Have a great summer. If you need to return anything to me, just take it to the office. Remember, if you do not return my books or anything else you may have, you will not receive your schedule for Sept. until you do or pay for the item.
HW due Wednesday
BRING ALL BOOKS!!!!! **************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, June 15th
LA - bring your books if you haven't already; check for any of my personal library books and bring them in, please.
SS - review and make your notecard for Tuesday's final (books will be collected on Tuesday - not before!!! ********************************************************************************
LA - bring your LA books; bring The Giver book if it belongs to the school; work on finishing your questions from the Giver for the test on Friday
SS - 20-2 & 20-3, complete all "stuff" and CYP 1 & 2 for each section; start making your card for the final on Tues. **************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, June 10th
LA - complete The Giver ch. 19 & 20; bring in your Lit/gram books if you haven't already; please look for any of my books that you may have borrowed
SS - 20-2 "stuff" and CYP 1,2, 76; all vocabulary ****************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, June 9th
Bring in your LA books; Check your grades so we can talk if there is a discrepancy; be sure you have paper in your notebooks! Also, please look around for any books you may have borrowed to read - I need them returned.
LA - complete Giver ques. up to and including ch. 18 & 19 (don't forget the dialecticals)
SS - be sure you have turned in your floppy for ch. 19 ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, June 8th
LA - Be sure you are caught up on The Giver for ch. 1-16; you may bring in your lit and grammar books; also, please read A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry in your floppy lit books - it is a fabulous story!
SS - open book test for ch. 19; floppy book will be collected & graded
LA - catch up on your dialectical journals (remember a minimum of one per chapter) and complete all for ch. 13 & 14
SS - CYP for 19-3 and your workbook. Your ch 19 test will be Monday and will be open book, again, and I will collect your workbooks. (remember, I do read them) *************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, June 3rd (actually will be checked on Thursday, June 4th)
LA - questions and journal for Giver , ch. 11 & 12
SS - 19-2, complete the "stuff" and CYP #1-7
If you are not going to Disneyland, go to Ms. Cline's classroom ************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, June 2nd
LA - complete all Giver work up to and including ch. 10
SS - complete CYP for 19-1 **************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, June 1
LA - All Giver questions up to and including ch. 8 should be done
SS - Pre-read ch. 19 ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, May 29
LA - ch. 4,5, & 6 questions/dialecticals; Book Report (LAST ONE!)
SS - Open book test on ch 18 - familiarize yourself with the ch. so you do not waste too much time looking for answers. Workbooks will be collected. ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, May 28th
LA - Complete ch.3 & 4 questions and dialectical journals; book report due on Friday
SS - Per 2 :) Per 4 - 18-3 - checkpoints and CYP *************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, May 27th
LA - For the Giver, complete the questions for ch. 1 and finish your dialectical journals; Book Reports due on Friday
SS - Per 2 - 18-4 checkpoints and CYP # 1-6 Per 4 - 18-2 checkpoints and CYP 1-6 **********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, May 26th
LA - please bring your copy of The Giver (if you have one. I would love for all to have their own copy); Book report due next Friday, the 29th
SS - :) ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, May 22nd - NO MORE TESTING :)
LA - please bring your copy of The Giver (if you have one)
SS - you should have 18-2 completed in your floppy book
Check your grades and complete ALL make-up work (tests, quizzes, hw, etc) **************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, May 20th
LA - did you finish your ideas on your own utopia? Please bring your copy of The Giver if you have one.
SS - be sure you have finished your 18-1 in your floppy book
**** if you haven't as yet brought in your green electives sheet, please make sure your parents have initialed your choices as we go to the computer lab to register on Thursday** ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, May 19th
LA - are you reading for your book report? **********************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, May 18th
LA & SS - there is no assigned hw due to the STAR testing. Please get a lot of sleep and eat a breakfast with some protein in it. This is a good time to make up missing work and read your book for your book report. ************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, May 15
LA - Gr/Lat application quiz; pgs. 350-357 in the LA floppy; are you reading?
SS - per 2 - "checkpts" and "check your progress" for 17-1 All - complete the handout as best you can ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, May 14th
LA - pgs. 344-349 in LA floppy; are you reading your book for May?
SS - per 1 - ch. 18 vocab per 3 - 18-1 checkpoints and check your progress *************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, May 13th
LA - Linkin Park essay on MyAccess closes out tonight - The Highwayman closes on Sunday; have you picked out your last book for the May book report?
SS - completed worksheet on da Vinci (4th period must do the vocab. for ch. 18) *************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, May 12th
LA - Did you finish MyAccess?I forgot to put it on as hw so I will give you one more day.
