Week of Feb. 27th - Classwork and Homework

If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing
OAKS (Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) Testing - continued

"The Outsiders" - reading, quotation and vocab collection due Mon., Feb. 26th

In-class reading of final segment and prep for three paragraph essay

In-class writing time of the three paragraph essay - essay DUE Fri., Mar. 2nd

SOCIAL STUDIES
Ratification of the US Constitution

Week of Feb 20 - Classwork and Homework

No School Mon., Feb. 20th
If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing
OAKS (Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) Testing - practice M, testing T-F
"The Outsiders" - reading, quotation and vocab collection due Mon., Feb. 26th

SOCIAL STUDIES
Ratification of the US Constitution

Week of Feb 13 - Classwork and Homework

If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Bring "The Outsiders" book for SSR (silent sustained reading) every day

Reading/Writing
Life in 1960s; cliques and gangs
"The Outsiders" - read and do green book quotation collection and vocab daily
In-class literary analysis test and final essay - Feb. 29 through Mar. 2

Literary Devices

Book Project

Fantasy, mystery or sci-fi choice book jacket and review now PAST DUE.

Grammar
nouns, verbs, adjectives - identification, diagramming sentences

SOCIAL STUDIES
Next week - ratification of the US Constitution
Memory work: Preamble to the United States Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Week of Feb 6 - Classwork and Homework

If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Bring "The Outsiders" book for SSR (silent sustained reading) every day

Reading/Writing
Life in 1960s; cliques and gangs
"The Outsiders" - read and do green book quotation collection and vocab daily
In-class literary analysis test and final essay - Feb. 29 through Mar. 2
Parent Signature on Book Unit Calendar sue Fri 2/10

Literary Devices

Book Project

Fantasy, mystery or sci-fi choice book jacket and review now PAST DUE.

Grammar
nouns, verbs, adjectives - identification, diagramming sentences

SOCIAL STUDIES
Confederation Era
Quiz on Fri - warm-up material
Origins of US Constitution

Declaration memory work: (due 2/9)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."