HOMEWORK LOG

 

TEACHER:

O’Connor

SUBJECT:

ELA

CLASS:

614

 

#

Date

Due

Assignment

 

 

 

 

1

9/13

9/14

30 minutes of independent reading.  Have your parents complete the Million Words or Less assignment. 

2

9/14

9/15

30 minutes of independent reading.

3

9/15

9/16

30 minutes of independent reading.  Complete sketch of your room.

4

9/16

9/17

30 minutes of independent reading.  Choose 1 question from each of the 6 groups and answer questions based on your reading from tonight.

5

9/17

9/20

30 minutes of independent reading.  Choose 1 question from each of the 6 groups and answer questions based on your reading from tonight.  Pull one incident from your writers notebook and begin to write an extended entry. 

6

9/20

9/21

30 minutes of independent reading.  Choose 1 question from each of the 6 groups and answer questions based on your reading from tonight.

7

9/21

9/22

30 minutes of independent reading.  In reader’s notebook, write 8 sentences.  Use one word from each group.  Underline and label each part of speech in each sentence.

8

9/22

9/23

30 minutes of independent reading.

9

9/23

9/24

30 minutes of independent reading.  Worksheet-Practice the Rules

10

9/24

9/27

Commmon and Proper nouns worksheet

Choose your personal narrative and writeyour first draft

11

9/27

9/28

Add details and emotions to your first draft

12

9/28

9/29

Complete 6 W’s

Possessive nouns pages 14 – 15

13

9/29

9/30

Pronouns pages 10 – 11

14

9/30

10/1

Complete Personal Narrative Organier

15

10/1

10/4

Rewrite your Personal Narrative (Draft 2)

16

10/4

10/5

Adjectives worksheet

17

10/5

10/6

Edits and Revisions to Personal Narrative in COLOR

18

10/6

10/7

Personal Narrative due on Friday

19

10/7

10/8

Complete Personal Narrative, due tomorrow

20

10/8

10/9

PUBLISHING CELEBRATION

 

10/11

10/11

NO SCHOOL

21

10/12

10/13

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 1 questions

22

10/13

10/14

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 2 questions

23

10/14

10/15

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 3 questions

Finish writing entry about the connection you can make to the story, What’s Inside

24

10/15

10/18

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 4-5 questions

25

10/18

10/19

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 6 questions

Brainstorm presentation possibilities for The Outsiders portfolio

26

10/19

10/20

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 7 questions

Complete The Otherside discussion

27

10/20

10/21

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 8 questions

28

10/21

10/25

Complete The Outsiders Ch. 9-12 reading and chapter questions (due Oct. 25)

29

10/25

10/26

Review notes for The Outsiders quiz

Write the essay that you chose for The Outsiders Test on looseleaf

30

10/26

10/27

Work on The Outsiders Portfolio Assignment due on Monday, 11/1/10

31

10/27

10/28

Get Chapter questions and quiz signed

Portfolio assignment due on Monday

32

10/28

10/29

Continue working on Portfolio Assignment

 

10/29

10/29

WALK A THON

33

11/1

11/3

30 minutes of independent reading DAILY

 

11/2

11/2

ELECTION DAY – No classes

34

11/3

11/4

Complete essay from Fly Away Home

38

11/4

11/5

ACUITY ASSESSMENT

39

11/8

11/9

Complete writing response for “To Tell the Truth” 

40

11/9

11/10

Complete discussion questions for the story “Mr. Mendelsohn

41

11/10

11/11

Complete writing response for “Talk to Me”

 

11/11

11/11

VETERAN’S DAY (No School)

 

11/16

11/16

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

42

11/17

11/18

Complete questions for the story “The Wrong Lunch Line”  Be sure to use R.A.T when answering the questions

43

11/18

11/22

Complete writing response for “Teacher Tamer”

44

11/22

11/24

Reread the story you are choosing for your literary essay.  Rewrite your writing response.

45

11/24

11/29

Continue to look through your story to find evidence to prove your thesis statement true

 

11/25

11/28

THANKSGIVING BREAK

46

11/29

11/30

Rewrite paragraph #1 on looseleaf.  The introductory paragraph must include the title and author, a short summary, and your thesis statement.

47

11/30

12/1

Rewrite paragraph #1

48

12/1

12/2

Complete Supporting details for your thesis statement.

