Homework
& Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 4,
Quarter 1
7th Grade – Monday 8/31 ( 1*)
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Team Meeting –
team t-shirt design
8th Grade – Monday 8/31 ( 2*, 3*,
4*)
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SWT 8/31
·
Root of the Week –
Clar
·
Multi-Media
Review Presentation
·
Portfolio
Reflection – Revision
Homework: Re-read
September Scope p. 4-10. Complete 5
questions in packet, then complete brief on-line research of your favorite
brand. Finally, type your first draft of
your letter. Be sure to follow the
letter outline and sample in your packet.
Questions and
letter due Thurs 9/3
7th Grade – Tuesday 9/1 (6*, 7*,
1*)
·
SWT 8/31
·
Root of the Week –
Clar
·
Multi-Media
Review Presentation
·
Notes on Plot
(terms)
Homework: Re-read
September Scope p. 4-10. Complete 5
questions in packet, then complete brief on-line research of your favorite
brand. Finally, type your first draft of
your letter. Be sure to follow the
letter outline and sample in your packet.
Questions and
letter due Tuesday 9/8
8th Grade – Tuesday 9/1 (2*, 3*) and
Wednesday 9/2 (4*)
·
Sacred Writing
Time (SWT) 9/1 and 9/2
·
Quack Video
– Poetic Devices and Common Poetry Terms
(notes in Notes/Activities Section of Comp
Book)
Homework: Re-read
September Scope p. 4-10. Complete 5
questions in packet, then complete brief on-line research of your favorite
brand. Finally, type your first draft of
your letter. Be sure to follow the
letter outline and sample in your packet.
Questions and
letter due Thurs 9/3
Wednesday 9/2 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*,
1*)
·
Finish Notes on
Plot
·
Edgar Allan Poe
Activity – Give One, Get One
Homework: Re-read
September Scope p. 4-10. Complete 5
questions in packet, then complete brief on-line research of your favorite
brand. Finally, type your first draft of
your letter. Be sure to follow the
letter outline and sample in your packet.
Questions and
letter due Tuesday 9/8
Thursday 9/3 – 7th Grade (6*) and
Friday 9/4 (7*, 1*)
*Mrs.
Rice has a substitute*
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Inference
pre-test
·
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – play (whole class)
·
Inference
Activity on Play – seat partners
Homework: Re-read September Scope p. 4-10. Complete 5 questions in packet, then complete
brief on-line research of your favorite brand.
Finally, type your first draft of your letter. Be sure to follow the letter outline and
sample in your packet. Questions and letter due Tuesday
9/8
Thursday 9/3 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
·
Revision Video
and Partner/Whole Class Discussion
·
Peer Revision
Groups of 3
Homework: Using the
specific advice of your peers that you wrote on your sticky notes, revise your
letter. Use the “model butterfly” letter
to support your revision. Revision due Wed 9/9
Friday 9/4 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
·
SWT 9/4 “I
Request Some Money”
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Continue Peer
Revision Groups of 3
·
When finished,
take home all of your own copies to help with your revision.
Homework: Using the
specific advice of your peers that you wrote on your sticky notes, revise your
letter. Use the “model butterfly” letter
to support your revision. Revision due Wed 9/9
