Seventh Grade Homework for 2003-2004

Seventh Grade
Current Homework, 2004-2005

Week of June 6 (Penultimate Week of School! Last Week of Homework!)

Message to 6th Grade due Thursday. If you are already "perfect," you are exempt from this assignment.

Week of May 30 (Monday is a holiday.)

Research Final Draft Due Friday. Late ones will be NOT be accepted! No papers will be accepted after Friday, June 3. No late papers. No, you can't turn it in on Monday.
Message to 6th Grade due next Thursday, 6/9. If you are already "perfect," you are exempt from this assignment.

Week of May 23.

Research Final Draft is due June 2! Use a modified KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related work per night (M-Th).
Introduction and Conclusion due Thursday
Rough Draft read-alouds continue Tuesday and Wednesday.

Week of May 16. Last day in the library is Wednesday!

Research! Here, here, here, and here are the handouts, in case you've already lost the ones I gave you.
Use a modified KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related work per night (M-Th).
One page (typed) of rough draft from notes due Thursday. You will read this aloud to us beginning on Thursday.

Week of May 9.

Research! Here, here, and here are the handouts, in case you've already lost the ones I gave you.
Use a modified KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related work per night.

Week of May 2.

Outline Practice: One per day M-Th.
Charlotte Doyle. Finish by Friday. Answer the Daily Question in Notebook:

Monday: Whom does Charlotte think killed Hollybrass? Why does she think so?
Tuesday: Explain the evidence Jaggery uses to show that Charlotte is "unnatural."
Wednesday: What is the plan Charlotte and Zachariah come up with to get the guns from Jaggery? How does it go wrong?
Thursday: What happens to Jaggery? What happens as a result?

Topic for research due Friday.

Week of April 25.

Interactive Reader Workbook.

Monday: 370-371
Tuesday: 372-373
Wednesday: 374
Thursday: 375

Charlotte Doyle: Read Chapters 11-16 by Friday + Study Questions.
Vocabulary Due Wednesday.
No 600. No Crossword. No Spelling.

Week of April 18

Interactive Reader Workbook.

Monday: 360-361
Tuesday: 362-363
Wednesday: 364-365
Thursday: 366-367

Charlotte Doyle: Read Chapters 6-10 by Friday + Study Questions.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
600 Words due Thursday. (All new web page words count!)
Work on Web Pages. Due next Friday.

Week of April 11

InterActive Reader Workbook. There will also be a reading check in class the day after each reading.

Monday, p350-351
Tuesday, p352-353
Wednesday, p354-355
Thursday, p356-357

Charlotte Doyle: Read Chapters 2-5 by Friday (1+ chapter per day) + study questions.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
600 word essay in electronic form (email, on disk--saved as .txt) due Tuesday. Must be one of the approved genres: persuasive, evaluation/review, technical, eyewitness report, response to lit, biography. (This obviously counts for 600 words on Thursday.)
600 words due Thursday. (Dates: 4/8-4/15)
NO CROSSWORD!

Week of April 4 (Welcome back from vacation!)

InterActive Reader Workbook. There will also be a reading check in class the day after each reading.

Monday, p342-343
Tuesday, p344-345
Wednesday, p346-347
Thursday, p348-349

Vocabulary due Wednesday.
600 (more) words due Thursday. (Dates: 3/24-3/31 and 4/1-4/7)
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
600 word essay in electronic form (email, on disk--saved as .txt) due Tuesday, 4/12.

Must be one of the approved genres: persuasive, evaluation/review, technical, eyewitness report, response to lit, biography.

Week of March 21 (Short Week! Spring Break begins Friday!)
Bonus! Go to the discussion boards, and make 5 posts to the Tom Sawyer Forum, and receive up to +10!

KBAR! (Well, not for periods 1 and 3.) Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Thursday. (Does NOT count for 600 Words.)
"Yellow" Sheet: Page 208 due Tuesday, Page 209 due Wednesday.
600 words due Thursday. (All writing must have dates between 3/14 and 3/24.)
"A Page" due Thursday. (Counts for 600 Words.)
You also owe 600 words next Thursday (3/25-3/31 -- while on vacation), and 600 more the Thursday after we return (4/1-4/7). KEEP TRACK OF DATES! You can't write 1200 after you get back and have it count for the previous week! It is 600 each week.

