ELA A10: No homework but if you have assignments to catch up on, do this over the holiday. Check the Maplewood website to view your report card.

ELA 20: Complete the questions for Chapter 24. (#1, 3, and 5). Catch up on any late assignments - especially your Memory Books!

ELA A30: Finish The Luck of Ginger Coffey and your pre-writing for the essay. Complete any incomplete assignments!


Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!!

ELA A10: No homework! Have a Merry Christmas!

ELA 20: Complete the questions for Chapters 21-23. Remember to leave out Questions 3 and 4 from Chapter 22 and leave out #4 from Chapter 23. We will correct these tomorrow.

ELA A30: Finish your Ginger Coffey book. We are going to get started on your essay when we get back from holidays. We also have to read another book so there will be lots to finish. In other words, enjoy your holiday because there is work when you get back!! Merry Christmas!

ELA A10: Your novel exam is tomorrow. Study well and do your best! If we have time after your exam, we will correct your language study sheet on Run-on Sentences. Hand in your journal entry tomorrow!

ELA 20: Finish reading Chapter 22 of TKAM for tomorrow. We will complete the questions tomorrow in class.

ELA A30: No homework today but be sure you have Chapter 12 of The Luck of Ginger Coffey read for tomorrow.

ELA A10: The Pearl exam is on Wednesday, December 21. Study hard and do your best work!


ELA 20: Read the rest of Chapter 20 of TKAM. Do the questions for Chapters 18-20 for tomorrow. Memory Book is due tomorrow!!

ELA A30: Read all of Chapter 12 from The Luck of Ginger Coffey for tomorrow. Complete any essay pre-writing based on this chapter. Rehearsal for the Christmas banquet will be Tuesday at 12:30.

ELA A10: Complete your questions and conflict chart for Chapter 6 of The Pearl. We will be marking these on Monday. Start studying for your exam on Wednesday!

ELA 20: Read Chapter 18 of TKAM and do the questions for Chapter 17. These are due for Monday. Remember your Memory Book! It is due on Tuesday!

ELA A30: Read Chapter 11 for Monday. You will have a chance to finish your Language Study quiz on Monday.

ELA A10: Read all of Chapter 6 for tomorrow. I will give you questions on this chapter tomorrow so if you don't have your reading done, you will be behind! Don't forget the exam on Wednesday, December 21.

ELA 20: Have your questions for Chapters 15 and 16 of TKAM done for tomorrow. You must also have read Chapter 17 for tomorrow and have done your journal entry on this chapter. We will be correcting the language study on Parallel Construction tomorrow as well. Memory Book is due on Tuesday!


ELA A30: Finish reading the end of Chapter 10 for tomorrow. Do your list of pre-writing examples and details for quotes for Chapter 10 as well.

ELA A10: Finish your questions for Chapter 5 of The Pearl and your conflict chart for Thursday.

ELA 20: Have your questions for Chapter 15 and 16 of TKAM done for Friday's class. Tomorrow is Reading workshop so bring your TKAM novel and you can read this instead of your own. You always have the option of reading your own book, but then TKAM must be read on your own time! Reading journal is due on Friday.
Memory Books - Chapter 13-15. Countdown is 5 days!

ELA A30: Do your pre-writing and finding details for your essay on Chapter 9 for tomorrow. We will go over these!

ELA A10: Read Chapter 5 of The Pearl for Wednesday. Do your corrections for your parable/fable for Thursday. We will be marking our questions and the conflict chart for Chapter 4 on Wednesday, December 14. Our exam on The Pearl will be next Wednesday, December 21.

ELA 20: We will be marking the questions for Chapter 13 and 14 tomorrow. Read Chapter for tomorrow as well. Memory Books are due next Tuesday, December 20!

ELA A30: Have your journal entry done for tomorrow. Read Chapter 7 and 8 of The Luck of Ginger Coffey for tomorrow. You could have been reading this during reading workshop today.

ELA A10: Complete the questions for Chapter 4 of The Pearl and do the conflict sheet as well. Bring your parable assignment to complete corrections. If you typed this at home, bring a copy of it on a USB so that you can complete this in class.


ELA 20: Finish reading the last couple of pages of Chapter 14 for tomorrow. Keep working on your Memory Book to finish the last three chapters. These are due on Tuesday, December 20!

ELA A30: Read Chapter 7 of The Luck of Ginger Coffey for tomorrow. Language Study quiz tomorrow as well!

ELA A10: Have your journal entry for today done for Monday as well as past(late) entries that need to get done!

