• 7-339: Complete questions about the documentary The Lost Boys of Sudan. 
• All copies of A Long Walk to Water must be returned January 2nd if you haven't already done so.
• All classes: read you independent books. Enjoy the break!

• Essays are due Wednesday, 12/20. You must include both your outline and draft with your final copy. Covers are optional (no plastic covers).
• You will lose points if it's late!
• A Long Walk to Water must be returned this week if you haven't turned it in already. $5 replacement fee if it's lost!

• Tomorrow will be our last day working on our essays
• As assessment will be given within the next few days. It will be on the skills we've been focusing on: writing a claim, choosing strong evidence, and writing strong analysis that shows the connection between the evidence and your claim
• Essays are due Wednesday, 12/20. You must include both your outline and draft with your final copy. Covers are optional.

Complete the following revisions of your draft:

• Context: Is the part of the story the quote is from described?
• Repetition: replace words and names used frequently with synonyms or pronouns

Complete the following revision of draft:

• transition words (start of body paragraphs and conclusion; context)
• analysis: make it more complete and make sure it connects the quote back to survival
• word choice: describe extreme conditions with words that are appropriately intense

7-441 & 7-346: Complete draft of all five paragraphs by tomorrow.

7-235 & 7-339: Complete draft of introduction and 3 body paragraphs by tomorrow.

Read independent reading books. We will finish writing our drafts in class tomorrow so you miss class due to concert rehearsals, that needs to be done by Thursday.

Complete context for evidence on essay outline, preferably using the following sentence starters:

• Early in his journey,...
• While traveling through lion country,...
• After Salva was forced out of his village,...
• After crossing the Nile,...
• At one point in his journey,...
• By the time he reached...
• After _________, Salva had to...
• Later in the story,
• A few years later,...
• Much later, Salva found himself...
• Many years into his journey...

Complete evidence collection (quotes) for all body paragraphs.

On essay outline, complete:

• claim (introduction)
• topic sentences for every body paragraph
• evidence (quotes) for one body paragraph

Read independent reading books and have a great Thanksgiving!

Select Students: Return Pupil Path registration letters with signatures from a parent.

7-235: Reread chs. 16-18 and complete workbook pgs. 70 & 71. Included context clue for vocab in addition to the definition.

7-339, 7-346, & 7-441: Complete Challenges/Survival Factors Anchor Chart for chs. 16-18.

7-339, 7-346, & 7-441: Reread chs. 16-18 and complete workbook pgs. 70 & 71. Included context clue for vocab in addition to the definition.

7-235: Read independent reading books.

Final copy of Found Poem (with draft and worksheet attached) is due tomorrow.

7-235, 7-339, & 7-441: Complete selection of text to use for found poem.

7-346: Read independent reading books.

• Reread chs. 14 & 15
• Complete workbook pgs. 67 & 68
• Vocab definitions must include context clues!

Complete workbook p. 66: two quotes that show what enables Salva to survive a challenging environment, context, and analysis.

Select students: Complete re-do of ALWW assessment 2 short responses. Re-do and the original test are due back Monday, 11/13.

Complete survival factors for challenges in chs. 11-13 on workbook p. 41.

Read independent reading books!

Reread chs. 11-13 and complete workbook pgs. 57 & 58. Use context for vocabulary work!

7-339, 7-346, & 7-441: Complete workbook pgs. 61 & 62.

Read your independent reading books!

7-339, 7-346, 7-441: We will completing the ch. 6-10 of ALWW asssessment tomorrow. Please have independent reading books with you.

7-235: Have your independent reading books with you tomorrow.

Chapter 6-10 Assessment: tomorrow!

• review gist and vocabulary of each chapter
• use review sheet as well

10 multiple choice & 2 short response

Complete workbook p. 55

A Long Walk to Water Assessment: Thursday, 11/2. It will consist of 10 multiple choice and 2 short response questions.

Have a great Halloween!

