Grade 6, 7, 8: NONE
Grade 8 Extra Credit Assignment:Page 419: 1-25
Grade 7 Extra Credit Assignment:Page 391: 1-24, 29
Grade 6, 7, 8: NONE
Grade 8 Extra Credit Assignment:Page 419: 1-25
Grade 7 Extra Credit Assignment:Page 391: 1-24, 29
MATH – NO HW
LA – NO HW
Don’t forget to bring in $5 for the Poetry Slam tomorrow!!!!
Grade 6: PWB 7.2: 2-7 and 11-13. Short quiz tomorrow on multiplication of fractions and whole numbers.
Grade 7: PWB 7.7: 8-10. Make an I/O table and graph it. Do not list the range.
Grade 8: None
Grammar pg. 43 6-14 underline pronouns (sub/verb and line through prep. phrases)
LA – Poetry portfolios due tomorrow
MATH – HO HW
Read p.114-117 and take notes.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
2. Read for 1/2 hour and log it on your log.
8C– Be prepared for the second part of the Lord of the Flies test. See below for the details of the test and what you can use.
8E– Write concluding sentences or rewrite the concluding sentences for the body paragraphs of your essay. Bring them to class with you on Wednesday.
Grade 6: PWB 7.1: 2-10, 17-20
Grade 7: PWB 7.6: 1-7, 9-15
Grade 8: PWB 7.1, 1-10
Study for remaining section of Chapter 10 test
Study for remaining section of Chapter 3 test
IMPORTANT: When we return from Winter Break, we will be reading Bull Run by Paul Fleischman. You will need to get it before we return.
To order it, go to
The Rose Canepari Online Bookstore
You’ll want the paperback version with the following ISBN number(s) –
Be able to combine sentences into compound or complex sentences and be able to write your own simple, compound, or complex sentences.

SSR
Write your own free verse poem.
Type your poems in study
Read pgs. 515 to 519 and do the assessment on pg. 519.
MATH – NO HW
LA – Poetry portfolios due Wednesday, December 16th – typed
Read the handout about Sacajawea’s experiences during the Louis and Clark expedition.
Fill out the two column sheet with facts from the article on the left side and your own reactions or interpretations on the right side. Clearly explain your ideas with full sentences and try to provide unique insights.
Study for Chapter 3 test for Tues/Weds.
Remaining sections of test tomorrow and Weds.
NO HOMEWORK THROUGH VACATION!!!
Remember to bring in everything you need for the history fair
Study for vocabulary quiz one lessons 3-6 on Tuesday
Declamations will be given on Wednesday.
If you missed Thursday’s all school assembly, you can still see the third graders perform the state song.
Video footage of the annual singing of the state song by the third grade.
Completed Elements project.
Grade 6: PWB 6.6: 1-10, 17, 20
Grade 7: 5 problems from class: 3(x+1)=5, 4(x-2)=12, 15=3(x+1), 6(x-1)=12, 11=5(x+2)
Grade 8: PWB 6.7: 1-3, 10-12. Quiz Monday.
LA – Finish The Breadwinner compare/contrast organizer – due Monday
MATH – Finish review packet – we will go over it in class on Monday then take the test
8C– Look at the review sheet for what will be expected of you for each portion of the test.
8E — Look at the review sheet for what will be expected of you for each portion of the test.
Part I will cover quotations, major characters, and major symbols (literal and symbolic meaning) with no notes.
Part II will be paragraph writing about symbols and themes with notes.
All –
Read pgs. 510 to 514 and do the assessment on pg. 514. Students that choose to may redo the questions they missed on the last test for extra credit.
Do Crossword Puzzle
Do review exercises pgs. 106-107
Test next Tues/Weds on Chapter 3
Study for test on Chapter 10
SSR
Book Poster Project due Monday & compare/contrast essay
Read President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (see link below). Identify three key ideas from the speech that strike you as meaningful.