SS - study for ch. 17 test; workbook will be collected ************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, May 8th
LA - review your Gr/Lat for a review quiz; you should have your book chosen for your LAST book report of the year! Do You?
SS - bring your workbook IF it is not at school; complete Check Your Progress if we did not finish it in class ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, May 7th
LA - please complete The Highwayman worksheet (both sides) - be sure to use your lit book to help you and re-read the poem
SS - RENAISSANCE SCRAPBOOKS ARE DUE! *****************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, May 6th (have you made up ALL missed work?)
LA - work on MyAccess - it is open until Sunday evening at 9:00
SS - your Renaissance scrapbook is due on Thursday - no exceptions **************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, May 5th
LA - computer lab - come with an outline/web regarding the time you felt defeated as in "In the End" by Linkin Park. Have planned your incident with details, how you resolved it and what the outcome was. If you want your own lyrics, go to songlyrics.com - it is free
SS - vocab words for Ch 17 (31 of them). They will be checked! **************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, May 4th
LA & SS - There is no assigned HW; however your Renaissance Scrapbook is due next Thursday, May 7th. Use this weekend wisely to finish your research and assemble your project to the BEST of your ability. MAKE IT FUN!
LA - Gr/Lat #25! the last of this type of tests!!!!!! We will finish presenting book reports as well
SS - Ch 16 test and floppy book due (all of ch 16 up to p. 206) *************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday,April 30th
LA - Book Report Due! in lit, pgs. 375-379, read the poem and answer questions 1-7 (you may omit #5); review Gr/Lat
SS - your ch. 16 test and floppy books are due on Friday, May 2nd so get busy studying and completing the books; how is your Renaissance scrapbook coming along? If you are doing the calligraphy book mark for extra credit, it is due on Friday as well ************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, April 29th
LA - We will go over the work for Casey at the Bat; study your Gr/Lat; book report due on Thursday
SS - 16-3 *******************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, April 28th
LA - be sure your poem is memorized; copy either the last stanza or the next to last stanza of "Casey at the Bat" and write the rhyme scheme and mark the stressed and unstressed syllables of the stanza. Gr/Lat #25 flashcards (remember to change the double "lect" to "with" - you can check online or in the beginning of ch 16 in the ss book); book report due on Thursday.
SS - 16-2; Europe map re-take after school; are you working on your Renaissance scrapbook that is due on May 7th? ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, April 27th
LA - for the poems on pgs. 202 and 203, write down the "rhyme scheme" just as we did in class. Pick one to memorize and recite for Tuesday. You will be graded on how you recite it and convey the meaning you get from it as well as how you utilize its punctuation. Your book reports are due on Thursday.
SS - we will be discussing 16-1 so be prepared to help your group; for those that want a better grade on your European Map Test, there will be a re-take on Tuesday, April 28th, after school. This is the only time it will be offered. ******************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, April 24th
LA - lit. p. 198 and #1,2,3,4,6, & 7 on p. 199; Greek/Lat. #24 Test
SS - preview ch 16 or do whatever your group decided upon; work bit by bit on your Renaissance Scrapbook Project due on 5/7/09 *************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, April 23rd
LA - in literature, read pgs 195,196, & 197 and complete all items that ask for written work
SS - start researching for your Renaissance scrapbook person ********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, April 22nd
LA - you should be finished you book and starting your project for the month of April; review your Gr/Latin
SS - Europe political map test ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, April 21st
LA - flashcards for Gr/Lat #24; how is your book report coming along?
SS - ch 15 test and workbook will be collected; remember your Europe political map test is on Wed. ************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, April 20th
LA - How is your book report?
SS - you are responsible for 15-4 (probable quiz after a review); are you studying for the Europe Map test? ************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, April 17th
LA - Gr/Lat #23; how is your book report coming along?
SS - you should be finished 15-3 and working on 15-4 *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, April 16th
LA - CCB test plus completed packets
SS - 15-3 (there are 8 students that must do Cornell; don't forget!) ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, April 15th
LA - complete ALL CCB papers (review Wed and test Thursday)
SS - 15-2 *************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, April 14th
LA - complete August's CCB questions. Be sure ALL of your sheets are complete as I will collect them on Thursday, April 16th; Gr/Lat #23 flashcards
SS - 15-1 all
BE SURE TO CHECK THE CALENDAR AT THE TOP FOR IMPORTANT DATES ************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, April 13th
No assigned hw; you are responsible for a book report in April, the map of Europe, Gr/Lat #23, and everything we have done for CCB. Have a fun break! *********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, April 3rd
LA - Gr/Lat test #22
SS - :) ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, April 2
LA - keep up to date with your CCB questions and vocab; why not start reading your next book? Study Gr/Lat
SS - Study for ch 14 test (it will be with your group). I will be collecting your floppy books and grading them for ALL items for ch 14 - worth 100 points.