• Reread chs. 9 & 10
• Complete workbook pgs. 51 & 52
• Use context clues for vocabulary - not the dictionary (or Google)!
• Next assessment will be later this week on chs. 6-10

Read your independent reading books!

Next assessment: after chapter 10 of A Long Walk to Water.

• Reread chs. 7 & 8
• Complete workbook pgs. 47 & 48

• 7-339: Independent reading tomorrow. Have your books!

• Scholastic book orders due tomorrow, Friday, October 27th!

Reread ch. 6 and complete workbook pgs. 43 & 44. Use context clues to define the words on p. 44! Do not look them up in the dictionary!

7-235: Independent reading tomorrow

Scholastic orders due Friday, 10/27!

Complete annotation for Excerpt 1 of "Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps" (paragraphs 1-8).

Read independent reading books.

7-441 & 7-235: Complete inference for last quote on workbook p. 31.

7-339 & 7-346: Complete inference for last two quotes on workbook p. 31.

Read independent reading books!!

Scholastic orders due Friday, 10/27. Make sure you get the latest flyers!

• Complete annotation for paragraphs 7-12 of Excerpt 2 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."
• Read independent reading books.

Short Response Re-do's are due tomorrow, Tuesday, 10/17. (Original tests  must be with them.)

Complete questions a - d in the right column of Except 1 for "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War". Answers must be complete.

7-346, 7-235, and 7-441: Complete annotations of Excerpt 1 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."  Read independent reading books.

7-339: Complete questions in right column for Excerpt 1 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War." Read independent reading books.

All classes:

• Finish analysis (third column) on workbook p. 18. 
• Complete workbook p. 19; explain answers in the white space.

All Classes: Reread ch. 5 of A Long Walk to Water and add to gist notes.

All classes: Read independent reading books over the long weekend and enjoy them!

All classes: A Long Walk to Water (chapters 1-4) assessment tomorrow, Friday, 10/6: Ten multiple choice and one short answer.

7-346, 7-339, & 7-235: Complete workbook pgs. 13 & 14.

All: Read your independent reading books.

7-235 & 7-339: Complete p. 10 in workbook.

7-236 & 7-441: Reread ch. 3 complete columns 3 & 5 in workbook (adding to gist notes).

All: Read your independent reading books.

7-339 and 7-235: Reread ch. 3 of A Long Walk to Water and complete gist notes on p. 5 of workbook.

7-346, & 7-441: Complete p. 10 in the workbook.

All: Read your independent reading books!

7-246 & 7-441: Reread ch. 2 of A Long Walk to Water and complete gist notes in columns 3 and 5 on page 5 of workbook.

7- 235: Reread ch. 1 of A Long Walk to Water and complete gist notes in columns 3 and 5 on page 5 of workbook. 

All classes: read your independent reading book.

Independent Reading Books/Materials: Every student is responsible for having their own reading material on Monday, 9/25 and every day after. This will count as a  homework grade.

Brief assessment tomorrow: One short response question on the story "A Pet" by Cynthia Rylant.  Students are responsible for having an independent reading book with them as well.

7th Grade Students: You need to have an independent reading book by Monday, 9/18

7-441: Autobiodoodles are due Monday, 9/18. To be complete, they must include the following:

• Symbol
• List of adjectives and synonyms
• Paragraph explaining what your symbol is and how it represents a trait of yours

7th Grade Students: You need to have an independent reading book by Monday, 9/18

7-441: Autobiodoodles are due Monday, 9/18. To be complete, they must include the following:

• Symbol
• List of adjectives and synonyms
• Paragraph explaining what your symbol is and how it represents a trait of yours

7-446: Workbook pgs. 107 - 116 "Third Read" questions.

7-235: Complete Third Excerpt - Second Read questions.

8-448: Reread ch. 18 and complete worksheet.

7-446: Complete Excerpt 3 "Third Read" questions, workbook pgs. 72 - 79.

8-448: Complete ch. 16/17 worksheet.

