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Mr. Mulgrew's Weekly Schedules*
For planning purposes, these assignments are usually etched in stone.
* Last minute changes and resource modifications may not be posted.

The full schedule is usually posted by Monday night.

Week starting 9/6/11Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Weekly Schedule First Day Policies and Procedures		Work on your survey. COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
2	Survey Quality Check Summer Reading Project Collection, Questions, and Models. Title Changes		Complete your survey. COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
3	Survey Due Date. English Gr. 8 Pretest		COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
4	(Only F block this week)
Team Time	Team Building Activity- People Search (Weather permitting)

Week starting 9/12/11 Below

1	Weekly Schedule September Literary Terms, Elements of Fiction Notes, The Plot Outline Diagram.	COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING! Study the September Literary Terms, Elements of Fiction Notes
2	September Literary Terms, Elements of Fiction Explanation, The Plot Outline Diagram.	COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
3	September Literary Terms, Elements of Fiction Application; Scooby-Doo Anchor Activity	COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
4	September Literary Terms Review Game	COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING!
Team Time	September Literary Terms Test

Week Starting 9/19/11 Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Weekly Schedule Library Introduction Day One Reading Conferences Introduce "The Big Six" Posters: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification		Work on the "The Big Six" Posters: Read your new novel.	Read the first half of your novel this week. Be sure to pick a novel that is as ADVANCED as you are.
2	Construct "The Big Six" Posters: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification		Complete the "The Big Six" Posters: Read your new novel.
3	Evaluate "The Big Six" Posters: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, and Personification.		Read your new novel.
4	National Punctuation Day: A Visit from Colon Man and Dash Incredible.		Read your new novel. No homework if your novel is more than 1/4 completed.
Team Time	Start Drama Notes, Theater Terms

Week Starting 9/26/11Below Please note that 9/28 is a half-day.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Drama Notes, Theater Terms		Read your novel.	Complete reading your first novel this week.
2	Theater Model Construction		Read your novel.
3	Theater Model Construction		Read your novel.
4	Theater Model Construction		Read your novel.
Team Time	Theater Model Construction		Read your novel. No homework if your novel is more than 1/2 completed.

Week Starting 10/3/11 Below Please note that no English classes will meet for a fourth time this week because of a guidance seminar conducted in my class on Tuesday, October 4th. There is also no school on Friday, October 7th due to a teacher in-service training. Blocks A will meet three times and blocks B, F and D will meet twice.

Progress reports will be sent home this week.

***Summer Reading Discussion Groups October 5th.***

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Theater Model Construction		Read your novel.	Complete the first half of your second novel this week. Be sure to pick a novel that is as ADVANCED as you are.
2	Theater Model Construction and Grading		Read your novel.	Instead of utilizing 20 terms in the project, try 30 or more. See what you can do.
3	Theater Model Construction and Grading Block A only.		Read your novel.
4			Read your novel.
Team Time	No team time this week due to a Friday teacher in-service training. No School on Friday!		Read your novel. No homework if your novel is more than 3/4 completed.

Week Starting 10/10/11Below No school Monday-Columbus Day

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Theater Model Construction and Grading		Read your novel.	Complete reading your second novel this week.
2	Book Project Organization and Construction: The Plot Outline Diagram Revisited		Read your novel.
3	Book Project Explanation, Directions, Project Checklist., and Models.		Read your novel.
4	No classes will meet for a fourth block this week due to the Monday holiday		Read your novel.
Team Time			Read your novel. No homework if your novel is completed.

Week Starting 10/17/11 Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Book Project Organization and Construction: The Plot Outline Diagram Revisited		Work on your Book Project	Complete your book project early for extra credit. No extra credit will be given for a "C" project.
2	Book Project Organization and Construction: Project Checklist. Revisited for Clarification		Work on your Book Project
3	Book Project Optional Due Date		Complete your Book Project
4	Book Project Due Date Presentations Start
Team Time	Complete the Poetry Notes

