6,7,8th grade homework

6th: Your poster presentations are due! Remember, on your poster, you should have displayed the following in an neat and creative way: Flag, recipe, story, a few cultural customs and your illustrations of your story. Also remember, if you dress up, you will earn extra credit! Don't forget your dish today, too!

7/8th Grade: Your essay (with old drafts and a works cited page) is due at the start of class. You also need to get your permission slip signed with either a yay or nay on the Lord of the Flies movie.

6,7/8 homework due on Tuesday

6th: Your final version of your short stories are due, polished with all corrections completed. Please include your rough drafts stapled behind the final. Also, if you have time this weekend, put work into your posters to prepare for the final due dates on Thursday! And remember to tell your folks that you'll be cooking with them this week!

7/8th: The first page of your final essay is due, typed and double-spaced with the proper heading included. If you bring two completed pages, you will earn an extra homework 100 grade in the gradebook! Work hard! Also, remember to bring ALL of your materials for writing the essay to class on Tuesday, as you will have the entire class period to work on this essay.

9/10th Grade homework due Monday

Your final paragraphs and illustrations are due. Remember that you can bring drafts to me tomorrow before third period Friday if you would like them returned by the end of the day. Also, start thinking about the review sheets that I passed out in class today for your exam on Thursday. We'll be doing a quiz-bowl type game on Monday for extra credit points...

6,7,8,9 and 10th Grade homework

9/10 due on Thursday: Please finish the book! And work on your project and paragraphs! I will accept drafts as late as 8:00 on Friday morning (or by third period).

6th Homework due on Friday: Literary Terms Test!

7/8th Homework due on Friday: Read chapter 11 and work on your essay! Bring all materials to work on your essay to class, as you will have at least 45 minutes to write or discuss with me.

Homework for 6/7/8th due WEdnesday

6th: Complete rough draft of short story due!

7/8th: Please read to page 162 ACTIVELY and carefully. Also, you will have your final vocabulary quiz on Wednesday as well, so be sure to study! AND-- bring all essay writing materials to class, as you will have a nice chunk of time to work on your essay with my assistance.

9/10th Grade Due Tuesday

9/10th Homework due Tuesday- We read to page 171 in class, so please continue until the page break on 221. Also, WORK ON YOUR PROJECT. PUT IN AT LEAST AN HOUR AND YOU SHOULD BE ABOUT HALFWAY DONE. For those of you who were absent from class today, please know that we defined word list six in class today. Word lists 5,6 and 7 will be on your exam, so make note cards and memory tricks and start reviewing now! Also, for those of you absent today, please complete the worksheet that we started discussing in class on Wednesday by providing ONE peice of evidence and explaining it for each theme listed on the back of the worksheet. Since these are a bit difficult, you are allowed to mark "skip" under one theme and not be penalized. You will need to turn these in to me when we meet again on Tuesday.

6/7/8th homework

6th: Please work on your short fiction (aim for two to three pages by Monday!) and study for your final vocabulary quiz (on latin and greek roots).

7/8th: Please work on your essay and read pages 118-138. Also, bring your essay materials to class on Monday and study for your vocabulary quiz which is on Wednesday.

9/10th Grade homework due Friday.

9/10th: Please read to page 156 in your texts. You do not have to read ACTIVELY this time, but you are heavily encouraged to mark passage in which you are able to identify the themes listed on your worksheet.

6,7,8th grade homework due on Wednesday

6th: First page of short story (typed) is due on Wed. Be sure to either print it out or email it to me BEFORE class

7/8th: Read to page 115 actively. Also, be sure that if you didn't finish the quiz in class on Monday, be sure that you finish it up and be prepared to turn it in at the start of class. Finally, be sure to bring all of your three texts from our reading this semester to class so that we can begin to prepare for your final writing assignment!

9/10th homework due WEdnesday

- Please read actively to page 96- Stop at the page break. Also, rest your brain for another SAT practice essay!

6,7,8th grade homework due Tuesday, Dec 2nd

6th: NO HOMEWORK! Eat lots of turkey and rest up!

7/8th: Please read to page 94 in _The Lord of the Flies_ actively. Be prepared for a reading quiz.

9/10th grade homework

9/10th: Please read the first two chapters actively in _Slaughter-House Five_, and be sure to mark any areas where you find questions for us to discuss in class. Also, please fill your bellies with great food and your hearts with gratitude for your family and friends this Thanksgiving break! Have a great one!

6/7/8th homework due on Friday

6th: Please read to page 198 ACTIVELY

7/8th: Read to page 57 ACTIVELY and carefully in Lord of the Flies

9/10thGrade homework due Thursday

9/10th Grade homework due Thursday: Please read the Tao Te Ching and select two passages that "speak" to you personally (please be sure to re-write these passages on a separate piece of paper to be turned in). Be sure to mark any connections to magical realism that you see as you are reading through the pages. Also, be sure not to spend more than an hour reading. If this text takes you longer, please stop at an hour and come speak with me. Thanks!

HONORS: Do not forget that your journal and essay are due on Thursday!

6,7,8,9 and 10th Homework due Monday and Tuesday

6th (due Tuesday): Please read to page 178

7/8th (due Tuesday): Your completed essays are due-- with your old drafts and workshopped outlines AND, of course, your WORK CITED PAGE attached as well. Failure to include any of these will result in about five points off of your paper grade.

