Mrs. Spradling's Assignments

January 5-9


Reading/Writing 5-6

Grammar/Spelling 5-6

English 7

English 8


Monday


BCPE p. 60-63

Vocabulary cards for chapter 4

Read p. 38-43
Spelling
Review paragraphs
Make topic sentence and details for how-to paragraph

Language
Direct objects p. 46
Writing
SWAP activity to get ideas for short story

Language
Finish worksheet BCD
Do ex. p. 59
Language
Clauses p. 156 # 1-3
Words that make incomplete thoughts p. 111
Do worksheet
 
 
Writing
Review movie behind your eyelids
Compare good/bad memoir

Tuesday


BCPE p. 64-69

Read p. 44-49

Spelling
Review transitional expressions
Write how-to paragraph

Language
p. 47
Quiz Wed.- direct objects
Writing
10 What ifs in pairs
Write something funny that happened to you

Language
check p. 59
do ex. a p. 72

Language
Adjective clauses p. 156 # 1-4
do ex. a p. 156

Writing
Review all techniques for writing a memoir
Read exanple to review

Wednesday


BCPE p. 70-76 top

Read p. 50-53
Spelling
New words p. 90
Do p. 90-91-group b
Red words-group a

Language
Quiz on direct objects

Language
Review subjects and verbs-worksheet
Test Friday

Writing
Ideas for stories-Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
Language
ex. B and C p. 157

Writing

Make a list of events to cover in your memoir (thinking on paper)
or begin writing

Thursday


BCPE p. 76-80

Cause/Effect
To over examples
Think of other examples from BPP
do p. 47 in cause/effect book


Chapel
Writing
Read Owl Moon-list exact words and sight and sound images
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Language
Review subjects and verbs
Test Friday

Language
Adverb clauses P. 183 # 4-7
Do ex. a together
Do ex. b for HW
Go over sub. conj.
Quiz Mon.

Writing

Write memoir-rough copy due Monday

Friday


BCPE movie
Spelling
Pretest

Language
p. 48
Writing
Showing instead of telling
Handout
Practice skills 1 and 2

Language
Subject-Verb Test

Language
Adverb clauses- ex. c p. 184
Review sub. conj.-quiz Mon.

Writing

Thoughts and feelings-handout

Next Week

 

Test-
BCPE


Spelling test Wednesday


 Rough copy of memoir due
Subordinating conjunction quiz