October 25 - October 29

Monday

·         English 7 – Review new vocabulary worksheet and sentences that were for homework for unit 7; review possessive nouns together by completing worksheet

·         PSSA English 9/10 – Even Day Groups – Students will complete the open-ended question in the book on the poem that they read, and then trade responses with each other. Students will use the grading rubric provided to score their partner’s response accordingly and provide a written explanation of why the student earned the given score. Students will then complete lessons 18-21 in the book for independent PSSA practice.

Tuesday

·         English 7 – Work independently on written exercises in book on appositives; notes on appositives; notes on collective and compound nouns and begin practice exercises in book

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Discuss talking to text notes on passages from last class and responses to questions; students will then move on to chapter 2 in the book and complete lessons 1 – 3 (Differentiating fact from opinion and differentiating essential vs. non-essential information).

Wednesday

·         English 7 – Jeopardy review game; review homework on collective and compound nouns

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups  – Discuss talking to text notes on passages from last class and responses to questions; students will then move on to chapter 2 in the book and complete lessons 1 – 3 (Differentiating fact from opinion and differentiating essential vs. non-essential information).

Thursday

·         English 7 – Vocabulary quiz for unit 7; unit 8 – complete definitions, worksheet, sentences

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Review lessons 1-3 in chapter 2 together. Students will then use the newspaper to find one article that includes only facts and no opinions. They will summarize the article and list the facts (5 W’s). Students will then also find one article of their choice that includes both facts and opinions. Students will summarize the article and identify the facts and opinions with the article. Students will share their summaries out loud with the class.

Friday

·         English 7 – Review vocab. on PPT; review unit on nouns – kinds of nouns (concrete/abstract, common/proper), singular and plural, collective and compound, exact nouns, appositives, and possessive nouns; students will complete review exercises for each set of nouns as a review for the test next week

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Review lessons 1-3 in chapter 2 together. Students will then use the newspaper to find one article that includes only facts and no opinions. They will summarize the article and list the facts (5 W’s). Students will then also find one article of their choice that includes both facts and opinions. Students will summarize the article and identify the facts and opinions with the article. Students will share their summaries out loud with the class.

October 18 - October 22

Monday

·         English 7 – Review new vocabulary worksheet and sentences that were for homework for unit 6; literature book – review the short story read on Friday and complete the worksheets on cause and effect, conflict, and vocabulary.

·         PSSA English 9/10 – Odd Day Groups – Review and discuss lessons 13-16 in PSSA book. Discuss meter, rhyme, rhythm, and literary devices used within the poem. Review the questions for lessons 13-16. Review the sample PSSA poem and questions that go with it. We will discuss the open-ended responses also. Students will then complete the next section, “What’s expected on the PSSA” in the book.

Tuesday

·         English 7 – Finish work on short story if not fully completed yesterday; review homework worksheets from last week; notes on possessive nouns; complete exercises in book on possessive nouns; worksheet on possessives

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Review and discuss lessons 13-16 in PSSA book. Discuss meter, rhyme, rhythm, and literary devices used within the poem. Review the questions for lessons 13-16. Review the sample PSSA poem and questions that go with it. We will discuss the open-ended responses also. Students will then complete the next section, “What’s expected on the PSSA” in the book.

Wednesday

·         English 7 – Jeopardy review game; review homework; discuss appositives and complete exercise in the book

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups  – Discuss “what’s expected on the PSSA” section of the book; complete lessons 18-21 in the book for independent PSSA practice.

Thursday

·         English 7 – Vocabulary quiz for unit 6; unit 7 – definitions, worksheet, sentences

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Discuss “what’s expected on the PSSA” section of the book; complete lessons 18-21 in the book for independent PSSA practice.

Friday

·         English 7 – Review vocab. on PPT; notes on collective and compound nouns; complete exercises in book on nouns; exact nouns – notes and discuss and complete exercise in book

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Discuss talking to text notes on passages from last class and responses to questions; students will then move on to chapter 2 in the book and complete lessons 1 – 3 (Differentiating fact from opinion and differentiating essential vs. non-essential information).

October 11 - October 15

Monday

·         English 7 – No school for students

·         PSSA English 9/10 – No school for students

Tuesday

·         English 7 – No school for students

·         PSSA English 9/10 - No school for students

Wednesday

·         English 7 – Review vocabulary units 4 and 5 on PPT for test tomorrow; review sample sentences for vocabulary terms; collect homework sentences

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Write definitions for unfamiliar literary devices from survey and discuss terms on survey. Begin working on lessons 13-16 in the PSSA book (poetry).

Thursday

·         English 7 – Vocabulary test on units 1 – 5; Vocabulary unit 6 words - look up definitions and create images for each; vocab. worksheet, and creating sentences for each word.

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Write definitions for unfamiliar literary devices from survey and discuss terms on survey. Begin working on lessons 13-16 in the PSSA book (poetry).

Friday

·         English 7 – Review correct vocabulary definitions on PPT; journal entry and SSR (short story in literature book); graphic organizer for short story

·         PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – PSSA sample test: Read a poem and use talking to text strategy while reading critically. Students will then complete multiple choice questions that follow and one open-ended question.