LA - Complete your CCB papers; get a book for April, read it during break and try to have it done one week before the end of April to see what it feels like to work ahead.
SS - complete ALL ch 14 pages in you floppy (they will be collected Thurs. while you take Ch 14 test). It is worth 100 pts. *******************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, March 31st
LA - BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE! Complete the April vocab.; Gr/Lat flashcards for week #22
SS - complete your group work for 14-3 (quiz tomorrow)
(Run for Ed. on Sat., 3/28 - see me at the fruit table to sign your name and tell me where you want the EC)
LA - your book reports are due on Tuesday; catch up on any work you have missed
SS - whatever you and your group have agreed upon; 14-3 quiz on Tues. and ch 14 test & workbooks on Wednesday. Plan accordingly ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, March 27th
LA - Gr/Lat #21 test; your book report is due on Tuesday
SS - quiz on 14-2 (group)- be sure you have done your part of the group plan for ch. 14
LA - study Gr/Lat; are your CCB questions completed to date?; how is your book report coming along that is due on Tuesday?
SS - whatever work you and your group decided to do for 14-2 ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, March 25th
LA - complete January's ques. and vocab.; book report due on the 31st; study your Gr/Latin words
SS - quiz on 14-1; I will check your workbooks (if you have even one (1) answer missing, you will receive a "0") ********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, March 24th (one week until book report time)
LA - flashcards for Gr/Lat #21; complete your Dec. questions and the vocab. on the back. PLEASE, if you can, print your own copies of the questions and vocab from my website so we can conserve paper here at school.
SS - in class we will work on the map for 10-15 minutes; you will work with your group; review section 1. Quiz on section will be first thing Wednesday. Do not forget your own responsibility for the floppy book.
LA - bring your CCB book if you have one; you should have read your March book and started your report
SS - whatever your group decided you should do ************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, March 20
LA - Gr/Lat #20 test; finish Nov. questions and vocab.
SS - bring paper and your floppy SS book **********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, March 19th
LA - complete the Oct questions and vocab for CCB; do you have your book started? book report in 12 days
SS - :) preview unit 6 (ch 14,15,16)
PLEASE CHECK ALL GRADES - NOTHING CAN CHANGE AFTER THURSDAY! *******************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, March 18th
LA - complete the Oct. vocab. AND #1,2,3,,4,5,& 8 of the questions for CCB; please try to get your own copy of the book
SS - ch 13 test ************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, March 17 (ST. PATRICK'S DAY !)
LA - complete the discussion questions (if possible) for Sept in CCB AND the vocab. worksheet downloaded from my web site
SS - if you did not finish in class, for 12-3 read, notes, "stuff" and p. 368. Your test will be Wed. *************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, March 16th (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are minimum days - Tues & Wed for conferences if you need one)
LA - be sure you are reading your March book; if you have Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, please bring it as we will start on Monday
SS - be sure your notes are caught up to and including 13-2 ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, March 12th (end of trimester is Wed - my grades close tomorrow. Please check them for accuracy)
LA - answer, completely, questions 7 & 8 on p. 629 AND the vocab. exercise on 631; read; if you have a copy of Catherine, Called Birdy, bring it on Monday, 3/16
SS - complete 13-1 notes if you did not do so in class and be sure you have the vocab. from p. 349 (19 words)
LA - in literature, p. 629, numbers 1-5. Answer completely in well-constructed sentences; do you have your book for your March book report?
SS - finish you haiku/artwork item we worked on in class
************************************************************************************* HW due on Tuesday, March 10th
LA - flashcards for Gr/Lat #20; you should have started your book for the March book report
SS - be sure you have your two haiku poems completed that are based on medieval Japan AND plan your artwork so the activity can be completed in class. Bring colored pencils; mine are dying. *************************************************************************************
HW due Monday, March 9th
LA - please bring in a small photo of yourself; week #20 for Gr/Lat is ready for Tuesday; do you have your book for the next book report?
SS - Vocab for ch. 13 in your notebook *********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, March 6th
LA - Per. 1 & 3, literature p.614 #1,2,3,4,5 & 8 - answer in complete sentences and support you answers with evidence from the story; Gr/Lat #19
LA - per. 5 only - p 614, #1,2,3,4,5, & 8; study Gr/Lat; start your next book
SS - complete pages 153 & 154 in your floppy ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, March 4th
LA - I will be checking flashcards; do you have your next book to read?
