Mrs. Jouzdani - English I

`Mrs. Jouzdani English I Period 5

Ext. 4627

Email: jennifer.jouzdani@bvsd.org

Office Hours: Wednesdays from 3:05 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. or lunchtime any day by appointment

Download homework assignments here (click on the assignment):

The homework listed on this page is the anticipated homework for the week. Please allow for changes and always refer to your planner for homework assignments. Though I will do my best to keep the site updated, your planner trumps this site.

Tuesday, May 27^th – no class

Wednesday, May 28^th – last class – read to elementary kids

Code Breaking Final Exam

- Final draft of story due with at least three illustrations

Monday, May 19^th – Bring purple textbooks to class tomorrow to return to library

Tuesday, May 20^th –

Wednesday, May 21^st –

Friday, May 23^rd – Independent Reading Project Due

Monday, May 12^th – Code Breaking Final Exam will be Friday, May 23^rd (review sheet on gold paper)

Tuesday, May 13^th – no class – fieldtrip to zoo

Wednesday, May 14^th – summer reading unit letter due – stories will be returned to you today for final corrections – final draft due Tuesday, May 20th

Friday, May 16^th – work on story corrections over the weekend – due Tuesday

Monday, May 5^th – Code Breaking Unit 11 due tomorrow

Tuesday, May 6^th – Code Breaking Unit 11 due/quiz

Wednesday, May 7^th – read The Hobbit in class and peer revise stories

Friday, May 9^th – don’t forget that your Independent Reading Project is due May 23rd

Monday, April 28^th – rough draft of Children’s Story due tomorrow – type on one page with each paragraph representing a page of the story

Tuesday, April 29^th – rough draft of Children’s Story due today – we will work with it in class today

Wednesday, April 30^th – peer revision of Children’s Story in class

Friday, May 2^nd – no school – Professional Development Day

Monday, April 21^st – read book for Independent Reading Project

Tuesday, April 22^nd – block day – periods 1, 3, 5 , 7 meet – rough draft for Hero’s Journey Children’s Book due

Tuesday, April 29th

Wednesday, April 23^rd – half day – come to school at 12:00pm – periods 5, 6, 7 meet

Thursday, April 24^th – period 5 does not meet

Friday, April 25^th – rough draft of Hero’s Journey Children’s Book due Tuesday, April 29^th

Code Breaking Unit 11 due Tuesday, May 6^th

Code Breaking Unit 11 roots: aud, fin, pop, mit/miss, liter, dict, civ, medi

Monday, April 14^th – read your book for your Independent Reading Project this week for homework – 20 minutes per night

Friday, April 18^th – No school – Professional Development Day

Monday, April 7^th – bring book for Independent Reading Project to class Friday, April 11^th

Tuesday, April 8^th – Plot Map and Hero’s Journey for children’s book due Friday, April 11^th

Friday, April 11^th – book for Independent Reading Project due

- plot map and hero’s journey sheet for children’s book due

Monday, March 31^st – Code Breaking Homework due and quiz - Friday, April 4^th

Tuesday, April 1^st – Independent Reading Project Due May 23rd

Friday, April 4^th – Code Breaking Unit 10 due

Monday, March 17 – Unit letters due Wednesday, March 19^th – introduction of the hero’s journey in class

Code Breaking Unit 10 due Friday, April 4^th

Code Breaking Unit 10 roots – cere = brain dis = apart, away, reverse paleo = ancient cata = down, against dys = badly, ill macro = large, excessive retro = backward

Tuesday, March 18 – continuation of The Hobbit

- Letter to a Younger You final draft due Friday, March 21^st

Wednesday, March 19^th – signed unit letters due

Friday, March 21^st – final draft of Letter to a Younger You due

Monday, March 10 –

Code Breaking Unit 9 due Friday/Quiz over roots Friday

Unit 9 Roots – oct = eight dia = through, between epi = upon hypo = under acro = high

vice = in place of se = aside intro = in/toward

Code breaking words in Writers Inc

Tuesday, March 11^th – Unit letter due Friday

- Begin hero’s journey in class/The Hobbit

Wednesday, March 12^th – no class – CSAP

Thursday, March 13^th – read The Hobbit in class

Friday, March 14^th – Code Breaking Unit 9 Due/Quiz

- Introduction of Unit 10 Code Breaking

- Unit letter due - (The Hobbit) – click on this link to download a copy of the unit letter

Monday, March 3 – Rough Draft of Letter to a Younger You due Friday, 3/7

- Code Breaking Unit 9 due Friday, March 14^th

Tuesday, March 4 – Begin The Hobbit in class

Wednesday, March 5^th – no class – CSAP

Thursday, March 6^th – no class – CSAP

Friday, March 7^th – typed double-spaced rough draft of Letter to a Younger You due today

