DATE

ASSIGNMENT

BIG IDEAS and NOTES

6/06/16

Monday

1) Read The Outsiders Chapter 9. Be prepared for a quiz.

Today we did Renaissance testing and working on peer revisions of our "Winning is Everything" essay.

6/01/16

Wednesday

1) FINISH your five paragraph essay on Winning is Everything. Use this slide show to see how to further elaborate on those paragraphs.

2) Finish Outsiders Chapter 8 Response sheet.

Today we reviewed Chapter 7 of The Outsiders, and the read Chapter 8.

5/24/16

Thursday

1) Go back through your three paragraphs. Use this slide show to see how to further elaborate on these three paragraphs.

2) Read Outsiders Chapter 7

3) For fun: Outsiders Chapter 6 Quiz

Today we read Chapter 7 of our novel, and began elaborating upon our Winning essay.

5/24/16

Tuesday

1) For fun: Outsiders Chapter 5 Quiz

2) FINISH your Outsiders Character Quotes slides. If desperate, use quotes from Chapter 5 as well.

Today we began crowdsourcing videos, articles, quotes, etc. for our Winning is Everything Essay.

5/23/16

Monday

1) Interview a Peer, a Parent, and a Pro. Ask, "Is Winning Everything?"

Today we began exploring the topic "Is Winning Everything?"

If you were absent, watch these videos:

This one, this one, and this one.

5/019/16

Thursday

1) Study for GAL 30 Quiz

2) GAL 30 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday.

Today some of us examined a piece of persuasive writing and played Quiddler.

5/018/16

Wednesday

1) Edit your Holocaust Essay using the checklist.

2) GAL 30 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday.

Today we edited our essays.

5/017/16

Tuesday

1) Finish your Holocaust Essay by Wednesday.

2) Read all of The Outsiders Chapter 5! Be ready for a quiz!

Today we discussed some finer points of Chapter 3, and the read and discussed Chapter 4 from The Outsiders.

5/016/16

Monday

1) Finish your Holocaust Essay by Wednesday.

2) GAL 30 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday.

Today we discussed our final GAL list (nav, naut) and how to elaborate our ideas in our Holocaust writing.

5/012/16

Thursday

1) Read all of The Outsiders Chapter 3.

2) Complete GAL 29 Testmoz.

3) If you're not going to be in school tomorrow, do this assignment over the weekend.

Today we read from The Outsiders and also worked on our Holocaust essays.

5/011/16

Wednesday

1) Read through "Blast from the Past" article.

2) Complete both sides of the answer sheet, including an ad for the Bedminster Drive-In Movie Theatre.

Today we took an online reading assessment (grueling but necessary) and then discussed the boys from The Outsiders.

5/010/16

Tuesday

1) Read through The Outsiders to the bottom of page 23.

2) In your notebook, fill in six details for each of the seven boys.

3) Include page numbers as proof.

Today we began reading our new book called The Outsiders. We created character trait charts to sort the boys out.

5/09/16

Monday

1) GAL 29 3X each

2) Complete outline of your Holocaust essay

3) GAL 29 Testmoz due Friday.

Today we met our GAL 29 list (terra, geo) and began writing essays on "Should sixth graders study the Holocaust?"

5/04/16

Wednesday

1) GAL 28 Sheet due Friday.

2) GAL 28 Testmoz due Friday.

3) Ask an adult (16 or older) this question and record the answer on a Google Doc: "Should sixth graders study the Holocaust?"

Today we began discussing the question to the left.

5/03/16

Tuesday

1) GAL 28 Sheet due Friday.

2) GAL 28 Testmoz due Friday.

3) FINISH Prisoner B-3087 if you were absent.

Today we finished our novel and watched a disturbing video called 94 Maidens which shows what happens when students don't learn about the Holocaust.

5/02/16

Monday

1) GAL 28 Sheet due Friday.

2) GAL 28 Testmoz due Friday.

3) Read Prisoner B-3087 all the way through Chapter 28.

Today we discussed a new GAL list and read from our novel.

4/27/16

Wednesday

1) GAL 27 Matching Sheet due Friday.

2) GAL 27 Testmoz due Friday.

Today we discussed our comments and questions from our independent readings of Prisoner B-3087.

4/26/16

Tuesday

1) Read Prisoner B-3087 Chapter 23, and complete the Reading Response sheet (all except last box).

2) GAL 27 Matching Sheet due Friday.

3) GAL 27 Testmoz due Friday.

Today we discussed our new GAL List (phono = sound) and read from Prisoner B-3087.

4/20/16

Monday

1) Using the Lewis Latimer and Sticky Problem readings at Edulastic, complete the second and third paragraphs of the response. Period One, complete the whole thing!

Today we read and wrote on two nonfiction pieces for PAARC review.

4/18/16

Monday

1) Revise your Fast and Furriest story.

Today we reviewed our narrative prompts from last week's PARCC practice.

4/12/16

Tuesday

1) Edulastic Video Games Assessment due Thursday

 2) GAL 26 Testmoz due Friday

Today we did a PARCC review, multiple response portion.

4/11/16

Monday

1) GAL 26 3x each

 2) GAL 26 Testmoz due Friday

Today we did a PARCC review, multiple response portion.