Draft an essay (450-550 words) to stress the importance of the ideas you select.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/europe/11prexy.text.html?ref=europe
The criteria for this short essay are as follows:
Effective introduction
Significance of events, ideas, or people stressed
Your own insights and connections
Clear theses shaped in body paragraphs
Ideas linked effectively
Effective conclusion
spa 5 – complete time worksheets
spa 6 – study ar verbs quiz on Mon., Spanish first year first exercises on p4,5,6 A, B, C
spa 7 – 2 worksheets to practice preterite for quiz tomorrow
spa 8 – re do double sidded worksheet with rules for pret and imperfect. (graded asignment)
LA – finish and type 4 different types of poems based on wishes – due tomorrow
MATH – Finish textbook page 264 – due tomorrow
Work on declamation and study for lesson 6 vocab quiz on Tuesday
Complete and bring in your project. You must have something to show. You can email me PowerPoints or Keynotes.
8E — Revisions due by 7:00 PM Thursday. See below for your revision guidelines.
Bring your allegorical sheets to class.
8C — Revisions due at beginning of class tomorrow. See below for your revision guidelines.
Bring your allegorical sheets to class.
Both classes –
Re-read Persuasive Paragraphs (check topic sentences & first words)
Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Lesson 6
Grade 6: NONE
Grade 7: PWB 7.3: 4-12. You must show me how you removed the constant term from the “wrong” side of the equation.
Grade 8: PWB 6.6: 1-8, 14, 15, 19, 20
Write a lab summary on Unknowns lab.
Complete sheet on Ocean Topography.
Work on elements poster.
Read Junior Scholastic magazine to prepare for discussion about current events. Bring the magazine with you when you come to class on Friday.
Test tomorrow on “ER” verbs
Chapter 3 test next Tues. and Weds.
Do review exercises pgs. 350-351
Do Crossword Puzzle
Test Chapter 10 next Mon-Weds
Study for last section of Chapter 3 test
1. Chapter Test (in book) for practice: p 275; 1-12, 16-20.
2. Chapter 4 test on Friday.
Math – PW page 64 – chapter 10 test on Monday
LA – Work on author study book project – due Monday
1. Write Persuasive Concluding Paragraph (re-read 3 paragraphs)
2. Vocabulary Handout
3. Vocabulary Quiz Friday on Lesson 6
Do worksheet on “Weather” handed out in class
Quiz tomorrow on ‘Verb + infinitive and indefinite article”
Test Friday on “ER” verbs
Chapter 3 test next Tues and Weds
p. 344-345 translate
Test Mon-Weds of next week
Remaining sections of test tomorrow and Friday
8E –
1. Revise content of the 2 paragraphs. Add examples, quotations, explanations, and topic sentences.
2. E-mail this to me, double-spaced, by 7:00 P.M. Thursday.
8C –
1. Due Friday: Revise content of the 2 paragraphs. Add examples, quotations, explanations, and topic sentences. Be sure to double-space your paper.
2. Complete the Allegorical Worksheet. Be sure to include the symbolic meaning of the symbol as well as the allegorical category.
All –
1. Complete the “Rip Van Winkle” assignment below (from 12/08).
2. LN, p. 193, P&A. Do all sentences.
3. Test on clauses (dependent and independent) and sentences (simple, compound, complex) on Tuesday, 12/15.
Read p.152= 154 and answer question2 and 4.
Grade 6: Textbook pages 329-332. From classwork today, look at your answers to problems 3, 8-11, 17-19, 21-23, 30-32, 39, 40. Use these to focus your study tonight.
Grade 7: Textbook page 344: 3-11, 18, 22-24
Grade 8: Textbook page 401: 3-8
SSR
Book Posters due 12/14 & final draft of compare/contrast
Type poems and Skittles vs M&M’s in study hall.
LA – Compose and type three poems – remember poem, color poem, and recipe poem
Final Breadwinner test tomorrow – review study guide and make notes for possible essay questions
Author study book project (only poster and compare/contrast essay) due Monday, Dec. 14th
MATH – PW page 63 – graphs on a separate piece of paper
Finish Vocabulary Exercises
Find Storybird Artist for Poem
Write Persuasive Body Paragraph
1. Took quiz today on 4.4 – 4.5.
2. PWB: pp 65-66; 1-31 (odds) due tomorrow.
Do Notetaking pgs. 121, 123, & 123 Guide Practice
Test on 5.7 & 5.8 tomorrow
Write Your Journey across the ocean floor.