8th Grade: Complete "Focus Question" and the first vocabulary word on the ch. 16/17 worksheet.

7-446: Complete "Third Read" Questions on workbook pgs. 44-55.

7-235: Complete  "Second Read" Questions on workbook pgs. 44-55.

7-337: Complete "Found Poem" if you didn't complete it in class.

8-448: Reread ch. 13 of To Kill a Mockingbird and complete handout.

7-337: Complete workbook p. 56.

7-446: Complete Third Read Questions for Excerpt 1, workbook pgs. 29-39.

7-446: Complete "Second Read" questions and vocabulary for Excerpt 1 on workbook pgs. 29-39. Answers must be complete.

8-448: Reread ch. 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird and complete worksheet.

8th Grade: Reread ch. 10 of To Kill a Mockingbird and complete handout.

7-337: Complete "Second Read" questions and vocabulary for Excerpt 2 of Narratives of the Life of Frederick Douglass, workbook pgs. 44-55.

8th Grade: Reread ch. 9 and complete the worksheet.

• Focus Question: p. 87
• inordinately: p. 88
• ingenious: p. 88
• wary: p. 89
• innate: p. 90
• obstreperous: p. 97
• "Maycomb's usual disease": p. 100

7-235: Complete workbook pgs. 29-39 Second Read Questions & Vocabulary

7-337: Complete workbook pgs. 29-39 Third Read Questions 1-6, excluding 4.

8-448: Reread ch. 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

7-235 and 7-337: Complete "Second Read" questions and vocabulary from Excerpt 1 on pgs. 29-39 of workbook.

8-448: Complete ch. 6 & 7 questions and vocabulary if it wasn't completed in class.

7th Grade: Complete workbook p. 28.

8th Grade: Reread ch. 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Complete ch. 5 packet.

7th Grade: Complete question #2 on workbook p. 23.

8th Grade: Reread ch. 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Complete ch.4 packet.

7th Grade: Complete workbook p. 18. Answers must be accurate and thorough.

8th Grade: Complete ch. 3 handout (gist, focus question, and vocabulary.)

7th Grade: Workbook pgs. 13-16.

8th Grade: Reread ch. 2 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Complete last 4 pages of packet.

7-235 and 7-337: Complete workbook p. 8 using p. 7.

8-448: Reread ch. 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Complete pgs. 27-30 of packet.

8th Grade: "Ashes" project due Monday, May 1.

7-446 and 7-337: Lyddie essay is due Friday, April 28th. Must include the following:

• Final copy
• Draft
• Outline
• Revision/Editing Checklist

7th Grade:  

• Return Lyddie
• Return all library books that you are not currently reading

8th Grade:

• Complete highlighting of description of setting (weather, sky, sun, moon, diner, etc) as you reread the short story "Ashes."
• Return all library books that you are not currently reading.

7-446: Complete draft of essay.

8-448: Twelve Angry Men multiple choice assessment tomorrow, Friday April 21st. Use the review sheet to prepare.

7-337: Complete context and analysis for essay body paragraphs.

7-235: Complete context and analysis for body paragraphs for Lyddie essay. Short assessment for chapters 18 - 23 tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5th. Review vocabulary and reread last chapter.

7-337: Short assessment for Lyddie chapters 18 - 23 tomorrow, Wednesday, Review vocabulary and reread last chapter.

7-446: Complete analysis for body paragraphs of Lyddie essay. Short assessment for chapters 18 - 23 tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5th. Review vocabulary and reread last chapter.

7-235: Complete questions 48 & 50 on pgs. 39 & 40 of tesp prep booklet.

8-448: Complete question 43 on p. 74 of test prep booklet.

7-446: Complete outline of counterclaim paragraph including analysis (refutation of counterclaim).

7-337: Complete outline of counterclaim paragraph including analysis (refutation of counterclaim).
Also complete evidence selection for body paragraphs 1 & 2.

7-337 and 7-446: Reread chapter 18 of Lyddie and complete workbook p. 77.

