Homework
& Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 7,
Quarter 1
Monday 9/22 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
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SWT 9/22
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Review study
guide and create flash cards for “Root of the Week” quiz #1
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Multi-media
review presentation
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Initial reading
of Tyger by William Blake
Homework: Study flash
cards or study-guide for spelling/vocab quiz #1 on Friday
Due
Friday = Read Scope 26-31 and complete
questions and text marking activity
Monday 9/22 – 7th Grade (6*) and
Tuesday 9/23 (7*, 1*)
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SWT 9/22 &
9/23
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Review study
guide and create flash cards for “Root of the Week” quiz #1
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Multi-media
review presentation
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Notes on plot
structure – p. 103
Homework: Study flash
cards or study-guide for spelling/vocab quiz #1 on Thursday (6*, 7*) and Friday (1* only)
Read Scope 26-31 and complete questions
and text marking activity – due
Thursday (6*, 7*) and Friday (1* only)
Tuesday 9/23 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
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SWT 9/23
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Staple “Snowy
Woods” poem to p. 106 of comp book; staple questions/outline to p. 107
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Socratic Seminar
part 1 – “Tyger” by William Blake
Homework: Study flash
cards or study-guide for spelling/vocab quiz #1 on Friday
Due
Friday = Read Scope 26-31 and complete
questions and text marking activity
Wednesday 9/24 – 7th Grade (6*,
7*, 1*)
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SWT 9/24
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Plot Structure
Notes, p. 103
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Who is Edgar Allan
Poe? Virtual museum tour – Richmond, Virginia
Homework: Study flash
cards or study-guide for spelling/vocab quiz #1 on Thursday (6*, 7*) and Friday (1* only)
Read Scope 26-31 and complete questions
and text marking activity – due
Thursday (6*, 7*) and Friday (1* only)
Wednesday 9/24 – 8th Grade (2*)
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Team meeting
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Tomorrow’s Crunch
= 2, 3, 4
Thursday 9/25 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*)
and Friday 9/26 (1*)
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SWT 9/25 &
9/26
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Collect “Dear
Future” homework packet
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Spelling/vocab
test #1 – Root of the Week (Correct in class)
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Video on Working
Dogs in the Military and review of October Scope magazine/homework
Homework: Read October Scope pages 4-9 and complete “Text
Features” and “Evidence” activities – due Friday 10/3
Thursday 9/25 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4* crunch)
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No SWT today
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Socratic Seminar
Part 2 – “Tyger” by William Blake
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Complete
Self-Reflection and Partner Evaluation Sheets for Seminar
Homework: Study
flash-cards or study guide for Root of the Week spelling/vocab test #1 - test tomorrow
Due
tomorrow = “Dear Future” and “Turning 10”
homework packet
Friday 9/26 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
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SWT 9/26
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Turn in
Self-Reflection and Partner Evaluation Sheets for Socratic Seminar
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Staple “Tyger”
poem to p. 108 of comp book
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Root of the Week
Spelling/Vocabulary Test #1 (correct in class)
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Turn in “Dear
Future” homework packet
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Video on Working
Dogs in the Military and review of October Scope magazine/homework
Homework: Read October Scope pages 4-9 and complete “Text
Features” and “Evidence” activities – due Thursday 10/2
