Monday, January 23rd Assignments

7th Grade

Go Over Punctuation Quizzes
WS WB 126 on punctuation

Senior English (Orange 3)

Passwords List 5
Passwords WS 5

Grammar (Orange 4)

Group Activity: The Picture at the Cafe
WS PG 366-7 Noun Review
Study for Quiz on Wednesday

Friday, January 20th Assignments

7th Grade

Write 1 Alphabet and 1 Name poem. See below.

Alphabet Poetry – usually creative or funny verse that only uses part of the alphabet

Rain

Soaks sidewalks

Through the cracks

Under the surface

Very, very

Wet

Name Poetry – verse in which each line begins with the letters of a person’s name

Multitalented

Reasonable

Computer knowledge

Hair challenged

Rithmetic teacher

Inquiring

Studious

Mostly

Anticipating

New experiences

Novels (Black 3)

Read and Discuss Chapter 12

Specialized Lit. (Black 4)

Discuss Chapter 6
Reading Questions C5-6

Thursday, January 17th Assignments

7th Grade

Read to page 14

Senior English (Orange 3)

Grammar Worksheet

Work on Outline

Grammar (Orange 4)

Review Function and Case of nouns
WS Pretest Nouns and Functions of Nouns
Write a story that contains 5 common nouns, 5 collective nouns, and 5 proper nouns. Each group should be listed and underlined in a separate color.

Wednesday, January 18th Assignments

7th Grade

C1 Sounder Vocab
Read to Page 5

Novels (Black 3)

Read C9-10 in Class
Reading Questions C5-8
HW Read Chapter 11

Spec. Lit. (Black 4)

Literary Terms B and C
Vocabulary C5-8
Read C5 in class
Assign C6

Tuesday, January 17th assignments

7th Grade

Notes on parts of a novel

Senior English (Orange 3)

Work on and turn in 25 note cards and 5 source cards

Grammar (Orange 4)

Went over 180. Proper Way WS
Notes on Noun Functions and Case

Monday, January 16th Assignments

7th Grade

Notes on Narrative Writing
Assign Personal Narrative Paper

Personal Narrative Paper: Story of Personal Experience
Must have 1 prewriting, 1 rough draft, and 1 final draft (about 1 pg front and back HW or 1 pg ds typed: 12 font arial/times new roman, 1 inch margins)

Novels (Black 3)

Read and Discuss Chapters 5-6
Read and Summarize Chapters 7-8
Discuss and record literary terms B-C

Spec. Lit (Black 4)

Vocab Quiz C1-4
Reading Questions C1-4

Tuesday, January 10th Assignments

7th Grade

Notes on Apostrophes

Novels (Black 3)

Crossword puzzle on Vocabulary C1-4
Read Chapter2-3
Study for Vocab quiz on Thursday

Specialized Lit

Vocabulary C1-4
Read Chapter 2-3

Monday, January 9th Assignments

7th Grade

Review Dashes, Hyphens, and Parenthese
Worksheet on Hyphens
Worksheet on Dashes

Senior English (Orange 3)

Address and properly stuff a business envelope
Look for sources for research paper

Grammar (Orange 4)

Notes on Nouns
Finish WS PG 23-4

Friday, January 6th Assignments

7th Grade

Chainwriting activity

Novels (Black 3)

Literary Terms - 6 A's
Vocabulary for The Contender; Chapters 1 to 4
Read Chapter 1

Specialized Lit. (Black 4)

Literary Terms - 6 A's
Read Chapter 1

Thursday, January 5th Assignments

7th Grade

Notes on Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses.

Senior English (Orange 3)

Discuss New Rules.
Discuss format for notecards and source cards for research paper.
Discuss oral book report.
Personal Fact Sheet worksheet and Complaint Letter.

Grammar (Orange 4)

Discuss Book.
WS PG 20-21; WS PG 23-4

Wednesday, January 4th Assignments

7th Grade

Discuss new rules

Novels (Black 3)

Discuss new rules.
Discuss last semester.
Notes on novels and elements of a novel.

Specialized Lit. (Black 4)

Discuss new rules.
Discuss last semester.
Notes on novels and elements of a novel.