1. February 1 – 4, 2012 Media Center
Revise and type compare/contrast essay
Homework- Read Princess Bride up to page 95 by Friday.

2. February 6, 2012
Finalize compare/contrast essay. Turn in for final grade
Homework; Answer questions # 1-5 as it relates to Princess Bride.

3. February 7, 2012 1-4 hours Non- Fiction Reading Scope magazine
Read Surviving the Tsunami as a class. Please stop and discuss.
Students should read the remainder of the magazine independently.
Pass out the packet on the Tsunami
Pass out the crossword puzzle.
No Homework
Homework for 2nd hour Read up to page ____ in The Princess Bride
5th hour – Students should read The Cay.

4. Autobiography
An autobiography is a writer’s account of his or her own life. It is told from a first-person point of view, with the pronouns I, we me and us.

5. February 8, 2012 Due today: Questions from Princess Bride
Form Literature Discussion Groups
Homework: Complete work from chapter 2 and 3
Read up to page 150

6. Media Center Visit
Read for 15 minutes
Finish Scope Magazine
Check scholastic Scope Magazine Activities.

7. February 10,2012 Read from Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
Todays Work: - Choose a quick write on page Poem should have a specific format and be a minimum of 10 lines (at least 6 words in each line
Homework: Read up to page 250 in Princess Bride

8. February 13, 2012 Questions from pages 155 -218
Compare Matthew Henson at the top of the World p.54 / Up and over the Top by: Bill Cosby.
Summarize Up and Over the top
Share poetry/acceptance letter
Homework: Read up to page 300.

9. Bring Coloring Supplies
Illustrate a scene from Princess Bride

10. Directions: How many words can you make using the letters in
Happy Valentine's Day
Directions: How many words can you make using the letters in
Happy Valentine’s Day

11. February 17, 2011 Get out your homework Check Questions
(If time) Chinatown from The Last Garden p. 171

12. Homework - Finish the book,
Finish the packet,
(Wed. Feb 22nd will be a discussion day)
Thursday – Test
Friday/Monday - Movie

13. February 22, 2012
Media Center Visit
Check questions

14. February 23, 2012 Continue checking questions from Princess Bride
Discussion
Test
Homework: Crossword Puzzle