Thursday, February 20, 2014

Week 6, Quarter 3 - 7th & 8th Grade English

Homework & Class Activities for 7th and 8th Grade English
Week 6, Quarter 3

Monday 2/17
·         President’s Day – No School

Tuesday 2/18 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)
·         Word of the Week, p. 17
·         Media Review Presentation
·         Finish “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs

Homework:  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 6 – due Thursday (6*) and Friday (7*, 1*)
This Week for Book Project  = type theme paragraph (don’t forget thematic statement) and create 8 theme related food items for menu

Tuesday 2/18 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)
·         Word of the Week, p. 17
·         Media Review Presentation
·         Video Timeline – Dachau Concentration Camp

HomeworkDue Tomorrow = Artifact #2 with paragraph and bibliography card
Due Thursday = Reader’s Journal Week 6
This Week for Book Project = type diary entries #2 and #3 by Sunday (a little bit at a time makes the book project stress free and manageable!)

Wednesday 2/19 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)
·         “The Monkey’s Paw” 4-Square Activity (setting/mood, theme, character analysis, foreshadowing)

Homework:  Finish RJ week 6 and Get Signed! – due tomorrow (6* only) and Friday (7*, 1*)
This Week for Book Project  = type theme paragraph (don’t forget thematic statement) and create 8 theme related food items for menu

Wednesday 2/19 – 8th Grade (4*)
·         Decades IDU work time
·         Artifact #2 due at start of class
·         Word on Artifact #3 and display board

Homework:  RJ week 6 due tomorrow.  Finish up and get signed!




Thursday 2/20 – 7th Grade (6*) and Friday 2/21 (7*, 1*)
·         Collect Reader’s Journal week 6
·         Hand out and review Reader’s Journal week 7
·         “Parenthetical Interrupters” – stapled to p. 46 of comp book
·         4-Square Activity on “The Monkey’s Paw”

Homework:  Begin RJ week 7 – due next Friday 2/28
This Week for Book Project  = type theme paragraph (don’t forget thematic statement) and create 8 theme related food items for menu

Thursday 2/20 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         Collect Reader’s Journal Week 6
·         Hand out and review Reader’s Journal Week 7
·         Video timeline – The Nuremberg Racial Laws of 1935

Homework:  Begin RJ week 7 – due next Thursday 2/27
Artifact #3 = due next Wednesday 2/26
This Week for Book Project = type diary entries #2 and #3 by Sunday (a little bit at a time makes the book project stress free and manageable!)

Friday 2/21 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         Field Trip – Bertha & Miranda’s Restaurant for lunch and the National Automobile Museum (see info on my website)
·         Due at end of field trip = question and answer packet

Homework:  Begin RJ week 7 – due next Thursday 2/27
Artifact #3 = due next Wednesday 2/26

This Week for Book Project = type diary entries #2 and #3 by Sunday (a little bit at a time makes the book project stress free and manageable!)