> Turn in week's work:
- 4 reading paragraphs
- Pearl vocabulary words

> Read "The Tell Tale Heart"

> Party! Watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas" have fun, and relax . . .
Have a great weekend!

> Writing from a list: "list of lists"

> freewrite / finish informal letters

> Continue reading The Pearl while marking unfamiliar words for vocab. list

> Party tomorrow! I'll bring the pizza, you bring the other goodies . . .

> Writing an informal letter:
list 10 possible recipients
choose 1 and draft an informal letter

> Read and discuss opening pages of "The Pearl" looking for elements of folk tale

> Freewrite: 'luck'

> Text pg. Introduction 10: Folk tales

> Read page 1 of The Pearl, taking note of folk tale elements


Homework: Read 20 minutes and complete 'choice reading' summary paragraph
One due each day Tuesday thru Friday, all to be collected on Friday

> Check - In: What we did and where we went on our week off
> Freewrite: Writing from a list - 7 luckiest things / events

> Quiz on "The Speckled Band"
> library

> Sherlock Holmes video

Due Friday:
> 2 word roots worksheets
> 3 'choice reading' HW paragraphs
> "Speckled Band" worksheet

> Warm up: Word roots='derm'
> Background on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
> Keep Evidence / Prediction chart while reading the story in groups

> Bulletin / Monday check-in
> Freewrite
> Word Roots

> Poem:
Emily Dickinson's
"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"

> Narrative Writing Assessment (both class periods)

Have a great weekend! Get out and enjoy the sunshine . . .

> Freewrite
> work on narrative cover art
> conferences

> Point of View

Homework: Choice Reading paragraph

Reminder: narrative writing assessment tomorrow. Come to class with paper, pencils, and pens, and be ready to write!

> Benchmark Assessment #1

> Continue worksheets on "Charles" p.22

> Begin working on cover art for Narrative Essay

Homework: Choice reading paragraph

> Finish preposition / idiom worksheet
> Complete short story reading guide
> Begin reading "Charles" p.22 and complete worksheets

> Check in/ bulletin
> 'take two' & Freewrite
> 4 types of Conflict: (character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. society, character vs. nature)

> rules and procedures
> preposition / idiom worksheet
> begin 'short story reading guide'

Homework:
Choice reading paragraph (try to include in your five sentences elements of Setting, Characterization, Conflict, Theme, AND Plot)