Week of March 14
Bonus! Go to the discussion boards, and make 5 posts to the Tom Sawyer Forum, and receive up to +10!

KBAR Returns! (Well, not for periods 1-3.) Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Mechanics sheet due ~~Tuesday~~Wednesday
Vocabulary (including mini-crossword) due Wednesday.
TS Project or Final due Friday. (Monday, 3/21 for period 2 only.)
600 words due next Thursday, 3/24.
"A Page" due next Thursday, 3/24.

Week of March 7

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 31-end. Reading should be done by Thursday.

Your choice: Study questions due Thursday or Quiz on Thursday.

Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Thursday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
TS Project or Final due next Friday, 3/18.

Week of February 28

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 26-30 + study questions.
Pink Sheet: Side 1 due Tuesday, Side 2 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Perfect IV (business letter) due Thursday, 3/3. (Tuesday, 3/1 for prereads.)
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of February 21 (Monday is a holiday!)

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 21-25 + study questions.
Yellow Sheet due Wednesday.
Vocabulary (including crossword) due Thursday.
Mark Twain Paragraphing due Friday. (Note new day!)
Perfect IV (business letter) due Thursday, 3/3. (Tuesday, 3/1 for prereads.)

Week of February 14 (Monday is a holiday!)

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 16-20 + study questions.
Vocabulary due Thursday (including crossword).
Mark Twain Paragraphing due Wednesday, 2/23.
Green Sheet due Wednesday, if not finished in class Tuesday.

Week of February 7

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 11 - 15 + study questions. (Here are the Study Questions for ch1-13, here they are for ch14-end)
Persuasive Essay due Tuesday. (Final draft + rough draft + yellow sheet + 150 words + dialogue sheet)
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of January 31 -- Welcome to the Second Semester!

Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 7-10 + study questions.
Persuasive sheet due Tuesday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Persuasive rough draft due Thursday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of January 24 (Thursday is the last day of the semester. Friday is a student holiday.)

KBARR = Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 4-6 + study questions.
Vocabulary due Wednesday (including crossword).
120 Seconds continues.
Persuasive:

Due Tuesday: Use your dialogue sheet, and write an example that illustrates each of your reasons.
Due Thursday: 150+ words that really SHOW your best example.

Week of January 17 (Monday is the MLK holiday.)

KBARR = Tom Sawyer. Read chapters 1-3 + study questions.
Vocabulary (including crossword) due Thursday.
120 Seconds continues.
Persuasive Sheet 1 due Wednesday.

Week of January 10

KBARR = Martian Chronicles: "Way in the Middle of the Air" p89-102. By Thursday: Read the story, and respond online or in your notebook. We will compare this story to "The Other Foot" (read in class).
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
120 Seconds begins Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Martian Chronicles Project due Friday.

Week of January 3 (Welcome back!)

KBARR = Martian Chronicles. Response = Literature Discussion Boards. Respond to my threads first, before beginning new ones. (Response in notebook each day may substitute for online posting.)

Monday: p166-172 - "There Will Come Soft Rains"
Tuesday: p172-bottom of 177 ("...pick the city you like best.")
Wednesday: p178 - end of "The Million-Year Picnic"

Grammar Sheet: p64 due Tuesday, p67 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
120 Seconds begins Wednesday, 1/12.
Martian Chronicles Project due Thursday 1/13

Week of December 13 (Then: VACATION!)

KBARR = Martian Chronicles. Pages assigned at end of period. Response = Literature Discussion Boards. Respond to my threads first, before beginning new ones. (Response in notebook each day may substitute for online posting.)

Monday: p144 to the bottom of p151.
Tuesday: finish "The Silent Towns."
Wednesday: p156 to the bottom of p160.
Thursday: finish "The Long Years."

Grammar Sheet: p52 due Tuesday, p55 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of December 6

KBARR = Martian Chronicles. Pages assigned at end of period. Signature for each night of reading + four posts to Literature Discussion Boards. (One page of response in notebook--1/4 page per night--may substitute for online posting.) Skip pages 90-118. (We'll come back to them.) Start this week with the story called "The Old Ones."

