Mr. Maher's Calendar of Events

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/29/1954	Birth of a legend	Oprah was born in 1954 and was mostly raised by her grandmother on a farm in Mississippi while her mother looked for work up North.
09/06/2011	1st Day of School!	DAY 1 OF 180!
09/12/2011	The Pearl Unit - Honors Only (2weeks)	Student's will read John Steinbeck's, "The Pearl."
09/22/2011	The Bully Unit - (Reg. only)	Students will begin to read the first novel of the year title, The Bully. This is part of the Bluford Series.
10/03/2011	Wiki Worthy?	Student's will create their own homepage as they familiarize themselves with using web 2.0 technologies.
10/07/2011	LINCS - An introduction	Student's will be introduced to a vocabulary strategy known as LINCS.
10/10/2011	Columbus Day!	No school!
10/13/2011	ELA Part 1 short response to listening	Student's will listen to a reading passage, after reviewing the steps necessary to listen and take notes, and complete a listening response activity.
10/20/2011	SRI Test 1	Students will take the first of 3 SRI reading inventory tests.
10/23/2011	Phoebe Prince Article	Students will read and discuss the Phoebe Prince story in an effort to generate a discussion about the topic of bullying in today's society.
10/31/2011	Picture Day!	Say cheeeeeeeeese!
11/05/2011	MAHER MONEY!	An introduction to the PA House Maher Money incentive program.
11/28/2011	Student Teacher	Ms. Burgos takes over the class for two weeks to finish up our short story unit.
12/05/2011	Bullying-District Day of Writing	After reading the article about Facebook, students will write a persuasive essay either in favor or against the popular web 2.0 product.
12/07/2011	3rd Period PD	Today you will be exposed
12/07/2011	PDPeriod 3	Learning about websites!
12/13/2011	Field Trip to Purchase College	Students will get a tour of the Performing Arts section at Suny Purchase. Following the quick tour, they will see five live performances of short stories. This will be the culminating activity in our three week short story unit. Stories include, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Monkey's Paw," "The Necklace," and "The Tell Tale Heart."
01/10/2012	A Legend was Born	Michael Jordan was born in New York but was raised by his two parents in South Carolina.
01/12/2012	Bjork's First Concert	I sang...