Monday, January 30

Sixth Grade
"Uncle Septimus's Beard" - Quiz & Imagery Beard
Homework:Completing the Sentence

Seventh Grade
7-1:Characteristics of Epic Hero / Beowulf Quiz & Paraphrasing (pg. 676) /
Read "Arthur" and "Sir. Gawain" (page 682)
Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms
7-2:Beowulf Arm
Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms / Write 5 kennings

Eighth Grade
8-1:"Sea Lullaby" picture and prompt
Homework:Completing the Sentence
8-2:"Sea Lullaby" 
Homework:Completing the Sentence / Vocab. Test on Wednesday

Friday, January 27

Sixth Grade
Finish / share Summaries and Morals
Uncle Septimus's Beard - Timeline
Homework:Read

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab./ Share kennings / Finish Hero's Journey:Grendel's Arm
Homework:Read
7-2:Finish resume / Paraphrasing - page 674
Homework:Read

Eighth Grade
8-1:Share poems / "Sea Lullaby"- annotate
Homework:Annotate "Sea Lullaby"
8-2:Finish poems / Biography & Characterization:
"The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln", page 284, Main Ideas and Details Outline

Homework:Synonyms & Antonyms / Finish classwork

Thursday, January 26

Sixth Grade
Check Vocab. / "The King and the Shirt"-Title / Finish "The Crane Maiden" / Read "Aunt Misery" - Summaries and Morals
Homework:Vocabulary Hangman - Print score

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab./ Hero's Journey:Grendel's Arm
Homework:
7-2:Beowulf's Resume: Grendel's Arm
Homework:Finish resume

Eighth Grade
8-1: Check Vocab./ Write Imagery poem -due tomorrow
Homework:Imagery Poem / DIDLS passage (due Monday)
8-2:"Oh, Captain, My Captain" quiz / Figurative Language Poem - due tomorrow

Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms / Finish classwork

Tuesday, January 24 / Wednesday, January 25

Tuesday

Sixth Grade
Check Morals and themes / Level-UP / "The King and the Shirt"-Main Idea and Theme
Homework:Choosing the Right Word

Seventh Grade
7-1:Hero's Journey - Read "Beowulf"
Did you turn in "Putting It All Together"?
Homework:Finish reading Beowulf
7-2:Check Beowulf Questions / Read "Beowulf"-pages 42-54
Homework:Pictures and Words

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Poetry defs. / Check Paul Revere Paraphrase / Imagery in Poems
8-2:"Oh, Captain, My Captain" -symbols and style /

Homework:Choosing the Right Word

Wednesday

Sixth Grade
Check Vocab. / "The King and the Shirt"-Main Idea and Theme / "The Crane Maiden"
Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms

Seventh Grade
7-1:Hero's Journey:Grendel's Arm
Homework:Choosing the Right Word / Write 5 kennings
7-2:Spelling Bee / Beowulf's Resume: Grendel's Arm
Homework:Work on Resume

Eighth Grade
8-1: Check Vocab./ "Dulce et Decorum Est" / Write Imagery poem -due Monday
Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms / Finish classwork
8-2:Spelling Bee

Homework:None

Monday, January 23

Sixth Grade
Vocab.Unit 8 / Morals and themes
Homework:Words and pictures

Seventh Grade
7-1:Vocab.Unit 8 / Beowulf Intro.
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler
Homework:Words and pictures
7-2:Vocab.Unit 8 / Beowulf Questions
Homework:Finish Beowulf questions / Words and pictures (due Wednesday)

Eighth Grade
8-1:Vocab.Unit 8 / Check Poetry defs. / Paul Revere Paraphrase
Words and pictures / Finish paraphrasing (on Google Classroom)
8-2:Vocab.Unit 8 / Poetry Definitions /" "Oh, Captain, My Captain"

Homework:Words and pictures

Friday, January 20

Sixth Grade
Check Vocab. / Vocabulary Test / Read AR book
Homework:Read AR book

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab./ Vocabulary Test / Read AR book / "Putting It All Together"-due Monday
7-2:Check Vocab./ Vocabulary Test / Read AR book
Homework:Read AR book

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Vocab./ Vocabulary Test
Style / Poetry Test on Wednesday
8-2:Check Vocab. / Check paraphrase (Redo) / Vocabulary Test / Poetry Definitions
Homework:Finish classwork

Thursday, January 19

New Vocabulary Games Link:        Vocabulary games

Sixth Grade
Poetry Test / Turn in free verse poem / Read / Vocab. games
Homework:Finish Unit 7, Vocabulary Test tomorrow
Bring AR book

Seventh Grade
7-1:Share "Who is Scrooge?" / Sentence analysis
Finish "Putting It All Together"-due Monday
7-2:Check Vocab. / Read Beowulf / 
Homework:Finish Unit 7, Vocabulary Test tomorrow