Week starting 10/24/11

Note: Students will have computer availability on Wednesday, Oct. 26th , blocks 2+4. Also Thursday, Oct. 27, blocks 1+4.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Book Presentations		Study the Poetry Terms
2	Book Presentations		Study the Poetry Terms
3	Introduction to Poetry Out Loud Students will have computer availability on Wednesday, Oct. 26th , blocks B+A-- 2+4. Also Thursday, Oct. 27, blocks D+F--1+4.	Computer Lab	Continue to browse the Poetry Out Loud website. Study the Poetry Terms	Pick a poem that is longer or more advanced in meaning
4	Finalize Poem Selection from Poetry Out Loud	Computer Lab	Practice your poem selected from Poetry Out Loud.
Team Time

Week Starting 10/31/11 Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Poetry Out Loud		Practice your poem selected from Poetry Out Loud.	Create a biography of your selected poet from two or more online sources. (Cite your web pages.)
2	Poetry Out Loud		Practice your poem selected from Poetry Out Loud.
3	Poetry Out Loud Presentations Start		Practice your poem selected from Poetry Out Loud as needed.
4	Poetry Out Loud Presentations Conclude Twelve Angry Men Staging and Characterization. Personal and Possessive Pronouns Practice		No homework over the weekend.
Team Time	Poetry Terms Quiz

Week Starting 11/7/11Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Twelve Angry Men, Act I. Personal and Possessive Pronouns Practice	Free Script	Study the Pronoun Handout.
2	Twelve Angry Men, Act II.	Free Script	Study the Pronoun Handout.
3	Twelve Angry Men, Act III. Personal and Possessive Pronouns Practice	Free Script	Study the Pronoun Handout.
4	Only Block A should meet a fourth time this week due to Friday's holiday-Veterans Day Block A-Plot Outline Diagram for 12 Angry Men		Study the Pronoun Handout.
Team Time	No Team Time due to the holiday.

Week Starting 11/14/11 Below. Term one report cards are scheduled to go home this week

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Pronoun Practice Personal and Possessive Pronoun Quiz; First Chance.		Study the entire Pronoun Handout.
2	Personal and Possessive Pronoun Quiz; Second Chance. Noun and Pronoun Review Sheet		Study the entire Pronoun Handout.
3	Personal and Possessive Pronoun Quiz; Third and Final Chance Noun and Pronoun Review Sheet and Game.		Study the entire Pronoun Handout.
4	Noun and Pronoun Test
Team Time

Week Starting 11/21/11Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Library Introduction, Part I
2	Library Introduction, Part II
3	*No classes will meet a third or fourth time due to the Thanksgiving recess. No school on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.*		No homework over the Thanksgiving break.
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Week Starting 11/28/11 Below

Writing Asn. #3 WRITING PROMPT
Respect. Singers sing about it. Some people inspire it. Think about someone you respect and admire. The person can be someone you know, or someone you have read or heard about. In a well-developed composition, describe the person you have selected. Explain in detail at least two reasons why you respect this person."
Source: MCAS Spring 2002 Grade Seven Long Composition Test. Retrieved 12-31-03 from http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/2002/release_na/g7ela.pdf

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Movers and Shakers Handout Writing Folder Introduction		Ask someone at home at least three of the questions from the handout. Use another color to show their answers.	Ask a Veteran at least three of the questions from the handout. Use another color to show their answers.
2	Introduction to the Mulgrew Model Writing Asn. #3.		Create the graphic organizer from the thesis to the restated thesis.
3	The Lead Write the first of two plausible leads in class.		Create a second plausible lead	Create three possible leads.
4	Rough Drafting of Asn. #3.		No homework over the weekend if the rough draft is completed.
Team Time	Science BCAS Open Response

Week Starting 12/5/11 Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	The Lead Reminder Editing Symbols Peer Editing of Asn. #3		Complete a Final Draft of Writing Asn. #3 Started in Class.
2	Sharing of Writing Asn.#3.		Find a news article that depicts an argument with more than one side. Be prepared to discuss all of the details in that article: In other words, read it.
3	Monty Python's "Argument Clinic Rules of Discourse The Four Point Defense; Introduction to Persuasive Writing		No homework.
4	The Four Point Defense; Introduction to Persuasive Writing		No homework.
Team Time	Anarchist's Nightmare Math Open Responses 1,2.

Week Starting 12/12/11Below

Grades Close for Midterm on Tuesday: All missing work must be made-up by 2:30PM!