ELA 20: Read Chapter 12 and have the questions for this chapter done for Monday, December 12. Don't forget to get cracking on your last three Memory Book chapters!


ELA A30: Read Chapters 5 and 6 for Monday. Please do your essay pre-writing for these chapters as you read. Remember there is a language study quiz on Tuesday, December 13.

ELA 20: Do the questions for Chapter 11 of TKAM and read Chapter 12. We will correct the language study on subject/verb agreement on Friday.

ELA A10: No homework today but you have a language study quiz on Friday. Something to look forward to!! Bring a book to read for Reading workshop as well. No class tomorrow because of early dismissal.

ELA 20: You have much to finish for tomorrow! Complete your two sheets on Subject/Verb Agreement and your reading journal. You also need to have questions for Chapter 9 and 10 done so we can mark these tomorrow. I assigned reading for Chapters 11 and 12 in TKAM to use for your reading journal entry. And in your spare time..... Memory Book Chapters13-15!

ELA A30: Quiz the teacher on Chapter 4 on Friday. Have your essay pre-writing for Chapter 3-4 completed.

ELA A10: Finish your Chapter 3 questions for tomorrow. Complete the last page of reading in Chapter 4. Remember your language study quiz on Friday!

ELA 20: Have your questions for Chapter 9-10 done for tomorrow. Read Chapter 11 as well because you will be going on from there during Reading workshop tomorrow.
Memory Book is due December 20.

ELA A30: Quiz the teacher on Chapter 4 tomorrow. Come up with 3-5 questions from the novel. Be sure that you are completing your essay pre-writing chart for Chapters 3-4. This needs to be completed.

ELA A10: Finish reading Chapter 3 of The Pearl for tomorrow. Hand in all parable/fable assignments.

ELA 20: Read Chapters 9-10 for tomorrow and complete the questions for these chapters. Remember that you do not need to do question #4 in Chapter 9. We will mark these tomorrow and there will be a homework check. You also need to read Chapter 11 for Wednesday because there will be more reading given on that day.
Final Memory Book Chapters 13-15 will be due on Tuesday, December 20. I will gladly accept early work!!

ELA A30: Language Study Review sheets #15 and #17. Read Chapters 3 and 4 for Tuesday, December 6. Do a journal entry on these chapters. This is also due for tomorrow. Language Study quiz will be next week, December 13.

ELA A10: Your parable/fable assignment is due on Monday, December 5. Remember to include a hand-drawn cover page with it. We will also mark your language study sheet on "Correcting Fragments" and your questions for Chapter 2 of The Pearl.

ELA 20: "Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" assignment must be handed in on Monday, December 5. You need to have Chapters 9 and 10 of TKAM read for Monday as well.
Next Memory Book deadline for Chapters 13-15 is on Tuesday, December 20.

ELA A30: Read Chapter 3 of The Luck of Ginger Coffey for Monday. Be sure to add to your essay chart as you read this for examples/quotes of Ginger being childish, selfish and irresponsible. You have language study and reading workshop on Monday!

ELA A10: Original parable/fable is due tomorrow. Have your language study sheets on Correcting Fragments done for Monday as well as the questions for The Pearl - Chapter 2.

ELA 20: Your 'Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" assignment is due on Monday, December 5. You will have typing time tomorrow.

ELA A30: Finish finding examples/details/quotes/page numbers, etc. for Chapter 1 and 2 as to how Ginger Coffey is at the start of the novel. We will go over these tomorrow.
Independent Novel Study - (extension) will be due on Tuesday, December 6

ELA A10:

ELA 20: Have your questions done for Chapter 7 and 8 of TKAM for tomorrow. If you have not handed in your Memory Book yet, please do!! Your "Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" assignment is due on Monday, December 5. You will have time to start typing this on Friday.

ELA A30:

ELA A10: Original parable/fable writing assignment is due on Friday, December 2. There will be time during Friday's class to type these. Have Chapter 2 of The Pearl read for tomorrow.

ELA 20: "Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" assignment will be due on Monday, December 5. You will have time to type this during class on Friday. The last deadline for Chapters 13-15 of your Memory Books will be on Tuesday, December 20.

ELA A30: Extension Deadline for the Independent Novel Study project is Tuesday, December 6. Finish the character sketches for Ginger, Vera and Gerry Grosvenor for tomorrow as well as the questions for Chapter 1. Read the rest of Chapter 2 for tomorrow as well!

ELA A10: Complete the sheet "Punctuating Quotations" for tomorrow. Original parable will be due soon. Have Chapter 2 of The Pearl read for Wednesday.

