First Notebook Grade – Thursday, February 19th
Please grade for only the highlighted pieces at this time. Draw a line through the assignment as you
find it. Anything without a line through it will be considered missing.
Bell Work – Tues. January 6th, Wed. Jan 7th, Thurs. Jan 8th, Fri. Jan 9th, Mon. Jan 12, Tues. Jan 13th, Wed.
Jan 14th, Thurs. Jan 15th, Fri. Jan 16th, Wed Jan 21st, Thurs Jan 22nd, Mon Jan 26th, Fri Feb 6th, Mon. Feb 9th,
Tues Feb 10th, Mon Feb 16th, Tues. Feb 17th,
Classwork/Homework – Narrative packet on Railroad, Narrative Rubric, Narrative packet on Dust Bowl,
Score sheets for both, Parent signature form
Journal Writing –Mc Raven’s Rules to succeed all 10 steps, December 2nd – Notes over expository essay,
(Light blue)-transition words & openings/closings, (green sheet)-smile face tricks/editing marks, (White
sheet)- direct quotes & dialogue, Writing Rubric for expository essays, Power point for Expository
essays, Informative Essay writing packet, Writing traits score sheet, Argumentative rubric,
Argumentative Checklist, Social Media Packet, Bottled Water Packet, Absolutes and Participial Phrases
notes, Sensory words packet
Graded Papers –Test Final, Vocabulary Pretest, Vocabulary Test, Prep for Giver Exam, The Giver Exam,
Semester Test Review from the Giver, Semester Test Review for Grammar, Appositives page 80-83,
Sentences page 71-78, References page 128-133, Participles Packet page 66-85
Notes – 5 types of nouns, Singular and plural nouns, Irregular nouns, Possessive nouns, Pronouns and
antecedents, Subject & object pronouns, study skills and parts of speech, Possessive pronouns,
Reflexive, intensive, & demonstrative pronouns, Indefinite pronouns, interrogative & relative pronouns,
Verbs, Main verbs & helping verbs, principal parts of verbs, Principal parts of irregular verbs, Be, Have, &
do, verb Tenses, tense changes, progressive forms of verbs, direct objects, indirect objects, Predicate
nominatives, transitive and intransitive verbs, Active and passive voice, confused verb pairs, Adjectives,
predicate adjectives, Comparisons with adjectives, (Notes from 1st test), Reference sheet 1 (2 pages),
and reference sheet 2, Notes on Writing with power book – principal parts of a verb, regular verbs,
irregular verbs, Bring & Take, Learn & Teach, Leave & Let, tenses (6 tenses)-Present tense, past tense,
future tense, Present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, conjugation, shifts in
tenses, progressive tense verbs, indefinite/definite articles, proper adjectives, Predicate Adjectives,
Positive Form, comparative form, superlative form, Notes from pages 683-688 over forms and verb
changes, Sentence, Interrogative sentence, Imperative sentence, exclamatory sentence, complete
sentence, simple sentence, Complete predicate, simple predicate, compound subject, compound
predicate, simple sentence, complete sentence, complex sentence, independent clause, subordinate
clause, preposition, object of the preposition, prepositional phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase,
notes on using preps correctly, avoiding choppy writing, Appositives, Homonyms, homographs, Prefixes,
suffixes, Capitalizations, commas, colon, semicolons, dash, hyphen, parentheses, numbers in sentences,
abbreviations, titles, thesaurus, dictionary, card catalog, call numbers, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia,
books in print, Internet information, Participle, participial phrase, gerund, gerund phrase, infinitive,
infinitive phrase, dangling participle, split infinitives, modifier, subject-verb agreement