St. Mary’s Catholic School
Temple, TX
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Mr. Burleigh’s
Classroom News: SMCS English 6 - 8
03 OCT 2012
Volume 1, Issue 2
OCTOBER
BOOK BY T E.
MON
Cry, The Beloved
Country
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
01
02
03
04
05
Short Story
Outline Sheet
IOWA Test
IOWA Test
IOWA Test
IOWA Test
08
09
10
11
12
VOC
Review Units
1-3: pp. 42-50
VOC Unit 4
#s 1 - 10
Short Story
Rough Draft
15
16
17
18
19
VOC Unit 4
#s 11 - 20
ACTIVITIES
Unit 4
Short Story
Final Copy
TEST Unit 4
#s 11 - 20
JOU/WOD 8
23
24
25
26
VOC Unit 5
#s 01 - 10
Report Cards
30
31
01
02
VOC Unit 5
#s 11 - 20
ACTIVITIES
Unit 5
Book Report
TEST Unit 5
#s 11 - 20
JOU/WOD 10
by Alan Paton
In this sublime and poetic novel, we
meet Stephen Kumalo, a black
Anglican priest who travels from his
small village of Ixtapo (Ndotsheni) to
Johannesburg, to look for
his younger sister Gertrude and son
Absalom. Tragically, he soon learns
that Absalom has been accused of
killing Arthur Jarvis, the son of their
white neighbor James Jarvis. Arthur
is in Johannesburg to fulfill his
dream of fighting racial inequality. It
is his through his writings, as read
by his father Jarvis after his death,
that the author's passionate love for
his country of South Africa shines
through. This is a very moving and
thought-provoking book.
22
29
TEST Unit 4
#s 01 - 10
JOU/WOD 7
TEST Unit 5
#s 01 - 10
JOU/WOD 9
Early Dismissal
Selections Due
8th Grade
7th Grade
6th Grade
08 OCT 2012
08 OCT 2012
08 OCT 2012
The Lord of the Flies
The Outsiders
Where the Red Fern Grows
October Activities:
NOVEL STUDIES
WORDS OF THE DAY
6th
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
This is the story of Billy, a boy who,
after working many months, buys and
trains a pair of coonhounds. These two
dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann, become
constant companions and his best
friends, impacting Billy’s life and
memories forever.
7th
The Outsiders
JOURNAL PROMPTS
08 – 11 OCT
JOU 7:
MON
TUE
WED
THU
Narrative: Imagine that you
once broke a Guinness World
Record. Tell about the time you
broke that record.
brevity
colloquial
insolent
platitude
12 OCT
15 – 18 OCT
JOU 8: 19
MON
TUE
WED
THU
Descriptive: Discuss the best
movie you have ever seen or
best movie-going experience
you have ever had.
mitigate
gregarious
animosity
prodigal
OCT
by S. E. Hinton
This is the story of class conflict
between the “Greasers,” a group of
low-class youths, and the “Socs” (short
for Socials), a group of privileged rich
kids who live on the wealthy West Side
of town. This story explores the urge
to form factions, compete, and unite
for survival, and also deals with a
great tragedy.
22 – 25 OCT
JOU 9:
MON
TUE
WED
THU
Expository: Explain how
disappointments can
sometimes have a good side.
JOU 10: 02
by William Golding
In this story, a group of English
schoolboys is marooned on a tropical
island after their plane is shot down
during a war. Free from the rules and
structures of civilization and society,
the boys on the island in Lord of the
Flies descend into savagery.
NOV
29 OCT – 01 NOV
MON
TUE
WED
THU
8th
The Lord of the Flies
austere
debacle
odious
castigate
26 OCT
M
L
A
phlegmatic
soporific
fervent
intractable
Persuasive: Choose a person
or event you would like to honor
with a national event or holiday.
Convince voters to approve
your choice.
Novel Studies Information Bilbliography.
SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Where the Red Fern Grows; SparkNote
on The Outsiders; SparkNote on The Lord of the Flies.”
SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 26 Sept. 2012.
Always remember to cite sources!
English Language FACTOID.
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language, and, further, 700 million more speak English, as a foreign
language. No other single language is as spoken or widespread!