2/28 Friday

1. Free Rice-It's Friday so that means it is Free Rice time. Maybe Mr. Norman will hand out some Cane Bucks. Today, pick your own category!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-I will be taking up your Short Stories in about ten minutes. Make sure they are perfect!

3. Outsiders Assignment-Let's see what the newest Outsiders assignment is!!!!

4. Point of View-Today we are going to start looking at the different points of view found in literature.

5. Poetry Review-How did we do the second time around on our poetry benchmark? Let's find out.

6.  Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Barrack Obama. Go to each of the links here and here . Use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

7. Glorious Revolution-Time to review!

2/27 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following link. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer.

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

2. Point of View-Today we are going to start looking at the different points of view found in literature.

3. Outsiders Assignment-Let 's see what our last Outsiders assignment is!!!!

4. Poetry Benchmark Review-Let's revisit that poem from the Benchmark.

5. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Colin Powell. Go to each of the links  here  and here use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

6. Glorious Revolution-Let's go over this again!

2/26 Wednesday

1. Game Time-GAMES!!!!

Before and After.

Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Weekly Vocabulary- Spend a few minutes watching these "K" letter vocabulary videos.

Your assignment is to create a short story using at least seven of the eight K words correctly. You can add suffixes to the words to make them fit better, but all words used must fit the context of your story. Rewatch some of the videos if necessary to better understand the words. This should be completed on paper. Remember to underline each vocabulary word in your story.

3. NC Write-Let's use those tutorials and lessons located on NC Write to get the highest score we have ever gotten!

4. Poetry Benchmark Review-Let's revisit that poem from the Benchmark.

5. Independent Reading-Grab your library book and relax....it's the return of Independent reading!!!

6. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.




Today we will look at Aretha Franklin. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

7. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What was going on in England after the English Civil War? Who was in control?

8. The Glorious Revolution-Today we are going to look at England after the Civil War.

2/25 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words. The mood for your story should be funny.

2. Weekly Vocabulary- Spend a few minutes watching these "K" letter vocabulary videos.

Your assignment is to create a short story using at least seven of the eight K words correctly. You can add suffixes to the words to make them fit better, but all words used must fit the context of your story. Rewatch some of the videos if necessary to better understand the words. This should be completed on paper. Remember to underline each vocabulary word in your story.

3. NC Write-We are going to make sure we get the best scores possible on our Outsiders review!

4. Poetry Assignment-Take this time to finish up your poems. I will be taking them up shortly. 

5. Poetry Quiz-Let's do it!

6. Benchmark Review-We are going to go back and look at the poem from our benchmark. I expect much better results this time around....

7. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Booker T. Washington. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

8. Absolute Monarchy/English Civil War- It's quiz time!!!!!

2/24 Monday

1. Free Rice-Since we were not here on Friday, let's take some time to play some Free Rice today.


2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take about 10 minutes to study those words from last week. Here are the vocabulary words.

3. Vocabulary Quiz-It's time!


4. NC Write-Let's take some time to work on our Outsiders review on NC Write.


5. Poetry Review-Let's look back on our poetry types and terms.


6. Poetry Practice-We are going to take a look at a couple of poems.


7. Poetry Assignment-Let's take a few minutes to finish up our poetry assignment.


8. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.


Today we will look at Muhammad Ali . Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

9. English Civil War-Go to the following websites here and here. Read the information about the English Civil War. In an email titled "English Civil War" list 12 facts about this period of history. When you are finished, send the email to me at: jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org

2/20 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following link. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer.

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-We are going take about ten minutes to study and/or finish our 3-2-1s.

3. Poetry Review-Let's take a few minutes to review our poetry lessons.

4. Poetry Assignment-Take this time to work on your Poetry Assignment.

Poem 1-You are to create an Acrostic Poem with the subject being Pamlico.

Poem 2-You are to write either a Cinquain or Haiku about what you wrote on your card yesterday.

