Mrs. Kaplan

ACLA Agenda

Mon, 14 May 2007 16:42:39 -0500

This is our timeline for this and next week:

Monday - view excerpt of "Oprah and Elie Wiesel in Auschwitz", journal writing and reflection;
HW - write in your journal - Revisit the rationale of learning about the Holocaust. To answer this you must reread your journal writing entries

Tuesday - Finish the "The Diary of Anne Frank" play

Wednesday - Journals are due = quiz grade and turn in textbooks

Thursday - Quiz on Holocaust Vocabulary and History and turn in textbooks

Friday - Field Day

Monday - Review for Final Exam

Tuesday - Final Exam in the afternoon

ACLA Homework

Fri, 04 May 2007 15:49:17 -0500

"The Diary of Anne Frank" in the Literature Series - read
page 745 and answer questions (1-5).

Practice ACT 1 Scene 5 for Monday.

ACLA - NIGHT and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Wed, 02 May 2007 13:45:30 -0500

ACTIVITIES AND DATES:

Due Tuesday, May 8th
Illustrated in a poetic format of quotation from NIGHT

Due Thursday, May 10th
The Creative Exchange project

All students have rubrics and directions for these projects.

ACLA - NIGHT

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:16:51 -0500

All students are to finish reading NIGHT by Monday.
We will have an inquiry based discussion and review meaningful excerpts.

Journal prompts for NIGHT, Classwork on Monday:
(Select two for responses)
How and why did the author use foreshadowing in his story? Describe three foreshadowing scenes.
What did you learn about yourself and about humanity after reading NIGHT?
Express the meaning of the title NIGHT as an appropriate metaphor for the author's experiences.

A class project will be assigned on Tuesday titled "The Creative Exchange", and it will be due May 10 and 11.

On Wed. we will begin "The DIary of Anne Frank" in our Literature series.

ACLA NIGHT Homework

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:06:10 -0500

Read in NIGHT pages 21-26 or 22-28.
Tonight is the FIlm Festival, so I am wishing all groups and individuals the best of luck!

ACLA NIGHT Unit

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:58:23 -0500

Monday - Students are to read up to page 20 in small book or page 22 in large book.

ACLA Holocaust Unit Updates

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:32:40 -0500

Friday - Students need to bring an orange to class for a lesson incorporating oral history of survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.

Monday - Students need a copy of NIGHT by Elie Weisel. NIGHT is still on the Top Ten Non-fiction Book Lists and was Oprah's Book Club selection for last year.
If students are unable to find a copy, parents need to email me or drop me a note as I do have class copies available to borrow. NIGHT will be a week-long reading/writing genre study

ACLA Homework

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:20:03 -0500

We are reviewing for the CRCT TEST.

The Reading Test is Monday and the Language Arts Test is Tuesday.

Homework for tonight is in the Writing and Grammar book:
Pages 716-717, 738-739, and 760-761.

Reading Period 2 - Homework

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:09:24 -0500

We are reviewing for the CRCT TEST.
Homework for tonight is in the Writing and Grammar book:
Pages 716-717, 738-739, and 760-761.

ACLA Homework for 4/11/07

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:48:26 -0500

Homework for tonight is pages 369 and 379 in Writing and Grammar.

Remember to get your copy of NIGHT by April 23rd!

ACLA HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, APRIL 9TH

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:17:12 -0500

Students are reviewing grammar skills for the CRCT test.
In Writing and Grammar answer questions found on these pages:
Pg. 305
Pg. 326
Pg. 345

ACLA Agenda for 3/26/07

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:31:38 -0500

This is a big week on the completion of our unit on verbals.

Preview of the final nine weeks:
Students are required to have a copy of NIGHT by Elie Wiesel by April 23.
During the week of CRCT Testing we will begin our Holocaust unit.
The week of April 16 will cover historical content information.
The week of April 23rd will begin the reading of NIGHT.
The week of April 30 will begin the reading in our Literature series of the play version of "The Diary of Anne Frank."

Please check the weekly agenda attached:

ACLA3:26.doc

ACLA Notetaking

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:14:14 -0500

Students recorded notes for grammar review. Since we are studying Verbals, Students need to practice their grammar skills. They have study guides and notes, practice sheets, and their textbooks.

Test on Verbals is Thursday - March 29th!

Notes from class:

Grammar STUDY GUIDE.doc

ACLA Assignments

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:08:39 -0500

Students are working on skillsheets on gerunds and infinitives for HW on Monday.

Tuesday we will review gerunds and infinitives and students will rehearse presentations for sharing their magazines with other classes in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
There will be a HW review sheet on gerunds and infinitives.

Lessons for ACLA 3/14-3/16

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:48:55 -0500

LESSON PLANS FOR 3/14-3/16

ACLA – Periods 1, 3, 6, 7
Essential Question?
How does an author apply conventions and grammar in written format?
ELA8C1.a,b,c,d,e,f,g

(Students may only view our awesome magazines after finished with all of the work, please be careful and gentle!)

Wednesday 3/14/07
Writing and Grammar “Gerunds” and “Gerund Phrases” pgs. 441-442
Read and discuss “Key Concepts”
Students write answers to Exercises 13, 14, and 15
Check work at end of period (last ten minutes)
HW: Workbook pgs. 81-82

Thursday 3/15/07
Check HW from Wed.
Writing and Grammar “Infinitives” and “Infinitive Phrases” pgs. 443-445
Read and discuss "Key Concepts”
Students write answers to Exercises 16, 17, 18
Check work at end of period (last ten minutes)
HW: Workbook pgs. 83-84
Period 6 to theater to view Lassiter program.

Friday 3/16/07
Go to media center for lesson with Mrs. Hendrix.is an alternate lesson:
Check HW from Thurs.
Worksheets on Infinitives, Gerunds, and Gerund Phrases
No HW over the weekend