Monday, December 16, 2019

All classes: 15 question multiple choice test will be tomorrow, 12/17, on chs. 10 - 18 of A Long Walk to Water.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook p. 71.
7-235: Return food festival and movie permission slips tomorrow please!

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

7-235: Complete workbook pgs. 72 & 68. Return food festival and movie permission slips ASAP please!
7-339 & 7-439: Complete challenges and survival factors chart on pgs. 40 & 41 through the end of the book.

Friday, December 6, 2019

7-339 & 7-439: Finish p. 66 in workbook and then complete p. 58 without using Google or a dictionary.

Monday, December 2, 2019

All classes: Assessment tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/3 on chs. 5-10 of A Long Walk to Water. There will 10 multiple choice and 2 short response questions.

Friday, November 22, 2019

7-235, 7-339 & 7-439: Quiz Monday - one short response question on the article "Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps."

Friday, November 15, 2019

All classes: complete workbook pgs. 42 & 44. No dictionary definitions!

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

All classes: complete annotations of gist for the rest of Excerpt 2 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War"

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

7-339 & 7-439: Complete analysis for 3 quotes for ch. 5 on handout and complete gist for ch. 5 on workbook p. 5.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Friday, October 25, 2019

7-235 & 7-439: Reread ch. 3 and complete the gist for the chapter on p. 5 of your workbook.
7-339: Complete p. 10 of workbook. Choose one quote from p. 9 and a second quote from p. 13. Complete analysis for each that explains what the quote shows about culture, time, or place impacting Salva.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

All classes: Reread ch. 2 of A Long Walk to Water.
7-339 & 7-439: Complete workbook p. 6

Friday, October 18, 2019

7-339 & 7-341: Complete short response on the theme of "Beyond Pastels" if it wasn't completed in class.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

All classes: Complete inferences for "Beyond Pastel" by Katherine Lawrence

Thursday, October 10, 2019

7-339 & 7-439: Complete short response on the setting in "Ashes" by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

Friday, October 4, 2019

7-439: Redo of short responses for "A Pet" are due Monday. This assignment is for students that opted to redo one or both of their short responses.

Friday, September 13, 2019

7-235, 7-339, & 7-439: Autobiodoodles are due Monday, 9/16. To be complete, they must include:

  • List of adjectives and synonyms that appropriately describe you
  • A symbol that represents a quality or trait of yours
  • An explanation of your symbol(s) on loose leaf 

Friday, May 31, 2019

7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: Complete third read questions for Excerpt 3, pgs. 96-116.
7-346: Complete whole excerpt questions on p. 117.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: Complete all second read questions for Excerpt 3, pgs. 96-107 except questions # 2 & 3). 
7-346: Complete all second read questions for Excerpt 3, pgs. 96-116  except questions # 2 & 3).

Thursday, May 23, 2019

All classes: Complete Second Read questions and vocabulary for Excerpt 3 on pgs. 72-79 of workbook.

Monday, May 20, 2019

All classes: Found poems due Wednesday, 5/22.

Friday, May 17, 2019

All classes: complete draft of poem on p. 58 of workbook.

Monday, May 13, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook p. 56. Assessment tomorrow on Excerpts 1 & 2! 10 multiple choice and one short response.

Friday, May 10, 2019

All classes: Complete Third Read Questions for Excerpt 2 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and both Whole Excerpt Questions on pgs. 44-55 of the workbook.

Thursday, May 9, 2019

All classes: Complete Second Read Questions for Excerpt 2 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, workbook pgs. 44-45.

Friday, May 3, 2019

7-339, 7-246, & 7-441: Complete workbook p. 23.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook pgs. 15 & 16.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook p. 12 questions 1-5.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: ALWW Essay is due on Thursday, 4/4. To be complete, it must include the following:
 
  • Final Copy (on top)
  • Draft with Revisions
  • Outline
  • Peer Revision/Edit Sheet
  • Editing Checklist (on bottom)

Friday, March 29, 2019

7-346: ALWW Essay is due MONDAY, 4/1. To be complete, it must include the following:

  • Final Copy (on top)
  • Draft with Revisions
  • Outline
  • Peer Revision/Edit Sheet
  • Editing Checklist (on bottom)
7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: ALWW Essay is due following the ELA on Thursday, 4/4.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

