1) Extra Credit Reader's Journal (RJ) - Due Monday 4/4 for all classes (will not be accepted late unless there is an absence). Must be verified and signed by a parent in order to turn in.
Didn't get an extra credit RJ for some reason? Make your own! :-) Read a choice-book for 5 days for a minimum of 1/2 hour each, then summarize/question/analyze/infer or predict about what you just read on a piece of lined paper. Have Mom or Dad verify your reading by signing.
2) Study your Root of the Week flashcards (40 of them) or use your study guide (which also happens to be posted on this blog). Spelling and Vocab test #5 will be on Thursday 4/7 (2*, 3*, 4*, 6*) and Friday 4/8 (7*, 1*)
Friday, March 18, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Root of the Week - Study Guide #5 (7th & 8th Grade)
“Word of
the Week”
Study
Guide #5
Quiz will be on Thurs 4/7 (2*, 3*, 4*, 6*) and Fri
4/8 (7*, 1*)
Greek/Latin
Roots (know the definition of each)
1.
doc = “to teach”
2.
clar = “clear”
3.
gul = “throat”
4.
greg = “herd or
flock”
5.
amble = “to walk”
6.
cracy = “rule”
7.
photo = “light”
8.
corp = “body”
9.
bene = “good”
10 dent = “tooth”
11 mand = “to order”
12 cogn = “to learn or to know”
13 super = “over or in addition to”
14 scope = “to view”
15 capit = “head”
16 cent = “one hundred”
17 script = “to write”
18 hydro = “water”
19 audio = “hearing”
20 loca = “place”
Word
of the Week (know how to spell each
and the definition)
1. indoctrinate (in-doc-tri-nate) = to educate; to
brainwash
2. declaration (dec-la-ra-tion) = a public, formal
statement
3. gullible (gul-li-ble) = describes a person
who is easily cheated, deceived, or duped
4. gregarious (gre-gar-i-ous) = describes someone
who is social and likes to be around others; animals in a herd
5. preamble (pre-am-ble) = the introductory part
of a document or book (pre means “before”)
6. plutocracy (plu-toc-ra-cy) = a government run
by the wealthy (pluto means “wealth”)
7. photosynthesis (pho-to-syn-the-sis) = the combining
of chemical elements using light
8. corpulent (cor-pu-lent) = having a large,
bulky body
9. benevolent (be-nev-o-lent) = describes a person
who is kind, generous, and promotes happiness in others
10 orthodontics (or-tho-don-tics) = a branch of
dentistry that deals with irregularities in
teeth (ortho =
straight)
11 countermand (coun-ter-mand) = to stop or change a
command
12 cognitive (cog-ni-tive) = learning or thinking
13 supervene (su-per-vene) = to come after or to be in
addition to
14 kaleidoscope (ka-lei-do-scope) = an instrument you
look through to see an interesting color pattern
15 decapitate (de-cap-i-tate) = to kill by beheading
16 centennial (cen-ten-ni-al) = a period of 100 years,
or a ceremony for an event that took place 100 years ago
17 scriptorium (scrip-to-ri-um) = a room where the monks of
the middle ages kept their scripts and writing desks
18 hydroponics (hy-dro-pon-ics) = growing plants in
mineral rich water and not in earth
19 audiometry (au-di-om-e-try) = testing to determine
how well you hear and if you have hearing loss
20 collate (col-late) = to place in order
Friday, March 11, 2016
8th Grade Composition Notebook Table of Contents - 3rd Quarter
8th Grade
Composition Book – 3rd Quarter
Points = 210
Comp Book will be scored on Tuesday 3/15 (2*) and Wednesday 3/16 (3*, 4*)
Sacred
Writing Time (SWT)
50 pts
- 10 Entries, 5 pts. each ( 7 entries
should be ½ page or longer to earn credit)
Word
Study
10 pts– SUPER (includes root, meaning,
word, say, spell, definition, activity 1-4)
10 - SCOPE
10 - CAPIT
10 - CENT
10
- SCRIPT
10
- HYDRO
10 – AUDIO
10 - LOCA
Notes
and Activities
10 pts - “Research Without Plagiarism” (notes, 4 sections)
10 – “Famous Interview Paraphrase”
(notecard glued in with paraphrase)
10 – “Paraphrasing Telephone”
10 – “F.A.Q’s About Plagiarism” –
(stapled in, essential points highlighted)
10
- “Don’t Be An Idea Thief; How to Cite While You Write” (notes glued in)
10 – “How to Create Your
Bibliography” with glued bib. Card (stapled in)
10 – “Star of David” (questions in 3
points and list in the middle)
10 – “Jewish Life” (bullet points or
list of photo details)
7th Grade Composition Notebook Table of Contents - 3rd Quarter
7th Grade
Composition Book – 3rd Quarter
Points = 220
Comp Book will be scored Tuesday, 3/15
Sacred
Writing Time (SWT)
80pts
- 16 Entries, 5 pts. each ( 12 entries should be ½ page or longer to
earn credit)
Word
Study
10 pts– SUPER (includes root, meaning,
word, say, spell, definition, activity 1-4)
10 - SCOPE
10 - CAPIT
10 - CENT
10
- SCRIPT
10
- HYDRO
10 – AUDIO
10 - LOCA
Notes
and Activities
10 pts - “Notes on Theme (4 highlighted sections)
30 – “3 Lottery Stations” – Can
include: glued in car bumper sticker; stapled in Follow the Yellow Brick Road;
Dear Diary (1/2 page); Narration vs. Description (1/2 page)
10 – “Themes of the Lottery” (list
of 4-5 topics with 1 or 2 thematic statements)
10 – “The Simpsons Chart” (stapled
in and 100% complete)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Week 9, Quarter 3 - 7th & 8th Grade English
Homework
& Class Activities for 7th & 8th Grade English
Mrs. Rice
Week 9,
Quarter 3
Monday 3/7 – 8th Grade (3*, 4*)
·
SWT – Understanding
the Nuremberg Laws
·
Anti semitic
Propaganda and WWII
·
Kristallnacht
video
Homework: Read the play
in March Scope on pages 12-19. Complete
the vocabulary and literary element packet.
