Homework for the Week of 2-28-11

Wow, can you believe February is over? We're gearing up for ISAT!

Literacy

Monday: Read chapters 11 and 12 of Warriors Don’t Cry. Complete examples for stem list 4. Poems memorized for recitation by Friday.


Tuesday: Quiz on chapters 8-12 of Warriors Don’t Cry. Poems memorized for recitation by Friday.

Wednesday: Word study lesson 21 practice pages. Poems memorized for recitation by Friday.

Thursday: Quiz on literary techniques. Poems memorized for recitation.

Friday: Extended response practice with explicit goal: “What values have shaped Chicago?”


Language Arts:
Monday:

219: Grammar review for quiz Thursday.
213: Review rubric for final expository draft due Wednesday. Quiz on pronouns in pairs and negatives.

Tuesday:
213: Final expository essay.
225: Quiz on who vs. whom, forms of to be, tense, and pronouns.

Wednesday:
219: Quiz on negatives and expressions to avoid in academic writing. (GUM lessons 45 and 46)
213: Complete “My gift to the world” essay organizer.
225: Respond to Author Impact questions (a book that was meaningful to you, and why).

Thursday:
219: Final expository essay.
213: Completed first draft of “my gift to the world” essay.
225: Completed first draft of expository essay.

Friday:
219: Complete “My gift to the world” organizer.
213: GUM p 277

Homework for the Week of 2-14-11

Happy Valentine's Day! And happy 3-weeks-until-ISAT!

Literacy:
Monday: Read chapters 4 and 5 of Warriors Don’t Cry.

Tuesday: Memorize lines for assembly. Make personal connotation notes in your vocabulary book for lesson 19.
Wednesday: Complete stem list 3 with examples.
Thursday: Read Warriors Don’t Cry chapter 6. Quiz on Warriors Don’t Cry chapters 4-6.
Friday: Extended response practice with expressly-stated personal goal/focus for improvement – “Learn About Physical Therapists.”

Language Arts

Monday:

Finish contest entry (due Wednesday).

Tuesday:
219: Sentence structure practice (writing examples).
213: Bring in a piece of expository text.
225: Diagramming compound subjects and compound predicates.

Wednesday:
219: Complex phrase practice sheet.
213: Write various theses on a topic, reflecting different organizational structures.
225: Preposition illustrations.

Thursday:
219: Study for sentence structure quiz.
213/225: Complete a second expository graphic organizer. (It can be on the same topic, or a different one.)

Friday: Writing “ledes and kickers” with New York Times examples.

Word Study Flashcards

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Homework for the Week of 2-7-11

Literacy:
Monday: Read introduction to Warriors Don’t Cry and complete Skill Inventory sheet.
Tuesday: Read chapters 2 and 3 of Warriors Don’t Cry.
Wednesday: Write a passage in any genre that uses all 10 lesson 18 words correctly. (Underline each word.)
Thursday: Word study quiz (with stem practice) tomorrow. Prepare for assembly practice—know lines and cues for speaking grade.
Friday: Extended response practice with “George Washington Carver.”

Language Arts:
Monday:

219: Study Island proofreading assignment- due 2-13-11.
213: Sentence structure practice.

Tuesday:
219: Differentiated skills practice (based on “I Dare You” assessments).
213: Differentiated skills practice (based on “I Dare You” assessments).
225: Diagramming practice.

Wednesday:
219: Author biography analysis questions.
213: Finding Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates (p. 286 of Reading Proficiency Lessons).
225: Diagramming quiz tomorrow; final narrative essay due.

Thursday:
219: Final narrative essay due tomorrow.
213: Final narrative essay due tomorrow.
225: Differentiated skills practice (based on “I Dare You” assessments).

Friday:
Outline idea for Gershanov Memorial Contest: which human rights issue to address, what format to use, and what images and language to use.