ELA 20: Language Study quiz on "Solving Sentence Problems" tomorrow. Memory Books Chapter 10-12 are due tomorrow as well. Read Chapter 7 and 8 of TKAM for Wednesday. You can read these chapters during reading workshop tomorrow and you can also do your reading journal on these chapters.

ELA A30: Independent Novel Study is due tomorrow. Read Chapter 1 of The Luck of Ginger Coffey for tomorrow.

ELA A10: Questions for Chapter 1 of The Pearl and the conflict chart are due on Monday. Be prepared for a homework check. Read Chapter 2 for Monday as well. You need to start writing your parable/fable on Monday, so please know your topic for Monday.
We will also mark your language study sheets on Monday. Have all homework done, so that you do not need to attend homework club.

ELA 20: We will correct the questions for Chapter 5 and 6 on Monday. There WILL be a homework check for 5 marks. Memory Book Chapters 10-12 are due on Tuesday, November 29 and you also have a language study quiz on Solving Sentence Problems on Tuesday.

ELA A30: Independent Novel study is due on Tuesday. Have chapter one completed for Monday.

ELA A10:

ELA 20: We will correct Language study sheet on "Faulty Subordination" tomorrow and will correct the questions for Chapter 5 and 6 tomorrow.
Memory Book Chapters 10-12 are due on Tuesday, November 29

ELA A30:

ELA A10: No homework.

ELA 20: You need to have the questions for TKAM done for Chapters 3 and 4. You were also to read Chapter 5 for tomorrow. We did Language Study on "Faulty Subordination" today which is due for tomorrow. For reading workshop, I assigned Chapters 6 to read and to do your journal entry on this chapter. Journal entry is also due for tomorrow.
Memory Book Chapters 10-12 is due next Tuesday, November 29.

ELA A30: Independent Novel Study is due next Tuesday, November 29.

Career forms and money in by tomorrow!!!

ELA A10: Reading workshop journal due on Monday, November 21. Remember your exam on Monday!!

ELA 20: Read Chapter 5 of TKAM and finish the questions for Chapter 3 and 4 for Monday. Language Study and Reading workshop on Monday, November 21. You can use this time to read your TKAM novel! Memory Book Chapters 10-12 are due on November 29. You should be working on this!

ELA A30: Independent Novel Study is due on Tuesday, November 29. Come see me if you need art supplies for your book posters!

ELA A10: No homework for Friday but our unit test is on Monday, November 21. Don't forget to study!

ELA 20: Read Chapter 4 of TKAM for tomorrow. Next Memory Book Chapters (10-12) are due on Tuesday, November 29.

ELA A30: Language Study sheets are due for tomorrow. Prairie Spirit paragraphs must be handed in tomorrow. Independent Novel study is due Tuesday, November 29.

ELA A10: Tabloid newspaper must be ready to print on Thursday, November 17.
Unit exam is on Monday, November 21

ELA 20: Complete questions for Chapter 1 and 2 of To Kill a Mockingbird for tomorrow.

ELA A30: Paragraph for the video Home Game will be due on Thursday, November 17

ELA A10: Tabloid Newspapers due Thursday, November 17. Unknown unit exam on Monday, November, 21.

ELA 20: Next set of Memory Book chapters are due on Tuesday, November 29 (Chapters 10-12).

ELA A30: Canadian Unit exam on Wednesday, November 16. Independent Novel study will be due on Tuesday, November 29.

ELA A10: Tabloid newspaper due on Thursday, November 17

ELA 20: Childhood unit exam on Wednesday, November 9. Language Study on "Choppy Sentences" and your Reading journal are due on Thursday, November 10

ELA 30: Canadian Unit exam is on Wednesday, November 16. Prairie Spirit paragraph will be due on Thursday, November 17.

ELA A10: Tabloid Due next Thursday, November 17. Will print the final copy on that day.

ELA 20: Memory Book Chapters 7-9 are due tomorrow! Unit exam on Childhood will be on Wednesday, November 9.

ELA A30: Unit exam on Canadian stories, poems and essays will be on Wednesday, November 16. Paragraph on prairie spirit will be due on Thursday, November 17.

ELA A10: Tabloid Newspapers - Due date will discussed next week.

ELA 20: Childhood Unit exam on Wednesday, November 9. Study hard! Memory Book Chapters 7-9 are due on Tuesday, November 8.

ELA A30: Language Study and Reading workshop on Monday, November 7. Questions for "The Common Passion" will be marked on Tuesday, November 8. Unit exam was set for Wednesday, November 16. Independent Novel Study is due on November 29.