9/10th (due Monday): Honors-- you have no formal homework, although be advised that your essay and outside reading journal are due on Thursday of this week. Non-honors: Please complete the grammar worksheets as we discussed in class on Thursday.

9/10th homework due on Thursday

9/10th: Please study for your vocabulary quiz covering lists 1-4 and complete the odd or even (depending on which you were assigned) questions on Borges' story: "The Garden of Forking Paths."

6/7/8 homework due on Wednesday

6th: please read to page 138 in Esperanza Rising

7/8th: Your completed rough draft is due at the start of class, printed out, on Wednesday. Some of you did not take advantage of your class time and did not write a third paragraph in class, so you will have to write all three remaining paragraphs before Wednesday. Please plan on coming to tutorials on Monday after school if you need help.

9/10th Homework due on Monday

9/10th: Finish reading ACTIVELY Borges "The Garden of Forking Paths"

6,7,8th Grade Homework Due Wednesday

6th: Read pages 73-93 in Esperanza Rising and look out for those Metaphors, Similes, personifications, etc!

7/8th: (Due Wednesday)Finish Animal Farm! Also, please define list four vocabulary words on notecards (Definitions, parts of speech only). If your paragraph did not earn an "A," please revise it by adding your concluding sentence or topic sentence. (Due Friday): Your introduction paragraph and your first main body paragraph TYPED rough draft version to your comparison contrast essay.

6,7,8th homework due on Monday

6th: Have a great Halloween (eat a piece of candy for me!) AND read 39-72 in Esperanza Rising

7/8th: Eat lots of candy AND read 105-126 in Animal Farm

9th / 10th Grade homework due THursday

9/10th: Your Kafka essay finals are due printed at the START of class with the old drafts and outlines attached. Don't forget that your WORKS cited page must also be completed and attached. Please plan on seeing me before Thursday if you need help!

6 and 7/8 homework due Wednesday

6th: Please complete the worksheet on the first 38 pages of Esperanza Rising

7/8th: Read chapter 7 and half of chapter 8 (stop at the bottom of page 105 after the word "windmill") Also, ORGANIZE YOUR BINDERS!!! I will check this for a grade!!!

All grades homework due Monday/Tuesday of next week

6th Due Monday: Read 1-38 in Esperanza RIsing

7/8th Due Monday: Read 61-83 in Animal Farm

9th/10th Due Tuesday: REad actively "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"

6th and 7/8 homework due Tuesday

6th: Your final paragraphs are due at the start of class either printed out or emailed to me. Remember to grade yourself on your Rubric to insure that you understand all requirements and please come see me during tutorials on Monday if you have ANY questions at all!

7/8th: Please read chapter three (54-60) and prepare for your vocabulary quiz that will cover vocabulary lists 1-3.

9th/10th Grade Homework due Monday

9th/10th homework due Monday at the START of class, printed out: Your introductory paragraph and the first two main body paragraphs are due. I expect these to be good, as you had the entire class to work on writing these. These paragrpahs should be double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point font with a proper heading on your first page.

9th grade homework due Thursday

9th: Please complete your outline as detailed as possible. Madame Laura will be reviewing these with you as the rest of the class starts their essays in class. Therefore, please bring your laptops or anything else that is helpful in writing your essays!

7/8TH grade homework due wednesday

7/8th Grade homework: Your FINAL essays are due at the start of class! Be sure to include a work cited page and attach all previous drafts and outlines to the back of that. See me before wednesday if you need help or create other drafts that I could pre-mark for you.

6-8 homework due on Wednesday

6th: 2 pargraph rough drafts from the _Banner in the Sky_ paragraph projects (USE YOUR RUBRIC AS YOUR GUIDE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMPLETING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY!)

Homework due Thursday

6th Grade: Please read from 238-256

7/8th Grade: Your complete rough draft (with all five paragraphs) is due, typed, in times new roman, 12 point font, double-spaced! Come to tutorials if I can be of any assistance!

Homework Due Tuesday

6th: Vocabulary quiz over the first four latin roots, and please read 222-237

7/8th: If you did not finish your essay outline in class, please do so before Tuesday. Due tuesday: the introduction paragraph and first main body paragraph of your essay, typed in Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced. Please remember to put a title (even if you'll change it later) and put the proper heading on the upper left hand corner of the page.

Homework due Tuesday

9th Grade: Finish the story and define list three vocabulary words on notecards.

6,7,8th Homework due on Friday

6th: Read 184-200; also, please begin studying for your vocabulary quiz on Tuesday of next week

7/8th: Finish the book! Woo hoo! Also, please select your thesis or topic for our first five-paragraph essay. We will begin working on these essays in class on Friday. Also, study for your grammar quiz on Friday as well (look at the list of terms that I gave you in class on Wednesday! Make flashcards!)

Assignments due Wednesday/Thursday

6th: Read 164--183 carefully and actively. Also, please define the words listed under the third and fourth latin roots, if you do not know them already. If you place them on note cards, you will earn 5 extra credit points on your vocabulary quiz.

7/8th: Read 160--166 and study for your vocabulary quiz over lists 1 and 2!

9th/10th: Vocabulary quiz over lists one and two, and please read Kafka pages 29--35

Homework due Monday and Tuesday:

6th Grade:

- Read 146-165
- Come up with your own sentence that will help us memorize the 9 parts of speech: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Interjection, Conjunction, Article, Pronouns
- Review Grammar notes from Friday for a small quiz (see your list of special terms).

