Monday, August 25, 2014

Week 3, Quarter 1 - 7th & 8th Grade English (Class Activities & Homework)

Homework & Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 3, Quarter 1

Monday 8/25 – 8th Grade (4*)
·        8/25 Sacred Writing Time (SWT)
·        Literary Elements Review Video and Notes – p. 101 of comp book
Homework:  Complete Grammar Section, p. 2 & 3 in September Scope (circle correct answers)
Read “Unbroken”, p. 4-9.  Complete both sides of the close-read activity sheet.
Due Thursday 8/28 (2*) and Friday 8/29 (3*, 4*)

Monday 8/25 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)
·        Finish setting up Composition Notebook (Comp Book)
·        Review re-set Infinite Campus Passwords (not for every student)
·        8/25 Sacred Writing Time (SWT)
·        Multi-media Review
·        If time allows – Root of the Week, p. 71 of comp book
Homework:  First Scope assignment will be completed in class, starting on Wednesday. 

Tuesday 8/26 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·        8/26 SWT
·        Review re-set Infinite Campus Passwords (not for every student)
·        Multi-media Review
·        Root of the Week, p. 71 of comp book
·        Finish Literary Elements Review Video and Notes – p. 101 of comp book
Homework:  Complete Grammar Section, p. 2 & 3 in September Scope (circle correct answers)
Read “Unbroken”, p. 4-9.  Complete both sides of the close-read activity sheet.
Due Thursday 8/28 (2*) and Friday 8/29 (3*, 4*)

Tuesday 8/26 – 7th Grade (6*)
·        Team Meeting – Team Name and T-shirt

·        Crunch tomorrow (6*, 7*, 1*)


Wednesday 8/27 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         SWT 8/27 – comp book
·         (4* = multi media review)
·         Love That Dog (novel) and “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams – poetry analysis and try-on (creating our own) p. 103 of comp book
Homework:  Complete Grammar Section, p. 2 & 3 in September Scope (circle correct answers)
Read “Unbroken”, p. 4-9.  Complete both sides of the close-read activity sheet.
Due Tomorrow 8/28 (2*) and Friday 8/29 (3*, 4*)

Wednesday 8/27 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)
·         SWT 8/27 – comp book
·         “Root of the Week” p. 71
·         Begin “Unbroken” – Scholastic
Homework:  First assignment done in class.  Homework will be assigned starting tomorrow

Thursday 8/28 – 8th Grade (2*) and Friday 8/29 (3*, 4*)
·         SWT 8/28 and 8/29 – in comp book
·         Review Close read vocab, questions, theme (homework) and turn in
·         “Unbroken” quiz and constructed response
·         Video Introduction on the Battle of Baltimore (1814) – Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion – Hand out and review homework packet
Homework:  Read Scope p. 10-16 – Complete “Vocabulary Acquisition and Practice” & “Literary Elements and Devices” – due Thursday, 9/4

Thursday 8/28 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)
·         SWT 8/28 – comp book
·         Video Introduction on the Battle of Baltimore (1814) – Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion – Hand out and review homework packet
·         “Unbroken” article and close read activity
Homework:  Read Scope p. 10-16 – Complete “Vocabulary Acquisition and Practice” & “Literary Elements and Devices” – due Friday, 9/5

Friday 8/29 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)
·         SWT 8/29 – comp book
·         “Unbroken” Close Read Activity

Homework:  Read Scope p. 10-16 – Complete “Vocabulary Acquisition and Practice” & “Literary Elements and Devices” – due Friday, 9/5