Friday, August 30, 2013

Week 4, Quarter 1 - 7th and 8th Grade English

Homework & Class Activities for 7th and 8th Grade English
Week 4, Quarter 1

Monday 9/2
·         No school; Labor Day.  Enjoy the fruits of your labor! J

Tuesday 9/3 – 7th Grade - 6*
·         Team Meeting – team t-shirt design!

Homework reminder!  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 4 – due Thursday 9/5

Tuesday 9/3 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         Word of the Week, p. 2 (clar)
·         Multi-media presentation
·         Finish FAQ’s about Plagiarism
·         “Famous” Interview Paraphrasing Activity (if time allows)

Homework:  This week for book project = complete “top” requirements for milk carton and type panel #1

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 4 – due Thursday (2* only) and Friday (3*, 4*)


Wednesday 9/4 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)
·         Word of the Week, p. 2 of comp book
·         Multi-Media Review Presentation
·         Finish “Purposes of a Title” activity

Homework:  Finish RJ week 4 and get signed by parent!  Due tomorrow.

Wednesday 9/4 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         Finish “Famous Interviews” activity (4* only)
·         Paraphrase the Paraphrase Group Activity

Homework:  Finish RJ week 4 and get signed by parent!  Due tomorrow (2*) and Friday (3*, 4*)

By Friday:  Type panel #1 of milk carton and complete top of carton requirements
Thursday 9/5 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)
·         7* only = Multi Media Review presentation
·         Collect RJ week 4 and hand out/review RJ week 5
·         7*, 1* only = Finish Title Sticky-Note Activity
·         Review and hand out 1st Quarter Book Project

HomeworkBy Sunday… have a pizza box, old board game box, or box of some sort ready for project.  Cover the box and do the outside requirements.  See instruction sheet.

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Thurs 9/12 (6* only) and Fri 9/13 (7*, 1*)
  
Thursday 9/5 – 8th Grade (2*) and Friday 9/6 (3*, 4*)
·         Collect RJ week 4 / Hand out and review RJ week 5
·         Compound Sentence Review Activity – stapled into comp book p. 38
·         Creating a Bibliography – stapled into p. 84
·         Bibliography entry activity – p. 85

Homework:  Finish panel #1 of book project and top of carton requirements.  Be ready to begin panel #2 next week. Project due 10/3

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Friday 9/13
Friday 9/6 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*)
·         Parenthetically Speaking, p. 37 (1-6)
·         First Paragraph of a Short Story – notes p. 83 of comp book

Homework:  Cover a game box by Sunday for your book project!

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Thursday 9/12 (6* only) and Fri 9/13 (7*, 1*)