7/8th Grade:

- Read 128--160 (be prepared for a reading quiz!)

9/10th Grade:

- Finish Section two in Metamorphosis (to page 29)
- Review your vocabulary words for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday

Thursday's homework due Tuesday

9th Grade: Final copy of Essay due at the start of class. Please include (in this order): Essay final, work cited page, two drafts (or more if you have more), outline, and workshopping sheet from class period last. Bring Kafka to class!

Wednesday's homework due Monday

6th: Vocabulary quiz covering words from our Latin root list that include uses of the roots: Port and Form. Be sure you know what these roots mean and how to use them to define the words on the list. Also, please read from 115-125 in Banner.

7/8th: Define vocabulary words from list two on a notecard (one side must have the word and on the back, please put the definition and part of speech). We will develop memory tricks and sentences together in class, so you don't need to worry about those. Also, please read 98-111 in the text.

Homework assigned Tuesday due Thursday

9th: Complete rough draft is due (minus the conclusion, if you prefer). Remember to staple the first two paragraphs we worked on in class to the back of the paper. Please come see me during tutorials if you need any help.

Monday's homework due Wednesday

6th Grade: Read to page 114 (ACTIVELY!). Take notes specifically on conflict and changing character. You will be asked to write a paragraph (with quotations as evidence) in class, so the more you prepare, the better!

7/8th: 1) Read pages 87-97 in MMDU and 2) Type an organized paragraph response to the question handed out on the sheet (Do you believe what Marlo Morgan is telling us?).

thursday homework due monday

6th: Read to page 88 ACTIVELY (Take notes in your book while you read!)

7/8th: Read actively to page 86 in your text and study for the vocabulary quiz you will have on Monday (first eight words... list one).

Spoken word; no homework

6/7th/8th homework due Monday

6th: Read to page 88 ACTIVELY (Take notes in your book while you read!)

7/8th: Read actively to page 86 in your text and study for the vocabulary quiz you will have on Monday (first eight words... list one).

Spoken word; no homework

6/7th/8th homework due Monday

6th: Read to page 88 ACTIVELY (Take notes in your book while you read!)

7/8th: Read actively to page 86 in your text and study for the vocabulary quiz you will have on Monday (first eight words... list one).

Spoken word; no homework

Assignments from Friday

Spoken word: no homework over the weekend

9th/10th: 1) Read Kafka pages 3-5 (twice. Carefully. Underline what you notice) 2) Paragraphs one and two of your essay are due (just the rough drafts. Do your best but don't loose sleep).

Homework Assigned on Wednesday

9/10th Grade: Please read chapters 7 and 9 from McCloud. Also, by Friday's class, you should CERTAINLY have your thesis picked out and your introductory paragraph for the essay due next Thursday. I will check that you have your thesis, but writing an intro paragraph is not required (it will help you, however).

Homework Assigned on Tuesday

6th Grade due Thursday: 1) Define vocabulary (first two roots) and

7/8th: Period 4: NO HOMEWORK (somehow, your class is ahead!) Period 5: Please read ACTIVELY to page 59 (if you have not done so already).

Spoken Word: once you submit both "This I believe" components, you have no homework this week

Homework Assigned Monday, Sept. 8

Spoken Word: Today in class we finished MOST of the student recordings. Since we'll still be recording tomorrow during class, you will have NO HOMEWORK because you can finish your "500 words or less" response to NPR which explains why you chose this topic in your "This I believe" essay. I will need both the copy of your final essay (if you have not sent it to me already) and your explaination by Wednesday's class.

9/10th Grade: Please read chapters 4 and 5 in McCloud, and remember that you have your first vocabulary/grammar quiz on Friday. Be mindful of your essay due next Thursday as well (How has studying Scott McCloud's _Understanding Comics_ helped prepare you for our studies of Magical Realism?).

Homework Due Monday/Tuesday

6th Grade due Tuesday: Please read pages 34-59

Spoken word due monday: Just continue to practice your piece so that you can be prepared to record it on Monday. You do NOT need to prepare anything new this weekend.

7/8th Grade due Tuesday: Please read to page 59 from _Mutant Message_. You must read actively and take good notes on what you find intriguing during your read. Also, be SURE to transfer your vocabulary definitions to notecards this weekend if you have not already, and practice those first eight words twice, at least.

Homework Due Friday/Monday

6th Grade Due Friday: Choice Book summer reading project!

7/8th Grade Due Friday: Plot Map Summer reading choice book project!

9/10th Grade Due Monday: Read to page 70 CAREFULLY (actively) and define words from vocabulary list one (put them on note cards, and unless you have been cleared from this, be sure to develope a memory trick to teach the class).

Spoken word due Friday: Email me your "This I believe" essay BEFORE class on Friday. Be prepared on Friday to read your second draft aloud to the class. We will be recording these on Monday.

Homework assigned on Tuesday, Sept. 2

Spoken Word; No homework due Wednesday. Please note that a typed copy of your finalized "This I believe" essay must be printed and turned in on Friday. You must also email me a copy of that essay by Friday (kim.gardner@bridgeschoolboulder.org) BEFORE class to earn full credit.

Magical Realism: Please read 24-37 in _Understanding Comics_ and answer the accomanying worksheet. Also note that your PLOT MAP for your choice book is due on Thursday as well.

