7/8th grade homework due Wed.

Please bring in a little bit of food (whatever you want) that is enough to share a little bit with at least five other folks (sleeve of cookies, etc.-- but ask your mom if it's okay first BEFORE you take food out of her pantry!!!) to celebrate the end of the semster together! We'll be playing with poems and words on Wednesday, so get excited! I can't waiT!

7/8th grade homework due Friday, December 10

Please choose one topic that you generated on your reading quiz IN CLASS today on the short story entitled, "The Necklace," to develop into a paragraph response. Most of you were able to at least get to start this in class on Wednesday. If you were not in class on Wednesday, please write one paragraph (5-8 sentences) where you argue what you felt like was the biggest climax in the short story, "The Necklace." Please use ONE quotation from the story as evidence and be sure to explain how the quotation is climactic. Do not work more than 30 minutes on this paragraph.

7/8th homework due Wednesday

Please write down one to five questions about the story, "The Necklace" that we read in class today. Your questions should each contain one literary term in them. Then, choose one of your questions to answer in a 5 to 8 sentence paragraph (skip lines!).

7/8th Homework due Friday

On Friday, we will hold our "Allegory Olympics!" In order to prepare, be sure to finish, type and print out your works for the four events. Don't work too hard at home, though. If you aren't able to complete an entry in EACH event, that is okay. Just be sure you feel good about the work you are doing.

7/8th Grade homework Due Wednesday

There is no homework, officially, due on Wednesday; however, the ALLEGORY OLYMPICS are on Friday, and you must submit artwork as explained on the ALLEGORY OLYMPICS event sheet (you have a total of four events: Poetry, Artwork, Titles and DRAMATIC SCENE). You will be allowed to continue working on this in class on Wednesday, and we will compete on Friday! Please email me with Questions.

7/8th HOmework due after the break

SOme of you have a few minor corrections to make on your paragraph drafts before submitting them as final work on Monday after break. I wrote specifics for you on a yellow post-it, if you are required to make corrections. Otherwise, please polish up and print out your work and be prepared to hand it in! Great job, guys! I'm so proud of you, and have a great Thanksgiving!

9/10th Grade homework due Tuesday after T-giving break

9/10th: Please read actively through the end of Chapter two in _Slaughter-House Five_.

7/8th Grade homework due Friday

Each of you has a yellow post-it note with my individualized homework assignment written down for you. It is stuck to the draft of your paragraph(s) that we went over in class together on Wednesday. Please contact me if you have misplaced your post-it note (memory jog: you are all still working on a paragraph or paragraph(s), either in the writing phase or the correcting phase). Bring your work on Friday, printed out, please! :)

9/10th grade homework due Thursday

1) Your final short story is due on Thursday printed out in formal format. 2) If you weren't here to turn in your SAT essay, or if you hvae not completed that, please remember that this is due Thursday as well.

7/8th grade homework due wed.

You each have individualized assignments due tomorrow, but they all involve progress in your paragraph assignments. Please review the note that I wrote with you recording your individual assignment on your draft that we discussed on Monday. Please remember that, as with ALL drafts, you earn 100 percent for giving this your best shot (in 30 minutes). These paragraphs will not be graded until your final project is due.

7/8th Grade homeworkk due Monday

If you have not completed reading chapter ten actively, please do so (that was due on Friday). Due Monday: Please take one of the highlighted topic sentences from the work you did that I handed back on Friday, and develop that into an argumentative paragraph about _Animal Farm_. You will need to prove your topic sentence by developing a paragraph that has TWO quotations as evidence. Remember to introduce your quotation, give it and explain how it proves your topic clearly. I am hoping your paragraphs will be more than or at lesat 8 sentences.

9/10th Grade homework due TUESDAY

9/10th: 1) Please read actively the excerpts from _The Tao Te Ching_ including the forward to the text and the first 1-23 sections. 2) Please select two lines from _The Tao_ and use those two lines to complete your SAT essay practice.

8/7th Grade homework due Wednesday

1) Since the printer was down, your literary terms quiz has been postponed untiL Wednesday's class. Please review your literary terms packet and be sure that you feel comfortable identifying these elements in chapters 7, 8 and 9 in _Animal Farm_. 2) If you have not finished reading chapters 7, 8 and 9 actively, please do so BEFORE Wednesday.