Read p.65-69 answer questions 1,2 and 4.
8C–
See yesterday’s assignment.
8E–
1. Print out review sheet from web. You should have three pages when you’re done. Click here to get it.
2. Complete the worksheet on Expanding the Allegorical View.
Quiz tomorrow on “Weather expressions, seasons and Quel temps fait-il?”
Finish worksheet started in class
Grade 6: PWB 6.5: 2-9. Quiz coming Thursday.
Grade 7: PWB 7.2: 5-8, 12-17
Grade 8: Finsh problems 1 and 6 from class, textbook page 397, and do quiz corrections. Corrections must be on a separate sheet of paper. List the problem, show every bit of the work, and circle the answer.
p. 342-343 translate and do questions
Test next Monday-Weds.
Do workbook pgs. 24-25
Test Friday on “ER” Verbs
Test starting tomorrow on Chapter 3
All –
For Wednesday
For Thursday
SSR
Novel test – The Breadwinner
Use study guide, questions from chapters 1-15, write a sample paragraph
Rough draft of compare/contrast on ssr books due Wed. 12/9/09
Finish exercises for lesson 6 and work on declamation piece
Grade 5 work on element project.
Grade 6
Work on ocean floor summary. due on Wednesday.
Test on Friday.
LA – Write four poems – I am poem, Bio poem, diamante poem, and Haiku poem – please type final draft
Final Breadwinner test – Wednesday, December 9th – look over study guide
Author study due Monday (rough drafts due Wed if you want Mrs. Szabo to look them over)
1. Vocabulary Lesson 6
Put on Quizlet and do exercises (Due Wed.)
2. Storybird – look for artist for poem
3. Write Persuasive Paragraph Introduction
MATH – Worksheet on Kookey’s Creations or The Super Sac – on a separate piece of paper
Grade 6: PWB 6.4: 10-17
Grade 7: Text page 339: 2-20, 22-33
Grade 8: NONE
All –
1. Quiz tomorrow: Sections 4.4 and 4.5. Review Notetaking Guide sections for quiz.
2. No written homework for tonight.
Review the Questions below to prepare:
SSR
Questions for Chapter 15
Novel test Wednesday on The Breadwinner
Rough draft of compare/contrast paragraph due Wed.
Poster due 12/14/09
All –
Lord of the Flies test
8E — Monday, December 14 — Short Answer, Matching, Identification, and Paragraph Writing
8C – Monday, December 14 — Short Answer, Matching, Identification
Wednesday, December 16 — Paragraph Writing
Test Review
8E for Tuesday, 12/08 have your copy of the review sheet.
8C for Wednesday, 12/09 have your copy of the review sheet.
Click here to download a copy of the Lord of the Flies review sheet. Remember that you can cut and paste it into a document that you can use to study.
8E
8C — Due Wednesay
Quiz tomorrow on Columns 5 and 6 in Premier Livre
Test Friday on “ER” Verbs
Quiz tomorrow on “Qui, Quoi and new verbs”
Test Chapter 10 next week
Continue 4.5 in PWB: 2 – 20 (evens)
8C –
1. Complete your similarities and differences chart on Ralph and Jack. Be sure to include specific examples from the book with page numbers.
DON’T FORGET: Receive up to 1/2 credit / answer for your missed questions on the Lord of the Flies quiz.
1. Find the correct answer to your question in the book.
2. Circle it on your test.
3. Write the page number for the answer.
DUE MONDAY at the beginning of class. No late work will be accepted.
Both Classes –
1. Be sure to have your pizza and lasagna paragraph on Monday.
7M –
1. 1 1/2 hours of free reading for the weekend. Be sure to log it on your reading log.
7A–
1. LN, p. 190, Practice and Apply, A and B.
MATH – Work on extra credit challenge
LA – Write (type) one acrostic poem, one cinquain poem, and two 5 senses poems – due Monday
Complete chapter 15 questions for The Breadwinner – due Monday
Author study due Monday, December 14th
Final Breadwinner test on Wednesday, December 9th - review chapter questions, be familiar with characters – there will be a study guide on Monday
In your scripts, have your characters ask out loud WHY people during apartheid behaved the way they did – control, denial of rights, violence, evil, injustice, exaggeration of force, etc.
