Read short handout on Judicial Branch.

Do you identity collage.

Study for Chapter 5 Test (5.1-5.6)

Do workbook pgs.45-50

Do Premier Livre pgs.77-79 ex. a,b,c,d

Practice Work Book: 5 – 1: pp 73-74; 2 – 42 (evens).

Facing History reading: Legacies

Do questions on the Legislative and Executive Branch of Government.  Due tomorrow.

Read pages 14-22. On page 22 you only have to read the first column.

Mr. T has asked that I make reading Beowulf optional, so I will give serious extra credit for those of you that do read it.

Study for test tomorrow

1. Write out plot sequence of major events
2. Review character lists and be able to tell one from another
3. Find in the text where each character is described
4. Make a list of all the themes we have discussed in class and come up with 3 examples from the book where the theme is evident
5. Get a good night’s sleep

1. Pigs Test Wed.
2. Peck farm Poem

1. Practice Workbook pgs. 69 & 70 (all)
2. Chapter 5 Test Thursday (5.1-5.6)

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Edit Animal Poems
Draw a sketch of your animal

Make a total of 8 problems. List the property used, and then give an example. Two examples each for commutative property of addition, commutative property of multiplication, associative property of addition, and associative property of multiplication.

Do whole packet on Passe Compose

Study for remaining section of Chapter 4 test

Study for BIG test tomorrow on “ER” verbs

Study for quiz on waves Chapter 15 (not including section on earthquakes) on Wed. 12/17/08

Read p.-69 and do questions 1-4 on p. 69.

Element projects. Study for quiz (it may be on Wednesday) if we finish up the element projects.

Study for quiz on Wednesday.

Prepare for test on PIGS.

You can also start A Part of the Sky

GREAT JOB TODAY!!!

Homework: Read chapter ONE in the black history book Early Times

You can start reading Beowulf. It is due when you get back from break. See me if you need a copy.

Write your name in hieroglyphs using the whole cartouche. Tomorrow we will redo them in a colorful cartouche.

NONE, due to quiz

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Book Reviews due Tuesday

Study for test Chap. 4

Study notes on P. Compose and its formation because you NEVER know what I may ask you tomorrow!
Do workbook p.97-99

Read Race & Science in Facing History book.

Complete worksheet: Principles of the Constitution; 1-17.

Read Executive Branch in the Constitution.

P 180; 1 -21.  Test Tuesday.

Element project due on Monday.

Study for quiz . Next week sometime.

Finish exercise begun in class on packet

Test Weds. on “ER” verbs
p. 95 read “Verb + INfinitive”
Do workbook p. 25
Quiz Monday on Columns 5 and 6

Test Mon.-Weds. Chap. 4

Review formation of Passe Compose
Do p.333 # 13 and translate as well
Do p. 334 #16

1. Pigs Test Wed.
2. Start A Part of the Sky (to be read over break)

1. Practice Workbook pgs. 67 & 68 (#10-18)
2. Chapter 5 Test Thurs. 12/18

7A  Formal lab report  Ionic bonding.     7M  Finish chart

Study Squid information.

 Element poster due Monday.

Practice Workbook 6.5: 1-18

No homework! Have fun!

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Petey Paragraph – quiz grade
Book Review due Tues.

Miss the assembly this morning? Wish you had seen the 3rd Grade State Song? Sorry that you didn’t hear the announcements of the Secret Store Prize winners? Thanks to 8th Grader, Nick, you now can catch the action.

All School Assembly from SMCDS on Vimeo.

Quiz on Mots. I Chap.10
Do workbook pg. 95

Fill ou the sheets on mummification and what you would take to the afterlife.

Finish reading Legislative Branch; Fill in chart on Preamble.

Read Little Boxes in Facing History.

. PWB: p 70: 1-4 in area problems.  Write out problem, draw diagram, solve – on a separate piece of paper.

Do workbook pg. 41
Do text p.126-127
Do Crossword Puzzle
Test next Mon-Weds

Read pages 521 to 527 for Friday and do the assessment on page 527 for Monday to be collected and graded

Practice Workbook 6.3: 22-24
Practice Workbook 6.4: 1-18

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Vocab Quiz study
Book Folders due Tues. 12/16

Write lab report.

Continue to work on project.

PWB 6.2: #6-14

-Study for grammar test on Friday.
-Read for 45 minutes in pleasure reading book. Update reading log.

8W:
-Do page 124 in grammar workbook.
-Read for 45 minutes in pleasure reading book. Update reading log.
-Grammar test on Friday.
8C:
-Do pages 118, 119A, 121, 122A, 124, 125A in grammar workbook.
-Read for 45 minutes in pleasure reading book. Update reading log.
-Grammar test on Friday.

Due Friday:
1. Read Pigs chapter 15
2. Complete color sheet (10 examples)

Practice workbook pg. 66

Read Article I – Constitution of the U.S.

