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1 October 13- Homecoming activities. Limited class time. October 14- Homecoming activities. Limited class time. October 15- Homecoming activities. Limited class time. October 16- Homecoming activities. Limited class time. October 17- Homecoming activities. Limited class time. October 20 - Part 2 Chapter 4 Sentence Structure. 12 SECOND QUARTER CLASS ASSIGNMENTS Daily Oral Language 8-1. Workbook Page Simple and Compound Sentences. Workbook Page Kinds of Sentences. Students will have their grades from the first quarter written in their planners. October 21- Part 2 Chapter 4 Sentence Structure. Daily Oral Language 8-2. Workbook Page Sentence Fragments Workbook Page Run-on Sentences Review Page 115 Test Review. October 22- Test on Part 2 Chapter 4 Sentence Structure. October 23 - Analogy Test VII. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary. October 24- English Word Search October 27- Teacher Work Day. No class. October 28- Chapter Eleven Punctuation, Abbreviations, and Numbers. Daily Oral Language 9-1. Practice Page 321 Periods, Exclamation Points, Question Marks The Colon Practice Page Semicolon Practice Page

2 October 29- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language Comma Practice Page Practice Page 331 Practice Page 332 Practice Page 334 October 30- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language Comma Practice Page336 Practice Page 338 Practice Page 339 October 31- Analogy Test VIII. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary. November 3- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language Dash Practice Page Parenthese Practice Page Brackets and Ellipsis Points Practice Page344 Practice Page 345 November 4- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language Quotation Marks Practice Page Italics (Underlining) Practice Page Apostrophe Practice Page Hyphen Practice Page 360 November 5- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language Abbreviations Practice Page Numbers Practice Page 366

3 Posttest Page November 6- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language 10-3 Workbook Page End Punctuation Workbook Page Colons Workbook Semicolons November 7- Analogy Test IX. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary. November 10- Holiday. November 11- Veterans Day Holiday November 12- Chapter Eleven Daily Oral Language 11-1 Workbook Page Commas & Compound Sentences Workbook Page Commas in a Series Workbook Page Commas with Nonessential Elements November 13- Chapter Eleven Daily Oral Language 11-2 Workbook Page Commas and Introductory Phrases Workbook Page Commas & Adverb Clauses Workbook Page Commas with Titles, Addresses, and Numbers November 14- Analogy X. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary. November 17- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language 11-3 Workbook Page Commas with Direct Address Workbook Page Misuse of Commas Workbook Page 265 Commas in Review November 18- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language 11-4 Workbook Page Dashes

4 Workbook Page Parentheses, Brackets, Ellipsis Points Workbook Page Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations. November 19 - Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language 12-1 Workbook Page Quotation Marks Workbook Page Italics Workbook Page Apostrophe November 20- Chapter Eleven. Daily Oral Language 12-2 Workbook Page Hyphen Workbook Page Abbreviations Workbook Page Numbers and Numerals November 21- Chapter Eleven Workbook Page 285 Unit Review. Review for tests. November 24- English Word Search. November 25- English Word Search November 26- Thanksgiving Holiday November 27- Thanksgiving Holiday November 28- Thanksgiving Holiday December 1- Test Review December 2- Chapter Eleven Test on End Marks and Commas December 3- Chapter Eleven Test on Underlining and Quotation Marks December 4- Chapter Eleven Test on Other Punctuation.

5 December 5- Analogy Test IX. Students will be allowed to use their dictionaries. Students grades for the week's tests will be written in their planners. December 8- Test review. Students will have all grades from the previous tests written in their planners. December 9- Chapter 13 Spelling and Vocabulary Daily Oral Language 13-1 Practice Page 410. Practice Page 406 December 10- Chapter 13 Spelling and Vocabulary Daily Oral Language 13-2 Practice Page 437 December 11- Make-up Test Day. December 12- Final Review. December 15- December 19- Finals week , Locust Fork High School

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