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Sept. 8-11

• Warm ups 1-4
• Classical Roots Lesson 1
• General Information-Syllabus/Reading logs/Classical Roots/Planner
• Benchmark Test-Data Director
• Essay-Five paragraph describing how you have changed in 6th & 7th /goals for 8th

Sept. 14-18

• Warm ups 5-7
• Classical Roots Lesson 2
• Self-portrait poem/illustration
• Literary devices notes
• Classical Roots Study sheet
• Test-Classical Roots spelling & vocab Lessons 1 & 2
• Elements of Fiction notes (side 1)
• Great Depression video/notes

Sept. 21-25

• Warm ups 8-10
• Classical Roots Lesson 3
• To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 1-4
• Storyboards 1-4 TKAM
• Elements of Fiction notes (side 2)
• Self-portrait poems due typed Tues. Sept. 22nd
• Classical Roots Test Thurs/Fri. Lesson 3 Spelling & Vocabulary

Sept. 28-Oct. 2

•  Warm ups 11-12
• Classical Roots Lesson 4
• Open book Test Chapters 1-4 TKAM due!
• Storyboards due Chapters 1-4 TKAM.
• TKAM Chapters 5-8
• Elements of Fiction (side 2) Powerpoint
• Classical Roots Lesson 4 Test-Thurs/Fri.
• Timelines (Instruction)

Oct. 5-9

• Warm ups 13-15
• TKAM Chapters 9-11
• Classical Roots Lesson 5
• Elements of Fiction Test- Thurs/Fri.
• Timelines-Illustration of major event/Elements of Fiction, Literary device,lesson/Historical information
• Classical Roots Test Lesson 5 Spelling & Vocabulary-Thurs./Fri.

Oct. 12-16

• Warm ups 16-18
• Classical Roots Lesson 6
• TKAM-Quote Identification
• Mockingbird powerpoint
• Teaching tolerance video
• Review TKAM Chapters 1-11
• Timeline due Wed. TKAM
• TKAM Chapters 12 & 13
• No test this week for Classical Roots!
• Self-selected book and reaading log check Wed. Oct. 14th

Coming up next week:

Reading logs due Oct. 21st.

Six week test Oct. 22nd/23rd

Oct. 19-23

• Classical Roots Lesson 7
• TKAM notes
• Study Guide for Six Week Test
• Six Week Test-Thurs/Fri.
• Reading logs due Wednesday!

Oct. 26-30

• Warm ups 18-20
• Classical Roots Lesson 8
• TKAM Chapters 16-20
• Classical Roots Test-spelling/vocab-Thurs/Fri. (Minimum days)

Nov. 2-6

• Classical Roots Lesson 9
• Warm up 21-Atticus’s closing remarks
• Warm up 22-Mood p. 210 TKAM
• Read Chapters 21-25 TKAM
• Classical Roots Lesson 9-Test-Spelling/Vocabulary
• Open Book Test Chapters 15-20 TKAM

Nov. 9-13

• Classical Roots Lesson 10
• Warm ups 23-Summarize Chapter 24 TKAM
• Warm up 24 Quote
• TKAM Chapters 27-31
• Classical Roots Lesson 10 test-spelling/vocabulary
• Apostrophes packet

Nov. 16-20

• Classical Roots Lesson 11
• TKAM movie
• TKAM Final Test -Thurs/Fri.
• Classical Roots Lesson 11 Test-Spelling/vocabulary
• Apostrophes packet

Nov. 23-24

• No warm ups this week.
• Classical Roots Lesson 12
• Grammar-Handbook Chapters 15 Quotation marks /Apostrophes

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 30-Dec. 4

• Classical Roots Lesson 13
• Essay-TKAM essay in class
•  Reading Logs due Dec. 2nd
• Twelve Week Test Dec. 3rd/4th

Dec. 7-11

• Classical Roots Lesson 14
• TKAM essay typed draft due Tues. Dec. 8th
• Teaching Tolerance articles-One page written summary,opinion,or critique
• Benchmark-Wed.
• Handbook Chapter 1
• Literature book -Harriet Tubman
• Handbook Chapter 18
• Classical Roots Test Lesson 14-Thurs/Fri.

 Dec. 14-18

• Classical Roots Lesson 15
• TKAM final essay due!
• Handbook exercises Chapter 18 Ex. 1, 2, 3 & 4
• Literature book-”Harriet Tubman” quiz
• Classical Roots Lesson 15 spelling & vocabulary test

Happy Holidays!