Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

 Week 1

 08/11

PBS lessons

08/12

Course Syllabus, Rules, & Expectations discussion

08/13

Journal Entry 1

Writing - Movie Review

Public Speaking notes

08/14

Journal Entry 2

Library Orientation

Study for Test

08/15

Rules & Expectations Test

Public Speaking Practice

Week 2

08/18

Vocabulary List 1

PTA Open House

08/19

DOL 1

Grammar Practice

4 types of sentences

08/20

Journal Entry 3

Writing - I Am poem

08/21

Journal Entry 4

Study for Test

08/22

Vocabulary Test 1

Week 3

08/25

Vocabulary List 2

08/26

DOL 2

Reading - The Treasure of Lemon Brown

08/27

Journal Entry 5

Literary Terms

08/28

Journal Entry 6

Writing - Blues Song

Study for Test

08/29

Vocabulary Test 2

Laptop Orientation

Required Writings Sharing

Week 4

Labor Day

09/02

Vocabulary List 3

09/03

DOL 3

Noun Practice

09/04

DOL 3 - continued

"It's the End of the World as we Know it"

09/05

Laptop Roll out

Week 5

09/08

Vocabulary Test 3

09/09

Vocabulary List 4

09/10

Journal Entry 7

Writing - Writing Territories List

09/11

Journal Entry 8

Progress Reports

Study for Test

09/12

Vocabulary Test 4

Week 6

09/15

Vocabulary List 5

 09/16

Publish assignments

Writing Territories

09/17

Journal Entry 9

09/18

Pep rally preparation

Study for Test

09/19

Vocabulary Test 5

Finish typing all required writings

Week 7

09/22

Vocabulary List 6

09/23

DOL 4

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 1

09/24

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 2

09/25

Journal Entry 10

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 3

Study for Test

09/26

Vocabulary Test 6

Think Link assessment

SSR

Week 8

09/29

Vocabulary List 7

09/30

DOL 5

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 4

10/01

Journal Entry 11

Make sure ALL required writings are typed and printed

I Am poem, Blues Song, & 12-line love poem

10/02

Journal Readings

Study for Test

Required Writing Due

10/03

Vocabulary Test 7

SSR

Week 9

10/06

Vocabulary List 8

10/07

DOL 6

Literature - Pigs/

Chapters 5 & 6

10/08

Journal Entry 12

Journal Readings

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 7

Take some time to work on your Pigs Packet

10/09

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 8

Study for Test

10/10

Vocabulary Test 8

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 9

Week 10

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

10/13

Vocabulary List 9

10/14

DOL 7

Grammar - Verbs

10/15

Work on short stories - edit verb tense

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 10

10/16

Study for Test

Literature - Pigs/

Chapter 11

10/17

Vocabulary Test 9

Week 2

No School

10/21

Practice characterization 

10/22

Act out chapters from A Day no Pigs would die

10/23 

Literature - Pigs/

Chapters 12 & 13

10/24

A Day no Pigs would die quiz

Chapters 14 & 15

Week 3

10/27

Work on Pigs packet - Theme and Characterization

10/28

Work on Pigs packet - Chapter Summaries, Dialect, and Accent

10/29

Work on Pigs packet - inferences and caption writing for Photo Analysis

10/30

Work on Pigs packet - Chapter Summaries, Dialect, and Accent

Complete Pigs packet

10/31 

Pigs packets due

Reformat Pigs packet.

Print out Pigs packets

Week 4

11/03

Writing - Obituary

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocabulary List 1

11/04

DOL 7

Vocabulary Practice

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Pages 1-19

11/05

Journal Entry 13

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Pages 20-38

11/06

Study for Test

Bring money for the Book Fair

The Five People you meet in Heaven

Read Pages 39-55

11/07

Visit the Book Fair

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocab. List 1 test

Do WOW #1

Week 5

11/10

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocabulary List 2

Read pages 56-78

No School

11/12

Grammar - Direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, & predicate adjectives

People are Strange

11/13

Grammar - Direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, & predicate adjectives

People are Strange

11/14

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocab. List 2 test

Grammar Test

Week 6

11/17

Progress Reports

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocabulary List 3

Read pages 98-105

Do WOW #2

11/18

Writing - Avoiding passive tense verbs

Grammar book - pages 111-112

Work on short stories - editing

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Read pages 105-119

11/19

Take Quiz 4 - The Five People you meet in Heaven

Do a Writing Response to the song "Heaven" by Michael English

Read pages 120-128

11/20

Discuss The Writing Process

Work on short stories - editing/revising

The Five People you meet in Heaven

Read pages 129-144

11/21

The Five People you meet in Heaven - Vocab. List 3 test

Research religious beliefs of Heaven

Read pages 145-159

Week 7

11/24

Do Characterization Chart for The Five People you meet in Heaven

Read pages 160-178

11/25

Finish The Five People you meet in Heaven

Thanksgiving Break

Week 8

12/01

Compare and contrast the movie and book The Five People you meet in Heaven

Vocabulary List 4

12/02

Compare and contrast the movie and book The Five People you meet in Heaven

12/03

Field Trip to Alabama Shakespeare Festival

12/04

Study for test

Do WOW #3

Present religion power points presentations

Work on packets

12/05

Vocab. List 4 test

Visit library

Work on packets

Work on short stories

Week 9

12/08

Practice essay writing

Work on packets

Work on short stories

12/09

Complete packets

12/10

Practice speaking without using filler words

Work on Writing territories

12/11

Required Writings Due

Share short stories

Discuss classroom objects

12/12

Five People packet due

T-shirt money due

Week 10

12/15

Grammar practice

Review

12/16

Vocabulary Practice

for Semester

12/17

Literature practice

Exams

12/18

Semester

12/19

Exams