Due Friday 3/11
Pink freshman registration form for
McQueen due Thursday 3/10
to your advisory teacher.
All make-up/late work for 3rd
quarter English due by Friday
3/11.
Monday 3/7 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*)
and Tuesday 3/8 (1*)
·
SWT – 3/7 (SWT
Bingo prompts)
·
Root of the Week
#20 – loca
·
Multi-Media
Review Presentation
·
Finish Simpsons
chart and staple into comp book (classic literature meets pop culture)
Homework: Read the play in March Scope on pages 12-19. Complete the vocabulary and literary element
packet. Due Thursday 3/10
All make-up/late work for 3rd
quarter due by Friday /11
Tuesday 3/8 – 8th Grade ( 2*, 3*, 4*)
·
Score Decades Day
Sheets
·
Root of the Week
#20 - loca
·
Part of Speech
Review (Mad-Lib style)
·
Multi-media
Review Presentation
·
3*/4* =
Kristallnacht video
Homework: Read the play
in March Scope on pages 12-19. Complete
the vocabulary and literary element packet.
Due Friday 3/11
Pink freshman registration form for
McQueen due Thursday 3/10
to your advisory teacher.
All make-up/late work for 3rd
quarter English due by Friday
3/11.
Wednesday 3/9 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*,
1*)
·
Review
composition notebook for 3rd quarter
·
Novel
Introduction – Civil Rights web and discussion
Homework: Read the play in March Scope on pages 12-19. Complete the vocabulary and literary element
packet. Due Thursday 3/10
All make-up/late work for 3rd
quarter due by Friday /11
Need to make up or complete anything in
your comp book? Come in at lunch or take
your comp book home. 3rd Quarter Comp Book
scored next Tuesday 3/15
Wednesday 3/9 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*)
and Thursday 3/10 (4*)
·
Review
composition notebook for 3rd quarter
·
Holocaust p.
8-9 and map questions 1-8 (comp book – Notes & Activities section)
Homework: Read the play in
March Scope on pages 12-19. Complete the
vocabulary and literary element packet. Due Friday 3/11
All make-up/late work for 3rd
quarter due by Friday /11
Need to make up or complete anything in
your comp book? Come in at lunch or take
your comp book home. 3rd Quarter Comp Book
scored next Tuesday 3/15 (2*) & Wed 3/16 (3*, 4*)
Thursday 3/10 – 7th Grade (6*, 7*,
1*) Shorter classes due to musical
·
SWT 3/10 – Be Boring!
(working with detail)
·
Homework review
activity
Homework: All
make-up/late work for 3rd quarter due by Friday /11
Need to make up or complete anything in
your comp book? Come in at lunch or take
your comp book home. 3rd Quarter Comp Book
scored next Tuesday 3/15
Friday 3/11 – 8th Grade (2*, 3*,
4*)
·
Homework review
activity
·
Finish map
questions, p. 8-9 of Holocaust
·
4* only = Finish
survivor video on Kristallnacht
Homework: None
Need to make up or complete anything in
your comp book? Come in at lunch or take
your comp book home. 3rd Quarter Comp Book
scored next Tuesday 3/15 (2*) & Wed 3/16 (3*, 4*)
Friday 3/11 – 7th Grade (6*)
·
SWT 3/11 – Part of
Speech Review (Mad Lib)
·
Finish Civil
Rights web and Discussion
Homework: None
Need to make up or complete anything in
your comp book? Come in at lunch or take
your comp book home. 3rd Quarter Comp Book
scored next Tuesday 3/15
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