Friday assignments

Sixth grade due Wednesday: 1) Read chapter one from _Banner in the Sky_ and TIME YOURSELF. Be sure to write down when you started reading and when you completed the assignment. 2) Bring _A Single Shard_ to class for one more day! 3) Get started on your "Choice Book" project which is due on Friday of next week (9/5)

Spoken Word due tuesday: Rough draft of your "This I believe" essay is due to be read aloud in class on Tuesday. Come prepared. Practice reading your essay aloud at home this weekend!

7/8th Grade English due wednesday: Work on your Choice Book Plot Map (Due Friday!) and, due Wednesday, please read pages 1-17 in Mutant Message Down Under. Be sure to mark spots in the book where you find interesting points, or where you find questions. Also be sure to look up any words that you do not know, and write the definition in the book to use as a reference later. ALSO- BE SURE TO TIME YOURSELF AS YOU READ THESE PAGES. I will ask you to report back to me, and I will use this class average as a way to decide the pages... so contribute to the average!

Thursday's homework post

6th Grade due Friday: Two written paragraphs (see assignment handout)

7/8th due Friday: Oops! I didn't plan well enough, and at the end of class, you all escaped without my homework assignment... so no homework!

9/10 due Tuesday: 1) Plot map due Friday of next week 2) Anyone declaring to sign the HONORS Contract must do so at the start of class on Tuesday 3)DJQ: Please write one organized paragraph in which you identify one element of magical realism from The House of Spirits BEYOND page 25. Be sure to find evidence (a quote) and explain the evidence carefully by providing analysis.

Thursday's homework post

6th Grade due Friday: Two written paragraphs (see assignment handout)

7/8th due Friday: Oops! I didn't plan well enough, and at the end of class, you all escaped without my homework assignment... so no homework!

9/10 due Tuesday: 1) Plot map due Friday of next week 2) Anyone declaring to sign the HONORS Contract must do so at the start of class on Tuesday 3)DJQ: Please write one organized paragraph in which you identify one element of magical realism from The House of Spirits BEYOND page 25. Be sure to find evidence (a quote) and explain the evidence carefully by providing analysis.

Thursday's homework post

6th Grade due Friday: Two written paragraphs (see assignment handout)

7/8th due Friday: Oops! I didn't plan well enough, and at the end of class, you all escaped without my homework assignment... so no homework!

9/10 due Tuesday: 1) Plot map due Friday of next week 2) Anyone declaring to sign the HONORS Contract must do so at the start of class on Tuesday 3)DJQ: Please write one organized paragraph in which you identify one element of magical realism from The House of Spirits BEYOND page 25. Be sure to find evidence (a quote) and explain the evidence carefully by providing analysis.

7/8th Homework Due Tuesday

7th:
- Essay due Thursday (with previous drafts attached and a work cited page)
- Performances of scenes are also on Thursday
- Any grammar corrections for added points are due at the latest by Tuesday's class.
- Last grammar quiz on Tuesday!

8th:
- Final Essay due on Tuesday! (With drafts and work cited page)
- Be actively memorizing your lines, as the performances will be this coming Thursday!

6/9th: homework due Monday

6th: Poem number 18: Concrete Poem
- Read _DUst_ 153-189

9th:
- Rehearse your lines!
- Practice your vocabulary
- Prepare for your exams!

7/8th Grade Homework Due Friday

7th:
- Complete Rough draft of Shakespeare Essay due WITH a work cited page for full credit

8th:
- Grammar quiz
- Memorize 14 lines (due next thursday, but start rehearsing!)
- Essay due on Tuesday...

6th/9th Grade homework due Thursday

6th:

- Read actively pages 133-153 in _Dust_
- Type a minimum of one poem to be submitted to the literary mag.

9th:

- Memorize your vocabulary words for your exam! We'll have a contest for one point extra credit for the exam....!!!
- Start memorizing your 14 lines for R&J
- Create one question to turn in that would be good for an exam-essay response based on our studies of Romeo and Juliet.

7/8th Grade homework due Wed.

7th:
- Typed introduction and main body paragraph with correct format

8th:
- Grammar quiz
- Memorize your assigned Shakespeare lines

6/9th Homework Due Tuesday

6th:
- read Dust pages 114-133
- Write poem number 11 (no style restrictions but to include one metaphor and one simile)

9th:
- Choose your 14 lines!
- Write memory tricks for words 25-35 or memorize them
- Read 5.1 and 5.2 actively and carefully for a reading quiz (mark whatever questions you have so that you may ask them before I give you your quiz).

7/8th grade homework due on Monday

7th:
- Grammar quiz (unless you have scored out of these)
- Outline worksheet is due!

8th:
- Grammar quiz
- Rough draft of essay due
- Bring your Shakespeare Shrew book to class!

6/9th Homework due Friday

6th:
- Type and print out two of your favorite poems that you have created so far. Be sure to title them!
- Read actively pages 95-114

9th:
- Memorize or create memorization tricks for vocabulary words 13-24 for your exam
- Read ACTIVELY 3.5

7/8th Grade homework due Thursday

7th:
1) Make Grammar Corrections from the previous quiz
2) Write your thesis for your FINAL essay on paper to turn in.

