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In class we will be working in workshop 7, page 182 &183
 * Wednesday 4/9/14**
 * Students will apply strategies to find problems and solutions in a science report.
 * Students will read and interpret information from a diagram.
 * Students will complete a Skills Check to demonstrate understanding of problem and solution.

**Friday 4/4/14** Student will be able to answer and respond to:Which invention do you think is more important, the X-ray machine or the endoscope?Why?

**Thursday 4/3/14** Student will be able to answer and respond to: Would you donate blood to a blood bank? Why or why not?
 * Quiz TODAY on vocabulary study quiz let!! **

**Tuesday 4/1/14** Student will be able to answer and respond to: Would you like to have a job like Dr. Todd Kuiken? Why or why not?
 * Quiz Thursday on vocabulary study quiz let!! **

**Monday 3/31/14** Today in class we will start Workshop 7 The Cutting Edge We will learn new vocabulary
 * Quiz Thursday on vocabulary study quiz let!! **

**Friday 3/28/14** Moving back into the Read 180 book
 * Wild Child Papers Due! **

**Tuesday 3/25** **http://quizlet.com/39138609/feral-children-flash-cards/**
 * **Study for quiz TUESDAY!!!**

**Monday 3/24**
 * Continue working on your papers.


 * Review the different stories we have read and there will be a quiz tomorrow
 * Take Freshmen awareness survey
 * Work on hook, thesis, and topic sentence for your synthesis paper.

**Thursday 3/20** Going to the Library again! Work on hook, thesis, and topic sentence for your synthesis paper.

**Wednesday 3/19**
 * Take Freshmen awareness survey
 * Going to the Library!

**Tuesday 3/18**


 * Reviewing research questions
 * Reviewing organizers
 * Talk about what will be happening when we go to the library

Going to the Library Wednesday!

**Wednesday 2/12/2014 page 156-157**
 * Practice analyzing the setting, characters, plot, and theme of a short story.
 * Practice tracking story elements using a graphic organizer.
 * Complete a Skills Check to demonstrate understanding of story elements.

**Monday 2/10/14 page 154-155**


 * Practice analyzing the setting, plot, and theme of a short story.
 * Use text marking to identify story elements.
 * Review strategies for making inferences.

**Friday 2/7/2014**
 * Students will practice analyzing the setting, characters, plot, and theme of a short story.
 * Students will use text marking to identify story elements.
 * Students will practice tracking story elements using a graphic organizer.

**Thursday 2/6/2014**


 * Students will practice analyzing the setting, characters, plot, and theme of a short story.
 * Students will use text marking to identify story elements.
 * Quiz on vocabulary 6 ( first five words)

**Tuesday 2/4/2014**
 * Students will practice identifying the characters of a short story.
 * Students will use text markings to identify character traits.
 * Students will make a prediction about character.
 * Quiz on parts of a story

**Monday 2/3/2014**
 * Students will identify the elements of a short story including setting, character, plot, and theme.
 * Students will practice sorting story elements into a graphic organizer.


 * Monday, 1/27/2014**
 * Students will be able to analyze the form of a persuasive essay.
 * Students will be able to brainstorm ideas for writing using a graphic organizer.
 * Students will be able to use an outline to plan the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion of a persuasive. essay.


 * Tuesday, 1/28/2014 (132-133)**
 * Students will be able to identify and correctly using past-tense forms of irregular verbs.
 * Students will be able to use commas correctly.
 * Student will be able to edit a draft to correct specific spelling, grammar, and usage errors.
 * Students will be able to proofread a writing sample for specific spelling, grammar, and usage errors.


 * Wednesday, 1/29/2014**
 * Students will preview workshop selections and activate prior knowledge, relating them to Anchor Video key concepts.
 * Students will learn and practice vocabulary. Generate examples to reinforce meaning.


 * Friday, 1/31/2014**
 * Students will identify the speaker/persona of a poem.
 * Students will use text marking to identify repetition in a poem.
 * Students will be able to identify the theme of a poem.