3/12 Wednesday

1. Wednesday Games-It's GAME TIME BABY!!!

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

2. Common Assessment-We are going to take this time to work on a reading passage that should assess just how ready we are for the EOGs. Remember the talk with Mrs. Dunbar and let's knock this one out of the park!

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on your 7x7x7s.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

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

What were some of the causes of the French Revolution? Be sure to explain your answers.

6. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

7. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ST8QuQLuL6s2pMM3kq5jKSKQKy3GdNsoszH1VNkg_1E/edit#slide=id.g1cef66a84_033

3/11 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 sad. 

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on those 7x7x7s. Remember, these are your directions:

*Directions: Write each word and its definition seven times. When finished, create a paragraph with at least seven sentences that uses all seven words correctly. Make sure to underline the vocabulary words in your created paragraph.

3. Point-of-View-We have spent the last few classes discussing point of view. Let's see how well you were paying attention.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Soon we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

6. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

7. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

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3/10 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-This week we will be starting our new short story. All of our weekly vocabulary words will come from the story. 

3. 7x7x7-This week, we will be using our words to create a 7x7x7. This works just like 5x5x5 except you use two more words. There are 8 words, but you only have to do 7. Here are the directions:

*Directions: Write each word and its definition seven times. When finished, create a paragraph with at least seven sentences that uses all seven words correctly. Make sure to underline the vocabulary words in your created paragraph.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Most Dangerous Game-Next week we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

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

How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

7. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

8. French Revolution Facts
You are to use  using  the following websites to create a French Revolution Fact Sheet. Your sheet should contain 15 facts.

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3/7 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-Your word boxes are due in 10 minutes!

3. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from earlier in the week.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Most Dangerous Game-Next week we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story. 

6. Outsiders Sequels-These are due at the end of class.

http://www.femurdesign.com/theremin/

7. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

8. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

3/6 Thursday

1. Would You Rather-In your Norman Language Arts Google Doc, answer the following would you rathers. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Would you rather be stranded on an island alone or with someone you dislike?

Would you rather have lunch for two hours with your friends everyday or get an hour for silent nap time everyday?

2. Article Review-Read the following article.  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. Vocabulary Word Boxes- Keep working on your word boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

4. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from yesterday.

5. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

6. Outsiders Sequels-I moved the due date for your sequels to Friday. Take this time to work on them.

7. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

8. French Revolution-Now that we have learned a little bit about the American Revolution, let's look at the French.

9. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

3/5 Wednesday

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 SCARY!

2. Vocabulary Word Boxes- Keep working on your word boxes.  In case you forgot, here are the directions:

3. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from yesterday.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Outsiders Sequels-I'm starting to get really excited about these sequels!

6. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

7. American Revolution-Let's review!

8. French Revolution-Soon we are going to begin working on a French Revolution newspaper, but first we need to get some background information. Watch the following video. Make sure you take GOOD NOTES! There will be a quiz on the info contained in the video.

3/3 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. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 8 of your vocab. words to create 8 Vocab Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

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. Outsider's Sequels-Take this time to work on your sequels. Remember, they are due on Thursday. 

7. Revolutions-We are going to take this time to look at the American and French Revolutions.

8. French Revolution-Soon we are going to begin working on a French Revolution newspaper, but first we need to get some background information. Watch the following video. Make sure you take GOOD NOTES! There will be a quiz on the info contained in the video.