7/8th Grade homework due on Monday

All semester thus far, we have been looking at the way literary devices can be used to help us break apart our reading into smaller, more managable discussion topics. This weekend, I would like you to spend no more than a half hour reveiwing the literary terms packet that we have been using as our foundation. Please review the major literary devices and their smaller components in your packet. On Monday, I will give you a small paragraph (a VERY SHORT STORY!) and ask you to evaluate some of the literary elements in this paragraph. You will not be able to use your literary terms packet, so you will have to rely on your memory of these terms to answer these questions. Have a great weekend!

9/10 homework due Tuesday

Please read ACTIVELY and CAREFULLY Jorge Luis Borges's short story, "A Garden of Forking Paths." It's short, so be sure you read it closely.

7/8th grade homework due Friday and Monday

due Friday: Please read actively chapter 9 (and I will be checking on Friday that you have actively read 7 and 8 as well).

Due Monday: You will have a quiz over the literary terms that we have been studying all semester. Please be sure that you fully understand the terms, how to use them, and how to identify them within a book to be fully prepared for this quiz.

7/8th grade homework due WEd. and 9/10th Due Thursday

7/8th: Since I was ill and absent yesterday, please don't worry about any assignment other than to spend a half hour reviewing your literary terms for an informal (ungraded) evaluation tomorrow.

9/10th: Please take the 25 minute, sample-SAT essay and study for a grammar quiz (only rules 12A,B and C and 14A and 16F).

7/8th Grade homework due Monday

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND! GREAT JOB ON YOUR PARAGRAPHS TODAY IN CLASS! Take the weekend off and enjoy a fabulous Halloween! :)

8th Grade homework due Friday

8th: Read chapter seven actively (meaning that I expect you to mark at least two important things-- names, new characters, events, etc.-- per page!

9/10th Homework due Thursday

9/10th: 1) Please CLOSE READ the first THREE PARAGRAPH of Marquez's short story, "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World." 2) Please finish the REST Of the short story as well, but you do not have to do so completely actively (just mark one important thing per page). 3) If you are in Honors, please BUY YOUR HONORS BOOK IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY! :)

8th grade homework due Wed.

Please make notecards for Unit four vocabulary words (definitions, a picture and the part of speech on the back of the notecards). Also, choose TWO out of the FOUR exercises to do to support your understanding of these words.

homework due Wednesday and Tuesday

8th grade due Wednsday: Please read ACTIVELY in _Animal Farm_ chapter five.

9/10th: Please finish reading "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," if you have not done so in class. Also, your FINAL ESSAY IS DUE WITH OLD DRAFTS AND WORKS CITED PAGE

8th grade homework due Friday

1) Read chapter four-- which is only 8 pages, and 2) Study/review Unit three vocabulary words for quiz on MONDAY.

9/10th grade homework due Thursday

Please write your introduction and first main body paragraph (TYPED and double-spaced with a formal heading). Print out and bring to class with your outline. Be SURE your main body paragraph has close reading!

8th Grade homework due on Wednesday

-- Please read actively chapter three, and be sure to note the important elements in your book by writing in your book! :)

8th Grade homework due Friday

Read _Animal Farm_, chapter one, actively!!!

9/10th Due Tuesday

1) Vocabulary quiz over (a,b,c,d,e,f) words. It will be like filling in the blank.

2) Please make notecards for your next words, G,H and I.

3) Please also read carefully in your grammar book, pages 190-250 and take notes on a SEPARATE PEICE OF PAPER: you will be quizzed, and you will not be able to open your book! (but you will be able to use any notes you took while reading!

7/8th Grade homework due Friday

Worksheet (2 pages front and back) that I handed out in class this morning-- it requires you to practice creating topic sentences and generating evidence of your proof).

9/10th Homework due Thursday

Close REading test on "The Metamorphosis." Remeber to revise your sample, close-reading paragraph and bring in the NEW copy as well as the draft. You will be submitting that new paragraph as the fourth essay of your test.

7/8th grade homework due Wed, sept 29th

Vocabulary quiz over unit two words. This quiz will be in a format that requires you to provide the definitions for the words, as well as the parts of speech (either noun, adjective or verb). Several words have more than one usage, and therefore more than one part of speech, so just be sure that whatever definition you give, you provide that part of speech.

