Language Arts Calendar

December, 2002
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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Saturday
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Emma's Birthday!

  • Peer edit rough draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Homework: Final draft of C-C essay due this Friday
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  • Peer edit rough draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Homework: Final draft of C-C essay due this Friday
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  • Writing a conclusion for your paper
  • Peer edit rough draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Homework: Final draft of C-C essay due this Friday (or Monday)
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  • Peer edit rough draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Homework: Final draft of C-C essay due tomorrow (or Monday)
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  • Turn in final draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Celebrate completion of the project by sharing a few and eating some cookies!
  • Free writing or reading
  • Homework: If you did not turn in your comparison and contrast essay today, you must turn it in Monday. Projects will not be accepted after Monday.
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  • Turn in final draft of Comparison and Contrast essay
  • Chapter 11 spelling pre-test
  • Punctuation: end marks (p. 586-593)
  • Homework: Complete Exercise 2, p. 588-89 and Review A, p. 593
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Sara's Birthday!

  • Spelling practice - p. 72 Practice; p. 73 1-20; p. 75 1-25 OR
  • Writing fun
  • Homework: Spelling test on Friday
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  • Clarke Scholars
  • Hand out service records
  • Recycling plan
  • Homework: Get signatures for Clarke Scholars; spelling test on Friday
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  • Recycling plan handout
  • Free writing or choose a topic
  • Sharing time
  • Homework: Get signatures for Clarke Scholars; spelling test Friday
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  • Recycling Day!
  • Chapter 11 spelling test
  • English Grammar: Standard Deviants video
  • Homework: Read for pleasure! Get signatures for Clarke Scholars
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  • Make-up work for orchestra students
  • Commas - items in a series; with adjectives; in compound sentences (p. 594-598; Exercises 4, 5, and 6)
  • Continue free writing or choose a new topic
  • Homework: Finish comma work from today; read for pleasure; get signatures for Clarke Scholars
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  • Go over commas homework
  • Commas as interrupters (p. 599 - 604; Exercises 7, 8, 9)
  • Homework: Finish comma work from today; read for pleasure; get signatures for Clarke Scholars - due tomorrow!
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  • Collect Clarke Scholars booklets
  • Go over last night's comma homework
  • Semicolons (p. 604-606; Exercise 10)
  • Colons (p. 607; Exercise 11)
  • Homework: Recycling teams meet in Mrs. H-B's room tomorrow; bring Clarke Scholars booklets tomorrow; return all books from Mrs. H-B's library; read for pleasure
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Jeron's Birthday!

  • Last day of the 2nd 9 weeks
  • Recycling Day!
  • Incentive Day!
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Winter holiday begins - no school

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Winter Solstice

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No school

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No school

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Christmas - no school

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No school

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No school

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No school

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New Year's Eve - no school