SS - Map of Asia test *************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, March 3rd
LA - get plenty of rest and eat protein so you can perform well on the State Writing Exam. Please read in place of computers, video games or TV. It will put in good sentence structure, model good spelling and remind you of keeping on track for your thought process. You should have your book for March already.
SS - study for your Asia Map test on Wednesday ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, March 2nd
(please bring in the parent-signed sheet stating that they have completed the school survey) it is EC!
LA - p. 417 in your floppy book.
SS - 12-4 cornell AND "analyze life at the time" on p. 335 *************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, Feb. 27th
LA - response to lit & book report; Gr/Lat #18
SS - cornell for 12-3 (you will use them for the quiz) **************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, February, 26th
LA - complete vocab on p.599 in lit and on p. 600, "grammar in context"; book report due on Friday; study Gr/Lat; response to lit due on Friday
SS - Cornell for 12-2; study map of Asia for test on 3/4 ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, February 25th
LA - Per. 1 & 3, complete writing the vocab. words in your notebook for the story, "An Hour with Abuelo" and complete questions 1-8 on p. 598; book report due on Fri., final draft of response to lit on Fri.
SS - vocab for ch. 12 in notebook AND Cornell notes for 12-1; study for the map of Asia test on 3/4/09
LA - Gr/Lat #18 flashcards; work on your final draft of Response to Lit that is due on Friday; remember your book report is due on Friday
SS - Map of Asia, labeled and colored - test will be March 4th ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, February 23rd
LA - come with a re-written response to lit utilizing the comments from your peer editors; book report is due on the 27th
SS - test on ch. 10 and 11 - you may use your graphic organizers and/or Cornell notes *******************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, February 20th
LA - Gr/Lat #117 test; bring your essays in case we have time to look at them
SS - Per 2 - Cornell notes for 11-3 Per 4 - graphic organizer for notes on 11-3 based on the focus question: How did China influence the world?
******************************************************************************** HW due on Thursday, Feb. 19th
LA - Bring your rough draft or sloppy copy of your response to literature COMPLETED for peer review; book report due in nine (9) days!
SS - model the graphic organizer from today to take notes on 11-2 . IF YOU WERE ABSENT, just read and and complete Cornell notes for 11-1 and 11-2 *********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Feb. 18th
LA - bring your response to literature to class - you may work on the second paragraph if you like; do you have a book for the 27th?
SS - vocab. words in notebook (p. 293 and 23 words)
SS - See the hw for Fri the 13th - everything is DUE! **************************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, Feb. 13th (Uh-Oh !!!!!!!!!) Friday the 13th!
LA - Gr/Latin test #16; complete your Response to Literature worksheet; do you have a book for your next report? (15 days left)
SS - by Tuesday, 2/17, you should have your Chinese inventions sheets assembled, your floppy completed with 10-1 to 10-3 AND your persuasive essay on why you chose the inventions for number 1, 2 & 3 (five paragraphs, typed would be nice but not necessary)
For your Chinese Inventions Squares: - complete all symbols, notes and add some color - look at all 15; rate them from 1 to 15 where 1 is the most important invention and 15 the least important (put your name on the front of #1) - cut out each square and tape them together in numerical order (they should go one UNDER the other to make a long vertical row) -use the textbook and your notes for DETAILS in your persuasive essay -REMEMBER to anticipate an argument against your top choices and counter it with your details to support your opinion - the majority of you finished most of this in class so you should not have much to do beyond the essay!
LA - Please write your opening paragraph for your Response to Literature. Include the title of the story, the author, a brief summary of the story and your thesis statement with your connection included. Review Gr/Lat 1-16. Do you have your Feb. book?
SS - bring your floppy books AND your Chinese invention worksheets (and tape if you can) ************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Feb. 11
LA - choose a story to write a "response to literature" essay. Your choices are "A Crush" on p. 68 OR "Knots in my Yo-Yo String" on p. 573. Come with your ideas and a thesis statement. If you need to be reminded what one is, look in your lit book on p. 65, 78,780, 781, R27, R39, R41, R53 and/or R55. Have you started your Feb. book as yet?
SS - please add color your symbols you drew today in class *************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, February 10th
LA - please read lesson 5 on verbs and complete practice and apply on pages 104 and 599; have you started your next book?
SS - I have an activity to complement lesson 10-3. Please read and complete Cornell notes for 10-3 or you will not be able to participate with the class and will have to come in after school to complete it.