ELA A10: Tabloid Newspaper project

ELA 20: Questions need to be completed for the comparison of the two poems, "Luka" and "The Child Who Walks Backwards". Deadline for Children's Book is tomorrow! Memory Book Chapters 7-9 are due on Tuesday, November 8 and exam on November 9.

ELA A30: No Homework today but there are several missing assignments!

ELA A10: Major News Story was due today! Hand this in as soon as possible. Tabloid Newspaper projects will be due shortly. Continue to work on these in class and at home.

ELA 20: Language Study and Reading Workshop journal entries are due tomorrow. Remember: Children's Books with extension are due Thursday, November 3, Memory Book Chapters 7-9 are due next Tuesday, November 8 and Childhood Unit exam will be on Wednesday, November 9.

ELA A30: Independent Canadian Novel Study is due on November 29. You should be finishing up your book very soon!

ELA A10: Due date for the Major News Story is tomorrow. We will be correcting the questions for "How Much Land Does a Man Need" tomorrow as well.

ELA 20: Children's Books with extension due on Thursday. Next Memory Book set of chapters (7-9) are due next Tuesday, November 8. Unit exam is on Wednesday, November 9.

ELA A30: Journal entries were due today!

ELA A10: Questions for the short story, "How Much Land Does a Man Need" are due on Monday, October 31. Major News story is due on Tuesday, Nov. 1

ELA 20: Questions for the short story, "Charles" are due on Monday, October 31. Next Memory Book set of Chapters (7-9) are due on Tuesday, November 8.

ELA A 30: Language Study sheets and Reading journals are due on Monday, October 31.

ELA A10: Major News Story is due on Tuesday, November 1. Remember to hand in your journal entries tomorrow!

ELA 20: Finish the three questions I gave you today for the short story, "Charles" by tomorrow. Those who took the extension on the Children's Book should hand this in by Thursday, November 3. Next Memory Book Chapters (7-9) are due Tuesday, November 8.
Unit Exam is on Wednesday, November 9.

ELA A30: Language Study and Reading Workshop tomorrow.

If you have read this blog, tell Mrs. Kaminski what your favourite colour is when you come to school tomorrow.

ELA A10: Language Study and Reading workshop tomorrow. Major News story will be due on Friday but will discuss this deadline on Thursday.

ELA 20: Children's Book was due today. You have Language Study and Reading workshop tomorrow but will print those books on the colour printer on Thursday.

ELA A30: Language Study Quiz tomorrow on "Words Most Confused". Will correct internalization examples from the poem, "Jan/Us" on Thursday.

Any students who actually read this blog should remember the secret word, "Bananas" and if you tell me you are "bananas", you will win a fabulous prize.

ELA A10: Questions for "The Tell-Tale Heart" are due Tuesday, October 25. Your Major News story is due on Friday, October 28. Remember that this needs to be in Writing Workshop format (includes all aspects of the writing process)

ELA 20: Children's Book is due tomorrow, October 25. Those who took the extension will have a revised due date of Tuesday, November 1.

ELA A30: Find at least 7 examples of internalization in the poem, "Jan/Us" for tomorrow. Language study quiz has been changed to Wednesday, October 26.

ELA A10: Language Study and Reading workshop tomorrow. Be sure to have your questions done for the short story, "Drink My Blood" for Friday, October 21.

ELA 20: Children's Book will due on Friday, October 21 with the possibility of an extension.

ELA A30: Redo your "Turkle" question sheet. Editorials with the extension are due on Friday, October 21.

ELA A10: Read "Drink My Blood" today in class. Will do questions on this tomorrow.

ELA 20: Children's Book is tentatively due for Friday, October 21.

ELA A30: Read "The Painted Door" to page 55 today. Will complete the rest tomorrow. Will be marking "Words Most Confused - Part 2" tomorrow as well. Editorials for those that took the extension will be due on Friday, October 21. Homework assignments need to be completed so if you have any that are past due, get them done!!

ELA A10: Finish Questions for the story about "The Tabor Light".

ELA 20: Memory Book deadline is tomorrow!! Chapters 4-6. Children's Book should be written by now on rough copy.

ELA A30: Language Study and Reading workshop journal completed for Tuesday, Oct. 18. Language Study Quiz on Words Most Confused will be on Monday, Oct. 24. Editorial is past due.

ELA A10: No homework! Just start thinking about which story you would like to do for your Major News Story assignment.