7/8th Grade homework due Monday

1) Review your vocabulary notecards! (quiz on Wed.) and 2) Read the "Daedalus" 134-144 ACTIVELY (mark the important literary parts)

9/10th grade homework due Tuesday

Please read and complete "The Hunger Artist" by Tuesday. Remember, as well, that you have a "close reading" test on _The Metamorphosis_ on Thursday.

8th Grade homework due Friday

Please read (actively, noting the important literary elements as we discussed in class) the tale of Eros and Psyche (pages 91-101). Remember, also, if you have extra time to review your vocabulary note cards one or two times (your quiz will be NEXT wednesday).

9/10th Grade homework due Thursday

Please write a one paragraph essay (roughly 8-15 sentences) where you choose one sentence from section III in _The Metamorphosis_ and close read it for me. Your topic sentence should create an argument that suggests what the overall effect of the sentence is: in other words, why did Kafka write this sentence? What was his purpose? Be sure to write the sentence that you are close reading at the top of your paper, so that I can easily follow your paragraph, and also be sure to actually CLOSE READ your sentence on the physical paper.

Also, please make notecards for our D,E and F words. Your Word Smart should be very helpful to you.

7/8th grade homework

Make 15 notecards for UNIT TWO vocabulary words in _Words, Words, Words_. Please write the word on the font side, and on the backside, please write the following: the definition, the part of speech and a picture that will help you remember this word. I would also like you to include or incorporate your MEMORY trick SOMEWHERE on the vocabluary card.

9/10th Grade homework due Tuesday

Finish Kafka's Metamorphosis!

8th Grade homework due Monday

Please read the following two stories: Pandora (pages 59-62) and Narcissus and Echo (pages 84-90). Mark the important parts (what you feel is important, but no more than one or two things per page).

9/10th Grade homework due Thursday

Please read actively (marking at least three things that require you to write words on the page) per page, pages 29 -- halfway down page 36. You may notice that we are almost finished reading this story, so prepare for a "close reading" test on this work. A week from Thursday, you will be giving three sentences (one from each section of the story), and you will have to both close read them AND connect your close reading to a Magically Real theme that Kafka is using. Please see me if you have any questions about this (Clapton: we practiced this in class today and will practice more before next THursday).

9/10th Grade homework due Tuesday

1) Vocabulary quiz (multiple choice, or something close to that) over our A,B,C words.

2) Please complete section two of Kafka's _Metamorphosis_, actively reading as you go.

8th Grade homework due Friday

1) Please make vocabulary notecards for UNIT ONE words from your text, _Words, Words, Words_. On the front side of the vocabulary card, you will write THE WORD clearly. On the backside, please include: a. The part of speech (Noun/Adjective/Adverb) as we discussed in class today, b. the definition and c. Draw a picture that reminds you of this word.

2) Review the notecards once or twice before class on Friday (but do not spend more than 35 minutes on this).

9/10th Grade homework due Thursday

1) Review your literary devices (read through the packet you were given today CAREFULLY). Remind yourself of these terms, and please note which ones you don't remember or have questions about.

2) Make vocabulary notecards for the A, B and C words (on one side of the vocabulary card, please write the word. On the back side, please write the part of speech and definiton).

3) Close read the four sentences from _The Metamorphosis_ by noting which literary elements Kafka is using, what important diction he implemented, and what stylistic choices in SYNTAX that he made.

4) Please remember to sign and bring in your honors contract if you would like to take this class for honors credit!!! (ASK ME IF YOU NEED ANOTHER COPY!!!)

8th grade homework due wednesday

No homework over labor day weekend! :)

9/10th grade homework due Tuesday

Please read actively from the bottom of page 14 through page 19 in _The Metamorphosis_.