HAVE YOU MADE UP ALL OF YOUR WORK WHILE YOU WERE ABSENT??????????????????????????????????????? ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, February 6th
LA - Gr/Lat 1-15 test ( you will be asked to use the definitions); make sure you have grammar lesson #4 on verbs completed which includes practice and apply on 101 and more on 598
SS - I will be checking Cornell notes for 10-1, 10-2, floppy book 10-1, and physiographic maps for hw points
LA - complete reading grammar lesson 4 - practice and apply on p. 101 and practice on 598
SS - complete your physiographic map AND 10-1 in your floppy book - I will be checking as it was written on the HW board, by me, yesterday evening! ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Feb. 4th
LA - grammar, p. 99 and 598 (lesson 3)
SS - vocab. words (20) and Cornell for 10-1 **************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, February 3rd
LA - please bring the two verb worksheets to review (they were handed out on the 23rd of January); review Gr/Lat 1-15; start a new book for February's book report
SS - bring in your quilt square for "to me, equal means . . . Be sure it is visually interesting to look at, has your first name only and your grade on the bottom, and is thoughtful - not silly *************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, February 2nd
LA - complete pages 220,230, & 231 in your lit floppy; no new Gr/Lat. Friday's test will be on 1-15 and using them in sentences.
SS - Think about what it means to be created equal and how you can represent it in a picture ********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, January 30th
LA - complete the work in the margins of the floppy lit book up to the end of Act I for "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"; book reports are due; no Gr/Lat test as we will finish the story and watch the DVD of the episode from the Twilight Zone
SS - ch. 7,8, & 9 test *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, January 29th
LA - in you floppy lit book, complete pages 255,256,257; remember your book report is due on Friday and Gr/Lat #16
SS - continued presentations; test on Fri *************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, January 28th
LA - Bring your floppy lit book; I will be checking flashcards for Gr/Lat
SS - presentations ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, January 26th
LA - we will be in the computer lab writing a response to literature. You will use the book you read for the book report due on Friday; Gr/Lat flashcards will be checked. *Be sure to bring your floppy lit books on Wed.
SS - presentations start; Friday will be the test *************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, January 25th
LA - complete the two worksheets on verbs (review of lessons 1 & 2 in the grammar book); the Gr/Lat words for next week are available; remember your book report, that you have known of since Oct. is due on Friday
SS - due to the confusion/procrastination of projects, I have arranged for you to work one more day in the library with your group for the powerpoint presentations. Presentations will be T, W and Th, therefore not allowing for review for the test on Friday (which you have know about since the first week of January).
I NEED THE STUDENTS TO NOT BE LAZY, PLAN AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. MANY OF THEM ARE STILL ON VACATION!!!
LA - Gr/Lat #15; in literature, create a venn diagram for the grasshopper and the ant and complete it; create a venn diagram for Bess and Lottie (The Richer The Poorer) and complete it. Copy the chart on p. 311, fill in ALL boxes; In one or two sentences, explain how do the three fables we read connect with each other; don't forget the vocabulary
SS - come with your "expert" information on your Mesoamerica civilization so you and your group can plan your powerpoint. Bring a pin drive if you have one (I do have some available for use) *************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, January 22nd
LA - if necessary, re-read "Golden Kite and Silver Wind." Complete p.489, # 1-8; copy the vocab. words and definitions on a piece of paper and label it : Theme Cluster Vocab.; write a sentence explaining what the "irony" in the story may be.
SS - period 4, make sure all of ch. 7 and 8 are complete in your floppy book ***************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, January 21st
(due to the inaugural activities, hw is the same as assigned for Tuesday) *******************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, January 20th
LA - please bring in a printed copy of your essays from MyAccess that are not in your portfolio; Gr/Lat #15 flashcards will be checked; book report coming up on the 30th
SS - :) If you like you can always do more research for you civilization or complete the ABCs of Maya
HW due on Friday, January 16th
LA - Gr/Latin Test # 14; read - your book report is due on the 30th; book orders if you want to get a book from Scholastic (I suggest you buy your own copy of The Giver as we will be reading it as a class in May); if you are unhappy with your grammar grades, come see me - you have to want to be better and ask for help); grammar - read lesson 1 and 2 for verbs and complete the Practice and Apply, A & B, as well as the "challenge" for lesson 1.
