Spring Break Homework for 7th and 8th Grade English

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*)

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 

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)

Week 9, Quarter 3 - 7th & 8th Grade English

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

Mrs. Rice

Week 9, Quarter 3

Monday 3/7 – 8^th 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 3^rd quarter English due by Friday 3/11.

Monday 3/7 – 7^th 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 3^rd quarter due by Friday /11

Tuesday 3/8 – 8^th 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 3^rd quarter English due by Friday 3/11.

Wednesday 3/9 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         Review composition notebook for 3^rd 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 3^rd 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.  3^rd Quarter Comp Book scored next Tuesday 3/15

Wednesday 3/9 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*) and Thursday 3/10 (4*)

·         Review composition notebook for 3^rd 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 3^rd 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.  3^rd Quarter Comp Book scored next Tuesday 3/15 (2*) & Wed 3/16 (3*, 4*)

Thursday 3/10 – 7^th 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 3^rd 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.  3^rd Quarter Comp Book scored next Tuesday 3/15

Friday 3/11 – 8^th 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.  3^rd Quarter Comp Book scored next Tuesday 3/15 (2*) & Wed 3/16 (3*, 4*)

Friday 3/11 – 7^th 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.  3^rd Quarter Comp Book scored next Tuesday 3/15

Week 8, Quarter 3 - 7th & 8th Grade English

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

Mrs. Rice

Week 8, Quarter 3 

Monday 2/29 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         SWT 2/29 – Fortune Generator

·         Root of the Week #19 – audio

·         Multi-media review presentation

·         Begin “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs

Homework:  Using your homework assignment from last week (see section 4) and your model text, write the article to go with the interview on page 32 of Feb Scope magazine.  Due on Friday 3/4

Monday 2/29 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)

·         SWT – Reflection on Decades Project and Planning for Tomorrow’s Meeting

·         Root of the Week #19 – audio

·         Multi-Media Review Presentation

·         Model text for Article Assignment

Homework:  Using your homework assignment from last week (see section 4) and your model text, write the article to go with the interview on page 32 of Feb Scope magazine.  Due on Thursday 3/3

Tuesday 3/1 – 8^th Grade ( 4*)

·         Final Decades Project Meeting

·         Set up display board; finalize costume and presentation card; rehearse fashion show information with group; finalize food samples

Homework:  Using your homework assignment from last week (see section 4) and your model text, write the article to go with the interview on page 32 of Feb Scope magazine.  Due on Thursday 3/3

8^th Grade Reminders: 

Decades Day = Tomorrow!  Be ready to present your decades clothing. Don’t be absent!

McQueen Freshmen Night @ McQueen= Wednesday 3/2

McQueen Freshmen Registration = Thursday during 2^nd period

Tuesday 3/1 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         SWT 3/1 – Fortune Story

·         “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs with Group Questions

Homework:  Using your homework assignment from last week (see section 4) and your model text, write the article to go with the interview on page 32 of Feb Scope magazine.  Due on Friday 3/4

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

·         Decades Day! Culminating activity for the “Decades of the 20^th Century” interdisciplinary unit.

Homework for English:  See Tuesday (due tomorrow)

Wednesday 3/2 – 7^th Grade (6*) and Thursday 3/3 (7*, 1*)

·         SWT – Fortune Story #2

·         Snowball fight activity (literary analysis) for “The Monkey’s Paw”

Homework:  Using your homework assignment from last week (see section 4) and your model text, write the article to go with the interview on page 32 of Feb Scope magazine.  Due on Friday 3/4

Thursday 3/3 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)

·         2* = McQueen Freshman Registration (crunch after lunch)

·         Article Identification activity with homework – then collect

·         Introductory video of Women in the Workforce during WWII and corresponding play in Scope magazine

·         2* = Holocaust p. 4-5

·         3*/4* = Intro video on the European Holocaust

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 3^rd quarter English due Friday 3/11.

Friday 3/4 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         SWT 3/4

·         Article Identification activity with homework – then collect

·         Introductory video of Women in the Workforce during WWII and corresponding play in Scope magazine

·         The Simpsons!  Pop culture and classic literature activity with “The Monkey’s Paw”

Homework:  Read the play in March Scope on pages 12-19.  Complete the vocabulary and literary element packet.  Due Thursday 3/10

Friday 3/4 – 8^th Grade (2*)

·         SWT – Understanding the Nuremberg Laws

·         Antisemitic Propaganda

·         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 3^rd quarter English due Friday 3/11.

Week 7, Quarter 3 - 7th & 8th Grade English

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

Mrs. Rice

Week 7, Quarter 3

Monday 2/22 – 7^th Grade (6*) and Tuesday 2/23 (7*, 1*)

·         SWT 2/22 and 2/23

·         Root of the Week #18 – hydro

·         Multi-media review presentation

·         Finish final two “Lottery” discussion questions and complete theme activity in comp book

Homework:  Read Feb Scope, p. 32 (very back page) and complete “You Write It” activity.  You do not need to write the article yet, just the pre-writing activity.  Due Thurs 2/25 (6*, 7*) and Fri 2/26 (1*)

Monday 2/22 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         4* = SWT

·         Root of the Week #18 – hydro

·         Multi-Media Review Presentation

·         “Holocaust” p. 2-3

Homework:  Read Feb Scope, p. 32 (very back page) and complete “You Write It” activity.  You do not need to write the article yet, just the pre-writing activity.  Due Fri 2/26

Reminder:  Field trip tomorrow (pack your lunch) and synthesis paragraph for IDU due Wednesday.

Tuesday 2/23 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         National Automobile Museum Field Trip

·         Scavenger Hunt packet due at end of the field trip for credit in each core class

Homework:  Read Feb Scope, p. 32 (very back page) and complete “You Write It” activity.  You do not need to write the article yet, just the pre-writing activity.  Due Fri 2/26

Reminder:  Synthesis paragraph for IDU due Wednesday.

Wednesday 2/24 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*, 1*)

·         “The Lottery” stations!

Homework:  Read p. 32 of Feb Scope and complete “You Write It” packet (sections 1-3)– due tomorrow (6*, 7*) and Friday (1* only)

Wednesday 2/24 – 8^th Grade (2*)

·         Synthesis paragraphs due today for Decades IDU. 

·         Decades costume idea generator and research.

Homework:  Read p. 32 of Feb Scope and complete “You Write It” packet (sections 1-3)– due Friday

Thursday 2/25 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4* crunch)

·         5 min SWT

·         Holocaust p. 3-4 – “Jewish life, faith, culture” activity

Homework:  Read p. 32 of Feb Scope and complete “You Write It” packet (sections 1-3)– due Friday

Thursday 2/25 – 7^th Grade (6*, 7*) and Friday 2/26  (1*)

·         10 min SWT – finish a station

·         Check off “You Write It” homework activity, then use the activity to create our own articles

·         Review model text

Homework:  Finish “You Write It” article at home.  Use model text and directions from section 4 of homework.   Can be handwritten or typed. 

Due Friday 3/4

Friday 2/26 – 8^th Grade (2*, 3*, 4*)

·         SWT

·         Check off “You Write It” homework activity and review model text for article

·         3* and 4* = intro to Holocaust video

·         Review of anti-sematic propaganda and the Nuremberg Racial Laws of 1935

Homework:  Finish “You Write It” article (can be typed or hand written).  Use model text and directions from section 4 of homework.  Due Thursday 3/3