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Ms. Everts -- 8th Grade English 2009-10





        Ms. Everts
        heverts@pvschools.net
       602-449-5300
                    Fall 2009         



                                                                                                                                                                 

Parents,

Welcome!  If you would like to communicate with me about your child’s progress or have any questions or concerns, please send me an email or give me a call.  

Thank you.

Ms. Everts











Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
November 2
November 3
November 4
November 5
November 6
Honors:
1.  Work on Dailies #41 -- due tomorrow
2.  Essay:  Lysander's character -- rough draft due Thurs. and final copy due Mon.
3.  HW:  Read 3.2.366-493 for Tues.
4.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs.
5.  Reminder:  QZ over Act III tomorrow!

7/8 pd.
1.  QZ over 26-29
2.  Vocab. for 30-end
3.  Read 30-end
4.  HW:  Study guide questions for 30-end due tomorrow
5.  Check list for Sunflower project/time to work on poster -- due tomorrow
6.  Answer discussion questions (handout) 5-10 -- due Wed.




Honors:
1.  Check Dailies # 41 (#42 is HW)
2.  QZ over Act III
3.  Continue writing Lysander essay -- rough draft due Thurs.
4.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs.
5.  HW:  Read 4.1.1-106 for Thurs.

7/8 pd.
1.  Read "More than Stars"
2.  QZ 30-end
3.  Complete discussion questions 5-10 -- due tomorrow
4.  Present Sunflower Club posters
5.  HW:  Stargirl packet due Thurs.
6.  FYI -- Stargirl Unit Exam on Thurs.
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #42 (#43 is HW)
2.  Wksheet:  Vocab. in Context (Handout #3) -- due Fri.
3.  Continue working on Lysander essay -- rough draft due tomorrow
4.  HW:  Read 4.1.1-106 for Thursday

7/8 pd.
1.  Turn in discussion questions and late projects
2.  Create tree map with group to review characters
3.  Write a descriptive paragraph for one character, using the tree map
4.  Continue presenting projects
5.  Reminder:  Stargirl packet due tomorrow and Unit test tomorrow

Honors:
1.  Check #43 (#44 is HW)
2.  Finish Vocab. in Context wksheet -- due Fri.
3.  Edit Lysander rough draft and turn in -- final copy due Mon.
4.  HW:  Read 4.1.107-229 and 4.2 for Mon.
5.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs.

7/8 pd.
1.  Turn in Stargirl packet
2.  Stargirl Unit Exam
3.  SSR
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #44 (#45 is HW)
2.  Turn in Vocab. in Context wksheet (Handout #3)
3.  Reward Day -- View Midsummer film
4.  HW:  Read 4.1.107-229 and 4.2 for Mon.
5.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs.
6.  Reminder:  Lysander essay due Mon.

7/8 pd.
1.  Reward day -- view "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

November 9
November 10
November 11
November 12
November 13
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #45 (#46 is HW)
2.  Turn Lysander essay
3.  Check Vocab. in Context wksheet
4.  HW:  Read 5.1.1-417 for Thurs.
5.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs. recital
6.  FYI -- QZ over Acts IV and V on Fri.
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #46 (#47 is HW)
2.  Essay:  Describe the "Bottom" in your life -- due Fri.
3.  HW:  Read 5.1.1-417 for Thurs.
4.  Continue memorizing Titania's speech for Thurs. recital
5.  FYI -- QZ over Acts IV and V on Fri.

7/8 pd.
1.  Computer lab for AR tests and check out new books in the library
NO SCHOOL
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #47 (#48 is HW)
2.  Work on "Bottom" essay -- due tomorrow
3.  Read 5.1.418-455 and the essay over Bottom in the back of the play for Fri.
4.  Recite Titania's speech
5.  Study for QZ over Acts IV and V tomorrow

7/8 pd.
1.  Introduction to the Anne Frank unit
2.  Read and highlight background info. on the Holocaust
3.  Discuss expectations for the reading packet
4.  Read Act I, Scenes 1 and 2
5.  Complete packet for scenes 1 and 2
Honors:
1.  Turn in "Bottom" essay
2.  QZ over Acts IV and V
3.  Share "Bottom" essays
4.  Discuss Field Trip to see The Diary of Anne Frank at Horizon HS Friday, Nov. 20th -- Permission Slips due Tues.