SS - read 8-2 (use your ABCs paper for notes if you like)
LA - on your own, review the sentence and its parts, nouns and pronouns for a test to see if you can "Bring It Forward" and show what you know and have learned from elementary school to now! I want you to apply your knowledge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Study your Gr/Latin for Friday
SS - read 8-1 (perhaps a quiz is in the air) ************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, January 14th
LA - read; study Gr/Lat; book report is due on the 30th; complete MyAccess by Friday
SS - read 7-3 and be prepared for a quiz *********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, January 13th
LA - Gr/Lat #14 flashcards; book report due on the 30th; grammar p. 91; literature, read pgs 410-414 (do not forget "your turn")
SS - please read ch 7, lesson 2 for discussion (I will know if you have not read the material!) ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, January 12th
LA - are you reading for your book report due on the 30th? Gr/Lat #14 is available if you want to start your flashcards for Tuesday; You will have a mastery test on plot and pronouns (you can review your grammar and lit pages on plot); if you didn't finish in class, complete grammar pg.82, A&b and p. 596 ex. 10
SS - :) feel free to learn more about your assigned civilization ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, January 9th
LA - grammar p. 595, #8, p. 80, A & B, p. 596, #9; don't forget your persuasive essay due by 9:00 P.M. Friday; Greek & Latin test #13
SS - read ch. 7-2 ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, January 8th
LA - in your grammar book, complete p. 594, exercise #6, practice & apply on p. 75, and exercise #7 on p. 594; read (book report due on the 30th); review Gr/Lat; persuasive essay
SS - if you haven't completed the definitions for ch. 7, please put them into your notebook (all words on p. 185, 20 words); this will be the first day to research the info for your project so come prepared with your notepapers and jobs *****************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
LA - :) read; study Gr/Latin for your test #13 on Friday
SS - complete your handout up to and including #35; read ch. 7, section 1; the link for the power point tutorial is up ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
LA - come prepared with a pre-write for MyAccess (the prompt is to ask your parents for a privilege that is possible and anticipate their arguments why you cannot have it. Prepare counter arguements to their reasons); flashcards for Gr/Lat #13
SS - bring your papers from Monday regarding the Webquest and notes
LA - Gr/Lat #12 test; grammar pgs. 62 & 64 practice and apply; are you reading
SS - floppy book 6-1 (complete all of it) *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, Dec. 11th
WAVE - bring your artifact
LA - review for Gr/Lat test on Friday; read 20 min.
SS - read 6-3; start reviewing ch. 5 & 6 for your unit test coming up Mon or Tues of next week *********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Dec. 10th
LA - complete pgs. 130-133 in your floppy lit book (except per 5 - we have to finish the story); study Gr/Lat; read 20 min
SS - Map of Africa test (practice @ www.Ilike2learn.com) **********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, Dec. 9th
LA - Gr/Lat flashcards for week #12; complete what you can in your floppy lit books on pgs. 131 & 132 ( we will finish the story in class so no computer lab); are you getting a head start on your January book report?
SS - continued flag presentations; are you ready for your Africa map test on Wed? ************************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, Dec. 8th
LA - reading log signed by a parent/guardian; grammar pgs. 58. 59 do practice and apply A, B, Challenge, and C (follow the directions for each section)
SS - flag project completed and ready to present; are you studying for Wed? *********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, Dec. 5th
LA - Gr/Lat test #11
SS - read 6-2 *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, Dec. 4th
LA - complete the story and ALL pages (184-203) in your floppy literature book; study Gr/Lat; find a book to get a head start on Jan's book report - reading log will be checked on Monday, 12/8
SS - read ch 6-2; meet in the computer lab to research your African country's flag ************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Dec. 3rd
LA - study Gr/Lat; use this time to read a book for your reading log (I will check it on Mon, 12/8) and to have a head start for the Jan. book report :)
SS - Ch 6 vocab in your notebooks (20 words); study your Africa map for the test on the 10th
LA - Gr/Lat #10 flashcards; bring your Essay Portfolio for the computer lab
SS - complete reading of 5-2 and please do the "stuff". Do not do the Check Your Progress or the online quiz as yet. Study Africa map for 12/10 test - do not procrastinate ******************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, Nov. 17th
LA - reading log, signed
SS - Map of Africa, labeled and colored! *******************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, Nov. 14th
LA - read about "plot" on pgs.343-347; on paper, write your answers to "your turn" on pgs.345 & 356; using the chart on p 343, summarize the last book you read or the last movie you saw ; study Gr/Lat, you have a test.