49

12/2

12/3

Drafts with edits and revisions are due on Monday

50

12/7

12/8

Complete numbers 1-4 of Skelton

51

12/8

12/9

Complete Conclusion

52

12/9

12/10

Complete Literary Essay

53

12/10

12/13

Independent Reading – Celebrate finishing Literary Essay

54

12/13

12/14

Continue working on parts of speech

 

12/15

12/15

GO SCHOOL DANCE

55

12/16

12/17

Continue working on My Man Blue Poem

56

12/17

12/20

Illustrations and summary of My Man Blue

 

12/20

12/20

Holiday Concert

 

12/21

12/21

Independent Reading

 

12/22

12/22

6th Grade Movie Trip

 

12/23

12/23

Holiday Party/6th Grade Penny Harvest Movie

 

12/24

1/3

Christmas Break

57

1/3

1/4

Complete short response for Video Game letter

 

1/4

1/5

PRACTICE TEST

 

1/5

1/6

PRACTICE TEST

58

1/6

1/7

Complete preplanning for the extended response in the Buckle Down book

59

1/7

1/10

Complete extended response on looseleaf

60

1/10

1/11

Complete grammar worksheet “I Love to Comb your Hair Joe”

61

1/11

1/12

Complete grammar worksheet “Let’s Go to the Movies”

 

1/12

1/13

SNOW DAY

62

1/13

1/14

Complete grammar worksheet “Sophistication is in”

 

1/14

1/14

ACUITY ASSESSMENT

 

1/17

1/17

NO SCHOOL – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

63

1/18

1/19

Complete flash cards for parts of speech

64

1/19

1/20

Review flash cards

65

1/20

1/21

Independent Reading

66

1/21

1/24

Complete questions from “Sachel Paige”

67

1/24

1/25

Complete questions from “A Scholar and a Traveler”

68

1/25

1/26

Independent Reading

69

1/26

1/27

Gather 10 facts for your compare/contrast essay

 

1/27

1/28

SNOW DAY

70

1/28

1/31

Continue to gather information for your compare and contrast essay

 

1/31

2/1

No class

71

2/1

2/2

How do you feel about the way Zitkala-sa wwas treated?  Are you affected by how she felt?

72

2/2

2/3

Independent Reading

73

2/3

2/4

Look over research for compare/contrast essay

74

2/4

2/7

Complete questions from the story “Moving Plates”

75

2/7

2/8

Complete corrections and revisions for your compare/contrast essay

76

2/8

2/9

Independent reading

77

2/10

2/11

Continue working on compare/contrast essay which is due on Monday

78

2/11

2/14

Complete compare/contrast essay for Monday

 

2/14

2/14

VALENTINE’S DANCE

79

2/15

2/16

Rewrite your Fire and Ice poem neatly and add images

80

2/16

2/17

All students need a new notebook for poetry

81

2/17

2/18

Independent Reading

82

2/18

2/28

Winter Packet

 

2/19

2/27

WINTER RECESS

83

2/28

3/1

Use colors and pictures to decorate your poetry notebook

84

3/1

3/2

Write an allusion poem in your poetry notebook.  Draw an image to illustrate your poem.

85

3/2

3/3

Write an imagery poem inspired by your favorite song

86

3/3

3/4

Review the 15 questions for the Locomotion portfolio assignment

87

3/4

3/7

Continue reviewing the Locomotion questions

88

3/7

3/8

Original poem to be written for each of the Locomotion poems read in class today

89

3/8

3/9

Continue to answer the Locomotion questions for the portfolio assignment

90

3/11

3/14

Finish drafting the 15 Locomotion questions in your poetry notebook

91

3/14

3/15

Portfolio A – write a letter to another teacher from Ms. Marcus

92

3/15

3/16

Portfolio B – 10 events in chronological order with visuals and a color code

93

3/17

3/18

Continue to work on Locomotion Portfolio assignments

94

3/21

3/22

Revise and Edit “I AM” poems 1 and 2

95

3/22

3/23

Revise and Edit “I AM” poems 3 and 4

96

3/23

3/24

Write all 4 “I AM” poems on looseleaf

97

3/29

3/30

Complete context clues worksheet

98

3/30

3/31

Complete Buckle Down pages 162 - 163

99

3/31

4/1

Complete Buckle Down pages 36 – 39

100

4/4

4/5

Complete Buckle Down pages 48 - 51