8C: Reading – Little Boxes

8W: Reading – Little Bear that Wasn’t - construct identity chart.

4-9 Area Problems: P 173 solve 1-2 from Oral exercises.

Do worksheet on weather in particular months

Look up your god on the internet
Take notes or print what you learn.

Quiz Friday on Columns 3 and 4 of “ER” verbs
Quiz Monday on Columns 5 and 6
Do Premier Livre pgs. 13-15 ex M,N,P

Learn MOts. I Chap. 10 for quiz on Friday

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Book reviews due 12/16/08
Vocab. sheet and study words
Haiku poems – write 3

1. Read 4 poems about farm life
2. Read Pigs pgs. 120 – 122

Finish project

Practice Workbook pg. 65 (1-22 all)

Finish reading chapters 12 and 13 in PIGS

Finish reading packet and underline adaptations of the deep sea creatures.
Look over material on the common squid.

Work on element project. They are due on Monday.

8C: Facing History: The Bear That Wasn’t -create identity chart.

8W: study for tomrrow’s test.

Study for test.

Sec. 4-8: Solve equations that created from problems 1 – 4 in oral exercises.

Also: do problems 5 – 8 from page 170.

Do worksheet on “Les Saisons”

Quiz Friday “ER” verbs columns 3 and 4
Quiz Monday “ER”verbs columns 5 and 6
Do Premier Livre pgs. 10-12 Ex. J,K,L
Test next Weds. on “ER”Verbs

Preview Chapter 10
Quiz later this week on MOts. I

Do workbook p. 39
Do text pg. 111 ex.20
Test Chap. 4 next Mon-Weds

Complete vocabulary sheet for this section and gods handout.

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Flashcards 1-10 Lesson 7 Study definitions
Book review due 12/16/08 Hand in rough drafts first.

-Read for 45 minutes in your “pleasure” reading book. Keep a log of your reading activity in this book: what page you started on, how long you read, and what page your ended on.
-Bring book to class tomorrow.
-Actively read next chapter in Night.

-Read for 45 minutes in your “pleasure” reading book. Keep a log of what page you started on, how long you read, and what page you ended on.
-Bring book to class tomorrow.

Finish up your history project.

Complete page 150 in tan grammar book and fill out handout for PIGS

Poem Assignment – Due Friday

Write a poem that is at least ten lines about who and what influences you

people, music, tv, movies, games, travel, location, anything…

It does not have to rhyme and it is NOT a where I’m from take two – make is different

Read pages 515-519 and do the assessment on page 519. Also study for a very announced quiz on waves.

1. Sec. 4-8, Oral Exercises: pp 169-70.  1-4; Write chart, fill in, and set up equation.

Read Ionic bonding and take notes.

Complete wave packet.

Work on Elements poster.

Read Pharaoh handout and do back of sheet.

1. 1 Page Journal Entry reacting to weaseling
2. Read Pigs pgs. 112-114

1. Define multiple and LCM. (section 5.4 in text)
2. Give an example showing each term.

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Poetry – illustrate with color and creativity a concrete poem
Book Review – work on cover, review, or character sketch – due 12/16

Quiz tomorrow on Columns 1 and 2 of verbs in Premier Livre p. 3
Also do Premier Livre pgs. 9-10 ex.h,i

Study for remaining section of Chapter 9 test

Do James Madison and Constitutional Convention questions.

Prep for test on civil rights: 8C on Tuesday; 8W on Wednesday.

Mr. Laurent will be out at a conference on Monday: hw will be to prep for test.

Practice Workbook: pp 65-66; 2-28(evens)

Be creative, write a message in hieroglyphs for a classmate to decode. Write 2 math problems too.
Put the answers on a separate sheet so you can correct it.

Do Premier Livre pgs. 6-8 ex. D,E,F
Study verbs in Columns 1 and 2 for quiz on Tues.

Study sheets on squid.

Do worksheet on “Weather”
Quiz Tues. on “Weather Expressions”

Study for elements quiz.  Remember to get poster.

Do p. 108 ex. #15 as well as workbook p. 37

Read Pigs Chapter 10
Free write poem about influences in your life

Study for Quiz on 5.1-5.3

Study for remaining sections of Chapter 9 test

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Book Review due Tuesday 12/16 on last book read this month
Work on revising free verse poem written in class Friday.

8C: Test moved to Tuesday, December 9th.  No class today.

8W: Packet – Black Power.  Test moved to Wednesday, December 10th.

Study for quiz on waves.

1. Continue James Madison packet.

2. Begin to go over review sheet for test Which has been moved to Wednesday, December 10th.

Study for quiz on elements.

Study elements and symbols.  Complete element and use sheet.

Study for quiz on waves.

