Week of 10/27 -- Read your Independent Reading book every night!

Monday:  Homework on "The Raven" due tomorrow.  Remember:  your goal is to demonstrate your understanding of the poem.  Click here for details:  Raven homework options

Tuesday:  "Talk Back" to the poem "Annabel Lee" as demonstrated in class. Click here for another copy of the poem and the homework questions.  Annabel Lee  Students without the homework "ticket" tomorrow will not be able to participate in the most unique class of the year!  Instead, they will write for 45 minutes!  Do this homework!

Wednesday:  IRA #4 due Friday.  See link at left for options.

Thursday:  IRA #4 due tomorrow.  See link at left for options.

                   Spelling quiz on Latin Roots #5 tomorrow.  See link at left for words.

Week of 10/20 -- Read your Independent Reading book every night!

No spelling quiz this week

Monday:  Study for vocab. quiz tomorrow

Tuesday:  Complete packet on "The Raven."  Yes, the poem is difficult, but please read it all and do the best you can.  Lost the copy I gave in class?  Click here for the poem (the homework is on the last page of the poem):  The Raven - poem 

Wednesday:  Work on this week's IRA, which has been re-scheduled for Friday, 10/24.

                        New Assignment:  Graded Homework for "The Raven"; due Tuesday, 10-28.  Lost the                              handout? Click here for guidelines: Raven homework options

Thursday:  IRA #3 due tomorrow.  See link at left for options.

Friday:  "The Raven" homework assignment.  Remember the goal is to show me what you understnad about the poem.   Click here for guidelines:  Raven homework options

               Read "The Black Cat" over the weekend. 

Link to an on-line copy of story:  http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/blackcat.html  

Too hard?  Try this slightly easier version:  black cat td 

Looking for a really easy version?  Try this:  black cat modified II

Week of 10/13 -- Read your Independent Reading book every night!

Monday:  IRA #2 is due Wednesday -- see link at left for questions and answer organizers, if desired

Tuesday:  IRA #2 is due tomorrow -- see link at left for questions and answer organizers, if desired

Wednesday:  Complete sentence worksheet for "The Raven" vocab.  Click here for link

                       NEW -- spelling quiz tomorrow -- please study the words; they're hard!

Thursday:  IRA #3 is due next Wednesday -- see link at left for options

Week of 10/6 -- Read your Independent Reading book every night!

NO SPELLING THIS WEEK

Tuesday:  IRA #1 due tomorrow.  Click on link at left for details

Wednesday:  IRA #2 due next Wed., 10/15.  See link at left for details  NOTE:  The link includes ideas for organizing your response (see note on graphic organizer).  Why not check it out?

Week of 9/29 -- Read your Independent Reading book every night!

Monday:  Demon quiz "test run."  Click here for link to the paragraph:  demon preview paragraph  Need the list?  Click on link at left

                 "Mango Street" Visualization or Connection.  Quiz Grade.  Please put effort into this assignment.  Click here for guidelines:  Mango visualization or connection

Wednesday:  Study for demon quiz tomorrow.  Lost your list?  Click on link at left.

Thursday:  Study for spelling quiz Latin Roots List 4

Friday:  Due Wednesday, 10/8:  First IRA question.  See link at left for options

Week of 9/22 -- Find an Independent Reading book this week!

Tuesday:  Active Reading Strategies worksheet on the Vargas Kids. 

                 Click here if you've lost the worksheet: Vargas Kids practice

Thursday:  Spelling quiz on Latin Roots List 3.  See link at left for list

                   Independent Reading book and contract due in class tomorrow. 

                   Click here for contract: Independent Reading Contract

Friday:  Due Wednesday, 10/1:  Active Reading Visualization or Connection.  Quiz Grade.  Please put effort into this assignment.  Click here for guidelines:  Mango visualization or connection

Coming next week:  Quiz on Three Point Demons! -- Thursday, 10/2

Week of 9/22 -- Find an Independent Reading book this week!

Tuesday:  Active Reading Strategies worksheet on the Vargas Kids. 

                 Click here if you've lost the worksheet: Vargas Kids practice

Thursday:  Spelling quiz on Latin Roots List 3.  See link at left for list

                   Independent Reading book and contract due in class tomorrow. 

                   Click here for contract: Independent Reading Contract

Friday:  Due Wednesday, 10/1:  Active Reading Visualization or Connection.  Quiz Grade.  Please put effort into this assignment.  Click here for guidelines:  Mango visualization or connection

Coming next week:  Quiz on Three Point Demons! -- Thursday, 10/2

Week of 9/15 - no spelling this week

Independent Reading Book and contract due in class Friday, 9/26.  Click here for contract: Independent Reading Contract

Monday:  In class writing prompt today. No homework tonight

Tuesday:  Comma Quiz "test run."  Click here for the homework worksheet. comma quiz test run Actual quiz is on Thursday.

Wednesday:  Review notes for comma quiz tomorrow

Week of 9/8

Monday, 9/8: Summer Reading essay due tomorrow.  Three points a day off late entries.  See link at left for guidelines.

Thursday, 9/11:  Spelling quiz on Latin Roots List 2.  See link for words

Friday:  There will be a five paragraph essay prompt on Monday.  In preparation, please review all the techniques we have discussed:  structure of each paragraph, topic sentences, closing sentences,

Week of 9/2

Tuesday, 9/2:  Tonight you will write two paragraphs.  One will be titled:  "Here's What You Can Expect From Me as a Student in Class"  and the second will be "Here's What I Expect From You, Mrs. Curran, as My English Teacher This Year."  One paragraph for each topic.  Typed or handwritten

Wednesday, 9/3:  Rewiew notes for a five-paragraph essay.  Our first practice CMT prompt is tomorrow!  Remember:  Help Me Find Reasons For Essay (health/safety, money, friends, recreation, family, education).

Thursday, 9/4:  Study for our first spelling quiz of the year, Latin/Greek Roots List 1.  See the Spelling link on the left for the words, which were distributed in class Tuesday, 9/2

Week of 8/28

8/28, Thursday:  Bring in an item for our back bulletin board that represents "you."  Past students have brought in pictures, sports items, symbols of favorite hobbies, and more.  Use your imagination, but remember:  I must hang 93 items, so keep them relatively small.

8/29, Friday:  Write me a one-page essay titled, "Here's What You Need to Know About Me, Mrs. Curran."  This paper may be typed or handwritten, as long as it is neat. You may tell me anything you think I should know, whether or not it concerns academics.  You'll have a chance to tell me what kind of student you are in Tuesday night's homework, so feel free to focus on other areas.

Due Sept. 9:  Summer Reading Assignment:  Click on the link at left for information on the summer reading assessment, which was reviewed in class 8/29.  Students who attended Polson in 7th grade but who have not read one of the eight required books may submit the assignment based on another book; however, five points will be deducted from the grade.