- peer revision in class

Monday, February 25^th – Code Breaking Unit 8 Due Friday

Friday, February 29^th – Code Breaking Unit 8 due today

Monday, Feb 17^th – No School – Presidents’ Day

Tuesday, Feb 18^th – Unit 8 Codebreaking Unit Introduction (Brandon will present)

Due Friday, Feb 29^th

- homo = man/ ex=out/ by=side, close, near/ penta = five/ im= not, into/ ultra = beyond, exceeding/ non = not / self = by oneself

Wednesday, Feb 19^th

Thursday, Feb 20^th – Attend Parent/Teacher Conferences with your parents

Friday, Feb 21st - Attend Parent/Teacher Conferences with your parents

Monday, Feb 11 –

Tuesday, Feb 12 – read through Ch 10 of ROT (QD Quiz)

Wednesday, Feb 13

Thursday, Feb 14 – code breaking unit 7 due/quiz

- quiz through the end of ROT

Monday, February 4^th – Codebreaking quiz tomorrow & homework due/QD quiz tomorrow through Ch 8 of ROT

Tuesday, February 5^th – Code Breaking Unit 6 due/Introduction Unit 7

Code Breaking Unit 7 due Friday, February 15^th

- Roots for Unit 7 – clam, claim = cry out derm = skin serv=save, serve dem=people

Check page 375 and 376 for codebreaking words

Spelling Words for Unit 7 – hazardous, hesitate, hindrance, history, humorous

Quickdraw Quiz – through Chapter 8 of ROT

Wednesday, February 6^th – in-class reading – Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Friday, February 8^th – No School – Professional Development Day

Monday, Jan 28^th – bring signed course sheet to English class

Tuesday, Jan 29^th – read through chapter 8 by Tuesday, Feb 5^th

- codebreaking due Tuesday, Feb 5^th

Wednesday, Jan 30^th –

Friday, Feb 1st – registration in North Library for 08-09 classes

Monday, Jan 21^st – No school – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, Jan 22^nd – Codebreaking Unit 5 Quiz and homework due

Intro for Codebreaking/Spelling Unit 6 – Unit 6 due Friday, February 1st

Suffixes - -ward = direction of en = made of, make -ess = female ly = like, manner of

Spelling Words = generous, government, gratitude, guarantee, guilty

- final draft of business letter due today

Wednesday, Jan 23^rd – Read chapter 5&6 of ROT by Friday

Friday, Jan 25^th – Quickdraw quiz over chapters 5&6 of ROT

- bring signed course sheet to English class Monday, Jan 28th

Monday, Jan 14^th – read chapters 3&4 of ROT by Tuesday

Tuesday, Jan 15^th – Codebreaking/Spelling due Tuesday, Jan 22^nd

Wednesday, Jan 16^th – Ms. Hankey to sub – no homework for the long weekend

Friday, Jan 18^th – Professional Development Day – no school

Mon, Jan 7^th – Codebreaking/Spelling Intro – Unit 5 Due Tuesday, Jan 22nd

Roots: fix = attach form = shape, form tox = poison therm = heat

Spelling = fascinate, favorite, finally, formally, friend

Unit Letter signed and returned by Wednesday

Tues, Jan 8^th – read through chapter 2 of Roll of Thunder for Friday and be ready for a QD Quiz

Wed, Jan 9^th -

Friday, Jan 11^th –QD quiz over chapters 1&2 of Roll of Thunder

Read chapters 3&4 of ROT for Tuesday, Jan 15^th (QD Quiz on Tuesday)

Unit Exam for Harriet Tubman and Code Breaking Units 1-4 is Monday, Dec 17^th.

Monday, December 10 – read through chapter 18 of HT by Tuesday, December 11th

Tuesday, December 11^th – read through 19 by Wednesday, December 12

Wednesday, December 12^th – read to the end of the book by Friday, December 14

Friday, December 14^th –

Monday, December 3^rd – read through chapter 14 of Harriet Tubman by Tuesday

Tuesday, December 4^th – read through chapter 16 by Wednesday, December 5th

Wednesday, December 5^th – read through chapter 17 by Friday, December 7th

Friday, December 7^th – Codebreaking homework for Unit 4 due/Quiz

Monday, November 26^th – read through chapter 9 of Harriet Tubman by Tuesday, November 27^th

Codebreaking Unit 4 – due Friday, December 7^th

Prefixes: pro = forward/in favor of tri = three uni = one un = not/release

Spelling : either, embarrass, emergency, encourage, enough

Tuesday, November 27^th – QD quiz through chapter 9 of HT

- read through chapter 12 of HT by Friday

Wednesday, November 28^th –

Friday, November 30^th – be through chapter 12 of HT for class – QD Quiz

Tuesday, November 13 – Codebreaking Unit 3 Homework due and quiz (see Wed, Oct 24^th for prefixes and spelling words)

- read through chapter 6 of HT by Friday

Wednesday, November 14^th – Ms. Salvo’s Lesson

Friday, November 16^th – Ms. Hankey to sub – be through chapter 6 of HT by today

- read through chapter 9 by Tuesday, 11/27

Tuesday, November 6 – rough draft of BNB inspired story due

Friday, November 9

Monday, October 29^th – For Bud, Not Buddy inspired story – Answer the following questions for Tuesday – Who is the narrator of your story? What is the setting? What is the conflict? How does the conflict resolve?

