View "Monkey's Paw"

Dispatch: If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for? Explain your choices. Can you think of ways your good wishes could go wrong, like they did in the "Monkey's Paw?

Update assignment list:

1. Mood dispatch 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259

View the "Monkey's Paw" episode of The Simpsons.

Compare the versions in terms of mood, genre, and theme.

"Monkey's Paw"

Work in the Measuring Up books

Read "Monkey's Paw" again.

Review Question 25 on the Periodic Assessment

The Monkey's Paw

Transfer all work to manilla folders.

Read "The Monkey's Paw" on page 681

The Tell-Tale Heart

Dispatch: What kind of mood are you in now? What is the general mood of the classroom, Carnegie, and Carson today? What is the typical mood inside your home?

Think about the general atmosphere and feeling as you write.

Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" together on page 625 in The Language of Literature.

Answer overhead question, questions 1-3 on page 631, and the vocabulary questions on page 632.

Overhead Question: Now after reading "Tell-Tale Heart" what kind of mood are you in? What in the story changed your mood? How did Poe establish the mood of the story?

Homework: pages 258 and 259 in the Interactive Reader

Take District Assessment

Take District Assessment

Dispatch: What have you liked about this class so far this year? What have you disliked? What have you learned? What do you want to learn next semester?

Write a response to the above questions. (20 pts.)

Work on research report due on Wednesday and make-ups due on Thursday.

Updated Assignment List

38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
50. Data half-sheets, 1/12, 24
51. Outline or Rough draft, 1/17, 25
52. Research report, 1/18, 80
53. Dispatch about the class, 1/17, 20

Work on Research Report

Research report: checklist, rubric, standards, and samples

Turn in data half-sheets worth two points each for a total of 24 points.

Distribute and discuss research report rubric, standards, and samples.

Students who worked on the computers or at the library on yesterday will work in their seats today. Students who worked in their seats yesterday will work in the library or on the computer today.

Homework: Finish research report due Friday.

Last day for make ups Tuesday, January 17.

Research and irregular verbs

Return work and update the computer and assignment list.

Copy the following sample half sheet for an internet source. This internet source does not have an author, so it starts with the title, "Maya Angelou."

Dr. Martin Luther King asked Maya Angelou to be the northern coordinator for the Southern Leadership Conference.


“Maya Angelou.” Poets.org. 11 Jan. 2006. The Academy of American Poets. www.poets.org/poet.php/prompid/87

For web sources be sure to list the following information in this format.

author of article. title of article. Name of website. Date of access. Organization affiliated with the site. Web address

Research groups

Homework: 12 data "half-sheets" due Thursday.

Research data half-sheets

Copy research data half-sheets sample from the white board.

At the library pick an author to research and complete as many data half-sheets as possible.

Homework: 12 data half-sheets are due on Thursday (at least 4 for each heading)

Research Unit

1. Review assignment list; update computer record.
2. Begin research report unit.
3. Writing and Skills Read pages 134, 142 - 157; do Writing Practice 2 on pages 142-143.

Homework: Pick an author to write a research report about.

Updated Assignment List

38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50