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Syllabus - Trimester 2
Bell Schedule
Mr. Curry teaches 2 double period core classes of Language Arts & Social Studies
 (Classes A and B) plus a single period of Social Studies for one other group (Class C).
Regular Schedule     
Homeroom     7:55-8:05
1st Period      8:08-9:01
2nd Period     9:04-9:57
Break             9:57-10:10
3rd Period    10:13-11:06
4th Period    11:09-12:02
  1st Lunch   12:02-12:33
5th Period    12:05- 1:29
  2nd Lunch  12:58-1:29
6th Period     1:32- 2:26
Minimum Day Schedule (Every Thursday)
Homeroom    None
1st Period      7:55-8:36
2nd Period    8:39-9:20
Break             9:20-9:33
3rd Period    9:36-10:17
4th Period    10:20-11:01
  1st Lunch  11:01-11:32
5th Period    11:04-12:16
  2nd Lunch  11:45-12:16
6th Period     12:19-1:00





Dec 1-5
Week 14  
Start of
Trimester 2

Spell 15
Baucis & Philemon
One Child's Labor of Love
Ancient Israel Ch 3.3
 Chapter Wrap Up & Assessment
Chapter  3 Lesson 3 "The Growth of Judaism"
pages 213-223   NTG pp 54-62

View a Chapter Overview and the
 
Ch 3 Resource Materials (.pdf file)
Chapter 3 Crossword 
(.pdf format) Part 1  |   Part 2
Dec 8-12
Week 15   

Mr. Curry's
50th Birthday
(Dec 8)
Lit Ch 3 Review/ District Assessment
Special Spelling List (no packet)
ancient
century
middle-aged
codger
senior
elderly
grey-haired
antique
AARP
quinquagenarian 
pronounced as:
(quin·qua·ge·nar·i·an)
 
(kwngkw-j-nâr-n)

Ancient India Ch 4.1
 View Section Lesson Notes and the Quiz 4.1 Studyguide (.pdf file)
Chapter 4 Section 1
 Word SearchCrossword
Dec 15-19
Week 16   
Dec 19th 1PM Dismissal
for Winter Break

Special Lit Unit
Gift of the Magi
A Christmas Carol
O'Henry's Gift of the Magi |
   Audio - mp3
Dicken's A Christmas Carol 
Link to Audio - mp3

Spelling Bee In Class Test
Ancient India 4.2
pages 246-253
4.2  Crossword
Dec 22-Jan 2 Winter Break   
Vacation
January 5-9, 2009
Week 17
Hatchet Unit
www.sjteach.org/hatchet
Ancient India 4.3
pages 259-267
January 12-16
 Week 18
Hatchet Unit
www.sjteach.org/hatchet
Chapter 4  Review
Ch. 4 Review web (.pdf) 
 Ch 4 "Who Wants to be a Smarty Pants" Game (,ppt)

Chapter 4 Review & Test
January 20-23
Week 19
Jan 19th: ML King
Holiday  
January 20th: Inauguration

Hatchet Unit
www.sjteach.org/hatchet
Watch Inauguration (streaming video)
Launch Ch 5 Ancient China
5.1 China's 1st Civilization
pages 276-283 NTG 79-85
5.1 Power Point Review
5.1 Crossword
January 26-30
Week 20

Happy Lunar New Year
Lunar
New Year
Begins 1/26
Literature
❑ The Gold Cadillac pp. 174–188
❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 187  Scaffolding

Informational Materials

❑ Separate but Never Equal pp. 189–192
❑ Reading Informational Materials p. 189
❑ Focus On: questions and activity p. 192
Expository Writing
 "How To Essay"

Students will write a 500+ word essay describing "how to do" something    Web site
Pre-writing
Rough Draft / Proofread /Revision
Final Draft as a word processing document with clip art added (due Feb 10).   Sample 1    Sample 2

5.2  Life in Ancient China
pages 285-291 NTG 86-89

5.2 Crossword
5.2 Review
February 2-6
Week 21
Literature
❑ Medusa’s Head and Perseus and the
Gorgon’s Head pp. 208–223
❑ Before You Read pp. 208–209
❑ Focus On: quest/summary p. 222


Spelling Lesson 18 - ance/ence
Word Search
  |  Crossword

absence
allowance
ambulance
appearance
assistance
assurance
conference
difference
importance

independence
insistance
instance
insurance
intelligence
obedience
persistence
presence
reluctance


5.3 Qin & Han Dynasties
Pages 294-303 NTG 90-94
5.3 Crossword
5.3 Review
February 9-13
Week 22
Literature
❑ He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit and The Fox and the Crow and The Wolf and the House Dog pp. 224–233
❑ Focus On: questions/activities p. 232
❑ Vocabulary: p. 233
❑ Grammar Link: To, Too, and Two p. 233
CH 4 Standards Review
❑ Reading Informational Materials
pp. 234–235
❑ Test Practice: Vocabulary p. 236


Spelling Unit 21 :
prefixes con- and com-

Word Search   |   Crossword
confusing, commence, commotion,
commercial, communicate, communities,
communication, committee,
continuation,
contingent, communicated, consequences,

conviction, commanded, commonly, considered, continued, commander, commit, constitution
Ch 5 Review & Test
Feb 16-20 Presidents' Day Vacation

Feb 23-27
Week 23
❑ Chapter 4 Literature Test
Chapter 4 Review and Assessment   Review novel, novella, short story, myth, folk tale, and fable.

Spelling: Unit 22
 -ant / -ent
 Word Search | Crossword

absent, important,current, president, elephant, confident, instant, element, servant, excellent, opponent, permanent, assistant, innocent, significant,sufficient, moment,  patient,  impatient,  frequent

Group Research Presentations on assigned JIGSAW section of Ch 6
The First Americans & The Mayan People
March 2-6
Week 24
Literature
❑ Storm pp. 244–253
❑ Focus On: questions/Rewrite a scene from Storm's 1st person POV p. 252
❑ Vocabulary: Prefixes p. 253
❑ Grammar Link: Using Good and Well
Correctly p. 253
Informational Materials
❑ Connecting and Clarifying Main Ideas:
Storm and Bringing Tang Home and
Where the Heart Is pp. 254–261
❑ Reading Informational Materials p. 254
❑ Focus On: questions and activity p. 260

Unit 24 VCV Patterns Word Search | Crossword
CLIMATE, GOPHER, PALACE, PROFIT,
TALENT, WEAPON, COMIC, LINEN,
PLEASANT, SIREN, TOKEN, FRIGID,
NOVEL, PRISON, SPIRAL, TREASON

Launch Unit 3: Greece and Rome
Ch 7.1: The Early Greeks
Pages 336-343 NTG 103-110
March 9-13
Week 25
 Literature
❑ Brother pp. 262–268
❑ Focus On: questions/activities p.267
❑ Vocabulary: Antonyms and Finding
Synonyms p. 268
Informational Material
❑ Connecting and Clarifying Main Ideas:
Brother and The Brother I Never Had

pp. 269–273
❑ Reading Informational Materials
pp. 269–270
❑ Focus On: questions p. 272


Spelling: Unit 25 VCV Patterns
 Word Search | Crossword

allies
banner
chaos
platform

clever
crystal
display
empty

fatal
funnel
gather
habit

hotel
orphan
oval
suspense



Ch 7.2 Sparta and Athens
Pages 344-350 NTG 111-115