Homework
& Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 7,
Quarter 2
Monday 11/30– 8th Grade (3*, 4*)
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SWT 11/24 – An
Attitude of Gratitude, does it really matter?
·
Blues Music
Compilation
·
Blues Idea list
and Draft
Homework: On a white
8.5x11” paper (either portrait or landscape) create your Shape Poem. Google “Shape Poem” and check out the images
for inspiration. Use most of the page;
type it or create final draft in ink (colored ink is fine). Due tomorrow.
Choose a novel you haven’t read before
(can be fictional, non-fiction, historical fiction, biography or autobiography)
and bring to class
tomorrow.
Monday 11/30 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*) and Tuesday 12/1 – (1*)
·
Stocking for
Holiday Board
·
Root of the Week –
“cogna”
·
Multi-Media
Review Presentation
·
Hand out and
Review Reader’s Journal #1 (RJ) – Sign up Book
·
Hand out t-shirts
Homework: Read 30
minutes each night and fill out RJ #1 (Reader’s Journal) – due this Thursday 12/3
(needs to be verified and signed by parent)
This
Wednesday = team t-shirt day! Wear your new team t-shirt or sweatshirt.
Tuesday 12/1 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
·
Stocking for
Holiday Board
·
Root of the Week –
“cogna”
·
Multi-Media
Review Presentation
·
Hand out and
Review Reader’s Journal #1 (RJ) – Sign up Book
·
Finish Blues Poem
Draft
Homework: Read 30
minutes each night and fill out RJ #1 (Reader’s Journal) – due this Friday 12/4
(needs to be verified and signed by parent)
Wednesday 12/2 – 7th Grade (6*,
7*, 1*)
·
SWT 12/2 and sign
up book for independent book project
·
Finish comparison
sheet for “Lamb to the Slaughter” and Alfred Hitchcock Presents
·
Start essay
outline (we’re building the essay skeleton as a class)
Homework: Read 30 min
and fill out RJ (Reader’s Journal) #1 – due tomorrow. Be
sure to have verified and signed by a parent.
Wednesday 12/2 – 8th Grade (2*,
3*) and Thursday 12/3 (4*)
·
SWT 12/2 and 12/3
·
Love That Dog – p. 54-67
·
List Poem draft
in Composition Notebook
Homework: Read 30 min
and fill out RJ week 1 – due
on Friday (Get it verified and signed by a parent!)
Ice Skating Reminder for Monday 12/7
Thursday 12/3 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*,
1*)
·
SWT 12/3
·
Turn in RJ
(Reader’s Journal) #1 and review/hand out RJ #2
·
With the
substitute teacher = Scope play “The Mystery of the Stolen Jewel” and
close-read questions (stapled into comp book)
Homework: Read 30 min
and fill out RJ week 2 – due
Friday 12/11 (Be sure to get verified and signed by a parent!)
Friday 12/4 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
·
Collect RJ
(Reader’s Journal) #1
·
Review and Hand
out RJ #2
·
Glue in Comp Book
Notes from previous homework (homophones you’re and your; adverb endings)
·
Finish Love
That Dog
·
Hand out and
Review all poetry drafts in our comp books from the entire unit
·
Start draft of “Extended
Family Metaphor”
Homework: Ice Skating
on Monday. Bring a lunch/cash; dress appropriately for
outdoors.
Read 30 min and fill out RJ #2 – due Thursday 12/10
Take home comp book and complete “Extended
Family Metaphor”. Then, review all poem
drafts and finish any that are incomplete.
Due Tuesday 12/8
(2*) and Wed 12/9 (3*, 4*)
Friday 12/5 – 7th Grade (6*)
·
SWT 12/5
·
Glue in Comp Book Notes from previous homework
(homophones you’re and your; adverb endings; nonfiction terms list)
·
Finish Essay
Outline for Compare/Contrast essay
Homework: Read 30 min
and fill out RJ #2 – be sure to have verified and signed by a parent. Due Friday 12/11
