the fiction terms to analyze these stories.= "Charles", "Thank you M'am", and "Raymond's Run" there will be Homework and quizzes with each of these stories. After this unit we will begin reading __Bronx Masquerade__ in class. = = =September 12-16= We will starting a new novel __Bronx Masequerade__ students will have a quiz on the terms given and they are located below. This quiz will be on Friday the 16th. We will also go to the library for the first time on Friday. Students will have a writing activity for HW this week it is also posted below.