Current Homework, 2001-2002

Seventh Grade English HomeStories, Poems, Etc.KBAR!Class ExpectationsWriting Warm Ups and IdeasGrammar, Usage, Mechanics, Etc.Spelling ListsResearch PapersPerfect Papers600 Words/WeekMessage to 6th Grade120 Seconds (Oral Reading/Bookshare)AnalogiesTrick Questions!AnalogiesNovels!Current Classwork Homework!

Week of June 10

• "There ain't no mo'..."

Week of June 3

• Final draft dueTuesday, June 4 -- Note new date.
• Message to 6th Grade due Friday.

Week of May 27 (Monday is a holiday)

• Final draft dueTuesday, June 4 -- Note new date.
• POS Crosswords I and II due Thursday. POS Review Test Friday.

Week of May 20

• RESEARCH! Rough draft of your longest section and your works cited page due Tuesday, May 21. You should be spending at least 30 minutes per night on your research reading and note taking. Final draft due Monday, June 3.
• Roots sheet due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of May 13

• RESEARCH! Rough draft of your longest section and your works cited page due Tuesday, May 21. You should be spending at least 30 minutes per night on your research reading and note taking.
• "Vocabulary" (no definitions; all review words) due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of May 6

• RESEARCH! Rough draft due Monday, May 20. You should be spending at least 30 minutes per night on your research reading and note taking.

Week of April 29

• Dragonwings Final or Project due Wednesday, 5/1.
• Rough Draft Outline for your topic due Friday.
• Outline Practices 3 and 5 due Friday.
• Research!

Week of April 22

• Finish Dragonwings (chapters 11 and 12) + study questions (even or odd, as assigned). Due Friday.
• WebTrack stuff due Tuesday.
• Research Topic Stuff due Friday.
• Dragonwings FinalorProject due Wednesday, 5/1.

Week of April 15

• Read Dragonwings Chapter 9 and 10 + study questions due Friday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Dragonwings WebTrack stuff due Friday.

Week of April 8 (4th Quarter Begins!)

• Read Dragonwings. You should be done with chapter 8 and study questions for chapter 5, 6, 7, and 8 by Friday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of March 25 (Spring Break begins Friday!)

• Read Dragonwings, chapters 3-4. Study questions due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definitions, POS, in notebook. Fill in blanks.
• Work on Dragonwings WebTrack.
• During Spring Break, read chapters 5 and 6 and do Study Questions...

Week of March 18

• KBAR = Dragonwings, Chapters 1 and 2. Study questions due Friday. Use a separate sheet.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definitions, POS, in notebook. Fill in blanks.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of March 11

• KBAR. Reading only. Chart on separate sheet.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definitions, POS in notebook, fill in blanks.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Perfect 5. School Improvement. See instructions here.  Due Friday, 3/15.      Monday, 3/18!

Week of March 4

• KBAR. Reading only. Chart on separate sheet.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definitions, POS in notebook, fill in blanks.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Final draft due by Thursday. (Finally.)
• Perfect 5. School Improvement. See instructions here. Due Wednesday, 3/13.

Week of February 25

• KBAR. Reading only. Chart on separate sheet.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definitions, POS in notebook, fill in blanks.
• Crossword due Friday.

Week of February 18 (Monday, 2/18 is a holiday.)

• KBAR. Chart on separate sheet. Response due Friday in notebook.
• Crossword due Friday. Here is the interactive web version.
• Summary paper due Thursday. (Note new day.) Review example here.

Week of February 11 (Monday, 2/11 is a holiday.)

• KBAR. Chart on separate sheet. Special response due Wednesday, 2/20. Thursday, 2/21.
• Web Project is due Friday, 2/15.

Week of February 4

• KBAR. Chart on separate sheet. One page response due Friday.
• "Theme" due Wednesday, 2/6. (Note new date.)
• Web Project continues.

Week of January 28 (Second semester begins.)

• KBAR. Chart on separate sheet. One page response due Friday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• "Theme" due next Tuesday, 2/5.
• Web Project runs 1/31 - 2/7.

Week of January 21 (Monday, 1/21 is a holiday; so is Friday, 1/25--for students. The first semester ends Thursday.)

• KBAR: No response. 2 nights reading. Continue chart from last week.
• Vocabulary due Thursday.
• Perfect 4 -- business letter -- due Thursday.
• Final Draft (finally) due Thursday.

Week of January 14

• KBAR. Chart on separate sheet + response due Friday.
• Final Draft Due Thursday.
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday. Practice!
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Perfect 4 due Thursday, 1/24. (Note new date!)

Week of January 7 (The first semester ends 1/24.)

• KBAR returns. (For some of you.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword(s) due Friday. Here is the interactive web version -- different from the printed version, but same words/clues.)
• Magazine names due Friday.
• Final draft of 1st article due (on disk--.rtf) Tuesday, 1/15.
• 120 seconds begins Tuesday 1/15.

Week of December 17 (Friday is a holiday...Have a good vacation. See you January 7.

• Tom Sawyer projects due Thursday, 12/20. You may choose to do the final exam instead. Turn in your book with your project/final.

Week of December 10

• Tom Sawyer -- Chapters 30-end. Your choice: Study Questions or quiz on Friday. Don't do both.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday.(Here is the interactive web version.)
• Final Drafts of essays due next Tuesday 12/18.
• Tom Sawyer projects due next Thursday, 12/20. You may choose to do the final exam instead.