SS - review 5-1 and complete ques #1-5 on pg. 132 AND do the web quiz
LA - Non-fiction test (some reading, point of view, spelling, nouns)
SS - complete labeling and coloring of your physical map of Africa ***********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, Nov. 12th (No School on 11/11)
LA - flashcards, reading logs, read your book for 20 min.; catch up on MyAccess
SS - p. 127 copy all 19 vocabulary words into your notebook; pre-read 5-1 -read captions, bold words, questions at the end, etc. *******************************************************************************
HW due on Monday, Nov. 10th
LA - week #9 words are available; catch up on your MyAccess and please bring in a printed copy of all that I have not done for you; reading log, signed, is expected as well; keep an eye on the calendar at the top so you know when the book reports are due.
SS - IF you did not finish your "Cause and Effect" essay (p. 118) in class today, it is due on Monday. Please, no more than a good, three paragraph, on topic essay.
LA - signed reading log (book reports due on Thursday!) Gr/Lat #8 is available if you want; grammar, complete p.38 & 588 if you did not finish in class.
SS - we will finish presentations; begin practicing for your Middle East Map test by going to www.Ilike2learn.com for interactive fun
LA - in literature, please read pgs. 82-86 and then 101-104 (be sure to read connect to lit, focus your reading and active reading and do it as you read); Gr/Lat #7 test; read (book report in 6 days)
SS - review ch. 3 & 4 (or finish Cornell if you haven't as yet) *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, October 23
LA - in your floppy book, please complete pages 89,90,91; read 20 minutes; review your Gr/Lat
SS - be ready to present; be sure all Cornell is complete ******************************************************************************** HW due on Wednesday, October 22
LA - read; review
SS - Cornell for 4-3 and 4-4 *********************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, October 21st (9 days 'til book report)
LA - read Eleanor in your floppy workbook and complete the Pause and Reflects and Mark it Up; Gr/Lat flashcards due; I will check your logs as today flew by too quickly
SS - Cornell 4-3 and 4-4 will be checked on Wednesday
LA - Gr/Lat Test #6; read 20 minutes; grammar pages 23-27 (remember my manicures!)
SS - I will be checking Cornell for 4-2 ( 4-3 is due on Monday); be prepared to finish your poster for your presentations starting on Monday *********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, October 16th
LA - Read 20 minutes; study Gr/Lat #6; be sure last night's hw is completed as I will check
SS - Cornell for 4-2; I will be checking 4-1; organize yourself to work on the Islam project *********************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, October 15th - ALL CLASSES IN COMPUTER LAB
LA - complete pages 66-69 in your floppy workbook; in grammar, read page 21 and complete pages 22 and 587; read 20 minutes; review your flashcards
SS - Middle East Maps labeled and colored; Cornell 4-1 ************************************************************************************
LA - reading log (one section filled in and summarizing what you read the week of the 6th) flashcards due on Tues but they are ready for you any time
SS - Cornell 3-3 (so if you are reading ahead, you know what to do to plan your weekend - you are in charge) **********************************************************************************
HW due on Friday, October 10th
LA - Greek & Latin test #6; are you reading? Remember your log is due on Monday
SS - finish Cornell notes 3-2 ********************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, October 9th
LA - Are you reading? Are you studying Gr/Lat? Are you working on your MyAccess essay that is due by Friday night, 9:00 P.M.? Complete, in your grammar book, pages 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (do all practices on those pages)
SS - Cornell 3-2 to be checked on Thursday *****************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, October 8th
LA - we will be going over the grammar assigned last Friday so please bring it to class; do you have a book for your October book report and are you reading 20 minutes each night for your first log which is due on the 13?
SS - I will be checking your Cornell notes for 3-1; be sure you have your questions for your in-class project so you have a direction while in the library.
LA - Gr/Lat #5 is ready for you to do the cards that are due on Tuesday; complete grammar p. 14, 15 (A & B), and 586 (compound subjects and verbs); find a book for your Oct. book report due on the 30th; complete MyAccess!
SS- vocab. for ch. 3 in notebook - there are 23 words ******************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, October 2nd - bring an artifact!
LA - grammar p.12, 13 and corresponding exercise on p. 585; review Gr/Lat flashcards; remember you have until Friday to do MyAccess (you have three submissions available to you)
LA - complete the hw assigned Monday; MyAccess will close on Friday - you have three submissions; review your Gr/Lat
SS - complete the following - p. 53 vocab; p. 54 Reading Skill, comprehension & critical thinking, Writing question #2; p. 56 test yourself and the online quiz Remember the ch 2 test is on Thursday
Make up any work you missed (including your absences)!!!!!!
HW due on Thursday, September 25 - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND MINIMUM DAY
LA - Copy the following sentences and add two more sentences to each to "elaborate" and show me you understand when I say, "Make a statement and explain it with two!"