8th:
1) I only got two folks' intro paragraph and main body... get those in to me ASAP.
2) BRing laptops to class to work on essay on Thursday-

6/9th Grade homework due Wednesday

6th Grade: (Most of you finished these assignments in class Friday, but if you did not, please do so before Wednesday)
- Please write Free Verse poem number four. It must include one simile, one metaphor, one line with only one word that is super special, and a title that has repeating sounds in it.
- Please also read pages 71-95 actively in the text

9th Grade:
- Make up memory tricks for vocabulary words (the first 12 on the sheet) OR memorize their meaning (i'll check to see that you have done one or the other)
- Please read 3.1 and 3.2 ACTIVELY (prepare for a reading quiz, which means that you should be marking down the sections that are confusing or where you want to remember to ask questions BEFORE the quiz)

7/8th Homework Due Tuesday

7th: Finish the play actively! Begin thinking about what thesis you want to use to begin your argument for your last essay of the year! Your chosen thesis must be presented to me by next Thursday!

8th: Please develop/write your introductory paragraph and first main body paragraph. Bring these in TYPED, double-spaced, in a formal format.

6/9th Homework due Friday

6th:
- Compose poems assignment one and two. Poem two must have 2 similes include in it, and poem three must have one metaphor. Be sure to title your two poems.
- Read _Dust_ 51-72 ACTIVELY. I will check your book to see that you are marking similes, metaphors and important language/images at the start of class.

9th:
- Create note cards for your exam vocabulary words! (And if you have time, begin creating memory tricks to learn these words). Remember, we've practiced learning vocabulary words all year; be diligent. You have plenty of time to learn these words well!

7/8 homework

7th and 8tH:
Grammar and vocabulary quiz! (just 51-70)

7/8th Grade homework due Tuesday

7th:
- Please read act 5 scene 1 (about 350 lines, which is longer than you have read before, so please don't put this off until tonight).
- VOcabulary/grammar quiz on THURSDAY of next week

8th:
- Outline worksheet due on Tuesday
- Bring your purchased copy of Taming of the Shrew to class!
- VOcabulary/grammar quiz on THURSDAY of next week

6/9th homework due monday

6th:
- Read Dust to page 29 ACTIVELY

9th:

- Final research essay due (with WCP, hand written and all typed drafts included!)

6/9th Grade homework due Thursday

6th:
- Poetry Journals must be brought to class
- Projects and paragraph DRAFTS and ROUGH DRAFTS are due

9th:

- Read 1.3 ACTIVELY and prepare for a quiz on 1.1--1.3

7/8 grade homework due Wednesday

7th:
- Define words (51-61) if you have not done so already
- Revise any grammar sentences that you missed from the last grammar quiz
- Read act four, scene one, lines 27-163 in Much Ado actively...

8th:
- Define words (51-61) if you have not done so already
- Revise any grammar sentences that you missed from the last grammar quiz
- Read Act Five scene 2 actively

6/9 Homework due Tuesday

6th:

-Make vocabulary note cards (with memory tricks) for list four
- Work on your paragraphs (rough draft of two paragraphs, typed) and work on your visual project (due thursday)!

9th:

- Read 1.1. as carefully as possible and mark areas where you have questions
- Work on your essay due Monday, April 22nd

7/8th grade homework due MOnday

7th:

- Please actively and carefully read (3.3-4)

8th:

- Please read act 5.1

7/8th homework due on Thursday

7th:
- Grammar/Vocabulary quiz (NOT words 51-61)
- Finish act 3 scene 2 (1 and a half pages)

8th:
- Grammar/vocabulary quiz
- Finish act four scene three

6/9th Grade homework due wednesday

6th:
-Grammar and vocabulary quiz
- Please read pages 198-210

9th Grade;
- Your typed rough draft is due with your handwritten draft attached for full credit (otherwise, it is up to 20% off). If you were not in class today, you must come speak with me if you need additional time; otherwise you will be expected to turn in the draft as well. Good luck and please come see me with any questions!

7/8th grade homework due Tuesday

7th:

* If you have yellow slips that need to be signed by your parents, have them signed!
* Finish Shakespeare ACTIVELY act three scene one(prepare for a quiz by marking questions that you need to ask at the start of class).
* Study vocabulary and grammar for quiz on Thursday

8th:

* If you have yellow slips that need to be signed by your parents, have them signed!
* Finish act three ACTIVELY (prepare for a quiz and mark whatever questions you have).
* Study vocabulary and grammar for quiz on Thursday

6/9 homework due Monday, April 7th

6th:
- Study your vocabulary lists (1-3) to prepare for the quiz on Friday!
- Read pages 181-197
- If you have yellow slips to get signed, GET THEM SIGNED!

9th:
YOU ALL MUST BE READY TO ROCK ON YOUR DRAFTS MONDAY. failure TO BE PREPARED WILL RESULT IN A PHONE CALL TO YOUR PARENTS. Being prepared means: having all needed note cards and beginning to write the draft within 60 seconds of my call to start. If you cannot complete this, and if you waste this time, you will be severely penalized.

6th / 9th Grade homework due Thursday, April 3rd

6th:
- Read pages 160-181 actively in Holes
- Define word list three from Despereaux list (we've got to get through that!) :-)

9th:
- Please make SURE that your thesis and your topic sentences are solidly prepared and that you are ready to begin the writing process during class on Thursday. No one came in to tutorials Monday or Tuesday, which was quite worrisome to me... remember: I have a faculty meeting after school on Wed. and will not be available after school.
- BRING YOUR NOTECARDS TO CLASS TO AIDE IN YOUR ESSAY WRITING!