Bring AR book

Eighth Grade
8-1:Share paraphrasing / Assessment Practice - Textbook, pages 770-776
Homework:Finish Unit 7, Vocabulary Test tomorrow
Style / Poetry Test on Wednesday
8-2:Check Vocab. / "Lady and the Tiger" quiz & paraphrase /
Homework:Finish Unit 7, Vocabulary Test tomorrow / Civil War Paraphrase

Bring AR book

Wednesday, January 18

Sixth Grade
Check Vocab. / Vocabulary free verse poem-due tomorrow / Poetry Practice Test
Homework:Poetry test tomorrow

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab. / "Putting It All Together": #8 - #11 -due Friday / "Who is Scrooge?" -due tomorrow
Homework:Finish classwork
7-2:Introduction to Epics / Beowulf
Homework:Completing the Sentence

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Vocab./ Paraphrase / Finish "O Captain, My Captain" - quiz / Poetry definitions
8-2:Finish "Lady and the Tiger" graphic / 

Homework:Completing the Sentence

Tuesday, January 17

Sixth Grade
Finish definitions / Finish Tone / Share Odes and Cinquains /
Vocabulary free verse poem
Homework:Completing the Sentence / Poetry Test on Thursday /
Vocab. Test #7 on Friday

Seventh Grade
7-1:"Putting It All Together": #7 / "Who is Scrooge?" (due Thursday)
Homework:Completing the Sentence
7-2:"Who is Scrooge?" - due tomorrow
Homework:Finish Scrooge

Eighth Grade
8-1:Style / "O Captain, My Captain" -Paraphrase, Style,
Poetry terms & symbols
8-2:Geography Bee
Homework:Completing the Sentence / Vocab. Test #7 on Friday /
Style Test next Wednesday

Friday, January 13

Sixth Grade
Read AR Book
Homework:Read

Seventh Grade
7-1:Read AR Book
7-2:Check Vocab./ Read AR Book
Homework:Read

Eighth Grade
8-1:Share paragraphs / Read "The Lady or the Tiger?" - Tone analysis
8-2:Share lunch paragraphs / "Us and Them" quiz / Irony questions

Homework:Finish classwork

Thursday, January 12

Sixth Grade
Finish definitions / Poetry:Tone - read pages 643 - 652
Homework:Write ode to anything you choose!

Seventh Grade
7-1:Christmas Carol Test / "Putting It All Together": #3,4,5 / "Who is Scrooge?"
Homework:"Putting It All Together" #6
7-2:Check Vocab./ Christmas Carol Test / "Who is Scrooge?"
Homework:None

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Vocab./ Tone writing
8-2:Check Vocab./ Finish "Us and Them" - Quiz and Irony Graphic / Irony writing

Homework:Finish classwork

Wednesday, January 11

Sixth Grade
Check Vocab./ Write poetry definitions / Poetry worksheets: Rhyme scheme, Limerick, Cinquain
Homework:Finish classwork

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab. / "Putting It All Together"- write prompt / ("Who is Scrooge?")
7-2:Check Vocab./ Finish play / Suspense worksheet
Homework:Christmas Carol Test tomorrow

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Vocab./ Irony poem / Tone writing
8-2:Check Vocab./ "New York Day Women" Quiz / Irony - Read "Us and Them" - Quiz and Irony Graphic

Homework:Finish classwork

Tuesday, January 10

Sixth Grade
6V:Check Vocab. Finish questions #5 and #­8, page 634.

6P:Check Vocab. Finish questions #4, #5 & #­8, page 613.

Write Poetry Words definitions

Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms

Seventh Grade
7-1:Check Vocab. / "Putting It All Together": #1 and #2
7-2: Rosary
Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms / Christmas Carol Test on Thursday

Eighth Grade
8-1:Check Vocab./ Check Irony worksheet & Quiz / Irony and Tone
8-2:Check Vocab./ Finish "New York Day Women" / Page 701: # 1,2,3,4,8

Homework:Synonyms and Antonyms

Monday, January 9, 2017

Sixth Grade
6V:Read "Message from a Caterpillar", "Fog" and "Two Haiku" pages 610-­612. Answer questions #4 and #­8, page 613.

Read "I'm Nobody","Is the Moon Tired?" and "Mooses", pages 630­ - 633. Answer questions #5 and #­8, page 634.- Finish tomorrow.

6P:Read "Message from a Caterpillar", "Fog" and "Two Haiku" pages 610-­612. Answer questions #4, #5 & #­8, page 613.

Homework:Choosing the Right Word (Vocab. Test on January 20 )

Seventh Grade
7-1:Read Stave 4. Finish novel by Thursday for test.
7-2: Read Christmas Carol play
Homework:Choosing the Right Word (Vocab. Test on January 20 )

Eighth Grade
8-1:Read "Us and Them" page 742 & Irony worksheet / Quiz
8-2:Finish Anne Frank movie

Homework:Choosing the Right Word (Vocab. Test on January 20 )