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
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
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
- 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, September 18, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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?).
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?).
Friday, September 12, 2008
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
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
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
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).
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).
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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
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
Monday, September 8, 2008
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?).
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?).
Friday, September 5, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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.
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.
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