ENGLISH JOURNAL #49

5/2/08
LIST WORDS DESCRIBING
THINGS YOU CAN HEAR IN
A HAUNTED HOUSE USING
ONOMATOPOEIA.
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4/21/08
• JOURNAL – WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE THEME OF THE
MONKEY’S PAW?
• COLLECT HW – READING LOGS/PASS OUT NEW RLS/LOL PAGE
691 (CONNECT TO LIT)
• AGENDA
• THE MONKEY’S PAW READING COMPREHENSION (60)/SPELLING
WORDS TEST (10) – 70 POINTS IN TOTAL
• ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, WRITE A THEME PARAGRAPH
ON THE MONKEY’S PAW (IDENTIFY TWO PIECES OF
EVIDENCE/EXPLANATIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUR THEME) – 30
POINTS IN TOTAL
• PRACTICE IDENTIFYING THEME IN LITERATURE/VIDEO #5
• READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

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4/22/08
2. ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, COPY THE KWL CHART
3. AGENDA
4. KWL CHART
5. VOCABULARY MATRIX: PARTS OF POETRY (POETRY, PROSE,
LINE, STANZA, RHYTHM)
6. COMPARE/CONTRAST PROSE VS. POETRY
7. IDENTIFY PARTS OF POETRY IN A POEM
8. READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

STUDY FOR POETRY QUIZ ON FRIDAY – VOCAB/IDENTIFY PARTS
OF A POEM.

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all vocabulary

words. Contest on Friday?
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4/23/08 NEED SUB PLAN
• JOURNAL
• AGENDA
• GRAMMAR PRACTICE COMPLEX/COMPOUND SENTENCES:AS A CLASS READ ABOUT COMPOUND-
COMPLEX SENTENCES LANGUAGE NETWORK PG. 198
• HAVE STUDENTS INDEPENDENTLY WORK ON LANGUAGE NETWORK PAGE 199 (3. PRACTICE AND
APPLY – A, B). COLLECT AND PUT IN APPROPRIATE BASKETS UNDER THE FLAG.
• BEGIN HOMEWORK LANGUAGE NETWORK PAGE 630 (5. MIXED REVIEW) – COPY EACH SENTENCE
THEN IDENTIFY THEM.
• READ A LOUD – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER
HERE IS WHERE EACH CLASS STARTS IN THE READ A LOUD:
PERIOD 1 –
PERIOD 5 –
PERIOD 6 –
*PLEASE WRITE THE PAGE WHERE EACH CLASS STOPS FOR ME. THANKS!

HW: READING LOGS

FINISH LANGUAGE NETWORK PAGE 630 (5. MIXED REVIEW)
STUDY FOR THE MONKEY’S PAW READING COMPREHENSION/THEME/SPELLING TEST FRIDAY.

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all vocabulary words. Contest on Friday?
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4/24/08
2. JOURNAL- WHEN YOU WROTE POETRY IN THE PAST WHAT WAS THE
MOST DIFFICULT THING ABOUT IT? WHAT WAS THE EASIEST THING?
3. AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: POETRY VS. PROSE VENN DIAGRAM
5. CST TEST PREP: READ PAGE 7
ANSWER QUESTIONS PAGE 8 (#1-5) ON SCANTRON
• DISCUSS/BEGIN YOUR ACROSTIC POEM
• READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

FINISH ACROSTIC POEM
STUDY FOR POETRY QUIZ ON FRIDAY – VOCAB/IDENTIFY PARTS OF A
POEM.

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all vocabulary words.
Contest on Friday?
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4/25/08
2. JOURNAL- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF POETRY?
3. AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: ACROSTIC POEM
5. POETRY QUIZ
6. READ MORE ABOUT POETRY: LOL PAGES 187-191
7. DISCUSS/BEGIN YOUR HAIKU POEM
8. READ ALOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

FINISH HAIKU POEM (2)

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all

vocabulary words. Contest on Friday?
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4/28/08
2. JOURNAL- IDENTIFY AS MANY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS YOUR
REMEMBER.
3. AGENDA
4. COLLECT/SHARE HW: READING LOGS/PASS OUT NEW RLS/HAIKU POEM
5. VOCABULARY MATRIX: IMAGERY, SIMILE, ONOMATOPOEIA,
PERSONIFICATION, ALLITERATION
6. DISCUSS/BEGIN POETRY UNIT: IMAGERY
7. READ A LOUD:MY FAVORITE IMAGERY POEM/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

FIND AN EXAMPLE OF A POEM WITH IMAGERY
(LOOK ON http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/ )
STUDY FOR HAIKU POEM QUIZ TOMORROW.

