Woodward Middle School
Carrie Newman - Team 8B
Language Arts
HOMEWORK AND CLASS INFORMATION
May 2008
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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| 1 Memory poems due. Revisit poems/discussion activity from yesterday. Introduction to pantoums - 2 poems due Monday. Homework: Readng logs due. Continue with challenged book. |
2 Reading logs due. Reading time + acrostic poem activity. Homework: Pantoums due Monday (see yesterday's handout). |
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| 5 Pantoums due. Poetry slam video. No homework (unless you haven't turned in an assignment or only did one pantoum). |
6 Poetry final project (+grading criteria) handed out and explained. Poetry cart in class (for selecting pieces). |
7 Poetry tool - internal & external rhyme. Introduction to poetry assignment #7. Time to hunt for poems on poetry cart. |
8 Revision ideas, strategies and examples. Homework: Poem #7 due tomorrow. Reading logs due tomorrow. |
9 Reading time (last day with poetry cart). Part one - "Dead Poet's Society" movie. |
| 12 Living Voices (periods 2,3) Periods 4 & 5 - more of DPS movie Homework: See Weds, Thurs and Friday for deadlines. |
13 (Living Voices periods 4,5). Periods 2 & 3 more of DPS movie. Homework: See Weds, Thurs and Friday for deadlines. |
14 Early dismissal. Progress reports. Ilustrated poems due. |
15 Poems recited in class today (don't forget to bring a copy for me!). |
16 Final poetry project due. Reading logs due. More of "Dead Poet's Society." |
| 19 Finish "DPS" + end of poetry unit reflections. Homework: Continue in challenged book. Projects due Friday, the 30th. |
20 Intro to Night. Power-point presentation. |
21 International district field trip (8B) |
22 Night terminology + begin chapter 1. Homework: Finish chapter 1. Reading logs tomorrow. |
23 Reading time + logs checked. Review of chapter 1 (Night). Student generated discussion questions. Homework reminder: Project due next Friday. |
| 26 No school - memorial day. |
27 Discussion groups. Read chapter 2 in class. Writing prompt (quotes) due Thursday. Homework: See Night reading calendar. |
28 "Interviewing the victims" activity. Homework: Be through chapter 3 by tomorrow + wrtg. prompt. |
29 Writing prompt due (see Tuesday). Review chapters 2 and 3. Homework: Challenged book project due tomorrow. |
30 Challenged book assignment due. Reading time, logs checked + video (Walter Chronkite interview with Elie Wiesel). |
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