8th grade homework due 9/3 (Friday)

All homework for Friday will come from your vocabulary text, _Words, Words, Words_. 1) Please review Unit one words and continue making memory tricks for yourself for words 8-15 (unless the text already provides you with a helpful hint or memory trick). Please write the memory tricks that you create IN YOUR BOOK. 2) Please complete the exercises for unit one (pages 4-7). Also, please inform me if this homework is taking you longer than 35 minutes total, as that is not my intention. GO ROCKIES!! :)

9/10th Grade homework due 9/1

Please prepare 15 vocabulary words that reflect the three letters you were assigned in class. You should have five words from each letter, unless there aren't enough words for you to choose. Also, please read _The MEtamorphosis_ (7-the bottom of page 11).

8th Grade homework (8/30) due Wednesday

8th Grade: 1) Please read the "Demeter" chapter in your Mythology text. As you read, please pause after each paragraph and ask yourself how exciting that paragraph felt as you read it. If you felt it WAS exciting, please write an UPWARD pointing arrow next to the paragraph. If it wasn't exciting, continue on. 2) Please draw a map of the Greek Underworld, refering to the chapter "Hades" that you read this past weekend for details. Please label each item that you draw on this map as well, and remember to draw actual pictures of the items that you place on the map.

Homework Due Wednesday

ALL DUE WEDNESDAY (5/12): FINAL PRINTED ESSAY DUE, WITH DRAFTS AND A WORKS CITED PAGE. Please email me BEFORE Monday for any questions or help. I can get back to you by Tuesday. :)

Homework due wedn

7/8th and 9/10th: Complete draft (minus the conclusion) is due to submit to me. Also, please clean up your first paragraphs that you submitted to me on Monday, and that I returned to you. Please have the first (old) draft stapled to your new, clean draft on Wednesday.

Homework due Monday

7/8th: Please remember to have your parents detatch, sign and give you back the bottom portion of the field trip slip. You need to return that on Monday. Also, please finish reading (actively) act FOUR in _Much Ado_.

9/10th: Please complete the reading quiz for chapter seven in Great Gatsby.

Homework due Friday

7/8th: Friday is SHAKESPEARE'S 446th BIRTHDAY!!! :-) To celebrate, I will bring the cupcakes, but you must create a Reniassance character and come prepared to share the name, occupation and status of this person (oh, and don't forget to do your best to dress like him or her!). Also, please choose five lines from anywhere in the text and memorize them. Be prepared to perform them!

9/10th: Shakespeare day extra credit. Please complete chapter seven, and don't forget that honors kids have grammar presentations/quizzes do (and the completion of the Grammar reading book).

HOmework due wed

7/8th: Read act 4.1

9/10th: read 113--131

Homework due Wed.

7/8th: Please actively and thoughtfully complete act two. Mark any questions you have so we can discuss them in class.

9/10th: Nothing official is due Wednesday; however, remember there will be a vocabulary quiz over lists one through three on Friday. Also, Honors students: remember that by Next Friday, you must have your grammar texts completed and your grammar quiz generated.

Homewokr due Monday

7/8th: Actively read act 2 scenes one and two.

9/10th: PLease define all vocabulary words from the Gatsby list (Casey, I can email this to you).

Homework

7/8th Grade (due Wednesday. Yes, we WILL be having our entire class before your field trip): Please ACTIVELY READ the rest of Act One. Please be SURE to note places in the text which you find confusing, so that you can easily share your questions before a possible quiz...

9/10th Grade (Homework Due FRIDAY... NOT Wednesday): 1) Read, actively, chapter four. 2) Select any paragraph that you wish from chapter four and CLOSELY READ IT (mark important diction, imagery, characterization, juxtaposition, figurative language, etc.). 3) Write one paragraph (7 to 10 sentences) in which you argue what the point of your selected paragraph is; why did Fitzgerald write it? What was he intending to acheive? What is the effect of your paragraph? Be sure to create a solid topic sentence before arguing, and be sure to support your claim with evidence (quotes). Even one or two words quotations can be very helpful.

Please email me with any questions...

Homework due Friday

7/8th: NOthing! Bring book to class!

9/10th: Please ACTIVELY read chapter two.

Homework Due WEdnesday, after spring break!

7/8: NOTHING! :-)

9/10th: ACTIVELY close read chapter one of _The Great Gatsby_. Mark literary elements that you feel he employs to stage his scene.

Homework Due Wednesday:

7/8th: Using the topics listed on the class handout for this project, please do some background research on the internet and put together a five minutes (or less) presentation on your topic. You must use the poster board that I gave you in class to build your visual aide (use pictures, get creative! Remember the printing process we discussed in class today!).