Week of December 3

• Tom Sawyer -- Finish Chapter 29 by Friday. Study Questions: 14-16, 1-9.
• Vocabulary Due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• 600 words due Tuesday 12/4.
• Rough draft of essay due Tuesday 12/4. Final draft of essay due next Tuesday, 12/12. Electronic form!!! Save as an rtf.

Week of November 26 (Friday is a student holiday.)

• Tom Sawyer -- Finish chapter 22 by Thursday. Answer study questions (#4-#13) in notebook.
• 600 words due Wednesday. (Note new day!)
• 600 words rough draft (for eventual publication) due next Tuesday, 12/4. Electronic form!!! Save as an rtf file on a disk, or e-mail it

"Week" of November 19 (2 day week!)

• Tom Sawyer -- Finish Chapter 16 by tomorrow!
• Letter to Tom -- Due tomorrow! Separate sheet, counts for 600 words.
• 600 words -- (Include Letter to Tom in word count chart.) Due tomorrow! (Ouch! I hope you planned ahead!)

Week of November 12 (Monday is a holiday.)

• Tom Sawyer--Finish Chapter 14 by Friday. Answer study questions in notebook:
• Finish the 9-11 group, the 12-13 group, and
• the first two in the 14-15 group.
• Letter to Tom due Tuesday 11/20. Separate sheet, counts for 600 words.
• 600 words due Tuesday, 11/20. (Go here or here, for more writing ideas.)

Week of November 5

• KBAR = Tom Sawyer. Finish Chapter 9 by Friday. Answer study questions (Chapter 5, 6-8, and the first 2 questions in the 9-11 group) in notebook.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Definition, POS, fill in blank.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Please note: Outsiders projects + S.E. Hinton questions can be turned in any time this week. (Yes, that means as late as Friday is OK.)
• 600 words due Tuesday, 11/13.

Week of October 29

• KBAR= Tom Sawyer. Finish Chapter 4 by Friday.  Answer questions for chapters 1-4 in notebook.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Perfect 3 due Wednesday!
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Outsiders Project + S.E. Hinton questions due Tuesday 11/6. These assignments are available online only--except by request for a hard copy.

Week of October 22

• KBAR. Read (nightly), get signature (nightly), 1 full page of response due Friday.
• Essay #1 (Final draft with evaluation sheet and all drafts) due Tuesday, 10/23.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Perfect # 3 (List #7, dialogue, Halloween) due next Wednesday, 10/31.

Week of October 15

• KBAR. Read (nightly), get signature (nightly), 1 full page of response due Friday.
• Essay #1 (2nd draft with 3 readers' comments) due Wednesday, 10/17.
• Essay #1  (Final draft with evaluation sheet) due Tuesday, 10/23.
• Perfect 2 due Tuesday!
• Latin Roots Sheet due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of October 8

• KBAR. Read nightly (15+ min.), use chart in notebook. One page response (in notebook) due Friday. No KBAR Monday; work on your essay.
• Essay #1 (rough draft, ink, 4-digit number instead of name, 600+ words) due Tuesday, 10/09.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday
• Crossword #5 due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Perfect #2 due Tuesday, 10/16.
• Essay #1 (final draft, with evaluation sheet-get three readers) due Thursday, 10/18.

Week of October 1

• KBAR. Read nightly (15+ min.), use chart in notebook. One page response (in notebook) due Friday.
• Vocabulary (defn., POS, new sentence, fill in blank) due Wednesday.
• S/V Crossword Puzzle #4 due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version!)
• Get Progress Report signed and returned by Friday.
• PErfeKt 1(sic) due Tuesday, 10/2.
• Essay #1 (rough draft) due Tuesday, 10/9.

Week of September 24

• KBAR. Read nightly (20+ min.), use chart in notebook. One page response(in notebook) due Friday.
• Vocabulary (defn., POS, new sentence, fill in blank) due Wednesday.
• S/V Crossword Puzzle #3 due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version!)
• PErfeKt 1(sic) due Tuesday, 10/2.

Week of September 17

• KBAR. Read nightly (20+ min.), use chart in notebook. One page response (in notebook) due Friday.
• "Weird Planet" (SNT) due Tuesday, 9/18.
• Vocabulary (defn., POS, new sentence, fill in blank) due Wednesday.
• S/V Crossword Puzzle #2 due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version!)

Week of September 10

• KBAR. Read nightly (20+ min.), use chart in notebook. One page response (in notebook) due Friday.
• Vocabulary (defn., POS, new sentence, fill in blank) due Wednesday.
• S/V Crossword Puzzle #1 due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version!)
• Spelling/Vocab quiz (List #1) Friday.
• "Weird Planet" (SNT) due Tuesday, 9/18.

Week of September 4 (Monday is a holiday.)

• KBAR begins. (T,W,Th) Read, respond 1/2 page (in notebook), get signed.
• Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Wednesday 9/5
• Attach handouts to inside covers of notebook by Friday. (KBAR + 55 Ways.)

Week of  August 27
School starts Tuesday 8/28

• Get a spiral notebook by Thursday, 8/30.
• Find a KBAR book by Tuesday, 9/4.
• Students should read and sign class expectations by Wednesday, 8/20. (Quiz!)
• Parents should read and sign by Friday, 8/31.
• First "Perfect Paper" assignment due Friday (8/31): 1 paragraph, 150 words. Topic: Fun!
• Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Wednesday 9/5

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