Monday night: p119 through p124.
Tuesday night: p124 through p132. (Through "The Luggage Store.")
Wednesday night: p133 through p138.
Thursday night: p139 through 144

Grammar Sheet: page 46 due Tuesday, page 49 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Perfect III ("Music") due Thursday, 12/9.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of November 29

KBARR = Martian Chronicles. Pages assigned at end of period. Signatures + study questions due Friday

Monday night: through page 73 (end of "The Settlers.")
Tuesday night: through page 83.
Wednesday night: through page 89.
Thursday night: Make sure your study questions are done!

Grammar Sheet: Page 31 due Tuesday, Page 34 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Perfect III ("Music") due Thursday, 12/9.

"Week" of November 22 (Have a happy Thanksgiving!)

"Amnesty Week." Any zero can be made up (excluding vocabulary and crosswords). Due Monday, 11/29.
Read "-And the Moon be Still as Bright" up through page 65.

Week of November 15

KBARR = The Martian Chronicles. Read pages 1-16, 31-48. Get chart signed w/page numbers. 1 page response in notebook by Friday. (We will read pages 16-31 in class.)
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Outsiders Project due Thursday, 11/18.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

"Week" of November 8 (Thursday and Friday are holidays!)

KBARR. 20/2. No response.
Outsiders Project due Thursday, 11/18.
EXTRA CREDIT: WEB ONLY. S.E. Hinton Profile + questions. Due Wednesday, on a separate sheet.

Week of November 1

KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Perfect II: "Halloween," 10 words from List #6 or List #7, 300 words, ink, 2 lines of dialogue. Due Thursday, 11/04.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
THINK AHEAD: Outsiders Project due in two weeks.

Week of October 25 -- Friday is a student holiday.

KBARR. Read 20/3, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Thursday.
Vocabulary/Crossword due Wednesday.
Essay #1: Final draft, 2nd draft, first draft, evaluation sheet, due Thursday (or Monday, by arrangement)!
Perfect II: "Halloween," 10 words from List #6 or List #7, 300 words, ink, 2 lines of dialogue. Due Wednesday, 11/03.

Week of October 18

KBARR. Read 20/3, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday. Take Monday off to work on your Essay #1. NO RESPONSE THIS WEEK! WORK ON YOUR SECOND DRAFT!
Essay #1 rough draft due Tuesday. INK. 600 words. Use a 4-digit number instead of your name!
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
ESSAY #1 second draft due Friday w/evaluation sheet #1 (3 readers). Final Draft due Tuesday, 10/26 w/all drafts and completed evaluation sheet.
~~PERFECT #2 due Thursday, 10/28.~~

Week of October 11

KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Verb Phrases Sheet: p10 due Tuesday, p11 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Think ahead! Essay #1 rough draft due Tuesday, 10/19.

Week of October 4

KBARR. Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday. Take Monday off to make sure your Perfect Paper really is...
Perfect 1 due Tuesday, 10/05.
Subject/Predicate Sheet: p4 due Tuesday, p7 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of September 27

KBARR. Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Comma Sheet: page 193 due Tuesday, page 194 due Thursday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Perfect 1 due Tuesday, 10/05.

Week of September 20

KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Next SHOW not TELL writing assignment: Pick one of the three, due Thursday, 9/23 (NOTE NEW DATE!) 350 words/ink

_______ is sooooo fun.
_______ was soooo boring.
The ________ was mean.

Week of September 13

KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond one full page in notebook by Friday.
Vocabulary due Wednesday.
Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Next SHOW not TELL writing assignment: Pick one of the three, due ~~Tuesday, 9/21~~ Thursday, 9/23. (350 words/ink)

_______ is sooooo fun.
_______ was soooo boring.
The ________ was mean.

Week of September 6
Monday, 9/6 is the Labor Day Holiday

KBARR begins. Read 20+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1/2 page (in notebook) -- nightly through Thursday.
Attach KBAR handout and 55 Ways handout to notebook inside covers.
Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Thursday, 9/9.

Week of August 30
School starts Tuesday 8/31

Students should read and sign class expectations by Wednesday, 9/1. (Quiz! Surf the website.) Extra Credit for printing your own at home. Parents should read and sign by Friday, 9/3.
Get a spiral notebook by Thursday, 9/2.
First "Perfect Paper" assignment due Friday (9/3): 1 paragraph, 150 words. Topic: Fun!
Find a KBAR book by Tuesday, 9/7.
Show not Tell writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Thursday, 9/9.

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