Mark 21-25

Monday:

• Remind of Power Hours if they want to work on their theme movie project
• Tone Lesson  print out sheets, have partners "act" out with correct voice to get the tone across. 
• Read Button, Button
• Each student write the theme for Button Button.

Tuesday Bell Work; Tone:  Give students a tone words and they write a paragraph, read it to class and class guess the tone.

• Read tone paragraphs
• Stations to  discuss "Button, Button"

Wednesday:  Bell work:  Write a paragraph with a chosen tone.

• Read Tone papers.  Turn in the paper with 2 tone paragraphs.  
• No Red Ink Quiz over pronouns 
• Write theme of "Button, Button" 
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Thursday

• Watch clip of Dave Barry, 8:20-10:30
• Discuss how things are funny to different people
• Honors: Tone of Scope article
• Read to students "Memories of Dating"
• Do worksheet

Friday
NO SCHOOL

March 14-18

Monday -- Library

• Pronoun School House Rock
• Activity: (15 min)
• In pairs students write pronouns on little squares of paper.  As many as they can in 1:30 min.
• Group with the most reads them off and other groups can add to theirs
• Divide the paper into 2 groups:  Singular and Plural Pronouns  - call on people to check some answers.  Go over the pronoun "you", go over "our and ours...etc"
• Divide the singular pile into singular and singular possessive.  Same with plural.  Check a few of the students.
• Sentence:  Mrs. Berg hugged Emily.  What pronoun could you used for Mrs. Berg and Emily.  Discuss pronouns for the subject and pronouns for the object.
• No red ink assignment on Pronouns
• Library

Tuesday Bell Work:  No Red Ink

• Show video on theme up to the 2:30 mark
• Write a summary and a theme for a section of a Disney/Pixar movie

Wednesday  

• No Red Ink -- 10 minutes
• Read each other's assignments from yesterday and comment on the theme and summary

Thursday  Bell Work:  No Red Ink 

• Go over pronouns
• Actively Learn lesson on Four O'Clock

Friday:

• No Red Ink quiz
• Go over questions on Actively Learn

April 13-17

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Comma Lesson
• Do Comma Ppt and discuss each rule
• Pass out packet for students to work on
• Students go through comma info on Holt online
• Grade comma worksheet
• Honors:
• Do Comma Ppt and discuss each rule
• Pass out packet for students to work on
• Read "Gun Shy" silently

Tuesday:
Bell Work: colon definition


Lesson:

• Do Kahoot it "Hard and Fast Rules of Grammar"

Honors:

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Wednesday:  Red Day
Bell Work:  Do slide 2-3 of Grammar Review


Lesson: 1 - 3- 5- 7

• Read short story "Button, Button" aloud in class and discuss.  
• Pass out Story Elements-
• Students match with a partner and then discuss that element about the story "Button, Button"
• Discuss the story as a class
• Comma or Semicolon - Warriners pg 34-35

Thursday: Gray Day
Bell Work:  Do slide 2-3 of Grammar Review


Lesson: 2 -4 - 5 - 6

• Read short story "Button, Button" aloud in class and discuss.  
• Pass out Story Elements-
• Students match with a partner and then discuss that element about the story "Button, Button"
• Discuss the story as a class
• Comma or Semicolon - Warriners pg 34-35

Friday:
Bell Work: Do slide 4-5


Lesson:

• Grade Active and Passive Voice
• Do Element Review Worksheet