Decide what you are going to work on for the final project of the year!  We will be working on these projects in class next week.  They will be due on June 10th and you will present them on June 13th! Absolutely no late projects will be accepted after June 13th.

In the event that the SWIM CLUB is cancelled, this test will take place on JUNE 7th.  BE PREPARED ON JUNE 7TH.

Today is the day! After two and half weeks of working in class , our research paper is due!


COPY AND PASTE YOUR ESSAY INTO THE FINAL DOCUMENT BELOW AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!


Remember I cannot accept late papers for this assignment and will grade your rough draft if you do not turn in on time!

🅰 Your Achieve assignment is to complete the following Achieve articles:

5/18:  "Families to Learn about Loved Ones"
5/18:  " To Keep The Promise"
IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED:  "A Look Back at Elie Wiesel" you must complete it today! 
📚 If you choose not to complete Achieve and you are present in class you will receive half credit for late work.  Achieve must be done during class.

Read the directions very carefully.

We will read Pages from the Basement together.

You must turn in for full credit!

🅰 Your Achieve assignment is to complete the following Achieve article:

5/2: "A Look Back at Elie Wiesel"


📚You WILL DO the Thought Question in one 6-8 sentence paragraph that demonstrates that you know who Elie Wiesel is and what is message is.


IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY - YOU MUST MAKE THIS UP DURING FLEX BY FRIDAY OR YOU MAY COMPLETE IT AT HOME TODAY BY 2:30PM.  YOU MUST COMPLETE ACHIEVE DURING SCHOOL HOURS ONLY OR IT DOES NOT COUNT.

Please make sure that you complete RHYME TIME FOR UNIT 12 and then complete DO NOW 41-50. This is HOMEWORK if it is not finished in class and could be graded.

If time permits, please complete 51-60.  

Please complete the following Achieve articles:
Hard Times
Who's Who in Hoovervilles
You do not have to complete the Thought Question.  Late responses will receive half credit.

Today, you will work with one or two partners to create an ODE or a SONNET.  Please look up the parameters online and decide which one you will use.  

In the fourth marking period we will use 16 lines or more and 12 vocabulary words.  If you choose to write the sonnet, you will use 14 lines!

Please attach your slideshow and put all names on the slideshow.

Copy and paste your work on the attached document.
Although you will be finishing the essay on your own, you may use any writing that you completed with your group.
You will have three class periods to complete this project!

You will have THREE CLASS PERIODS AND A PARTNER OR TWO TO GET THIS DONE.  TODAY IS PLANNING DAY!!!  WHAT WILL YOU WRITE?  SKETCH OUT YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS!

This assignment is due 02/03/2022. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

This assignment is due 02/02/2022. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Read The Harlem Renaissance by Jessica McBirney - then find your slides and answer the question in one paragraph with those seated near you.  You may not be closer than three feet while you work on this. 

We will do this on Tuesday!

What are your own personal thoughts about resolutions? Today, let's think about 2021 - what we loved, hated, feared and conquered. Then, let's figure out a plan for 2022!

Every day , you will complete TWO grammar passages.

Make corrections for the following:
- capitalization: proper nouns, common nouns, etc.
- punctuation: periods, commas, etc.
- paragraphs

Then look up the vocabulary word and write it on the next slide.

** We will go over this and make corrections together. Make sure you are correcting your work!

This will count as a supplemental grade!

REMOTE STUDENTS ONLY MAY COMPLETE THE ONLINE ACTIVITIES!

Your Achieve assignment is to complete two Achieve articles today. 

TODAY'S ARTICLES: "No More Homework?" and "Classrooms of the Future"


You will complete a one-two paragraph Thought Question response on Achieve for "No More Homework?" as follows: Some schools are reducing or getting rid of homework. Explain whether or not you think these schools are doing the right thing. Use facts and details from the article to support your response.


Once you finish, submit your response!

PERIOD ONE/TWO - 
Your Achieve assignment is to complete ONE Achieve article today. You will be completing the article & activity only.

TODAY'S ARTICLES: "WHAT A PLACE TO LIVE"

If you finish, you must check that you completed:
Thrills & Chills
Plodding Through Powder
Rescue at the South Pole
On Your Mark. Get Yeti. Go.
Once you have completed Achieve, STUDY FOR THE VOCABULARY QUIZ OR FINISH AND SUBMIT RHYME TIME!


PERIOD FOUR/FIVE - Complete your vocab quiz on paper and hand in!

Make sure reread the poem and the short story
Review your Gift of the Magi Questions
Review the poem analysis we presented in class!

This assignment is due 12/17/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.


The link attached has a more elementary version of the story that has been rewritten for younger readers.

Your Achieve assignment is to complete ONE Achieve articles today. You will be completing the article & activity only.

TODAY'S ARTICLES: "PLODDING THROUGH POWDER"

If you finish, you must check that you completed:
Thrills & Chills
On Your Mark. Get Yeti. Go.

Once you have completed Achieve, YOU WILL MOVE ON TO THE GIFT OF THE MAGI QUESTIONS

Your Achieve assignment is to complete two Achieve articles today. You will be completing the THOUGHT QUESTION for "Thrills & Chills" using three pieces of TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.

TODAY'S ARTICLES: "Thrills & Chills" & "On Your Mark. Get Yeti. Go"

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!


YOUR ROUGH DRAFT  WILL GO HERE!

Attached is the vocabulary words and the correct answers for the worksheet.  Use this to study if you have misplaced your worksheet!

You must use 10 words in a 16 line RHYMING poem!  Use the attached slide show to work.

This assignment is due 12/01/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

See attached schedule for individual assignments.

DO NOT START UNTIL MONDAY!

Your Achieve assignment is to complete two Achieve articles today. You will be completing the article & activity only for "Toy Stories" and will complete the thought question for "A Cup of Kindness"

TODAY'S ARTICLES: "Toy Stories" and "A Cup of Kindness"

Once you finish the thought question, please copy and paste your response on the attached document.  Then, submit your response!

Please complete the Unit Four worksheet by Friday.  There will be no rhyme time this week.

Textual Evidence

Making Inferences & Relevant Connections 

Adjectives & Adverbs
Verbals

ALPHABIOGRAPHY #1


Please see the rules and assignment on the attached slideshow!


Please use the attached document to write your personal narrative.

Meaning & Tone

Objective Summary

RULES
16 Line Minimum
10 Word Minimum
Simile - ORANGE
Metaphor - GREEN

Pronouns
Subject Verb Agreement

Characters

Theme

Please see the attached words and assignments that are due on Friday.

Don't start this until you are instructed to do so!

Plot 
Setting

Create a blank slideshow for your group. and attach it here. Please make sure to share it with your group. Do not submit multiples. One slide show per group.

🅰 Your Achieve assignment is to complete TWO Achieve articles today: "Why We Love Shakespeare" and "Shakespeare's Peers"

📚You WILL DO the Thought Question today for "Why We Love Shakespeare" on the attached document.  You must also paste it into Achieve.

✏️If you finish, work on RHYME TIME

Please see the attached words and assignment that is due on Friday.

Capitalization

Punctuation

Please do not start this activity yet!