Week 4, Quarter 1 - 7th and 8th Grade English

Homework & Class Activities for 7^th and 8^th Grade English

Week 4, Quarter 1

Monday 9/2

·         No school; Labor Day.  Enjoy the fruits of your labor! J

Tuesday 9/3 – 7^th Grade - 6*

·         Team Meeting – team t-shirt design!

Homework reminder!  Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 4 – due Thursday 9/5

Tuesday 9/3 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         Word of the Week, p. 2 (clar)

·         Multi-media presentation

·         Finish FAQ’s about Plagiarism

·         “Famous” Interview Paraphrasing Activity (if time allows)

Homework:  This week for book project = complete “top” requirements for milk carton and type panel #1

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 4 – due Thursday (2* only) and Friday (3*, 4*)

Wednesday 9/4 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1* crunch)

·         Word of the Week, p. 2 of comp book

·         Multi-Media Review Presentation

·         Finish “Purposes of a Title” activity

Homework:  Finish RJ week 4 and get signed by parent!  Due tomorrow.

Wednesday 9/4 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         Finish “Famous Interviews” activity (4* only)

·         Paraphrase the Paraphrase Group Activity

Homework:  Finish RJ week 4 and get signed by parent!  Due tomorrow (2*) and Friday (3*, 4*)

By Friday:  Type panel #1 of milk carton and complete top of carton requirements

Thursday 9/5 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         7* only = Multi Media Review presentation

·         Collect RJ week 4 and hand out/review RJ week 5

·         7*, 1* only = Finish Title Sticky-Note Activity

·         Review and hand out 1^st Quarter Book Project

Homework:  By Sunday… have a pizza box, old board game box, or box of some sort ready for project.  Cover the box and do the outside requirements.  See instruction sheet.

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Thurs 9/12 (6* only) and Fri 9/13 (7*, 1*)

  

Thursday 9/5 – 8^th Grade (2*) and Friday 9/6 (3*, 4*)

·         Collect RJ week 4 / Hand out and review RJ week 5

·         Compound Sentence Review Activity – stapled into comp book p. 38

·         Creating a Bibliography – stapled into p. 84

·         Bibliography entry activity – p. 85

Homework:  Finish panel #1 of book project and top of carton requirements.  Be ready to begin panel #2 next week. Project due 10/3

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Friday 9/13

Friday 9/6 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*)

·         Parenthetically Speaking, p. 37 (1-6)

·         First Paragraph of a Short Story – notes p. 83 of comp book

Homework:  Cover a game box by Sunday for your book project!

Read 25 min and fill out RJ week 5 – due Thursday 9/12 (6* only) and Fri 9/13 (7*, 1*)