Friday, August 29, 2014

Week 4, Quarter 1 - 7th & 8th Grade English (Class Activities and Homework)

Homework & Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 4, Quarter 1
** Math MAP testing schedule all week – 90 minute block classes (you only have English twice this week)

Tuesday 9/2  - 7th Grade (1*)
·         Team Meeting
Homework:  Read Scope pages 10-16; Complete “Vocabulary & Literary Elements” packet – due on Friday 9/5

Tuesday 9/2 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         SWT 9/2
·         Root of the Week, p. 72 of comp book
·         Multi-media review presentation
·         Love That Dog and poetry analysis “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.
Homework:  Read Scope p. 10-16; Complete “Vocabulary and Literary Elements Analysis” packet – due on Thursday 9/4
** Sacred Writing Points will be given on Friday.  If you’ve had an absence, you need to make up your missed SWT before then.

Wednesday 9/3 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*) and Thursday 9/4 – 7th Grade (1*)
·         SWT 9/3 & 9/4
·         Root of the Week, p. 72 of comp book
·         Multi-media review presentation
·         Finish close read of “Unbroken” and turn in
Homework:  Read Scope pages 10-16; Complete “Vocabulary & Literary Elements” packet – due on Friday 9/5
** Sacred Writing Points will be given on Friday.  If you’ve had an absence, you ned to make up your missed SWT before then.

Thursday 9/4 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)
·         SWT 9/4
·         Review and collect homework packet
·         Hand out and review “Poetry Dive” and Critical Thinking Questions – homework
·         Finish “Stopping By Woods” partner analysis and complete essay outline
Homework:  “Poetry Dive” (both sides) and Critical Thinking Questions due Friday, 9/12


Friday 9/5 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*) crunch
·         SWT 9/5
·         Review and collect homework packet
·         Hand out and review “Poetry Dive” and Critical Thinking Questions – homework
·         Notes on the Elements of the Short Story Genre, p. 101
  Homework:  “Poetry Dive” (both sides) and Critical Thinking Questions due Thursday, 9/11