Week of May 11-15

Vocab test on Wednesday.  Click on the files below for the practice
Jeopardy games, as requested by Mia.




Week of May 4-8

This week will basically be the NJ Ask and review for our vocabulary
cumulative test, which is a week from Wednesday.

MONDAY

Online HW (units 1-3 review)

TUESDAY

Online HW (units 4-6 review)

WEDNESDAY

Online HW (units 7-9 review)

THURSDAY

Online HW (units 10-12 review)





Week of April 13-17

Please return Bronx Zoo field trip forms and promotion barbecue money
by the end of the week.

Poetry portfolios are due on April 20th.  Students have a checklist
of material that should be included.  We will be having a poetry 
recital on April 22nd (it was the 23rd, but there will be
an assembly that day, so it no longer works).  
Parents are welcome -- more information to come!

MONDAY (day 6)

Choose a poet to study and print out information from TWO sources.  
One source should be a biography from www.poets.org.  
In addition, print out one poem from your poet.

Begin studying unit 15 vocabulary words (test on Friday)

TUESDAY (day 1)

Completing the sentence (online)

WEDNESDAY

Synonyms and Antonyms (online)

THURSDAY

Choosing the Right Word (online)
Vocabulary test tomorrow

FRIDAY

Poetry portfolios due Monday!




Journal entries this week will be poems.  Each day you will be
given a different rhyme scheme which must be followed.  The topic 
and meter are up to you.

MONDAY  a,a  
        b,b
        c,c
        d,d

TUESDAY  a,b,a,b
         c,d,c,d

WEDNESDAY  a,a,a
           b,b,b
           c,c

THURSDAY   a,b,c,a,b,c
           d,d


MONDAY (day 4), 3/23

1.  Journal entry (see above)
2.  Language Arts VI due.
3.  Sentence diagram quiz on Wed.
4.  Completing the Sentence (160)

TUESDAY (day 5), 3/24

1.  Journal entry.
2.  Quiz tomorrow.
3.  Vocabulary pg. 161 (synonyms, antonyms)
4.  Complete music poems if not done in class.

WEDNESDAY (day 6), 3/25

1.  Journal entry.
2.  Vocabulary HW -- online via the skyward page.
3.  Write one paragraph about what the word "nevermore" means
in Poe's "The Raven."  Use quotes from the poem to prove your points.

THURSDAY

1.  Journal entry
2.  Vocabulary test tomorrow.
3.  ALL BOOK TALK PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW!!
4.  Art poems completed and typed for tomorrow.







LA V is due on Monday.  Writing V is due on Wednesday.

TCS is Tuesday and Wednesday.

Book Talk projects are due soon!!  See dates above.

Monday (day 6)

1.  Complete clerihew and limerick.
2.  All poems typed by Friday.
3.  Bring in book to free read, especially poetry!

Tuesday (day 1)

Complete "Useless Things" poem.

Wednesday (day 2)

Complete cinquain and diamante

Thursday (day 3)

Complete nonsense poems.

Friday (day 4)

Book Talk projects should be completed on Monday.
Presentations begin on Friday.





Book Talk Essays are due on Monday.  Please print-out the two rubrics
found on this website and attach them to your essay.

Bring a folder for poetry, as discussed in class.

LA IV is due on Monday.  Writing IV is due on Wednesday.

Week of March 9-13

MONDAY (day 6)

Complete alliteration poem.  Type for Friday.
Completing the Sentence (153)
Research and find three things about Emily Dickinson not mentioned
in class.  Write in your literature spiral.

TUESDAY (day 1)

Study Island due tomorrow
Synonyms and Antonyms (154)
Complete simile poem.  Type by Friday.
Research and find three things about Robert Frost not mentioned
in class.

WEDNESDAY (day 2)

Choosing the Right Word (155), Vocab in Context (156)
Complete haiku.  Type by Friday.
Find three things about William Carlos Williams not mentioned
in class.

THURSDAY (day 3)

Vocab test tomorrow.
Find three things about Langston Hughes not mentioned in class.
Complete synonym poems.  Type by Friday.
All poems must be typed tomorrow.

FRIDAY

Keep working on Book Talk projects!  Consider going to the library
and taking out a poetry anthology for your interpretations...

LA V due on Monday.







Week of March 2-6

BOOK FAIR IS ON MARCH 5th!  (Wednesday)

Book Talk essays are due on March 9.

TUESDAY

Study for vocab cumulative exam on Thursday.

Next Study Island segment (Writing) due tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

Study for cumulative test.


THURSDAY and FRIDAY

Book Talk essay due Monday.

New Study Island section (LA4) due Monday.


Week of Feb. 23-27

Book Talk directions and rubrics have been updated.  Please make a note.

Also, all Study Island assignments for the remainder of the year have been posted
on Study Island.  Your next assignment is due on March 2.  Please make a note of these
due dates in your assignment pad.

There will be a cumulative vocabulary test NEXT THURSDAY.  Study a little bit each night, and don't
forget to use the text's website for help.

MONDAY

Study for vocabulary test.

Research your topic of choice for the expository essay.  You must have this in class
tomorrow, or you will lose 5 points from your essay grade.

The following website is an excellent resource:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

TUESDAY

Study for vocab test.

In your journal, write thesis statements for each of the following topics:
1. Video games.  2.  Vegetables.  3.  Exercise.  4.  Mrs. Sullo  5. Allowances   

WEDNESDAY

Study for vocab test.

Write thesis statements for each of the following topics: 1.  The mall. 
2.  Glen Ridge.  3.  Jupiter.  4.  Mexico.  5.  Alex Rodriquez

THURSDAY

Complete 1st draft of essay, if not done.

Study for vocab test.

FRIDAY

Complete essay.  Must be typed in MLA format for Monday.  
Rubric must be attached. 



Week of Feb. 9-13

MONDAY (day 3) 

Vocab pg. 134
Sentence diagramming test on Thursday.  Please see study guide in 
the "links" section.  The numbers you need to study are 1,4,5,6,21,
26,29,30.

TUESDAY (day 4)

Vocab pg. 135
Sentence diagramming test on Thursday

WEDNESDAY

Vocab pg. 136
Sentence diagramming test tomorrow

THURSDAY 

Vocab pg. 137

FRIDAY

Complete expository writing assignment for Tuesday, 2/24.  Have
a great vacation!






Week of Feb. 2-6

JOURNAL TOPICS

This week, we'll be doing some creative writing.  You are going to
write three different stories, mixing-and-matching a character,
setting, and plot from the following list:

CHARACTER                  SETTING                PLOT
a dinosaur                 New York City          has trouble making 
                                                  friends

an athletic princess       a deserted island      is lost

Mr. Terpin                 outer space            is being chased by
                                                  an evil turtle

a fashion-obsessed         inside a perfume bottle   has lost his/her     
librarian                                            car keys 

In other words, you could write a story about Mr. Terpin being lost 
in outer space, or a dinosaur having trouble making friends inside
a perfume bottle.  Be creative, be imaginative, but stay in CONTROL
of your story. You can be funny and entertaining, but not silly and
nonsensical. 

MONDAY (day 5)

3 journal entries due on Friday.  Typed or written in journals.
Neatness DOES factor into your grade.
 
Grammar quiz on Wednesday (sentence diagramming).

Completing the Sentence (120)

TUESDAY

Synonyms/Antonyms (121)

Grammar quiz tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

Choosing the Right Word
Vocabulary in Context (122-123)

THURSDAY

Vocabulary test tomorrow.

Journals due tomorrow.