Homework
& Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 9,
Quarter 3
Last day to turn in make-up work/late work for 3rd quarter is this Friday, 3/13.
Monday 3/9 – 7th Grade (1*)
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SWT 3/6
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“A Picture Tells
1,000 Words” – p. 113 of comp book
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Watsons Figurative
Language Chart stapled to p. 114 of comp book
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Christopher Paul
Curtis video (author)
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Begin Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
Homework: Read March
Scope p. 4-9 and complete “Tone” and “Text Structure” packet
Due
Thursday 3/12 (6* only) and Friday 3/13 (7*, 1*)
Monday 3/9 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
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Field trip to
Automobile Museum! Packet due at end of field trip.
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Absent? Ideally, we would like you to tour the museum
with a parent and complete the packet. If
that isn’t a possibility, you will be assigned an alternative packet based on a
“virtual” field trip.
Homework: Artifact #5
for Decades IDU due on
Thursday 3/12
Read March Scope p. 4-9 and complete
“Tone” and “Text Structure” packet
Due
Friday 3/13
Tuesday 3/10 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*,
1*)
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No SWT today
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Root of the Week,
p. 90
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Multi-Media
Review Presentation
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3rd
Quarter Comp book Review
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Watsons, chapter
1
Homework: Read Scope
article p. 4-9 and complete “Tone” and “Text Structure” activities. Due Thursday (6* only) and Friday (7*, 1*)
Tuesday 3/10 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*)
and Wednesday 3/11 (4*)
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No SWT today
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Root of the Week,
p. 90
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Multi-Media
Review Presentation
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3rd
Quarter Comp book Review
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“How to Create a
Bibliography”, stapled into comp book
Homework: Artifact #5
for Decades IDU due on
Thursday 3/12
Read
March Scope p. 4-9 and complete “Tone” and “Text Structure” packet
Due Friday 3/13
Wednesday 3/11 – 7th Grade (6*,
7*, 1*)
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SWT 3/11
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Figurative
Language Chart (alliteration, simile, hyperbole)
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Watsons –
chapter 2
Homework: Read March
Scope p. 4-9 and complete “Tone” and “Text Structure” packet
Due
Tomorrow (6* only) and Friday 3/13 (7*, 1*)
Thursday 3/12 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4* ) crunch 20 min
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Finish “How to
Create a Bibliography” – staple into comp book
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Hand back
speeches and review for revisions (if needed)
(2* = Meet with McQueen Counselors for
High School Registration; 4* = Decades Groups/Artifact #5 due)
Homework: Due tomorrow = Read March
Scope p. 4-9 and complete “Tone” and “Text Structure” packet
Thursday
3/12 – 7th Grade (6*) and Friday 3/13 (7*, 1*)
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SWT
3/12 and 3/13
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Collect
“Tone” and “Text Structure” homework
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Hand
out and review Argument Essay
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Watsons, chapters 2 & 3
Homework: Read Scope p. 10-13
and complete Argument pre-write sheet.
Then, write argument essay (follow the prompts and notes) and staple
together. Due Friday 3/20
Friday
3/13 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)
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SWT
3/13 – Interview Questions
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Collect
“Tone” and “Text Structure” homework
·
Hand
out and review Argument Essay
Homework: Read Scope p.
10-13 and complete Argument pre-write sheet.
Then, write argument essay (follow the prompts and notes) and staple
together. Due Thursday
3/19 (2*, 3*) and Friday 3/20 (4* only)
