Black House Language Arts

Ms. Smith

lsmith@bathpublicschools.com

WEEK OF MAY 5-9, 2008

HOMEWORK AND DUE DATES

(Please check the homework page daily as assignments are subject to change based on the readiness and pace of each class.)

What Should Be In Each Section of Your

Language Arts Binder

___Table of Contents

___ What Should Be in Each Section of Your Language Arts Binder: Week 8

___Binder Rubric

___Language Arts Expectations

Writing Mini-Lessons/Notes

___ Relationship Memoir & Rubric #1

___ Show, Not Tell (Brain Pop Quiz) #2

___ Techniques For Engaging Memoir Lead #3

___ Engaging Introductory Paragraph Examples #4

___ Inventory of Memoir Writing Skills #5

___ Scoring Guide for Memoir Final Draft #6

___ So What? Thoughts/Feelings Before, During and After #7

___ Techniques for Closing The Memoir #8

___ Works Cited Format and Note Taking for Newspaper Articles #9

___Plagiarism Information #10

___Plagiarism Questions #11

___Dealing with Bullies and Text Feature Notes #12

___Feature Article Works Cited Packet #13

___Directions for Personal Essay, Injustice Story

Grammar/Mechanics

___ Punctuation Conversation #1

___ Editing Dialogue Exercise #2

___ Edited Dialogue (Classwork) #3

___ Conventions For Writing Numbers #4

___ Homonyms #5

___ Homonym Review #6

___ Apostrophe Headaches # 7

___ Apostrophe Exercises #8

___ Pronoun Notes #9

___ Pronoun Case, or Me or I? #10

___ Capitalization Quiz (Brain Pop) #11

___ Capitalization Rules #12

___ Run-on Sentences Quiz #13

___ Run-On Notes #14

___ Common Comma Omissions #15

Writing Handouts:

___Socks (Animal Memoir) #1

___Granny's Place (Place Memoir) #2

___Guided Questions (Place Memoir) #3 (period 1 doesn't have this)

___Can You Hear Me Now (Object Memoir) #4

___My First Life-Line (Teacher Memoir) #5

___ Tough Love (Person Memoir) #6

___ Mimi (Person Memoir) #7

___ Guided Reading Questions (Person Memoir) #8

___ In My Father's Kitchen (Show Not Tell Example) #9 (period 3 doesn't have this)

___ Typical Sister (Person Memoir) #10

___ Ms. Smith's Deliberately Bad Memoir #11

___ Ms Smith's Revised Memoir #12

___ Scoring Guide (Practice) #13

___Buying Your First Car: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions #14

___ Personal Injustice Essay “Bigotry's Ignorant Sting” #15

___Personal Injustice Essay “The Cost of Being Cool” #16

___Personal Injustice Essay “Pretty In Pink” #17

___Personal Injustice Essay #18

Pre-writing/Drafting:

