This space provides information about your child's homework for the night. Please check here daily as I update on a day-to-day basis. (The daily agenda is not listed here, these are only homework assignments)
Homework for June 2nd - June 6th
| Religion | 7th English | 8th English | |
| Monday
6/2 |
No homework | 7C - Poetry, Mr. Moore 7S - None |
Reader's Logs and incentive coupons will be collected tomorrow. |
| Tuesday 6/3 |
No homework | Write three paragraphs comparing and contrasting one set of people from today's in-class writing. Due tomorrow. | No homework - turn in Reader's Logs and incentive coupons tomorrow. |
| Wednesday 6/4 |
No homework, Mass tomorrow. | Fill out organizer for essay. Due tomorrow. Write rough draft Of Mice and Men essay. Due Friday. Timelines due Friday - save to class file/mice and men timelines. Please do not send via e-mail - it causes e-mail to crash and cannot be retrieved. | No class today - no homework |
| Thursday 6/5 |
Mass today, no homework. | Write rough draft Of Mice and Men essay. Due Friday for peer revision. See here for grading rubric. Click here to see the peer review to be used in class tomorrow. | Turn in text books today!! Almost
there...
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| Friday 6/6 |
Of Mice and Men essay due Monday, typed, double-spaced. Include a creative title, along with proper heading. | Farewell! |
Homework for May 27th - May 30th
| Religion | 7th English | 8th English | |
| Monday 5/26 - NO SCHOOL |
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| Tuesday 5/27 |
Read Ch.12 and complete worksheet; due tomorrow. | Read Ch. 4 Of Mice and Men and complete Section 4 of your CDC. Parts of speech vocabulary due tomorrow. | Speeches will resume tomorrow - come prepared. |
| Wednesday
5/28 |
No homework tonight | Read remainder of Of Mice and Men and complete your CDC including last column/alternate ending for each character. Due tomorrow. Quiz on 4-6 Friday. | Get portfolios in order, ready for evaluations tomorrow. |
| Thursday 5/29 |
Ch. 12 Review due tomorrow. Ch. 12 test on Monday. | Work on Reader's Logs, 1-10 will be checked on Monday, due typed next Wednesday. Vocabulary/Spelling Test Monday - study your words!! | Work on Reader's Logs, due typed on Monday. Portfolio work will be put on hold until next week. Bring Incentive Coupons Monday to apply them toward your grade |
| Friday 5/30 |
No class today, Field Day ------>>>> |
Homework for May 19th -22nd
| Religion | 7th English | 8th English | |
| Monday 5/19 |
No homework tonight - Psalm of David recitations today; due memorized by Thursday. | Read Ch. 2 Of Mice and Men and fill out Ch. 2 of CDC, check out Timeline guidelines by tomorrow. CDC due tomorrow. | Work on persuasive speeches - bring note cards tomorrow and book report book. |
| Tuesday 5/20 |
Read Ch. 11 and do two knowledge, two synthesis and one evaluation question and answer. Due tomorrow. Family recipe extra credit is due tomorrow as well. Bring in your dish for extra, extra credit! | Read Ch. 3 Of Mice and Men and fill out CDC where applicable. Due tomorrow. | Outline speeches on note cards, due
Thursday. Start presenting Thursday. Outline
instructions can be found here. By Thursday, have one peer and one adult sign off that they have heard you present your speech. You should have written on a paper: I have seen (your name) present their speech. Have the peer and the adult print their name, then sign next to it. They should also offer one critique and one compliment. These are due on Thursday before we present speeches. |
| Wednesday
5/21 |
Ch. 11 Review and psalm of David due tomorrow. | Study for Ch. 1-3 quiz and vocab/spelling test tomorrow. | Speeches begin tomorrow, sign-offs (peer/adult) due tomorrow. See above for details. See here for speech grading sheet. |
| Thursday 5/22 |
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| Friday
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NO SCHOOL!! HAVE A GREAT MINI-BREAK!! |
Homework for May 12th - 16th
| Religion | 7th English | 8th English | |
| Monday 5/12 |
Letters to Second Grade - due tomorrow; please bring an envelope. | Extra Credit - write one full paragraph on some of the causes and effects of the Great Depression. Due tomorrow. | Write a persuasive paragraph with the thesis statement: peer pressure can be good. Due tomorrow. |
| Tuesday 5/13 |
Read p. 129-134. Write and answer three knowledge and three synthesis questions. Due tomorrow. | Parent release signatures for Of Mice and Men due tomorrow. Idiom translations due tomorrow - short quiz on Naturalist authors tomorrow as well (read the back of parent release form). | Persuasive writing rough draft due tomorrow - please type if possible. See Documents for Appeals handout and prompts. |
| Wednesday -
5/14 |
Do ch. 10 review tonight - due tomorrow. | No homework tonight - work on those book reports!! | Final draft persuasive essays due tomorrow. Underline transitions and number claims and evidence. Due typed, double-spaced tomorrow - don't forget a catchy title! |
| Thursday 5/15 |
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| Friday 5/16 |
Homework for May 5th - 9th
| Religion | 7th English | 8th English | |
| Monday 5/5 |
Ch. 9 Religion test tomorrow. In-class review activity today. | "Brian's Song" worksheet due tomorrow. Do not do #18. | Animal Farm exam today, no homework tonight. |
| Tuesday 5/6 |
Read Maryknoll magazine pgs. 34-40. Re-state each story in your own words. One paragraph each - due at the end of class tomorrow. | "Brian's Song" Part 2 finish in groups in class. Do pg. 322 RTT a-e and MM 7, 9 and 10. For MM - construct a thesis statement for 7, 9 and 10. Remember, a thesis statement should include a topic and a feeling about that topic. For example, an acceptable thesis statement for question 9 would be "Professional athletes make great role models for several reasons. These prompts will be the theme of our next essay. Due tomorrow. | Book report guidelines distributed today; worksheet is due on Friday with book. |
| Wednesday - Half-Day today!! 5/7 |
No homework tonight. | Compose paragraphs for numbers 7, 9 and 10 on p. 322 in EOL. See here for example done in class. Be sure to find a book report book by Friday!! | Animal Farm viewing today. No homework tonight - be looking for your book report books, due Friday!! |
| Thursday 5/8 Planners signed tonight!! |
No homework tonight. | No homework tonight - remember your
signed book report worksheet and book report book. In-class
reading time tomorrow. We'll finish the second half of the
film on Monday. Planners signed tonight!! |
No homework tonight - Animal Farm
unit exams returned today. Remember your signed book report
worksheet and book report book. In-class reading time
tomorrow. Planners signed tonight!! |
| Friday 5/9 |
No homework tonight - happy Mother's Day!! | No homework tonight. | No homework tonight. |