Also make sure that the narrator includes specific names, dates, and clear descriptions of the assigned event.
What have you contributed to the research and storyboard aspects of this project. Please list out what you have completed individually. I will give you extra credit if you either email me (bholland@smcds.org) or have it in your country folder by the start of class.
Fill Out Banned Book Handout
Study for Vocabulary Quiz Monday (know all roots)
Grade 6: PWB 6.3: 1-10, 19-21
Grade 7: PWB 7.1: 1-10
Grade 8: textbook page 416-417: 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29. These problems will help prepare you for the quiz on Monday.
Complete lab questions on Wacky foam lab.
Work on Elements poster.
Read pre-reading sheet for section 3 chapter 4.
Read The Egyptian Cinderella and answer all questions on sheets.
SSR
Answer Questions to chapter 4 on back of sheet for 13 & 14 The Breadwinner.
On Tuesday, the 7th grade traveled with Ms. Edwards, Ms. Fisk, and Mr. McMahon to Plimouth Plantation.
Thanks to Mr. McMahon for taking some great photos of this year’s trip.
Do Premier Livre pgs. 13-15 ex. m,n,p
Quiz Monday Mots. 2
Study Column 5 verbs
Test Friday Dec. 11 on “ER” Verbs
Quiz Tues. on “Qui, Quoi and new Verbs”
Chapter 10 test Mon-Weds(Dec.14-16)
Do worksheet on “Qui, Quoi”
Do workbook p. 101
Do Crossword Puzzle
Test next Weds-Friday on Chapter 3
1. Completed 4.5 in NTG.
2. Due tomorrow: PWB 4.5, pp 58-59; 1-11(odds), 13-15, 17-25 (odds), 29.
All —
1. Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12, questions and active reading due.
8E (See yesterday’s homework for what’s due tomorrow.)
1. Do the following –
Search on google for each of these terms or phrases.
Bible excerpts
lessons from the Bible
parables
Jesus’ parables
Bible parables.
For each term,
1.tell me the number of hits that google had.
2. go to the hit that the search returns for your search. Is this what you are looking for?
3. continue through the hits until you find what you are looking for. How many websites did you have to visit? If you get to 5 websites and still haven’t found what you were looking for, please write that down.
8C
1. LN, p. 190, A.
7M
1. LN, p. 188, Correct the sentence fragments by writing the sentence.
2. Using your notes from today and the outline, write a paragraph comparing pizza and lasagna.
Quiz Tuesday on “Qui, Quoi and new verbs”
Do p. 336 # 23 and Workbook p. 100
Read p. 63-64 and answer questions 1-3.
Study for quiz. Deep sea organisms.
Do naming elements sheet.
Grade 5
Test on the periodic table.
Homework for the weekend- work on element project.
Grade 6
Worksheet on the features of the ocean floor.
Your test will be next Friday. December 11.
Grade 6: Finish work from class. PWB 6.1: 1-6, and PWB 6.2: 1-14, 18, 19
Grade 7: NONE
Grade 8: Finish Mars problem from class. PWB 6.4: 1-7
LA – Finish reading ch. 14 – The Breadwinner
Answer questions for chapters 13 & 14 – The Breadwinner
Final test for The Breadwinner – Wednesday, December 9th – study guides will be handed out tomorrow
Work on chapter organizer for The Breadwinner’s compare/contrast essay
Author study book project due Monday, December 14th
MATH – PW pages 61/62 – use graph paper for line graph and lined or plain paper for circle graphs
Extra credit challenge pages – pages 60/61 due by Monday – they need to be correct to receive full credit, but you can also receive partial credit for trying the problems.
Quiz tomorrow on Columns 3 and 4 of “Er” verbs
Do Premier Livre pgs. 10-12 ex. j,k,l
Read and do the questions in the packet entitled “Controlling Chemical Reactions”.
Vocabulary & gods quiz Friday – study handouts from class.
