Wednesday, January 19, 2011

January 17, 2011 - January 21, 2011

Monday - No School Today - Teacher In-Service Day


Tuesday - No School - Snow Day


Wednesday
• English 7 – Review midterm exam grades; Review vocabulary unit 15 definitions, worksheet, and sentences; collect vocab. Unit 15 packet if we have enough time to review all of it

• PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Students will finish work that they owe from the PSSA grade 11 book.

Thursday
• English 7 – Finish reviewing vocabulary unit 15 packet (if necessary); Students will then begin a unit on verbs; Notes on action and being verbs and linking verbs; practice exercises from the textbook (p. 100-103); students will complete a worksheet for homework – due tomorrow

• PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Discuss rules/expectations and procedures for the classroom.
Review course outline.


Friday
• English 7 – Jeopardy review game for unit 15 vocabulary; students will also review the worksheet on verbs that was homework for today; notes on verb phrases and practice exercises with verb phrases in the textbook (p. 104-106); worksheet on verb phrases for homework – due Monday

• PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups - Discuss rules/expectations and procedures for the classroom.
Review course outline.

Monday, January 10, 2011

January 10, 2011 - January 14, 2011

Monday
• English 7 – Midterm Exam for period 2 English class

• PSSA English 9/10 – Odd Day Groups – Students will analyze the setting of a literary passage by completing lesson 19 in the PSSA grade 11 book (p. 157). As a class, we will discuss the results of this lesson and any questions students may have.

Tuesday
• English 7 – Midterm Exam for period 6 English class

• PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will analyze the setting of a literary passage by completing lesson 19 in the PSSA grade 11 book (p. 157). As a class, we will discuss the results of this lesson and any questions students may have.

Wednesday
• English 7 – Midterm Exam for period 3 English class

• PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Students will analyze the theme of a literary passage by completing lesson 20 in the PSSA grade 11 book. As a class, we will discuss the results of this lesson and any questions students may have.

Thursday
• English 7 – Midterm Exam for period 5 English class; all other classes will follow a 2 hr. delay schedule today and will complete a journal entry

• PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will analyze the theme of a literary passage by completing lesson 20 in the PSSA grade 11 book. As a class, we will discuss the results of this lesson and any questions students may have.

Friday
• English 7 – No School for Students – Teacher In-Service Day

• PSSA English 9/10 - No School for Students – Teacher In-Service Day

Monday, January 3, 2011

January 3, 2011 - January 7, 2011

Monday
• English 7 – Review unit on nouns by completing sections in the textbook (p. 94-98)

• PSSA English 9/10 – Even Day Groups – Students will practice reading a sample PSSA passage and complete an open-ended question based on the passage. Students will then begin lesson 18 in the grade 11 PSSA book on “Analyzing Literary Structures.”

Tuesday
• English 7 – Review nouns unit by discussing the work completed for today from the textbook.

• PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Students will practice reading a sample PSSA passage and complete an open-ended question based on the passage. Students will then begin lesson 18 in the grade 11 PSSA book on “Analyzing Literary Structures.”

Wednesday
• English 7 – Students will finish reviewing for the nouns section of the midterm and begin working on the pronouns review section in the textbook (p. 316 - 324)

• PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will complete lesson 18 in the PSSA book on analyzing literary structures.

Thursday
• English 7 – Students will review for the midterm exam by discussing the review sections on pronouns from the textbook together as a class.

• PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Students will complete lesson 18 in the PSSA book on analyzing literary structures.

Friday
• English 7 – Review for the midterm exam by discussing the review sections on pronouns from the textbook.

• PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will work on lesson 19 in the PSSA grade 11 book (analyzing setting).