SUBSTITUTE PLANS –FRIDAY, February 22, 2008

Homeroom – They just read their reading counts books. Last 10

minutes of class, have them help you distribute the green Language
Network books on the bookcase in the left corner of the room by the
flag. Please place them on each desk. Period 3 is going to need them.
*Last 10 minutes of Period 3, have students collect them and return
them to the same bookcase.

Periods 1, 5, 6 –- English 8

Go over rules prior to class. Tell them if they do not comply they will be
writing them the whole period quietly (In front of the class left side of
blackboard). Also, list students who were good and those who were bad.
Feel free to send anyone extremely disobedient to the Referral Room
(Room 103).

1. JOURNAL #13 2/22/08– ON THIS DAY IN 1732, GEORGE

WASHINGTON, OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, WAS BORN. WHAT
DO YOU THINK WERE THE ADVANTAGES AND/OR
DISADVANTAGES TO BEING OUR COUNTRY’S FIRST
PRESIDENT?
2. COPY AGENDA
3. COLLECT HW (The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Theme Paragraph will be due on Monday)
4. AS A CLASS, READ/DISCUSS ANALOGIES NOTES
TOGETHER (OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCY ATTACHED –
FEEL FREE TO USE THE PROJECTOR)
5. HAVE STUDENTS QUIETLY WORK ON ANALOGY
WORKSHEETS. AT END OF PERIOD, COLLECT THEM AND
PUT THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE FILE TRAYS UNDER
THE FLAG AT THE END OF CLASS.
6. READ ALOUD – AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD
BROTHER NOVEL (BOOKS ARE UNDER THEIR DESKS).
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU STOP AFTER EACH
PERIOD. HERE ARE THE PAGES WHERE EACH PERIOD
BEGINS READING:
PERIOD 1 – page 92
PERIOD 5 – page 97
PERIOD 6 – page 120
HW: READING LOGS
FINISH THE SUMMER OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE HORSE
THEME PARAGRAPH
STUDY FOR THE SUMMER OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE
HORSE – SPELLING/VOCABULARY/READING
COMPREHENSION TEST THIS MONDAY

*Period 2 is my conference period enjoy!

ESL 2 (Period 3/4) – Go over rules prior to class. Tell them if they do not
comply they will be writing them the whole period quietly (On top of
chalkboard left side of classroom). Also, list students who were good and
those who were bad. Feel free to send anyone extremely disobedient to the
Referral Room (Room 103). You will have the same group of students for
these two periods.

FIRST HOUR:
1. Give students 10 minutes to do journal question.

• Journal 13 2/22/08– ON THIS DAY IN 1732, GEORGE

WASHINGTON, OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, WAS BORN. WHAT
DO YOU THINK WERE THE ADVANTAGES AND/OR
DISADVANTAGES TO BEING OUR COUNTRY’S FIRST
PRESIDENT?

2. As a class read Time article, A Woman Up a Tree

3. On a separate piece notebook paper, have students copy and
answer all the Comprehension Connection questions.
4. COLLECT THEM AND PUT THEM IN THE
APPROPRIATE FILE TRAYS UNDER THE FLAG AT THE
END OF CLASS.

SECOND HOUR:

1. HAVE STUDENTS INDEPENDENTLY WORK ON THE

PAST PERFECT WORKSHEETS
2. COLLECT THEM AND PUT THEM IN THE
APPROPRIATE FILE TRAYS UNDER THE FLAG AT THE
END OF CLASS.
3. READ ALOUD – ALPHABET CITY BALLET. Begin reading
on page 61. Please tell me where you stop.

Homework: Reading logs.

Study for THANK YOU M’AM test this Tuesday. Test
will be on story/grammar of the week.
*Please make sure that there are no books on the floor when each class
leaves for the day. Thank you for your help.
SUBSTITUTE PLANS –Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Homeroom – They just read their reading counts books. Last 15

minutes of class have them help you put out the dictionaries similar
to the ones on some of the desks. The dictionaries are located in the
bookcase on the left side of the room.

Period 1, 5, 6 –- English 8
Go over rules prior to class. Tell them if they do not comply they will be
writing them the whole period quietly (In front of the class left side of
blackboard). Also, list students who were good and those who were bad.
Feel free to send anyone extremely disobedient to the Referral Room
(Room 103).
1. Journal 10/10/07– Identify if the following sentences are similes or
metaphors:
Ms. Ponce will be as angry as a hornet if we get a bad note
from the substitute.

The fog was a blanket covering the valley floor.

The wind howled like a trapped animal.

2. Have the students watch the movie Freaky Friday and they
answer the Movie Plot Question hand out. Collect papers at end of
period and put in appropriate tray (circle stickers above the tray
indicate the period) under the flag.
3. Read Autobiography of My Dead Brother (blue novels under their
desks) together with the class. Choose students to read randomly.
(Start reading on the following pages: Per. 1. page 37; Per. 5 page
24; Per. 6 page 32) Please tell me where you stop in the novels for
each period.

Homework:
Reading logs
Study Paragraph Vocabulary for quiz on Friday.
*Period 2 is my conference period enjoy!
ESL 2 (Period 3/4) – Go over rules prior to class. Tell them if they do not
comply they will be writing them the whole period quietly (On whiteboard
left side of classroom). Also, list students who were good and those who
were bad. Feel free to send anyone extremely disobedient to the Referral
Room (Room 103). You will have the same group of students for these two
periods.

FIRST HOUR:

1. Give students 10 minutes to do journal question 10/9:

Draw 1 line under the simple subject and 2 lines under the simple
predicates.
Ms. Ponce will be as angry as a hornet if we get a bad note
from the substitute.

The fog was a blanket covering the valley floor.

The wind howled like a trapped animal.

2. In the green Language Network books on their desk, as a class read

pages 211 (Compound Subjects). Then, on a separate piece of paper
have them complete the activities on
page 212 – A. Concept Check: Compound Subjects

5. Collect papers at end of period and put in appropriate tray (circle

stickers above the tray indicate the period) under the flag.

SECOND HOUR:
6. As a class read Time article King of the Cowboys. On a separate piece
of paper have the students copy and answer all the Reader’s Response
and Writer’s Response questions. Collect and put in the appropriate
tray under the flag.
7. Read aloud last 15 minutes of class: Alphabet City Ballet to the class
(ask Roy Cortez or Polet Quiroz where we stopped). On a separate
piece of paper they need to write a ½ page summary of what was read.
Collect and put in the appropriate tray under the flag.

Homework: Reading logs. Study Inspiration story. Test on Thursday.