May 27th (A) and 28th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading- CARDS/PROJECTS DUE TODAY!
*Finish Marking Period 4 in Speak: (Pg. 148-198)

Please check Skyward for missing assignments. Last day to turn in work of any kind is JUNE 1st!!!!

May 22nd (A) and May 26th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent reading while reading Speak
*Finished 3rd Marking Period (Pg. 107-137)
*3rd Art Project
*Start 4th Marking Period (Pg, 141-148)

May 20th (A) and 21st (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading while reading Speak
*Finish up "2nd Marking Period" in novel (pg. 65-92)
*Complete 2nd art project
*Start "3rd Marking Period" (pg. 94-107)

Misc:
PLEASE check Skyward for missing assignments. 
Turn in library books and pay any fines. 
Reading logs and projects are due in 2 class periods! You can turn in your MWDS as soon as you finish. 

May 18th (A) and 19th (B)

No journal 

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*Read pages 22-46; finish the "first marking period"
*15 minutes to work on our first "art" project
*Begin "second marking period"- pages 49-65

May 14th (A) and 15th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*30 minutes to finish/polish vignettes- DUE by MIDNIGHT TODAY!
*Anticipation Guide for Speak 
*Pg. 3-22; intro to final assignment for the novel 

May 12th (A) and 13th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*20 minutes of Typing Time
*Peer Review (those who were absent will NEED to have this completed by a parent/friend outside of school)
*Revision Time
*Drafts DUE to me at the end of CLASS! (send to alyssa.topham@jordandistrict.org) 

Final drafts will be due NEXT TIME by the end of the day (midnight)! Students will have about 30 minutes next class to work on them/polish them up. 

May 8th (A) May 11th (B)

No journal. 

Agenda:

• Silent Reading- 10 minutes
• Drafts/Activity Packets should be on your desk. Pick TWO of your favorite vignettes that you’d like to turn into published work. We’re starting drafting today!
• Sign in to your google docs. (Ask a neighbor if you can’t remember how to do this/can’t remember your school email. Yep, you all have one.)
• Type your two vignettes. Please remember to follow MLA format. (See handout that will be passed out.)
• Save your two vignettes in google docs. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SEND THEM TO ME TODAY. We will turn them in next time. However, this is the day in class that you have time to write them, so work hard!

May 6th (A) and 7th (B)

No more journals for the rest of the school year. :) 

***Personal Response Question for House on Mango Street Activities***

Answer the following question and then state how it connects to The House on Mango Street:

Where does our sense of identity come from? žHow can you see this theme played out in the novel? Give at least 3 specific examples.

Drafts #1-5 DUE!

All HMS Activities DUE!

May 4th (A) and 5th (B)

Journal #60- JOURNALS DUE TODAY!

Esperanza complains: “I am tired of looking at what we can’t have.” List at least 3 things that you want, but you know you can’t have. What would have to change in order for you to achieve/get these things?  

What will be COLLECTED Next Class:

*Drafts #1-5

*"Activities" we've done while reading The House on Mango Street: 

“The House on Mango Street”- 5 inferences + Evidence

“Hairs”- Description of Family (JOURNAL #54)

“Boys and Girls”- Free Write

“My Name” – Free Write

Chart of 5 Sentences You “Liked”

“Four Skinny Trees” sentence graphing activity

Personal Response (Will do next class) 

April 30th (A) and May 1st (B)

Journal #59:

žWarm-up Write: What has been your favorite book you’ve read so far this year? (It doesn’t have to be in class.)

žWhat has been your favorite book you’ve EVER read in a Language Arts class? Why was it your favorite? 

April 28th (A) and 29th (B)

Journal #58:

žQuick “review” quiz on literary terms:

žWhat is a “theme”? Give an example of a theme from ONE of the following movies:

Cinderella

The Dark Knight Rises

The Sandlot

žChange these one-word-wanna-be-themes from Night into actual themes:

Family

Survival

Humanity 

4th QUARTER SCHEDULE! ALL DUE DATES ARE SET!

4th Quarter Schedule 

Last day to take late work is JUNE 1st!

April 24th (A) and 27th (B)

Journal #57:

žRead “A Rice Sandwich” (pg. 43-45)

žWarm-up Write: Think about a time in either elementary or middle school where you were completely embarrassed about something. What was the incident? How was it handled? Why do you still remember this? 

April 22nd (A) and 23rd (B)

Journal #56:

žSAGE Reflection:

žNow that we’ve completed our 2nd SAGE test, talk about how you felt you did.

How “hard” do you think it was?

What was challenging for you?

What was easy for you?

What do you wish we would have gone over more? 

April 20th (A day only)

No journal today. 

SAGE testing- Day #2

April 16th (A) and 17th (B)

No journal today. 

Silent reading and SAGE testing- Day 1. 

April 14th (A) and 21st (B)

Journal #55:

žRead “Cathy, Queen of Cats” (Pg. 12)

žDescribe a "bad" friend you have had. Why were you friends with them?

April 10th (A) and 13th (B)

Journal #54

žRead “Hairs” on page 6-7

žDescribe each of your immediate family’s hair. Use unconventional symbols to describe it. Look at the text as a model. 

April 8th (A) and April 9th (B)

Journal #53:

Read the poem and answer the following questions:

One thing I notice is....

One thing I recognize is....

One thing I like about this poem is....

I like it because...

The mood of the poem is...

I believe this because....

This poem is about...

I think this because...

I Want to Be

by Sandra Cisneros

I want to be

like the waves on the sea,

like the clouds in the wind,

but I'm me.

One day I'll jump

Out of my skin.

I'll shake the sky

like a hundred violins.

April 1st (A) and 7th (B)

No Journal Today!

See schedule for agenda.