Notebook Check Requirements
As the month progresses, I will add assignments students should have in their composition books. Books are collected at the end of each month and students receive a classwork grade based on the work completed. Points are taken off for; incomplete/missing assignments, missing dates and lack of titles.
April and May
1. Notes on Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
2. Witch Week Chapter Sixteen
3. Notes on Shipwreck and Nausicaa
4. Notes on The Unexpected Guest
5. Demodocus Sings of the Wooden Horse
6. The Cyclops (Begins May)
7. Circe
8. Odysseus and the Ghosts
9. Scylla and Charybdis
10. Calypso's Prisoner
11. Return to Ithaca and Odysseus and the Swineherd
12. Father and Son
March
1. Witch Week Chapter Nine
2. Witch Week Chapter Ten
3. Witch Week Chapter Eleven
4. Notes on Point of View
5. Witch Week Chapter Twelve
6. Witch Week Chapter Thirteen Part One
7. Witch Week Chapter Thirteen Part Two
8. Witch Week Chapter Fourteen
9. Witch Week Chapter Fifteen Part One
10. Witch Week Chapter Fifteen Part Two
Second Half of January and February
1. Witch Week Chapter One
2. Witch Week Chapter Two
3. Notes on Non-Fiction Text Features
4. Notes on Synonyms and Antonyms
5. Witch Week Chapter Three
6. Witch Week Chapter Four
7. Notes on Fact and Opinion
8. Witch Week Chapter Five
9. Witch Week Chapter Six
10. Witch Week Chapter Seven
11. Notes on Idioms
12. Witch Week Chapter Eight
December and January (Notebook Checks will be Combined)
1. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Sixteen
2. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Seventeen
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eighteen
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Nineteen
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty
6. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty One
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Two
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Three
9. Notes on Parts of Speech
10. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Three
11. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Four
12. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Five
13. Shakespeare Stealer Chapters Twenty Six and Twenty Seven (1/18/22)
November
1. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Ten
2. Notes on Personification
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eleven
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twelve
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Thirteen
6. Notes on Homonyms
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Fourteen
8. Notes on Theme and Main Idea
9. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Fifteen
October
1. Notes on Narrative Elements (stapled in composition book)
2. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Three
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Four
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Five
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Six
6. Notes on Similes and Metaphors
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Seven
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eight
9. Notes on Alliteration
10. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Nine
September
1. Notes on Writing Procedure
2. "In Days of Old" and "At the Castle"
3. "Knight in Shining Armor" and "In the Countryside"
4. Notes on Character Traits
5. "Joan of Arc"
6. "In the City" and "End of the Middle"
7. Notes on Genre (on handout; will be stapled into composition book)
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter One
9. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Two
1. Notes on Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
2. Witch Week Chapter Sixteen
3. Notes on Shipwreck and Nausicaa
4. Notes on The Unexpected Guest
5. Demodocus Sings of the Wooden Horse
6. The Cyclops (Begins May)
7. Circe
8. Odysseus and the Ghosts
9. Scylla and Charybdis
10. Calypso's Prisoner
11. Return to Ithaca and Odysseus and the Swineherd
12. Father and Son
March
1. Witch Week Chapter Nine
2. Witch Week Chapter Ten
3. Witch Week Chapter Eleven
4. Notes on Point of View
5. Witch Week Chapter Twelve
6. Witch Week Chapter Thirteen Part One
7. Witch Week Chapter Thirteen Part Two
8. Witch Week Chapter Fourteen
9. Witch Week Chapter Fifteen Part One
10. Witch Week Chapter Fifteen Part Two
Second Half of January and February
1. Witch Week Chapter One
2. Witch Week Chapter Two
3. Notes on Non-Fiction Text Features
4. Notes on Synonyms and Antonyms
5. Witch Week Chapter Three
6. Witch Week Chapter Four
7. Notes on Fact and Opinion
8. Witch Week Chapter Five
9. Witch Week Chapter Six
10. Witch Week Chapter Seven
11. Notes on Idioms
12. Witch Week Chapter Eight
December and January (Notebook Checks will be Combined)
1. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Sixteen
2. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Seventeen
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eighteen
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Nineteen
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty
6. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty One
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Two
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Three
9. Notes on Parts of Speech
10. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Three
11. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Four
12. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twenty Five
13. Shakespeare Stealer Chapters Twenty Six and Twenty Seven (1/18/22)
November
1. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Ten
2. Notes on Personification
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eleven
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Twelve
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Thirteen
6. Notes on Homonyms
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Fourteen
8. Notes on Theme and Main Idea
9. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Fifteen
October
1. Notes on Narrative Elements (stapled in composition book)
2. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Three
3. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Four
4. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Five
5. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Six
6. Notes on Similes and Metaphors
7. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Seven
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Eight
9. Notes on Alliteration
10. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Nine
September
1. Notes on Writing Procedure
2. "In Days of Old" and "At the Castle"
3. "Knight in Shining Armor" and "In the Countryside"
4. Notes on Character Traits
5. "Joan of Arc"
6. "In the City" and "End of the Middle"
7. Notes on Genre (on handout; will be stapled into composition book)
8. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter One
9. Shakespeare Stealer Chapter Two