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Anarchist's Nightmare Discussion Create a graphic organizer for Writing Asn. #4 without a lead.	Anarchist's Nightmare Handout	Create a rough draft of Writing Asn. #4 without a lead and a lead reminder.
2	Leads- Revisited with Revisions Writing Asn. #4 Drafting of Leads	Completed rough draft of Asn. #4	Create two plausible leads for Asn. #4.	Create three possible leads for Asn. #4.
3	Editing symbols, Revisited. Using Transitions		Create a Final Draft of Asn. #4.	Find an interesting news article or song lyrics that have many adjectives and adverbs. Do not identify them as this will be the worksheets used after vacation.
4	Sharing of Writing Asn. #4.		Study the Adjectives and Adverbs Notes.
Team Time	Remedial writing help will be available.

Week Starting 12/19/11 Below Note: There is no school on Friday, December 23, 2011.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Adjectives and Adverbs Notes Adjectives and Adverbs Practice		Study the Adjectives and Adverbs Notes.
2	Adjectives and Adverbs Practice/ Review Game		Study the Adjectives and Adverbs Notes.
3	Adjectives and Adverbs Review Game, Day Two		No homework over vacation
4	Only Block A should meet a fourth time this week due to Friday's holiday break.
Team Time	No Team Time due to the holiday break

Happy New Year Week Starting 1/3/12 School opens on the Tuesday of that week.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Welcome Back New Year's Resolution Activity and Goal Setting		Study the Adjectives and Adverbs Notes.
2	Adjective and Adverb Final Review		Study the Adjectives and Adverbs Notes.
3	Adjective and Adverb Quiz		No homework over the weekend.

Team Time	Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.			Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.

Week Starting 1/9/12 Below

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Introduction to Short Stories Introduce The Semester Exam Review Sheet.	Semester Exam Review Sheet.	Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
2	"Lamb to the Slaughter" By Roald Dahl		Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
3	"The Lottery" By Shirley Jackson		Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
4	I.S.Q.A. Writing Method for Open Response Questions Open Response Question--Writing Asn #5.		Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
Team Time

Week Starting 1/16/11 Below

Semester Exams will take place on January 20, 23, and 24. These will be half days. Grade Eight tests will be on January 23 and 24. Monday is a holiday: Martin Luther King Day.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Evaluating the Open Response, Writing Asn. #5. Helping Verbs, Interjections, Concrete Nouns, Abstract Nouns, and Conjunctions		Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.	Memorize the helping verb list.
2	Semester Exam Review-"Ask Mr. Mulgrew"	Handout	Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
3	Semester Exam Review Game-SWAT!	Semester Exam Review Sheet.	Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
4	Semester Exam Review Only F Block will have a fourth class due to the short, holiday week.	Semester Exam Review Sheet.	Work on the Semester Exam Review Sheet.
Team Time

Week Starting 1/23/12 Below

Semester Exams will take place on January 20, 23, and 24. These will be half days. Grade Eight tests will be on January 23 and 24.

January 23:
English
History

January 24:
Math
Science

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	ISQA Corrections of the Semester Exams
2	"The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allan Poe
3	Only F Block will have a third class this week due to the semester exams,
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Team Time

Please refer to the Shades of Simon Gray Packet part of my website for directions and assignments lasting the three week period before February vacation. Extra credit/Honor Task is to get at least one day ahead in your reading and ensure that your open response answers will be at the maximum allowable score of four out of four points.

Week Starting 2/13/12 Below:

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Chapters 9+10 Due		See Packet	Be at least a day ahead in the written answers.
2	Chapters 11+12 Due		See Packet
3	Chapters 13,14 Due		Study packet for the test.
4	Shades of Simon Gray Exam		No homework over vacation.
Team Time	Mulan Project W/Social Studies

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Conclude Shades of Simon Gray- ISQA Cover Page and Writing Folder Evaluations		No homework- Really!
2	Comma Rules "The Least You Need to Know"		Study the Comma Rules "The Least You Need to Know" Handout.
3	Comma Review Part II.		Study the Comma Rules "The Least You Need to Know" Handout.
4	Comma Rules Review Gauntlet		Study the Comma Rules "The Least You Need to Know" Handout.
Team Time			No homework over the weekend.

Class	Class Activities	Materials	Homework	Honors/ Extra Credit OPTIONAL
1	Comma Rules Review Gauntlet Part II.		Study the Comma Rules "The Least You Need to Know" Handout.
2	Comma Test and Correction
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