Poem 3-You are to pick a type of poem from the links here and here and use this type to write about the subject I will assign. All three poems will be due on Monday Feb. 24. (You can only use a specific poem type once)

5. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Outsiders Review"

6. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Jackie Robinson. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

7. English Civil War-Today we will continue looking at the English Civil War.

2/19 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! We have a new game this week. It is called Before and After. It is somewhat similar to Storyman but with more words. Give it a try before you play any other games.
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Class Novel Final Exam-It's time for our Outsiders final exam! Let's take about 10 minutes to study.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are the weekly vocabulary words.

4. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

5. Poetry Review-We are going to review everything we have discussed about poetry.

6. Poetry Assignment-Today we will learn what our poetry assignment is...

Poem 1-You are to create an Acrostic Poem with the subject being Pamlico

Poem 2-You are to write either a Cinquain or Haiku about what you wrote on your card yesterday.

Poem 3-You are to pick a type of poem from the links here and here and use this type to write about the subject I will assign. All three poems will be due on Monday Feb. 24. (You can only use a specific poem type once)

7. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Thurgood Marshall. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

8. English Civil War-Today we are going to see what happens when England gets tired of Charles' "Divine Rights."

2/18 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are the weekly vocabulary words.

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. Poetry-Today we are going to review the poetry types from yesterday, and we are going to take a look at some important poetry terms. This is stuff that I will almost guarantee will be on the Poetry Quiz. Here are some very important poetry terms you should know.

5. Poetry Assignment-We will take a few minutes to discuss what we will be doing in class with poetry!

6. Class Novel-Our final quiz is tomorrow! Use this time to read and/or study.

7. Social Studies Warm-up-Study the following painting very closely and then answer the questions in your Social Studies google doc.

1. Who do you think this is? Why do you think so?

2. What do you think is going on in this painting?

3. What is the angel doing? What do you think the angel represents in the painting?

8. SAS Curriculum-Go to this link and watch the short video on Louis the 14th. After you have finished, make sure you take the quiz and email the results to jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org.

2/17 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are the weekly vocabulary words.

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. Poetry-We barely got started on poetry before we had our snow days. Let's review what we discussed on Monday and then we will be introduced to several different types of poems. Here are my slides. Be sure to visit the links in the last slide for some more types of poetry.

5. Class Novel-We will be taking our final Outsiders quiz on Wednesday! Grab a copy of the book and get reading. If you have finished, use this time to review and study!

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What do you think the following quote means? " Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

"With great power comes great responsibility"

7. Absolute Monarchy-Let's review!

2/14 Friday

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY!!!!!

1. Game Time-Let the games begin...

Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Article Review-Read the following link . After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer.

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your weekly vocabulary words. They are all tone/mood words that a writer might use to set the feel of a story.

4. Vocabulary Crossword-We are going to use our words to create a crossword puzzle. We have done this before and I expect the results to be better than the first time. Remember to write your clues on the back of your paper. Your clues should be challenging but not impossible. Here is a reminder of what a crossword puzzle should look like.


5. Class Novel-We will be taking our final Outsiders quiz on Friday! Grab a copy of the book and get reading. If you have finished, use this time to review and study!

6. Poetry-We barely got started on poetry before we had our snow days. Let's review what we discussed on Monday and then we will be introduced to several different types of poems. Here are my slides. Be sure to visit the links in the last slide for some more types of poetry.

7. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.




Today we will look at John Coltrane . Go to each of the links here, here, and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

8. Absolute Monarchs-We are going to take this time to review our slides. 

2/10 Monday

1.Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.



2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your weekly vocabulary words. They are all tone/mood words that a writer might use to set the feel of a story.

3. Vocabulary Crossword-We are going to use our words to create a crossword puzzle. We have done this before and I expect the results to be better than the first time. Remember to write your clues on the back of your paper. Your clues should be challenging but not impossible. Here is a reminder of what a crossword puzzle should look like.


4. Class Novel-We will be taking our final Outsiders quiz on Friday! Grab a copy of the book and get reading. If you have finished, use this time to review and study!

5. Poetry-This week we are going to look at Poetry. Today we will discuss the various types of poems.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What do you think the following quote means?

“I am the state”-Louis XIV

7. Absolute Monarchy-Today we will be introduced to the concept of Absolute Monarchy.