ELA 20: Language Study and Reading workshop journal due for Monday, October 17. Memory book due on Tuesday!!!

ELA A30: "Turkle" question sheet needs to be handed in on Monday, October 17. Editorial with your news story attached was due today - next Friday if you took your extension!

ELA A10: Questions for "The Lottery" due tomorrow.

ELA 20: Children's Book assignment - continue working on this. Due next Friday.
Language Study and Reading workshop journal will be due on Monday, October 17. Memory Book Chapters 4-6 is due on Tuesday, October 18.

ELA A30: "Turkle" question sheet due on Monday. Editorial due on Friday, October 14. Those who took extension will need to have your assignment in on Friday, October 21.

ELA A10: Questions for the short story, "The Lottery" are due on Friday.

ELA 20: Childhood Book writing assigment will be due next week. Memory Book Chapters 4-6 are due on Tuesday, October 18.

ELA A30: Editorial is due on Friday, October 14 (Writing workshop format). Question sheet for the short story, "Turkle" will be handed in October 17.

ELA A10: Story Theatre for tomorrow - "If I won $20 million tomorrow, I would..."

ELA 20: Complete the chart for "Tone in Writing" based on the three essays we read.
Memory Book Chapters 4-6 are due next Tuesday, Oct. 18.

ELA A30: Editorials are due on Friday, Oct. 14. Last typing day is tomorrow.

ELA A10: Complete the short story worksheet for "The Weapon". Will correct on Tuesday. Complete your reading workshop journal entry for Tuesday, Oct. 11.

ELA 20: Childhood Book Analysis assignment was due on Friday, Oct. 7. Start working on your childhood book. Will be due soon! Next Memory Book deadline is Tuesday, October 18 for Chapters 4-6.

ELA A 30: Editorial Writing assignment is due on Friday, Oct. 14. Starting Saskatchewan Unit on Tuesday.

ELA A10: Finish your Alive paragraph for Monday! Be sure you have someone edit this for you and remember to type out a final copy. Language Study quiz for Words Most Confused will be next Friday, October 7.

ELA 20: Unsent letters were due today but complete them if you haven't handed it in yet. Next Memory Book deadline is October 18! If you were away today, read your group's essay and come up with 5 points to help someone else understand this essay.

ELA A30: Comparison paragraphs are due on Monday, October 3. Remember to do this in writing workshop format. Paragraph on the sample editorial (whether you considered it to be good or bad) will be due on Tuesday, October 4. Reading workshop on Monday. Bring your Canadian novel!

ELA A10: Language Study sheet on Finding Subjects and Verbs is due tomorrow. Don't forget to do a journal entry for your reading today; this is also due tomorrow. Complete your Alive paragraphs for Friday, September 30. You will be given time to edit and type tomorrow.

ELA 20: Unsent letter is now due on Monday, October 3. Please be sure to write about a page and to use the friendly letter format. Next Memory Book set of chapters is due on October 19.

ELA A30: Comparison paragraph is due on Friday, September 30. This needs to be in writing workshop format. You will have typing time tomorrow. We will start our editorials on Monday.

ELA A10: Complete reading the non-fiction story, "Mystery at the Moosehead". Do the question sheet that goes with this for Friday, September 30. Don't forget to bring a novel for Reading workshop tomorrow! Alive paragraphs due on Friday, September 30.

ELA 20: Complete the questions for the short story, "Penny in the Dust" for tomorrow. Unsent letters are due on Friday, September 30. These should be typed if your handwriting is poor.

ELA A30: Complete the questions for the essay, "Where the World Began" for Thursday. Bring your news story for your editorial tomorrow. The comparison paragraph for the two Canadian essays will be due on Friday, September 30.

Don't forget your hot lunch forms and money for tomorrow!!! Hat day for $1 tomorrow as well.

ELA A10: Alive paragraph will be due on Friday, September 30

ELA 20: Language Study - Contrast words used to help find the meaning of unknown words is due Wednesday, Sept. 28. Reading journals are also due on Wed. Unsent letter will be due on Friday, Sept. 30.

ELA A30: Questions for "Where the World Began" are due tomorrow. Comparison paragraph will be due on Friday, Sept. 30. Bring your Canadian novel every day to class!

ELA A10: Alive movie worksheet due on Tuesday, Sept. 27

ELA 20: Memory Book Chapters 1-3 due Tuesday, Sept. 27
Unsent letter due on Friday, Sept. 30

ELA A30: News story for editorial is due on Wednesday, Sept. 28
Comparison paragraph on the two Canadian essays is due on Friday, Sept. 30

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