7th Grade: Workbook p. 87. (7-337 and 7-446 only)

8th Grade: What is Juror 4 suggesting about the defendent's guilt on p. 18?

7th Grade: Lyddie chs. 12-17 assessment tomorrow. Review Reader's Notes for those chapters.

7th Grade: Reread chapter 15 and complete workbook pgs. 66 & 67.

8th Grade: Reread the Introduction of Twelve Angry Men. Explain what the following sentence from the introduction means: "But the jury sets aside its prejudices, to aspire to the highest state of humanity: the capacity to use reason over animal passion."

7th Grade Vacation Homework: 

• Complete the test prep packet by Monday, 2/27.
• Read your independent reading books.

8th Grade Vacation Homework: 

• Complete pgs. 26 - 31 in the green Ready books by Monday, 2/27.
• Read you independent reading books.

7th Grade Vacation Homework: 

• Complete the packet that was distributed today by Monday, 2/27.
• Read your independent reading books.

8th Grade Vacation Homework: 

• Complete pgs. 26 - 31 in the green Ready books.
• Read you independent reading books.

7th Grade: Complete workbook p. 63.

8th Grade: Complete Ferguson short response.

7th Grade: Reread Lyddie, ch. 14 and complete workbook pgs. 60 & 61.

8th Grade: Refugee argument essay due Tuesday, 2/14. Must include:

1. Final copy
2. Yellow paper draft
3. Outline

7th Grade: Reread Lyddie ch. 13. Complete workbook pgs. 56 & 57.

8th Grade: Refugee argument essay due Tuesday, 2/14. Must include:

1. Final copy
2. Yellow paper draft
3. Outline

7-235 and 7-337: Reread Lyddie, ch. 12 and complete workbook pgs. 54 & 55.

7th Grade: 

• 7- 235 & 7-337: Lyddie (chapters 7-11) short answer assessment is Monday!
• All classes: complete workbook pgs. 52 & 53 by Monday. 

7th Grade: 

• 7- 235 & 7-337: Lyddie assessment (chapters 7-11) multiple choice only is tomorrow
• 7-446: Lyddie assessment (chapters 7-11) multiple choice AND short answer is tomorrow
• Complete workbook pgs. 52 & 53 by Monday, 2/6 

7th Grade: 

• Reread chapter 11 of Lyddie. 
• Complete workbook pgs. 47 & 48.
• There will be an assessment of chapters 7-11 very soon! 

8th Grade: Draft of argument essay must be complete by tomorrow.

7th Grade: Complete workbook pgs. 45 & 46.

8th Grade: Complete draft of introductory paragraph for argument essay.

7th Grade: Reread chapter 10 of Lyddie. Complete workbook pgs. 41 & 42.

8th Grade: Complete draft of third body paragraph (counterclaim paragraph.)

7th Grade: Reread chapter 9. Complete workbook pgs. 39 & 40.

8th Grade: Argument essay: complete draft of body paragraphs 1 & 2

7th Grade: Character Doodle due Friday, 1/27. Must include:

• List of traits with synonyms
• Picture of something that symbolizes an important trait of Lyddie
• Completed short response 
• Ten points off every day it's late!

Also, complete workbook pgs. 35 & 36.

7th Grade: Character Doodle due Friday, 1/27. Must include:

• List of traits with synonyms
• Picture of something that symbolizes an important trait of Lyddie
• Completed short response 

7th Grade: Bring in a picture (drawn or not) of something that symbolizes an important trait of Lyddie's.

7th Grade: Reread chapter 4 of Lyddie. Complete workbook pgs. 22 & 23.

8th Grade: Complete vocabulary from "PRO/CON: Stopping Syrian Refugees from Coming to the U.S."

7th Grade: 

• Reread chapter 2 of Lyddie
• Complete workbook p. 12
• 7-337 only: Also complete workbook pgs. 13 & 14

7th Grade: Reread chapter 1 of Lyddie. Complete workbook p. 11.