Week 6 - Quarter 1, 7th and 8th Grade English

Homework & Class Activities for 7^th and 8^th Grade English

Week 6, Quarter 1

Monday 9/16 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Review team t-shirt proof/suggestions

·         Word of the Week, p. 4

·         Multi-media presentation

·         Who is Edgar Allan Poe? – overview of his life and museum tour

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 6 – due Friday 9/20

This week for book project = create board and 5 events (see directions).  Due 10/1

Monday 9/16 – 8^th Grade (2*) and Tuesday 9/17 (3*, 4*)

·         2* = team cheer practice for upcoming assembly

·         3*/4* = bullying prevention seminar with counselors

Homework:  Finish mandala and 100-word list – due Wednesday 9/18

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 6 – due Thursday 9/19

This week for book project = complete panel #3 of milk carton. Due 10/3

Tuesday 9/17 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*) and Wednesday 9/18 (1*)

·         Review fall 2013 reading MAP test scores (filed in portfolios)

·         How to create a text box in Word

·         “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

·         Begin group discussion questions, p. 86 of comp book

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 6 – due Friday 9/20

This week for book project = create board and 5 events (see directions).  Due 10/1

Wednesday 9/18 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         Collect mandalas and 100-word lists

·         Review fall 2013 reading MAP test scores (filed in portfolios)

·         Word of the week, p. 4

·         Multi-media review presentation

·         Commas in Dates review, stapled in p. 39

Homework:  Finish RJ week 6 and get signed! – due Thursday 9/19

This week for book project = complete panel #3 of milk carton. Due 10/3

Thursday 9/19 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         “The Tell-Tale Heart” group discussion questions (1-12) p. 36 and 37 of comp book

Homework:  Finish RJ week 6 and get signed! – due tomorrow, 9/20

This week for book project = create board and 5 events (see directions).  Due 10/1

Thursday 9/19 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)

·         Collect RJ week 6; Hand out and review RJ week 7

·         “Too Vague” – journal p. 40 of comp book

·         Notes review – How to Cite While You Write (stapled to p. 86 of comp book)

·         Begin citing sources research activity, p. 87 of comp book

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 7 – due Friday, 9/27

Finish panel #3 of milk carton.  Next week = final week before project is due.  If you haven’t started, start now!  Due 10/3

Friday 9/20 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Collect RJ week 6 / Hand out and review RJ week 7

·         Hand out and review study guide for “Word of the Week” quiz #1

·         Finish Group Discussion Questions on “The Tell Tale Heart”

·         Short film – “The Tell Tale Heart”

Homework:  RJ week 7 due Thursday 9/26 (6*, 7*) and Fri 9/27 (1* only)

Word of the Week Quiz #1 Thursday 9/26 (6*, 7*) and Fri 9/27 (1* only)

Friday 9/20 – 8^th Grade (4*)

·         Team Cheer practice for team cheer assembly

Homework:  See Thursday