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Mrs. Karen Boyce
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EL SEGUNDO MIDDLE SCHOOL
EL SEGUNDO,   CA   90245
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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
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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

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HW due on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd

LA - flashcards for Gr/Lat #11; last day to edit essays in computer lab (bring your portfolios)

SS - please read ch. 6, section 1; begin looking for info on your African country

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!        ENJOY YOURSELVES AND HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY

HW due on Monday, December 1st (OMG - Christmas Month!)

LA - Book Report (you have know about this since Sept.  If it ruins your holiday, I am sorry but try to manage your time better in the future)

SS - :)

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HW due on Friday, Nov. 21st

LA - Gr/Lat test #10; read/work on book report due on the 1st; complete packet and/or lit. book hw from Wed. night

SS - ch 5 quiz/test

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HW due on Thursday, Nov. 20th

LA - in literature, read the poem on p. 117, complete p 118 (all), p 119 do the Writing, Grammar and Spelling

SS - complete 5-2 Check Your Progress on p. 143
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HW due on Wednesday, Nov. 19th

LA - you have until 9:00 to work on MyAccess; read; review your Gr/Lat

SS - study your map of Africa (start using www.Ilike2learn.com); catch up on hw not turned into me as the trimester is almost over

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HW due on Tuesday, Nov. 18th

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
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HW due on Monday, Nov. 17th

LA - reading log, signed

SS - Map of Africa, labeled and colored!
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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 

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HW due on Thursday, Nov. 13th

LA - Non-fiction test (some reading, point of view, spelling, nouns)

SS - complete labeling and coloring of your physical map of Africa
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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.
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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.

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HW due on Friday, November 7th

LA - Gr/Lat #7; read;catch up in  myaccess

SS - chain of "cause and effect" and thesis statement (refer to p 118) topic centers around what caused Islam to grow and expand

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HW due on Thursday, November 6th

LA - bring your floppy book; read p. 121 in your lit book; read; study your Gr/Lat; MyAccess

WAVE - bring an artifact

SS - Test on the Middle East Map (per the vote on Monday)
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HW for Wednesday, Nov. 5th

LA - read 20 minutes (should have your new book started); Study Gr/Lat for Friday

SS - review your Cornell and notes from presentations for ch 3 4
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HW for Tuesday, November 4th

LA - in literature book, read p. 138 (story "Primal Compassion"); review your Gr/Lat; do you have a new book to read?


SS - review notes/Cornell for continuing ch. 3 & 4 test in class

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HW for Monday, November 3rd

LA - Signed reading log; grammar p. 47-49 & 591


Friday, Halloween, NO SCHOOL!! Have fun and Be Safe & change your clocks on Saturday


HW due on Thursday, October 30th

LA - grammar p.45,46, 590; BOOK REPORTS




HW due on Wednesday, October 29th

LA - grammar p. 42-44 & 589




HW due on Tuesday, October 28th

LA - grammar p.39-41 and 589; flashcards for week #8; book report due on Thursday!!!!!

SS - ch 3 & 4 test will be on Thursday! Start your studying (review Cornell and notes from your classmates' presentations)

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HW due on Monday, October 27th

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

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HW due on Friday, October 24th

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)
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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
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HW due on Wednesday, October 22

LA - read; review

SS - Cornell for 4-3 and 4-4
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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

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HW due on Monday, October 20th (10 days to your book report)

LA - reading log signed ; Gr/Lat #7 is available for your cards due on Tuesday; MyAccess should be up to date

SS - Cornell 4-3; posters should be in class and ready for all to start presenting  :)

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HW due on Friday, October 17th

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
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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
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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
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HW due on Tuesday, October 14

LA - Flashcards for Gr/Lat #6; read 20 minutes

SS - Cornell 4-1 for Wednesday - start tonight

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HW due on Monday, Oct. 13th

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)
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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
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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
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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. 

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HW due on Tuesday, October 7th

LA - flashcards for Gr/Lat #5; do you have your book for your Oct. book report?; complete pgs. 23,24, & 25 in your lit. floppy workbook

SS - Cornell 3-1; you may look for info to get an idea of how to organize your in-class project.

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HW due on Monday, October 6th

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 - :)

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HW due on Friday, October 3rd

LA - Gr/Latin #4 test

SS- vocab. for ch. 3 in notebook - there are 23 words
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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)

SS - test on ch. 2

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HW due on Wednesday, October 1st

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)!!!!!!

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HW due on Tuesday, September 30th-
BRING YOUR FUNDRAISER ENVELOPES

LA - grammar pgs. read 10, 11( A  & B), pg. 585

SS - complete your Cornell notes for 2-3

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HW due on Monday, September 29th - FUNDRAISER $ & ORDERS

LA - if you did not complete pg 8, pg 9 (ex A & b) and p. 584, that is due.  Your Summer Reading 12 Pt. Projects are due - no exceptions!

SS - :)

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HW due on Friday, September 26th

LA - Gr/Lat test #3; grammar - read p. 6 & 7, complete the ex. on p. 7 and p. 584
          how is your 12 pt. project coming?  MyAccess essay due.

SS - 2-1 workbook completed

FUNDRAISER $ DUE ON MONDAY!  WILL WE HAVE THE PIZZA PARTY????????

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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"
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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.


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HW due on Tuesday, September 23

LA - Meet me in the computer lab with your pre-write; have your Gr/Lat #3 flashcards with you to be checked; Anna of Byzantium test on Wed.

SS - Test on ch. 1 - study

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HW due on Monday, September 22nd

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!!!!!

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HW due on Friday, September 19th

LA - Gr/Lat #2 test

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

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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.
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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)

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HW due on Monday, September 15

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

SS - please bring you floppy workbooks

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HW due on Friday, September 12th

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 :)
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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  :)
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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)

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HW due on Tuesday, September 9th

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

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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   :)

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HW due on Friday, September 5th

LA - bring your Literature scavenger sheets to finish in class; FINISH your summer reading books!!!!!!!

SS - Finish your map packets

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HW due on Monday, September 8th

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 :)

BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING   :)

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