Listen to advice and accept instruction,

and in the end you will be wise.

(Proverbs 19:20 NIV)

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March – History Fair:  March 23 – 26, 2010

Johnnie Tremain – Chasen Gilbertson, Henry Matthews, Tra Rhodes, and Ryan Ward

The Red Badge of Courage – Josh Main, Garrett Redder, and Daniel Renaldo

The Diary of Anne Frank – Elise Denney, Shandra Wilson, and Shavonne Wilson

Mondays:  Word of the Day Vocabulary (Unit 14)

Tuesdays – Thursdays:  History Fair assignment (daily in-class and homework assignments given daily [M-F].

Fridays:  English Skills [independant study]

February – Poetry month

Objective:  Students will learn to write a variety of poetry throughout the month.

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7/8th – Mondays and Fridays dedicated to WOD (no change to assignment and testing format) and English Skills 

                   (Friday’s homework due Monday).   WOD Unit 13 test will be given 2/5.

-           Tuesday – Thursdays Poetry – assignments will be due the following day, unless otherwise advised.

  • Week 1:  Concrete, Synonym & Antonyms, Three Word Forms (due 2/8)
  •      – Re-write WOD Unit 13 Creative Story due 2/8.
  •      – English Skills due 2/8.
  • Week 2:  “I Am” (version 1), Poems, Portraits, & Pals, Formula Poems
  • Week 3:  Winter Break – Assign Literary Novel (?)
  • Week 4:  Weather, Sense Poems, Writing about yourself & others