9/10th: Five-minute presentation on your topic related to _The Great Gatsby_. Please prepare your visual aide after you do some background research online.

Homework Due Friday

7/8 AND 9/10th: Poetry test

Homework Due Wednesday

7/8th AND 9/10TH: ALL FINAL DRAFTS OF POETRY ESSAYS ARE DUE WITH ALL PREVIOUS WORK MATERIAL AND OLD DRAFTS ATTACHED AS WELL AS A WORK CITED PAGE.

7/8/9 and 10th Grade homework due Monday** (with more listed below for honor students):

1) Your poetry portfolio (see hand out for specific instructions)
2) Permission slips (seventh and eighth grade only) need to be signed and returned on Monday (or not signed as the case may be)
3) Poetry contest form: please fill out the information required and CUT OUT THE FORM to mail out
4) Bring a blank envelop with a stamp on it, please

**HONORS 9th and 10th Grade: You have the rough draft of your essay due on Monday as well. Feel free to submit a work cited page as well for practice.

Homework Due Friday:

7/8th: FINAL DRAFT DUE! (WIth revisions and previous drafts attached)

9/10th: Honors' students: you only have to finish the ABC grammar quiz and give your presentation on Friday. Your final rough draft will be due on Monday instead of Friday. Everyone else: Your FINAL and CORRECT draft is due, PRINTED AND TYPED. ALSO- please complete the grammar worksheet.

Homework Due Wednesday

7/8th: 1) Comma AB and C quiz (please prepare by looking over your quizzes and worksheets from class. Also, please look at the handbook handout as well). 2) Please complete paragraph number three and email it to me: kim.gardner@bridgeschoolboulder.org

9/10th: Write a draft of your conclusion and email it to me (address above). Also, Honors' students: don't forget about your poetry presentation on Friday. You will not be given extra time to work on this, but tonight is a low homework night for YOU. Take advantage of it!

Homework due Monday

7/8th: Please address commas in your first two paragraphs of your essay drafts: 1) make sure that no more than one sentence in a row lacks any commas and 2) LABEL all A, B and C commas that you use. ALSO-- please complete the grammar worksheet on A,B and C.

9/10th: Please complete main body paragrpahs two and three for Monday. Be sure to make corrections on your first two paragraphs as well.

Homework Due Wednesday

7/8 AND 9/10th: Please write AND TYPE your introductory and first main body paragraphs for your poetry essay. Please pay particular attention to developing your readers' interest in your intro paragraph. Consider: what is interesting about the subject on which you are about to write? The poet? The poem? Are there historical issues or political or personal issues at stake here? Also, for your first main body paragraph, 7/8th graders: 3 peices of evidence per paragraph. 9/10th: four. REMEMBER TO TYPE AND PRINT BEFORE CLASS, in formal format, please.

Homework due MOnday

7/8th: Please write out four sentences: your thesis and your three topic sentence

9/10th: Second Poetry analysis worksheet due.

Homework Due Friday

7/8: Poetry proposal worksheet

9/10th: Poetry proposal worksheet

HOmework due Wednesday

7/8th:

1) Make SURE you have your song lyrics with you to analyze
2) Comma "B" and "A" quiz (review the difficult clue words to remember)
3) Write one, ten-lined poem and include at least one example of the following literary terms chosen by your fellow students: (End Rhyme, Enjambment, juxtapostition, iambic pentamert, alliteration, internal rhyme, assonance and metatextual reference)


9/10th:

1) Make SURE you have your song lyrics with you to analyze
2) Comma "B" and "A" quiz (review the difficult clue words to remember)
3) Write one, ten-lined poem and include at least one example of the following literary terms chosen by your fellow students: (enjambment, literary and religious allusion, consonance, couplet, internal rhyme, synecdoche and alliteration)

Homework Due Monday

7/8th:

1) Print out your FINAL song lyrics (if you have not been pre-approved) and be sure that your poetry selection has PLENTY of literary elements, so that you don't struggle to analyze this for your Poetry Essay.

2) Finish the "B" comma worksheet (sentences 12-17) by placing the commas in the correct space.