7/8 pd.
1.  Read Act I, Scene 3, p. 461
2.  Complete packet for Scene 3
3.  HW:  Vocab. practice test for Act I, Scenes 1-3
4.  FYI -- QZ over Act I, Scenes 1-3 on Mon.
5.  SSR
6.  Permission slips for play and videos due Tues.











November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
Honors:
1.  Permission slip for play due tomorrow!
2.  View two films, Shakespeare in Our Time and Why Shakespeare? -- Cornell notes over the 1st one due tomorrow
3.  Assignment:  Create your own 60 Second story (newspaper article) on Midsummer -- rough draft due Tues.
4.  HW:  Dailies #50

7/8 pd.
1.  Permission slips due tomorrow
2.  Finish reading Act I, Scene 3, p. 468
3.  Writing assignment:  Q#1 on p. 475
Paragraph #1:  What kind of person do you think Anne is?
Paragraph #2:  How do you feel about her?
-- due today!
4.  Complete packet for Scene 3
5.  Read Scene 4







Honors:
1.  Turn in permission slips
2.  Make-up work time
3.  HW:  News article project due Mon.
4.  Continue sharing "Bottom" essays

7/8 pd.
1.  Permission slips due today
2.  Check vocab. pretest in packet
3.  QZ over Act I, Scenes 1-3
4.  Read and highlight handout, "Judaism:  Anne Frank's Religion"
5.  HW:  Complete assignment on propaganda -- due tomorrow
6.  Continue sharing Sunflower projects
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #50 (#51 is HW)
2.  Discuss Robin's speech at the end of Midsummer
3.  Reminder:  News article project due Mon.
4.  Continue sharing "Bottom" essays
5.  Reward day -- view the rest of Midsummer

Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #51 (#52 is HW)
2.  Cornell Notes:  The Russian Revolution
3.  Pre-reading wksheet for Animal Farm --due today
4.  Begin reading Animal Farm  -- must finish novel by Tuesday, Dec. 1st
EVERYONE:  Field Trip to Horizon HS to see the Anne Frank play (9:30-11:00)

Note:  Flu shots today between 9 and 2 p.m.
November 23
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #52 (#53 is HW)
2.  Newpaper article project due today!
3.  Cornell Notes:  Satire
4.  Continue reading Animal Farm -- must finish novel by Tuesday, Dec. 1
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #53 (54 and 55 are due Tuesday, Dec. 1)
2.  Continue lesson on Satire
3.  FYI -- Reading quiz over entire novel on Dec. 1st
4.  HW:  Complete wksheet for Socratic Seminar on Dec. 2nd
Sub Day
EVERYONE:  
1.  View Akeelah and the Bee



THANKSGIVING
BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 30
December 1
December 2
December 3
December 4
Sub Day
EVERYONE:
1.  Finish viewing Akeelah and the Bee

Honors:
1.  Check Dailies 54 and 55 (#56 is HW)
2.  QZ over Animal Farm

Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #56 (#57 is HW)
2.  Socratic Seminar over Animal Farm -- Day I
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #57 (#58 is HW)
2.  Continue Socratic Seminar over Animal Farm -- Day 2
Honors:
1.  Unit Exam for Animal Farm
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 11
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #58 (#59 is HW)
2.  Cornell Notes:  Fables and Fairy Tales





Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #59 (#60 is HW)
2.  
SPELLING BEE

Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #60 (#61 is HW)
2.  
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #61 (#62 is HW)
2.  
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #62 (#63 is HW)
2.
December 14
December 15
December 16
December 17
December 18
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #63 (#64 is HW)




Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #64 (#65 is HW)
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #65
LAST DAY OF Q2