7th/8th Grade homework due Wednesday April 2

7th: Finish act 2 scene i (pages 53-59). Also, have your yellow slips signed if you have any. Read these four text pages carefully, and be sure to mark any places where you need to ask for clarification at the start of next class. I will give everyone ample time to ask questions, and then I will give you a reading quiz, so be sure to mark what you don't understand!

8th: Finish act 2 scene iii and have your yellow slips signed if you have any. Read these four text pages carefully, and be sure to mark any places where you need to ask for clarification at the start of next class. I will give everyone ample time to ask questions, and then I will give you a reading quiz, so be sure to mark what you don't understand!

6th and 9th grade homework due Tuesday after break

6th Grade:

Please read through page 160 in Holes. I will be checking your book on Tuesday to see that you read ACTIVELY over the spring break. If you have any questions as to what this means, you must speak to me about it on Monday, before class on Tuesday.

9th Grade:

Please complete the reading of Old Man and the Sea ACTIVELY. I will be checking your text on Tuesday to see that you did read actively. If you have questions about this, please see me before Tuesday to discuss.

Also, since we will begin writing the drafts of your research papers on Thursday of this week, you must have your thesis and topic sentences completed by class on Tuesday if you did not already finish this before the break. Again, if you have questions about this or if you are unsure as the validity of your topic sentences, you MUST see me BEFORE class on Tuesday (preferably come to tutorials on Monday afternoon from 3:30 until 4:00).

7/8th Homework due Monday, 31st

the only homework that I am requiring you to do over the break is have your vocabulary quizzes signed IF you did not make above a 70.

Also, if you did not already show me your vocabulary definitions, please do them over the break and show them to me for partial credit when we return (7th Grade only)

6/9th Homework due Thursday, March 20

6th:

- Please read pages 41--68 in Holes.

9th:

- Please read 54-74 in Old Man...
- Also, please bring all note cards relevant to your research thesis to class. We'll be organizing our outlines for the paper!

7/8th grade homework due 3/19

7th:

- Grammar quiz (on integrating quotes)
- Define the next word list (51-60)

8th:

- Vocab/grammar quiz

6th/9th homework due Tuesday

6th:

- Vocabulary/grammar quiz
- Read to page 41 (actively)

9th:

- Vocabulary/grammar quiz
- Read through page 54 (ACTIVELY)

7/8th homework due on Monday

7th Grade:

Just a vocabulary quiz! (all words from the left hand side)

8th Grade:

No homework, but be sure that your essay is in. And you will have a vocabulary/grammar quiz on Wednesday plus shakespeare reading, so start studying your vocabulary now!)

7/8th Grade homework DUe Thursday, March 13

7th:

- Essay is due (with all old rough drafts and a works cited pages attached).

8th:

- Essay is due (with all old rough drafts and a works cited page attached). Also, please define words 41-50 on the Vocabulary list.

6th/9th Grade homework Due Wed, March 12

6th:

- Your four final paragraphs (polished and edited) are due at the start of class (make sure you print BEFORE class if you need to print). Also, be sure that you attach all of your old drafts to the final copy, and if you did not finish reading to page 15 in class or fill out the worksheet, please finish reading to page 15 and fill out the questions on the class worksheet.

9th:

- Read pages 30-45 ACTIVELY (pretend I'm making that dorky "re-ead" movement with my hands)

6/9 homework due monday, march 10

6th:

Three rough draft paragraphs on Tale of Des. are due at the start of class

9th:

Please have a total of 30 note cards for the primary research paper and read from page 19-30 in Old Man and the Sea.

7/8th Grade English due Friday

No homework if you attend the play!

If you do not attend, please write a one page reflection peice where you state what you believe the Human Condition is. Please incorporate at least two semi-colons and label the commas that you use after you print it out!

6th/9th Grade homework due Thursday 3/6

6th:

- Finish the book actively! Remember to look for evidence that you can use on the Paragraph Project that is due on Monday! (Pages 246-270)
- Remember to bring your lap tops to class on Thursday, as we will be devoting a large chunk of class time to this paragraph project!

Reminder: Paragraph Project is due Monday, March 10th (typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font with proper formal heading on the first page!).

9th:

- Short Story due (with the worksheet answers, at least one ILLUSTRATION, AND all previous drafts attached). Be sure that you see me during tutorials after school (between 3:30 and 4:00 on Tuesday) if you need help with comma issues that I have marked on your draft.
-Also, don't forget to bring _The Old Man and The Sea_ with you to class from this point forward.

7th/8th Grade homework due Wed 3/5

- Get your permission slips signed, whether or not you can come to the play on Thursday.

- Rough Draft (sans conclusion) is due with the previous worksheet-outline and old version of your introduction paragraph. Remember, one quote is okay, two is better!

6th/9th Homework due Tuesday, March 4th

6th:
- Vocab (list one from Despereaux) quiz and Grammar quiz (semi-colons and colons)
- And if you've been struggling to bring your materials to class lately, be reminded that I will be checking to see that you have your book and writing utensil, or you will loose points for class participation.

9th:
- Vocab and grammar quiz (the grammar quiz will have a focus on integrating quotes into text rather than D comma).
- Keep in mind that your short story is due Thursday! Be working on that this weekend, as well as your research note cards if you have fallen behind. Also, note to kids seeking extra credit: the Adrift book club will meet in less than two weeks, so get that reading done this weekend, too!