1. Our school has an annual tradition. 2. The jacket looked great. 3. Spring fever hit with a vengeance. 4. I hated to look in the mirror. 5. My family is proud of our heritage.
If you did not score well on the Preposition Test, you have your make-up tomorrow!!! How is your 12 pt project coming? Greek/Latin?
SS - complete the 8 items in 2-1 that we consider "stuff" ****************************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, September 24th
LA - Anna of Byzantium test
SS - pre-read ch 2, sections 1-3 (read all headings, captions, main ideas, etc); please copy all 22 vocabulary words into your notebook from p. 33.
LA - complete pages 13,14, & 15 in your literature workbook (be sure to do all of it); remember Gr/Lat #3 flashcards are due on Tuesday (see my web page); how are the 12 pt. projects coming? Have you reviewed for the Anna test on Wednesday?
SS - complete your internet search paper; remember your ch. 1 test is on Tuesday
WAVE - IF your notebooks/journals are at home because you forgot to keep them in class, bring them and put them in the bins!!!!!
SS - start the internet search paper I gave today - it is due on Monday
HW due on Thursday, September 18th
LA - Please bring your floppy workbook; study Gr/Latin; how is your 12-pt project? Preposition TEST SS - in your workbook, please complete 1-4
WAVE- Artifact day - bring one to earn your points *************************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, September 17
LA - if you must do more work on your autobiography in MyAccess, you must finish by 8:59 tonight. Are you working on your 12 pt project? Spend 5 minutes on your Gr/Lat roots for Friday's test
SS - complete 1-3 in your SS workbook. A few of you forgot them in class! That is not a scholarly habit. ****************************************************************************************************
HW due on Tuesday, September 16th
LA - Flashcards with Gr/Lat #2 are due (read over week #1) ; meet in computer lab (all classes) SS - be sure ch. 1 - 1 and 1 - 2 are completed in you SS floppy workbooks; read 1-3 and do the "stuff" - there are 7 items to do; 2 checkpoints, 1 LA target activity, 1 mapmaster, 1 graphic organizer, 1 picture with questions and the quiz online (take it and print it or e-mail it to me and I will print it for you)
LA - you may get a head start on your Gr/Lat week #2 flashcards for Tuesday by going to my website (follow the link at the top to Mrs. Boyce's LA page); work on your 12 pt project for the summer reading
LA - Study for your first Gr/Latin test (you must know your roots forwards and backwards and eight of the words you for which you found definitions)
SS - Per 4 - finish your maps; per 2 you are off the hook :) *************************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, September 11th
LA - in grammar, complete on p. 606, exercise 1; review your Gr/Latin flashcards; do a bit for your summer reading project OR review for the test on the 23rd SS - Complete the "stuff" in the margins and under the pictures/maps of 1-2 and the Checkpoints along with the OnLine Web quiz at PHSchool.com. (there are six things to be completed) Use the web code mxa-1012, take the quiz, have it corrected, print it and bring it to school. IF there is a problem printing at home and you do not have time to work in the library, copy it into a message to me, send it via e-mail and I will print it for you. This is a valuable study aid.
WAVE - bring an artifact about which to write :) **************************************************************************************************
HW due on Wednesday, September 10th
LA - in your grammar book, READ pages 152,153 and on 154 complete Practice and Apply. Follow the directions. REVIEW your Gr/Lat flashcards. Plan your 12 pt. project and get a head start. BE TRUE SCHOLARS!
SS - copy the "language of the discipline" into your SS notebooks after your Yes/No game sheet. Include the definitions for all (there are about 28 words)
LA - if you want to work more on your "I Am" poem, ok but turn it in tomorrow; complete your Gr/Lat flashcards (all definitions found); correct psycholograph to read "psychograph (sorry for the typo)
SS - preview ch 1 - 1 (read the headings, captions, end of section questions)
WAVE - bring your notebook AND your journaling book **************************************************************************************************
HW due on Thursday, September 4th
All classes - bring the plagiarism sheet with your signature and your parent/guardian's signature; if you were part of our "snowball fight," be sure to bring your snowball :)
******************************************************************************************************* HW due on Friday, September 5th
LA - bring your Literature scavenger sheets to finish in class; FINISH your summer reading books!!!!!!!
LA - bring your notecards and a 2" ring; read your summer reading books; bring your completed I AM poem, typed and decorated. You can find the model on my web page accessible from the top of the page in the links.
SS - complete your Text Treasure Hunt and your map packet - we will grade them in class
WAVE - bring your 3 subject spiral AND a journal-type book for Thursdays :)
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