Language Arts Syllabus-Week of January 27, 2009

Team 6-3 Mrs. Alexander
9th Period Language Arts Syllabus
Week of January 26, 2009
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Email: jalexander@op97.org


Important Information:
• Conference sign-up confirmation sheets will be sent home Wednesday.
• There will be a punctuation test Wednesday, January 28th.
• Don’t forget to bring your lunch for our field trip on Thursday


Monday, January 26- No School, Institute Day


Tuesday, January 27
Lesson 10 Spelling Pre-test and Rule
Do P. 47 Part B and P. 48- Part C

Homework: Finish class work, if necessary- due Thursday
Study for punctuation test tomorrow- You may check out a Language Network book
to use to study for your test tomorrow

Wednesday, January 28
Take Grammar Test
Writing Workshop: “Writing a Topic Sentence” P. 13
“Writing Paragraphs”

Homework: “Writing Topic Sentences” handout p. 14
Don’t forget to bring your lunch for our field trip tomorrow

Thursday, January 29
Review Spelling Homework
Writing Workshop: “Write a Persuasive Paragraph” handout p. 24

Homework: Study for spelling test on Friday

Friday, January 30
Take Lesson 10 Spelling Test
Peer review “Persuasive Paragraph” handout
Introduce Persuasive Writing Assignment

Homework: Choose your persuasive writing topic from the given handout by Monday, Feb. 1