SSR
Write 2 feeling Poems using handout (Do 1 or 2 or both and #3)
Answer questions 1-3 for chapter 13 The Breadwinner.
Book Project Dates: Rough draft of Compare/ Contrast on two books due December 9th.
Poster Dec. 14th.
WEAR GREEN
Bring in FORMS for shots – last day FRIDAY,Dec.4th
CANNED GOODS NEEDED FOR MLK
Secret Store Forms in ASAP
p. 84-85 translate “Lectures Culturelles”
REMINDER: Test next Weds-Friday on Chapter 3
All —
Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12 questions and active reading due on Friday.
8E — Due Friday
LN, p. 187, Activity 3 — P &A, ex. A
p. 188, ex. B.
Work on memorizing your declamation and your lesson 5 vocab words and roots 1-5
Vocab quiz Friday
Read p. 59-62 and take notes.
LA:
5 poem homework – see assignment sheet you received in class for details.
Author study book project due Monday, December 14th!!
Announcements:
Don’t forget Secret Store – December 10 & 11 – bring in your slips!
Food drive – bring in canned goods!!
MATH – NO HW
1. Put poem on Storybird (From or Setting)
2. Read 2 Articles on Banning Books (highlight)
Grade 6: NONE
Grade 7: Complete vocab in back of Notetaking Guide. Textbook, pages 323-326, complete problems 12, 20, 25, 33, 37, 45, 50, 70, 75, 76.
Grade 8: Textbook, page 372: 20-28, 31, 32.
Study column # 3 in Premier Livre for possible quiz tomorrow
Do Premier Livre pgs. 9-10 ex H,I
Read p. 335 in text about Qui and Quoi
Do p. 335 # 19 and #20
Do workbook pgs. 26-28 (don’t do #17)
Test Chapter 3 starting next Weds-Friday
What have you contributed to the research and storyboard aspects of this project. Please list out what you have completed individually. I will give you extra credit if you either email me (bholland@smcds.org) or have it in your country folder by the start of class.
This coming Friday, December 4th, St. Michael’s will be having a school spirit day. Each grade has chosen a color to dress up as. On December 4th, each grade will be voted on how well they show their school spirit, and there will be a treat for which ever grade wins!
We will have a mix it up lunch on Thursday, December 3rd. Each table will play a board game to communicate with people from all different grades.
The student council has come up with a Secret Santa. If you are intrested on having a Secret Santa then please let any student leadership members know. The whole point of having a Secret Santa will be to do an act of kindness towards a fellow classmate. If you would like to participate in a Secret Santa, then you would be doing somebody a favor by making them a card or making them a small special gift for the upcoming holiday!
- Report written by Margot
For Wed. study for a quick quiz on chemical equations using the previous handouts as a guideline.
For Thursday read the next section of the text(204-208) and do the assessment on page 208.
LA – Final author study book projects due Monday, December 14th – you should be almost finished with your second book!!
Field trip tomorrow – bring your lunch!!
Spirit day on Friday – 5th grade wears green!
MATH – NO HW – field trip tomorrow
Vocabulary Handout
Sign On to Storybook and find artist for your poem
Study for quiz on periodic table.
Lab summary on cool blue light.
Complete atom sheet.
1. Quiz tomorrow: 4.1 – 4.3.
2. Do page 88 in NTG; problems 1-4 for Wednesday.
Make sure that you create your Storybird account.
Do 2 worksheets on “Weather” (due Friday)
Continue to learn about your topic. Begin narrowing your research into 3 main ideas.
Look for a 12+ line poem or speech to memorize and present to the class. Bring a copy of the poem or speech to class.
Quick Quiz Friday on Chapter 4 section 2 vocabulary and gods.
Make sure workbook p. 96 is completed
Also, quiz tomorrow on Mots. 2
Study columns 1 and 2 in Premier Livre for quiz tomorrow
Do Premier Livre pgs. 6-8 ex. d,e,f
Quiz tomorrow on Mots. 2
Test next week on Chapter 3 (probably Weds-Friday)
Grade 6: None
Grade 7: Same assignment given yesterday. Note: Chapter Test on Thursday
Grade 8: None