7-346: Complete short response on p. 120 of green workbook.
7-235, 7-339, & 441: Complete reflection on peer revision worksheet.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

7-235: Complete green workbook pgs. 46-50 & 73-77
7-346: Complete green workbook pgs. 106-115
7-441: Complete green workbook pgs. 100-110

Monday, March 18, 2019

All classes: Complete whatever remains undone on your essay outline.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

All classes: By tomorrow, you must have completed the following on your essay outline:

  • Introductory paragraph
  • In each body paragraph:
    • topic sentence
    • context
    • evidence

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

7-235, 7-346, 7-441: Complete context for 4 pieces of evidence on your essay outline.
7-339: Complete evidence collection (6 quotes in total) on your essay outline.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

7-235, 7-346, & 7-441: Complete evidence collection for all 3 body paragraphs of essay (4 quotes in total).
7-339: Complete evidence collection for 2 body paragraphs (6 quotes in total).

Monday, March 11, 2019

7-235, 7-346, & 7-441: Complete outline of introduction paragraph, 3 body paragraph topic sentences, and evidence for one body paragraph.

7-339: Complete outline of the introductory paragraph for essay.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

All classes: complete workbook pgs. 70 & 71.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook pgs. 67 & 68.
7-441: Complete short response #52 in Pocahontas/John Smith packet.
Scholastic orders due tomorrow!

Monday, February 25, 2019

All classes: workbook pgs. 57 & 58.
7-235: Complete short response #52 in Pocahontas packet due Wednesday, 2/27.

Monday, February 11, 2019

7-235: Complete short response #51 in Pocahontas and John Smith packet.
7-339, 7-346,  & 7-441: Complete workbook p. 59.
All classes: Assessment on chs. 5-10 of A Long Walk to Water is Wednesday, 2/13.

Friday, February 8, 2019

7-235 & 7-346: Complete question #3 on juxtaposition handout.
ALL CLASSES: Assessment on chs. 5-10 of A Long Walk to Water will be given on Wednesday, February 13th. Ten multiple choice and two short response. We will be using the article "Time Trip: Sudan's Civil War" to complete a short response.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

All classes: Complete workbook pgs. 51 & 52.
7-346: Complete short response #50 on "The (Untrue) Story of John Smith and Pocahontas"

Friday, February 1, 2019

7-235 & 7-339: Complete gist notes for chapter 8 (p. 47) and vocabulary (pg.s 48 & 49.) Do not use a dictionary, electronic or paper to complete your vocabulary work!

7-441: Complete vocabulary for chs. 7 & 8 on workbook pgs. 48 & 49. Do not use a dictionary, electronic or paper to complete your vocabulary work!

Thursday, January 31, 2019

7-235: Complete workbook p. 47 (ch. 7 only for both Nya and Salva) and p. 48 (first 5 vocabulary words).

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: Complete workbook pgs. 43 & 44.
7-235: Short response on p. 65 in green workbook due tomorrow.
7-346: Complete workbook pgs. 47 - 49.

Monday, January 28, 2019

All classes: Complete short response for article "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War." Due Wednesday, 1/30.

7-235: Complete short response on p. 65 in green workbook.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

7-235: Answer question "d" for paragraph 3 of Excerpt 1 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."
7-339: Complete the short response on p. 65 of green workbook.

Friday, January 18, 2019

7-235 & 7-346: Read ch. 5 of  A Long Walk to Water and complete gist notes on p. 5 of workbook.

Monday, January 14, 2019

All classes: Complete gist notes for ch. 4 of A Long Walk to Water. Assessment tomorrow (or Wednesday if we don't meet tomorrow) on chs. 1 - 4. 

Friday, January 11, 2019

All classes: A Long Walk to Water assessment on chapters 1-4 will be on Tuesday, 1/15. Ten multiple choice and two short response.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

All classes: Complete quotes and analysis for ch. 3 of A Long Walk to Water on workbook pgs. 13 & 14.

Monday, January 7, 2019

All classes: Complete the analysis for 2 quotes on workbook p. 10.

Friday, January 4, 2019

All classes: Reread chapter 1 of A Long Walk to Water.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

All classes: Complete short response on p. 60 of green test prep book.