7th/8th Grade homework due Monday, March 3

7th Grade:

-For those of you who still need to have your complete outline and your introduction paragraph approved, YOU MUST DO SO NOW! Remember, your completed draft (minus a conclusion) is due in my hands THIS THURSDAY... work on writing that THIS WEEKEND!
- Study for your vocabulary and grammar quiz! (Grammar rules: A,B,C) Your vocabuary quiz will be matching.

8th Grade:

- Get your act together! Come to class with your outline complete and filled out on the worksheet that I gave you. Follow directions. Write your introductory paragraph on a computer, double-spaced and PRINT it out! Do not come to class without these things completed without seeing me first, or I will not be pleased.
- You have a vocabulary and a grammar quiz.
- The rough draft of your essay is due THIS THURSDAY... start writing that this weekend!

7/8th grade homework

Outline for essay due on thursday WITH the introductory paragraph typed, double-spaced.

Please see me during tutorials if you need more help.

Writers' Workshop homework due Tuesday, Feb 26

Please read Sammy Marquis' short story for comments, questions, suggestions and concerns.

6/9th Grade homework due Wed, Feb 27th

6th:
- Read pages 151-188
- Write an organized paragraph with the topic sentences that argues Desperaux is a character who is associated with both the light AND the dark in this novel. Remember, you may hand write this, but proof read it for comma mistakes and proper quotation format.

9th:
- Please read pages 283-300
- Please write one organized paragraph where you come up with a theory on why chapter 92 (the longest chapter by FAR in this novel) is in this text. In other words, what is the function of this chapter? Please create an organized topic sentence and provide one or two quotations as proof of your claim (there is no right or wrong argument, only ones that are stronger or weaker). Create a strong argument!

7/8 homework

Finish the book! ( Pages 271--293)

- Also keep in mind that your essay outline will be due on Thursday of next week.

6/9th grade homework due Monday

6th Grade:

- Define list one words from the new vocabulary list (if you were NOT in class today, be SURE to come by and pick up a new vocabulary list from me)

- Read to page 151 in the text, and pay particular attention to the developing symbols of light and dark...

- For those of you who did not, for whatever reason, turn in your short story (plus old drafts, the illustrations and the worksheet completed), PLEASE DO SO ASAP! (Of course, some of you have been excused until Monday, in which case, I look forward to reading your stories on Monday!)

9th Grade:

- Completed rough draft of story due in class...

- Read to page 283 in Life of Pi, with the intention of deciding why this LONGER chapter exists... take a stab at it!

7/8th Grade Homework Due Friday

- Read to page 263 (ACTIVELY!) Don't be suprised if I check to see that you are reading actively by perusing your book!

- Keep in mind, too, that your essay outlines are due next week (the 28th)

6th/9th homework due Thursday, Feb

6th:

- Your final draft of your short story is due at the start of class. Please be sure to include your previous drafts behind the final draft, as well as your two illustrations. Be SURE to include your worksheet, filled out completely, to earn all possible points.

- If you did not finish reading to page 113 in class, please do complete the reading.

9th:

- 15 notecards related to your thesis are due in class on Thursday.
- If you did not complete the reading (to page 255) in class, please do so.
- Also, don't forget to be working on your short story AND, for those of you who are reading Adrift, remember that our discussion is about three weeks away!

7th/8th Homework due Wednesday, Feb

7th:
- Vocabulary quiz and read to page 237 (and since we didn't discuss your thesis today in class, be sure to remember them until next week!)

8th Grade:

- Read to page 244 and grammar quiz
(Also, we'll be discussing your chosen thesis)

6th and 9th grade homework due Friday, Feb 15

6th:

- Read to page 91
- Vocabulary and Grammar quiz (All sounder words, but there are only four new ones, I think)

9th:

- Vocabulary quiz and grammar C review
- Bring all of your research materials to class on Friday for some in class research time (remember, the first chunk of notecards will be due next Thursday)
- As was assigned on Monday, complete reading to page 232

6/9th grade homework due Wed. Feb 13

6th:

The Rough Draft of your short story is due! (and remember: your vocabulary quiz is on Friday)

9th:

Story pages 1-2 are due in class tomorrow...
(Remember: life of Pi reading to page 232 is due on Friday)

7/8th grade homework due Thursday, Feb 12 (Valentines day!)

Please read to page 224 and select your essay topic of choice.

8th Grade only:
Vocabulary quiz!

6/9 homework due monday, feb 11

6th:

- Read to page 45 ACTIVELY

9th

- Read to page 197 (if you did not finish it in class. Use this weekend to work on either your short story or your research note cards... or both!). Do NOT forget to bring your story into class on MOnday, as we will be in the computer lab working together on your story.

7th/8th HOmework due Feb. 11 (tuesday)

Read to page 205 and define list three vocabulary words (21-30).

7th/8th Grade homework due Friday, Feb 8th

7th Grade:

- Your quotation test is Friday. The best way to study is by reviewing the quotations we've discussed at length in class and review the themes/main ideas that we discussed as well. Please come in to tutorials on Thursday if you would like to review together.

8th Grade:

- Please read to page 185 before class (carefully!). I know this is a confusing bit of text, but it is your responsibility to read it carefully and to come see before class with any questions.

6th/9th Grade homework Due Thursday, Feb 7

6th Grade:

- Page one of your short story (as rough a draft as you are comfortable with) is due in class today, typed (double-spaced).