3) ACTIVELY CLOSE READ (mark literary terms) in Shakespeare's poem, "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day?"

9/10th:

1) Print out your FINAL song lyrics (if you have not been pre-approved) and be sure that your poetry selection has PLENTY of literary elements, so that you don't struggle to analyze this for your Poetry Essay.

2) Write 10 sentences that have TWO B commas.

3) ACTIVELY CLOSE READ (mark ALL literary terms) Anne Bradstreet's poem, "To my Dear and Loving Husband."

Homework due Wednesday

Please email me if you did not write it down in class (after lots of reminding!)

Homework due Monday

7/8: NO HOMEWORK! Great work in class on Friday! (Micah: remember your interview questions)

9/10th: Please study for your "A" Comma quiz, and write a one paragraph, argumentative and formal style, where you use four literary terms and quotations to prove what the main point of "Romeo and Juliet" is.

homework due Friday

7/8th: 1) Comma "A" rule quiz (review your comma packets!) and 2) find and label ten literary devices that are present in the poem, "Romeo and Juliet." YOu do NOT need to explain them. We'll do that togther in class and see what we can come up with. Just find them. :-)

9/10th: Please read and analyze the poem, "ROmeo and Juliet." YOu must determine a thesis and identify ten literary terms that support your claim as to what this poem means. Be prepared to defend your thesis in an organized essay/paragraph.

homework due Wednesday

7/8th: Please revisit the poem which you worked in pairs to analyze on Friday, "Fearless," from your poetry songs packet. Then, in an organized paragraph, please construct and defend with evidence a topic sentence which clearly states what the main message or theme of this poem is. In your pargarph, you should use a minimum of three literary devices and quotations as evidence (you should already have these marked out on paper from your teamwork on Friday). Be sure to introduce each quotation by explaining what type of literary device it is, and explain how it proves your thesis after you give the quotation. Don't forget to double-space and include the proper heading. *do not spend longer than 40 minutes on this activity.

9/10th: Complete the grammar packet (all pages) if you can do so in 40 minutes, which I anticipate you should be just fine. Please see me BEFORE class if you don't have time to finish the packet for homework.

Homework due Monday

7/8th: Please complete the Comma "A" grammar packet (the one with sentences that involve your names!): worksheet pages 2,3 AND 4. Be careful and implement ALL of the grammar laws as we discussed them.

9/10th: Please analyze the poem "Fearless" and complete the worksheet (Rhys, just find three types of literary devices and find two "quotation" examples from the poem of all three literary types).

Homework due Friday

7/8th: Read and analyze the poem, "Peace Frog" in your song packet as we discussed on Wednesday in class. Then, complete the worksheet on the poem.

9/10th: Read and analyze the poem, "Busted," by Ray Charles, in your song packet as we discussed on Wednesday in class. Then, complete the worksheet on the poem.

Homework Due Wednesday

7/8th: Please read "Pigs, Sheeps and Wolves" and complete the worksheet regarding the poem that I handed out in class on Monday.

9/10th: Please CAREFULLY scan Shakespeares's SOnnet 116, marking stressed and unstressed syllables. ALSO- take advantage of this "light" homework night and use this time to revise your exam essay which is due on Friday (TYPED!).

Homework Due Monday

7/8th AND 9/10th: Please answer the appropriate questions (FOR YOUR GRADE) on the poems, "Those Winter Sundays," and "We Real Cool" on the worksheet I handed out in class on Friday. You do not need to write in complete sentences, but please be complete in your response. The two poems can be found in the "TONE" poetry packet that I handed out in class on Friday. In your responses, please remember our discussions this week of Speaker, Tone and Poetic Sounds.

Homework due Friday

7/8th: Both sides of the poetry sheet need to be completed. I realize that some of the poetry definitions are not as easily straightforward as they should be, although I realized this after class of course. Therefore, please don't hesitate to look for more simplistic definitions on line, or email me, or come by class and ask me).

9/10th: 1) Please remember that your EXAM ESSAY REVISIONS are due NEXT Friday, Jan. 15th, typed, with the orriginal attached. I have met with several of those of you who wanted to meet with me-- if you would still like to meet with me and discuss these essays, please do so sometime in the next week. 2) The poetry work sheet (both sides) are due this Friday.