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all vocabulary words.
Contest on Friday?
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4/29/08
2. JOURNAL- DESCRIBE THE CLASSROOM USING IMAGERY. WHAT
DO YOU SEE, HEAR, TOUCH, SMELL?
3. AGENDA
4. COLLECT/SHARE HW: EXAMPLE OF POEM WITH IMAGERY
5. HAIKU QUIZ
6. READ LOL PAGE 215 WILLOW AN GINGKO
7. DISCUSS/BEGIN POETRY UNIT: SIMILE
8. READ A LOUD:MY FAVORITE SIMILE POEM/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

ON NOTEBOOK PAPER, WRITE A SIMILE POEM
FIND AN EXAMPLE OF A POEM WITH SIMILES
(LOOK ON http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/ )
STUDY FOR POETRY QUIZ ON FRIDAY – KNOW HOW TO USE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS
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4/30/08
2. JOURNAL- WRITE 3 SENTENCES DESCRIBING THIS CLASSROOM
USING SIMILES.
3. AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: EXAMPLE OF POEM WITH SIMILES/YOUR SIMILE
POEM
5. CST TEST PREP: PAGES 9-13 (#6-16)
6. DISCUSS/BEGIN POETRY UNIT: ONOMATOPOEIA
7. READ A LOUD:MY FAVORITE ONOMOTOPOEIA POEM/PASS OUT
PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

ON NOTEBOOK PAPER, WRITE A POEM USING ONOMATOPOEIA
FINISH ONOMATOPOEM POEM QUESTIONS (2ND POEM)
STUDY FOR POETRY QUIZ ON FRIDAY – KNOW HOW TO USE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS
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5/1/08
2. JOURNAL- LIST WORDS DESCRIBING THINGS
YOU CAN HEAR AT A BASKETBALL GAME
USING ONOMATOPOEIA.
3. COPY AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: ONOMATOPOEIA POEM
QUESTIONS
5. PRACTICE WRITING WITH ONOMATOPOEIA
6. READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS/SHARE
POEMS

HW: READING LOGS

WRITE AN ONOMATOPOEIA POEM
STUDY FOR POETRY QUIZ ON FRIDAY – KNOW
HOW TO USE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS
 ENGLISH AGENDAS
5/2/08
2. JOURNAL- LIST WORDS DESCRIBING THINGS YOU CAN
HEAR IN A HAUNTED HOUSE USING ONOMATOPOEIA.
3. COPY AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: YOUR ONOMATOPOEIA POEM
5. POETRY QUIZ #2
6. DISCUSS/BEGIN POETRY UNIT: PERSONIFICATION
7. READ A LOUD/SHARE POEMS/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

FINISH PERSONIFICATION QUESTIONS AND
PERSONIFICATION POEM (1 STANZA)
STUDY FOR POETRY TEST NEXT WEEK – KNOW HOW TO
IDENTIFY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS IN A POEM.
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5/5/08
2. JOURNAL- WRITE 3 SENTENCES DESCRIBING THE
FLAG IN OUR CLASS USING PERSONIFICATION.
3. COPY AGENDA
4. COLLECT HW: PERSONIFICATION POEM
QUESTIONS/YOUR PERSONIFICATION
POEM/COLLECT RLS/PASS OUT RLS
5. DISCUSS/BEGIN POETRY UNIT: ALLITERATION
6. READ A LOUD/SHARE POEMS/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

FINISH ALLITERATION POEM 1 STANZA
STUDY FOR POETRY TEST THIS WEEK – KNOW HOW
TO IDENTIFY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS IN A
POEM
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4/9/08
2. JOURNAL- HOW DOES LEMON’S BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE
TOWARD GREG CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE STORY? WHY DO
YOU THINK THAT THIS CHANGE OCCURRED?
• AGENDA
• READ THE TREASURE OF LEMON BROWN – IR PAGES 156-158
• PLOT MAP – CLIMAX/FALLING ACTION/RESOLUTION
• PRACTICE IDENTIFYING THEME IN LITERATURE/VIDEO
• READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

LOL PAGE 345 (CONNECT TO THE LITERATURE, #1 AND 3 BULLET
QUESTIONS)

*Study grammar (verbs, adjectives, predicate, subjects…) and all vocabulary

words. Contest on Friday?
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4/14/08
• JOURNAL – HAVE YOU EVER READ A HORROR STORY OR
SEEN A HORROR FILM? THINK OF SOME SCARY MOVIES
THAT YOU HAVE SEEN. EXPLAIN WHAT THINGS MADE
THESE TYPES OF MOVIES SO SCARY TO YOU.
• AGENDA
• COLLECT HOMEWORK – READING LOGS/PASS OUT NEW
RLS
• LISTEN/READ THE MONKEY’S PAW – IR PAGES 262-270
• PLOT MAP IN IR PAGE 280 (EXPOSITION/CONFLICT/RISING
ACTION)
• PRACTICE IDENTIFYING THEME IN LITERATURE/VIDEO (#5)
• READ A LOUD/PASS OUT PAPERS

HW: READING LOGS

STUDY FOR THE MONKEY’S PAW VOCABULARY QUIZ
TOMORROW