- Define vocabulary words from Sounder chapter 4

9th Grade:

- Define vocabulary words from list 10

- Read to page 177 in the text

- Your three sources for the secondary source paper are due in class. Remember that one source should be a book, one needs to be an article, the third is up to you. I assigned this over a month ago, and very few students have come to speak with me... so I am assuming you are all on track! I hope to see evidence of this on Thursday!

7th / 8th grade homework due Wed, feb 6

7th:

- Read to page 185 ACTIVELY
- Remember: your quotation ID test has been moved to Friday

8th:
- Read to page 162
- Study for your quotation ID test!! (which is Wednesday!)

6th/9th grade homework due Tuesday, Feb 5

6th Grade:

- Finish Sounder!

9th Grade:

- Bring _Adrift_ to class today if you want to declare yourself part of the extra credit movement! Failure to bring the physical text (or order form) will mean you will not earn all the extra credit.

- Read to page 159 carefully in The Life of Pi.

7th/8th Homework due Monday, Feb 4

Read pages 125--156 carefully. Remember that on Monday in class, we will be practicing for our Quote ID test on Wed., so read these pages in prep for a practice test on Monday.

6th/9th grade homework due Friday, feb 1st

6th:
- Vocabulary quiz on _Sounder_ words chapters 1-3 (you will also be asked to create sentences with lists and items in a series..."C" comma rule).

- Finish reading chapter seven if you did not do so already in class

9th:
- Vocabulary quiz over lists 8&9 (with "C" grammar rule)
- Grammar worksheet
- Read pages 132-137

6th and 9th grade homework due Wednesday, Jan 30

6th Grade:

Please read chapter 6 (pages 76-82).
Also, you should be reviewing your vocabulary words for the quiz on Friday!

9th Grade:

Please read to page 132 by class time on Wednesday (and you have a vocabulary quiz on Friday as well!).

7/8th grade homework due Tuesday

1) Prepare for Jeopardy!
2) Read to page 116

6th/9th grade homework due January 28 (monday)

6th:

-Read pages 60-75 in Sounder

9th:

- Prepare for English Jeopardy! (Categories: 1) Life of Pi Themes and Facts 2) grammar problems rules a,b and c 3) Vocabulary words over lists 8 and 9 4) Research procedures 5) Literary devices for prose 6) Wild Card!)

7/8th Grade homework due Friday, Jan 25

7th Grade:

Read actively to page 94

8th Grade:

Read actively to page 104

6th and 9th Grade homework due Thursday, Jan 24

6th Grade:

- A number of you were absent today, so be sure to catch up on the reading material. We covered chapter two in-depth today. For homework, please read chapter 3 and define the few vocabulary words from the second and third chapters. Also, if you missed class, please come see me to find out what you missed! :-)

9th:

- Please read actively to page 93 (the end of Part one).

7th/8th grade homework due Wed. January 23

7th Grade:

- Please read to page 75 in the text (actively!)

8th Grade:

- Please read to page 86 (actively!)

6th and 9th grade homework due Tuesday, January 22

6th Grade:

Vocabulary quiz over list one only (9 words from chapter one of _Sounder_)

9th Grade:

1) Read _The Life of Pi_ pages 45--60

2) Vocabulary quiz on list 8 (ten words)

7th and 8th grade homework due Friday, January 18

7th Grade and 8th Grade:

1) Vocabulary quiz (7th grade, you will be able to choose your own format as we discussed today).

2) Interview a friend/family member (preferably over the age of 60). Your job is to discover what experiences this person remembers having during the civil rights movement. Do they remember experiences of racial tension? Be sure to ask permission to share their stories with our class. Remember, also, to write down what you are hearing in order to preserve their memories the best you can.

* Remember that both classes have reading due on Wednesday. 7th grade needs to be to page 70 by the start of class, and 8th grade needs to be to page 86 at the start of class. DO NOT PUT THIS OFF UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! My intention is that you read about 7-10 pages an evening. If you are struggling to do so, please come see me.

6/9th Grade homework

6th grade:

1) Interview a family member who remembers the 50s/60s and the civil rights movement. The interview does not need to be long, but you should be able to jot down a few memories that you can share with the class. Topics that you can ask about include: personal experience with racial tensions/ MLK Jr's speeches, marches, death / bus boycotts, etc. While you are giving the interview, be sure to write down what you are hearing.

2) Write an organized paragraph where you present your findings from this interview. The paragraph does not need to be long, but should certainly be over six sentences. Please be sure to proof read your paragraph to avoid loosing points for grammar mistakes.

9th Grade:

Please read to page 45 in _The Life of Pi_. Be sure to read actively, especially paying close attention to the dichotomies that we discussed in class together.

7th and 8th grade homework due Wednesday, Jan 16

7th Grade:

Read chapters 1-3 in Huck Finn ACTIVELY!

8th Grade:

Read to page 22, actively.

6/9th grade homework due Tuesday 15th

6th Grade;

Please finish chapter one in _Sounder_ and define the words from chapter one on your vocabulary list.

9th Grade:

Please read actively from _The Life of Pi_ to page 25.

7th and 8th grade homework due 1/14

No homework! Be sure to rest up and work on centering yourself and finding focus for the semester's start!

6/9th grade homework due Friday, Jan 11

6th and 9th grade:

NO HOMEWORK (except to rest and center yourself for the semester ahead!)