October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9


October 12
October 13
October 14
October 15
October 16
NO SCHOOL








Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #32
2.  Activity:  Finding Shakespeare's Beat
3.  HW:  Make a list of Robin's tricks and kindnesses -- due tomorrow
4.  Reminder:  "My Friend" essay is due tomorrow

7/8 pd.
1.  Check vocab. pre-quiz and study guide questions for Chapters 1-4 of Stargirl
2.  QZ over Chapters 1-4
3.  Preview study guide questions for Chapters 5-9
4.  Complete vocab. for 5-9
5.  Read 5-9
Honors:
1.  Finish checking Dailies #32 (#33 is HW for Mon.)
2.  QZ over Act I of Midsummer
3.  Discuss last night's homework, Robin's tricks and kindnesses
4.  Turn in "My Friend" essay
5.  Continue activity from yesterday, Finding Shakespeare's Beat
6.  HW:  Read 2.1. 62-194 for Mon.

7/8 pd.  
1.  Read Chapters 7-9
2.  HW:  Answer study guide questions for 5-9 -- due Mon.
3.  Preview Chapters 10-13 by looking at the study guide questions
4.  Complete vocab. wksheet for Chapters 10-13
5.  Library
6.  HW:  Begin working on the Sunflower project -- due Tues., Nov. 3

October 19
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #33 (#34 is HW)
2.  Go over calendar for Midsummer
3.  Self-evaluation for "My Friend" essay
4.  Wksheet:  Shakespeare's Unusual Word Usage -- due Tues.
5.  FYI -- QZ over Act II is Mon., 10/26

7/8 pd.
1.  Check vocab. and study guide questions for Chapters 5-9
2.  QZ over 5-9
3.  Read 10-13
4.  HW:  Finish study guide questions for 10-13 and complete vocab. for 14-17 -- due Tues.
4.  HW:  Continue working on Sunflower project -- due Nov. 3rd













Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #34
2.  Grade homework (Unusual Usage)
3.  Activity:  "Set Your Heart at Rest" (Titania's speech)
2.1.125-142
Note:  Students will memorize this passage for a recital on Thurs., Nov. 12th
4.  HW:  Read 2.1.125-276 for Thurs.

7/8 pd.
1.  Work with a partner to discuss study guide questions for 10-13
2.  QZ for 10-13
3.  Activity:  Create an Illustration of Stargirl, or depict a scene in the book that focuses on Stargirl -- due Wed.
4.  HW:  Continue working on Sunflower project -- due Nov. 3rd
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #35
2.  Activity:  Subtext and Inflection in Midsummer
2.1.195-253 and
2.1.254-267
3.  HW:  Read 2.1.125-276 for Thurs.

7/8 pd.
1.  Turn in illustrations of Stargirl
2.  Check vocab. for 14-17
3.  Read 14-17
4.  Complete study guide questions-- due Thurs.
5.  Activity:  Create a flow map to explain the events from the beginning of the book through Chapter 17 -- due Thurs.
6.  HW:  Continue working on Sunflower project -- due Nov. 3rd

Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #36
2.  Activity:  Oberon's subtext
2.2.33-40
2.2.41-71
2.2.72-89


Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #37
2.  
3.  HW:  Read 2.2.1-163 for Mon.
4.  Reminder:  QZ for Act II on Mon.
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #37
2.  QZ over Act II
3.  Activity:  Waking Up
2.2.90-151
2.2.152-163
4.  HW:  Read 3.1 for Tues.

















Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #38
2.  Test over Pronouns/Verbs/Paraphrasing in Misummer, Acts I and II
3.  HW:  Read 3.2.1.180 for Wed.
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #39
2.  Activity:  Pantomiming
3.2.6-36
3.  Film Clip:  Bottom's Transformation
Honors:
1.  Check Dailies #40
2.  Discuss 3.2.90-123
Activity:  Improv
3.  HW:  Read 3.2.181-363 for Mon.
NO SCHOOL


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