Quiz on elements (symbols).
Start working on your project.

Identify wave terms. ( in bold print)

p. 54 Do sharpen your skills.

Read Chapter 9 of Pigs

Complete workbook pages 61, 62 & 63 (all)

Read pgs 6-17 in the Ancient Egypt booklet. Write down 10 facts you learned.

Study for quiz on Mots. 2
Do workbook pgs. 20-21 # 2,3,4

Study for test on Chap. 9

Quiz tomorrow on Mots. I et 2

Vocab quiz -study
Read Petey pgs 220-227
Type free verse poem and Petey poem

Read pages 510-514 and do the assessment on page 514. Brainstorm about Chapter Project

Flying Kites is an orphanage for kids and teenagers in Kenya, Africa. They provide money, food, and shelter to children who don’t have anything. They give money to families so that the children can go to school and stay with their families. Recently, they bought property in Kenya to build a better orphanage and school house. The current school house is made from an old chicken coup.
Read The Full Story…

Continue James Madison packet.

Note: Test Monday, December 8th

Read Black Panthers packet

Note: Civil Rights test on December 8th

in textboook: p 163; 18 – 26 (even).  Copy problem; then simplify.

Quiz Friday on Mots. I et 2
Do workbook p. 35-36

Do element and symbol sheet.

Read p. 55-57 and do questions 2,3,4.

Continue to review and learn MOts.2
Do Premier Livre pgs.4-5 ex. A,B

Read handout on Egypt

Continue working on project. It is ok to get it finished early…

Choose two passages from chapter 8. Write a paragraph for EACH quote that includes the following information.

Who said it?
To whom?
Page #?
What was the context?
Is there another similar example from the story? Describe.
What idea are these situations examples of that reappears over and over in the book?

All these exercises in your grammar book must be completed by this Thursday:
Kinds of Nouns: 31A, B, and C; 32A and B; 33A
Singular and Plural Nouns:34A and B; 35A, B, and C; 36A and C.
Compound Nouns: 40A and B; 41A and B; 42A.

8C:
-Actively read the Preface to Night.
-Do pages 115 and 116 in grammar workbook.

8W:
-Actively read Forward to Night.
-Do pages 118 and 119 in grammar workbook.

Read Petey chapter 21
Vocab. Do sheet and study definitions – quiz Friday
Poetry – Write a bio poem on Petey

Test Chap.9 Fri-Tues.
Do Crossword Puzzle
Do pgs. 318-319 review exercises

8W: Do exercises on page 115 and 116 in grammar workbook. Actively read preface in Night.

All these exercises in your grammar book must be completed by this Thursday:
Kinds of Nouns: 31A, B, and C; 32A and B; 33A
Singular and Plural Nouns:34A and B; 35A, B, and C; 36A and C.
Compound Nouns: 40A and B; 41A and B; 42A.

p.310-311 translate and answer questions
Test Chap. 9 Fri-Tues.

Complete 2-sided Pigs handout

Notetaking Book 5.1 pg. 101-103

p. 101 do #3 and translate sentences
Start learning Mots. 2
Quiz on Mots. I and 2 Friday

Start learning MOts. 2
Do workbook pgs. 23-24 #8,9,10

Sec. 4-6: p 162; 2 – 16 (evens).  Write problem; then multiply.

Read and answer questions on Curse or Coincidence handout.

Petey read pgs 182-195
Vocab. complete pgs. 29 & 30
Grammar: Do pg. 38
Type Cinquain Poem & finish writing This is Mine Poem

pp 159 – 160 in book; 2 – 30 (even).  Write problem first; follow steps.

8C: Presentation: Mississippi Freedon Summer and Chicago.

8W: Read packet for African American Historic Organizations.

Read pp 1 – 11 in James Madison Constitutional packet.

-Do exercises in grammar workbook according to your group:
Kinds of Nouns: 31A, B, and C; 32A and B; 33A
Singular and Plural Nouns:34A and B; 35A, B, and C; 36A and C.
Compound Nouns: 40A and B; 41A and B; 42A.
-Be ready to present your lesson tomorrow.

-Read pages 126-133 in hard cover grammar text.
-Do execises 106, 107A, 109, 110A, 112, 113A in grammar workbook.

Quiz at end of week on Mots. I et 2
Do workbook pgs. 33-34

Read Chapter 7 of Pigs

Practice Workbook pgs. 59 & 60 (all)

Quiz tomorrow on formation of “ER” verbs
Do workbook p. 22

Read chapter 7 in Pigs. Fill out handout.

Work on project. Be prepared to explain your plans in detail.

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Vocab. Make flashcard for words 1-10 Lesson 6
Grammar – do page 35 plural nouns

Quiz tomorrow on “Demonstrative Adj and new verbs lire, dire, ecrire and conduire
Test on Chap. 9 Fri-Tues.