Plot map and hook paragraph due Friday, Nov 2nd.

Rough draft of story due Tuesday, November 6

Final draft of story due Friday, November 9

Friday, November 2 – plot map and hook paragraph for BNB inspired story due

Monday, October 22^nd – No School – Charter Day – Have BNB finished for Wed

Tuesday, October 23^rd – block day – 2, 4, A, 6 – Class doesn’t meet – Have BNB finished for Wednesday

Wednesday, October 24^th – due to Theater presentations last Friday, Unit 2 CB/Spelling sheet due today – Unit 2 CB/Spelling Quiz

- come to class having finished BNB

- begin perspective writing assignment today

Unit 3 prefixes – sub = under pre = before post = after mal = badly, poorly

Spelling words = canceled, caught, certain, changeable, compromise

Thursday, October 25^th – Wellness Day – No Regular Classes

Friday, October 26^th -

Monday, October 15^th – Finish chapter 16 for Tuesday – prepare for BNB quiz through chapter 16

Tuesday, October 16 – BNB quiz through chapter 16 – complete Codebreaking/Spelling Homework for Unit 2 (See Tuesday, October 2^nd for roots and suffixes) – Finish BNB by Wednesday, October 24

Wednesday, October 17^th – 6^th grade fieldtrip – no class

Friday, October 19^th – Codebreaking/Spelling Quiz for Unit 2 – Unit 2 Codebreaking/Spelling homework due

- Finish BNB by Wednesday, October 24

Monday, October 8^th – Codebreaking/Spelling – Unit 2 due Friday, October 19^th (see Tuesday, October 2^nd)

- read through chapter 10 of Bud, Not Buddy by Tuesday (Quickdraw quiz Tuesday on chapter 10)

Tuesday, October 9^th – Quickdraw quiz over chapter 10 of Bud, Not Buddy

- read chapter 11 of BNB

Wednesday, October 10^th – Read chapters 12-15 of BNB by Monday, October 15th

Friday, October 12^th – No school – Professional Development Day

Monday, October 1 – Study for Codebreaking/Spelling test (spell codebreaking/spelling words correctly, be able to use codebreaking and spelling words in sentences, be able to define codebreaking roots)

– Codebreaking/Spelling blue worksheet due

– Read through chapter 9 of BNB by Friday

Tuesday, October 2^nd – Spelling/Codebreaking Test – Unit 1

- Codebreaking Unit 2 Introduction

- Unit 2 suffixes - -dom, -ize, -ese, -ful

- Unit 2 spelling words – beautiful, beginning, behavior, boundary, brought

Wednesday, October 3^rd – Group work in class about Bud, Not Buddy

Friday, October 5^th – Quickdraw quiz through chapter 9 of BNB/Codebreaking Unit 2 due Friday, October 19th

Monday, September 24^th – Finish chapter 1 of Bud, Not Buddy

- signed unit letter due Tuesday

Tuesday, September 25^th – signed unit letter due

- finish chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Bud, Not Buddy for Friday, Sept 28^th

Wednesday, September 26^th – see Tuesday

Friday, September 27^th – quiz over chapters 4-7 of BNB

Monday, Sept 10^th – no homework

Tuesday, Sept 11^th – 6^th Grade Fieldtrip – no homework

Wednesday, Sept 12^th – return signed grade sheet from IC to me by Monday, Sept 17^th

- prepare for annotation/3 levels quiz Friday

Friday, Sept 13^th - annotation quiz/signed grade sheet from IC due Monday, Sept 17th

Tuesday, September 4^th – final copy of bio poem due (ready to be posted on the wall)

Wednesday, September 5^th – invite your parents to Back to School Night on Thursday, Sept 6th

- read “A Boy and a Man” by Friday, Sept 7th

Thursday, September 6^th – Back to School Night – parents only event

Friday, September 7^th – no homework

Monday, August 27 – show Mrs. J your covered textbook - return signed unit letter by Tuesday, August 28^th

Tuesday, August 28^th – turn in signed unit letter - no homework for Wednesday

Wednesday, August 29^th – complete the final copy of your bio poem and turn it in by, Tuesday, September 4th

Friday, August 31^st - No homework for Labor Day Weekend (no school Monday, September 3^rd)

Monday, August 20^th – SUMMER READING PACKET DUE

Tuesday, August 21^st – return signed syllabus

Wednesday, August 22^nd

Friday, August 24^th – cover purple Prentice Hall textbook by Monday, August 27^th

Thursday, August 16^th – no homework

Friday, August 17^th – return signed syllabus by Tuesday, August 21st