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