___Writing Territories #1

___My Writing Territories #2

___Animal/Place Web Cluster #3

___List of 10 Important Objects #4

___Important Object Flash Draft #5

___3 Paragraphs on Person Who Taught Me A Lesson #6

___ Write to the Point (Memoir Organizer) #7

___ My Two Engaging Memoir Intro. Paragraphs #8

___ Organizing & Focusing Your Memoir #9

___ 3 Paragraphs on the Things You Wouldn't Leave Behind #10

___3 Paragraphs on How to Prevent Mega-Wildfires #11

___Index Card with Article (Practice Paraphrasing and Using Direct Quotes) #12

___Paragraph Using Direct Quote #13

___Argumentative Paragraph/Paraphrased Paragraph Classwork #14

___Feature Article Organizer Packet #14

___Feature Article Drafts (Multiple Copies, Many Drafts) #15

___Illustration Directions and Brainstorming

Reading Mini-Lessons/Notes

___Literary Terms (Setting & Mood) #1

___Literary Terms (Plot Diagram) #2

___Sounder Plot Diagram #3

___ Literary Terms (Symbol & Theme) #4

___ Literary Terms (Style) #5

___ Power Point Presentation Packet #6

___Ladder of Leadership Notes

Vocabulary/Spelling

___Sounder Chapter 1&2 Vocabulary/Spelling #1

___Sounder Chapters 3,4, & 5 Vocabulary/Spelling #2

___Sounder Chapters 6,7 & 8 Vocabulary/Spelling #3

___Words Related to Using Few Words or Being Quiet #4

___ Vocabulary Words From The Fire This Time #5

___Crossword and Sentences for The Fire This Time #6

___Cleaning Up with Clean Energy, Vocabulary #7

___Activist Children's Book Workshop 1 #8

___Activist Children's Book Workshop 2 #9

Reading Handouts

___Sounder Study Guide Questions: Chapter 1 &2 #1

___Sounder Study Guide Questions: Chapters 3,4 & 5 #2

___Sounder: Introducing the Novel #3

___Sounder Study Guide Questions: Chapters 6,7 & 8 #4

___ The Things Not Left Behind Article from Time Magazine #5

___ The Fire This Time Time Magazine Feature Article #6

___Main Ideas Chart and Questions for The Fire This Time Article #7

___Surviving Homes Not Just Lucky USA Today Feature Article #8

___What Do You Think?/Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Energy #9

___Energy Fast Facts #10

___Compare and Contrast Alternative Energy/Vocabulary #11

___Energy Quest #12

___Cleaning Up with Clean Energy, Feature Article and Questions #13

___Solar Project Takes Youth To DCYSC, Feature Article and Questions #14

___Holocaust Imagery Packet #15

___Characterization, Character Traits Packet #16

___ The Wave Chapt. 1-4 Homework #17

___ The Wave Chapt. 5-8 Homework #18

___ The Wave Chapt. 9-12 Homework #19

___ The Wave Chapt. 13-17 Homework #20

___ My Principles/Hometalk #21

___ Historical Notes: Prejudice, Stereotypes and Scapegoats #22

___Personal Profile #23

Warm-ups:

___High Expectations Warm-up #1

___Brilliant Light Within Warm-up/ Future Goals #2

___Brilliant Light Within Questions #3

Poetry/Lyrics

___The Lighthouse #1

___You Can't Write a Poem About McDonalds #2

___What Poetry Can Do... (NOTES) #3

___Maybe Dats Youwr Problem Too #4

___Footsteps to Follow #5

___Remembrance of a Friend #6

___My Room & Patterns #7

Participation Log

___Participation Log Sept. 4-7 #1

___Participation Log Sept. 10-14 #2

___Participation Log Sept. 17-21 #3

___Participation Log Sept. 24-28 #4

___Participation Log Oct. 1-4 #5

___Participation Log Oct. 7-10 #6

___Participation Log Oct. 15-19 #7

___Participation Log Oct. 22-26 #8

___Participation Log Oct. 29-November 9 #9

___Participation Log Nov. 13-30 #10

___Participation Log Dec. 3-15

___Participation Log Dec. 17-Jan. 4

___Participation Log Jan. 7-18

(PARTICIPATION LOGS DISCONTINUED)

Quizzes/Tests

___Sounder Quiz 1 #1

___Sounder Quiz 1 Answer Key #2

___Binder Check #3

___Sounder Quiz 2 #4

___Binder Check 2, #5

___Independent Reading Project 1, #6

___Sounder Poster Grade #7

___ Memoir Quiz #8

___ Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz (And Make-Up Sheet) #9

___ Independent Reading Project #2 #10

___ Binder Check 3, #11

___Plagiarism Quiz #12

___Binder Grade 4 #13

___Independent Reading Project 3 #14

___Independent Reading Project 4 #15

___Feature Article Organizer Grade #16

___Final Graded Feature Article #17

___Holocaust Quiz #2 (#1 is online at Studywiz) #18

___Graded Holocaust Imagery Poem #19

___Keynote Presentation Rubric #20

___The Wave Test#21

Grammar Links:

APOSTROPHES:

( Apostrophe Review) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html

(Apostrophe Practice Quiz) http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp

HOMONYMS:

(Thier/There/They're Quiz/ Homonoyms) http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/their_vs_there_vs_theyre_1.asp

(Homonymn Practice Quiz) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelhomoEX1.html

(Homonymn List) http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

PRONOUNS:

(Pronoun Practice Quiz) http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pronouns.html

(Pronoun Review) http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/pronoun.asp

(Pronoun Review) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_proncase.html

DIALOGUE/QUOTATION MARKS:

(Dialogue Review) http://www3.baylor.edu/~Greg_Garrett/writing/dialogue.html

(Quotation Mark Review) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html