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- Opener 10: Days 1-3.1
- Chapter 15 Spelling pre-test
- Work on speech
- Homework: Get speech project sheet signed and return tomorrow; rough draft of speech is due Monday
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- Opener 10: Days 3.2-5
- Spelling practice:
- Copy all words from spelling list 15, p. 96
- Read and do all of p. 96
- P. 97, 1-20
- P. 98, all
- P. 99, 1-25
- Homework: Rough draft of speech due Monday, Feb. 10; study for spelling test on Friday
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- Opener 11: Days 1-3.1
- Punctuation: Underlining, p. 613; quotation marks, p. 615-616
- Homework: Complete Exercise 2, p. 617; rough draft of speech due Monday, Feb. 10; study for spelling test on Friday
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Tess's Birthday!
Progress Report Day
- Vision screening today at 9:00
- Opener 11: Days 3.2-5
- Go over last night's homework on board
- Read more about quotation marks, p. 617-620
- Homework: Rough draft of speech due Monday, Feb. 10; study for spelling test tomorrow; recycling day tomorrow
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Recycling Day
- Opener 12: Days 1-3.1
- Spelling test, ch. 15
- Work on speech
- Homework: Rough draft of speech due Monday
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Joey's Birthday!
- Check speeches for completeness
- Self-edit speech (use project sheet for guidelines)
- Begin peer editing speeches
- Homework: Begin making revisions to your speech based on today's feedback
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- Continue peer editing speeches
- Homework: Continue making revisions to your speech based on today's feedback
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- Practice delivering speech with peers at your table
- Homework: Start practicing your speech at home in front of the mirror and with family and/or friends. Ask for feedback! Presentations begin on Tuesday!
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- Opener 12: Days 3.2-5
- Pass back and go over papers
- Spectrum newsletter and Relay for Life info
- Continue practicing speeches
- Homework: Get signed: "I have received the Spectrum newsletter and Relay for Life info" for a 100 opener grade; practice your speech at home in front of the mirror and with family and/or friends. Presentations begin on Tuesday! Recycling day tomorrow
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Valentine's Day
Recycling Day
- Opener 13: Days 1-3.1
- Check homework
- Last day to practice delivering speeches
- Homework: Practice your speech at home in front of the mirror and with family and/or friends. Presentations begin on Tuesday!
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President's Day - no school
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- Speech presentations begin
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- Continue speech presentations
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- Continue speech presentations
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Recycling Day
- Finish speech presentations
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- Opener 13: Days 3.2-5
- Using apostrophes - Possessive case (p. 624-628)
- Practice: Exercises 6 and 7
- Homework: Exercise 8, p. 627-28
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- Opener 14: Days 1-3.1
- Check homework and go over
- Using apostrophes - Contractions and plurals, (p. 629-632)
- Exercise 10
- Homework: Exercise 11, p. 631
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- Opener 14: Days 3.2-5
- Hyphens (p. 633-634)
- Review B, p. 634
- Homework: Review italics, quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens for a quiz tomorrow
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- Opener 15: Days 1-3.1
- Quiz over italics, quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens
- Recognizing complements, p. 438
- Homework: Read a book for pleasure; recycling teams meet tomorrow during homeroom
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Recycling Day
- Writing Day
- Using the writing process
- Introductory paragraphs
- Developing your ideas in the body: Relevant details, organization, keeping it interesting, backing up your topic
- Concluding your writing with a brief summary of your main ideas
- Brainstorm, organize, write a rough draft, start editing
- Homework: Read a book for pleasure
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