Sunday, January 31, 2010

February 1-5th: Catholic Schools Week

6th grade:
Monday: Read book for 20 minutes; work on punctuation wkst if you are not already finished the numbers listed on the board; quiz on the parts of a 5 paragraph essay tomorrow!
Tuesday: Read book for 20 minutes; write down 10 vocabulary words from the book with the page number where these words are found in the book and the sentence the word is used in
Wednesday: Read books for 20 minutes, while reading, write down 5 questions you have about the book (do not answer your questions)
Thursday: Read your book for 20 minutes; capitalization and roots quiz tomorrow!

7th grade:
Monday: Read book for 20 minutes; work on punctuation wkst if you are not already finished; quiz on the parts of a 5 paragraph essay tomorrow!
Tuesday: Read book for 20 minutes; write down 10 vocabulary words from the book with the page number where these words are found in the book and the sentence the word is used in
Wednesday: Read books for 20 minutes, while reading, write down 5 questions you have about the book (do not answer your questions)
Thursday: Read your book for 20 minutes; capitalization and roots quiz tomorrow!

8th grade:
Monday: Read book for 20 minutes; make a story using 8 root words; finish punctuation wkst if you are not already finished; quiz on the parts of a 5 paragraph essay tomorrow!
Tuesday: Read book for 20 minutes; write down 10 vocabulary words from the book with the page number where these words are found in the book and the sentence the word is used in
Wednesday: Read books for 20 minutes, while reading, write down 5 questions you have about the book (do not answer your questions)
Thursday: Read your book for 20 minutes; capitalization and roots quiz tomorrow!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Homework January 25-29th

6th grade:
Monday: Make any corrections to The Giver essay and include an introduction and conclusion paragraph; final draft of your paragraphs are due tomorrow! Test on The Giver tomorrow!
Tuesday: Test on The Giver! Start reading Touching Spirit Bear
Wednesday: Read Touching Spirit Bear; Write 5 WOW words from the book, write the exact sentence where the word is used in the book, and the page number they are found on
Thursday: Read books; Root quiz tomorrow; Wkst. on grammar

7th grade:
Monday: Make corrections to essay and add an introduction and conclusion paragraph; Final draft of paragraphs due tomorrow
Tuesday: Test on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; begin reading The Giver or Down the Rabbit Hole
Wednesday: Read The Giver or Down the Rabbit Hole; Write 5 WOW words from the book, write the exact sentence where the word is used in the book, and the page number they are found on
Thursday: Read books; Root quiz tomorrow; wkst on capitalization and punctuation

8th grade:
Monday: Final draft of 5 paragraph essay due tomorrow; Find who stole the donuts!
Tuesday: Test on Down the Rabbit Hole today!
Wednesday: Begin reading If We Must Die with text codes
Thursday: Read If We Must Die; Write 5 WOW words from the book, write the exact sentence where the word is used in the book, and the page number they are found on; wkst on grammar and usage
Friday: Root quiz today!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Homework January 19-22

6th grade:
Monday: Read chapters 17, 18, 19 in The Giver
Tuesday: Read chapters 20, 21, 22 in The Giver; complete 4 square by brainstorming the question: What are three things you would change about The Giver?
Wednesday: Finish the book
Thursday: Thrilling Three paragraphs due Friday with transition sentences and introduction paragraph
Friday: The Giver poster of your "Assignment" and rules due today; Paragraphs due today;
7th grade:
Monday: Read chapter 10 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Tuesday: Read chapter 11; complete Four Square brainstorming
Wednesday: Read chapter 12; complete "themes" worksheet on the book
Thursday: Thrilling Three paragraphs on book question with transition sentences and introduction paragraph due tomorrow!. Remember the question: What are three examples of the theme racism from the book?
Friday: Paragraphs due today!
8th grade:
Monday: Read chapters 19, 20 and 21
Tuesday: Reach chapters 22, 23, 24; complete four square
Wednesday: Read chapters 25, 26, 27; complete introduction paragraph
Thursday: Read chapters 28, 29, 30; complete Thrilling Three paragraphs with transition sentences and introduction paragraph
Friday: Paragraphs due today! Wanted poster due today!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Homework January 11-15th

6th grade
Monday: Read chapters 7, 8, and 9 in The Giver; finish spelling words 3x each and divide them into syllables - Spelling test tomorrow!
Tuesday: Read chapters 10-11; Finish three paragraph writing assignment on Christmas due tomorrow
Wednesday: Read chapters 12 and 13; Finish list of rules in The Giver due tomorrow
Thursday: Read chapters 14, 15, and 16

7th grade
Monday: Read chapters 5 and 6 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; finish spelling words 3x each and divide them into syllables - Spelling test tomorrow
Tuesday: Read chapter 7; three paragraphs on Christmas due tomorrow
Wednesday: Read chapter 8
Thursday: Read chapter 9

8th grade:
Monday: Spelling words 3x each divided into syllables; Read Down The Rabbit Hole chapters 8 and 9
Tuesday: Three paragraph writing assignment due tomorrow; Read Down the Rabbit Hole chs. 10, 11, 12
Wednesday: Comma quiz today! Read chs. 13, 14, 15
Thursday: Read chs. 16, 17, 18

Monday, January 4, 2010

Homework January 4-8th

6th grade:
Monday: Finish thrilling three paragraph on three things you did over Christmas Break
Tuesday: Read chs. 1-3
Wednesday: Read chs. 4 and 5 and 6
Thursday: No school
Spelling Test on Tuesday, January 12th
Comma Test Wednesday, January 13th

7th grade:
Monday: Finish thrilling three paragraph on three things you did over Christmas Break
Tuesday: Read chs. 1-2
Wednesday: Read chapters 3 and 4
Thursday: No school!
Spelling Test Tuesday, January 12th
Comma Test Wednesday, January 13th

8th grade:
Monday: Read chapters 1-3 in Down the Rabbit Hole
Tuesday: Read chs. 3-5
Wednesday: Read chapters 6 and 7
Thursday: No class
Spelling test Tuesday, January 12th
Comma test Wednesday, January 13th!
Friday: Spelling Test!