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."