Current Homework, 2008-2009 

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Week of May 25 (Monday is a holiday!)

• Research papers are due FRIDAY! They may be turned in Monday with a 20% penalty.
• Here are the research handouts: Requirements/Notes, Works Cited, Intro/Conclusion.
• Here's the recap of what's due Friday.

Week of May 18. RESEARCH!

• The only homework is RESEARCH!
• You should be doing 20 minutes of research/note-taking per night, every night.
• First due date: Wednesday. One page of typed rough draft with citations. Click here for an example.
• Here are the research handouts: Requirements/Notes, Works Cited.

Week of May 11. RESEARCH!

• The only homework is RESEARCH!
• You should be doing 20 minutes of research/note-taking per night, every night.
• First due date: Wednesday, 5/20. One page of typed rough draft with citations.
• Here are the research handouts: Requirements/Notes, Works Cited.

Week of May 4. Weird STAR schedules on Tuesday and Wednesday. Periods 1,2,3 DO NOT MEET on WEDNESDAY. Periods 4,5,6 DO NOT MEET on TUESDAY.

• KBARR = Research. Read 15+ minutes nightly about your topic. By the end of the week you should have at least 1 page of notes. Each night, next to the notes, record the time spent and the date, and have Mom/Dad sign. The source of the notes should be recorded on your Work Cited page.
• Topic Sheet due Tuesday for periods 1, 3; due Wednesday for periods 4, 5, 6.
• Pink Sheet: Gerunds and Participles due Thursday. (Not available online.)

Week of April 27. Weird STAR schedules on Tuesday and Wednesday. Periods 1,2,3 DO NOT MEET on WEDNESDAY. Periods 4,5,6 DO NOT MEET on TUESDAY.

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday. NON-FICTION! Read magazines, books, etc. You are looking for research topics. Get chart signed nightly, respond 1 page by Friday. Response should summarize what you read and possibilities for research topics. (All in notebook, or it doesn't count.)
• Outlining Sheet due TUESDAY for Periods 1, 2, 3; due WEDNESDAY for Periods 4, 5, 6.
• Vocabulary due THURSDAY. Be sure to mark each word as a N, V or Adj. (Note different day from the usual. SSI MUST DO DEFINITIONS.)
• Essay Final Draft due Friday. (Note new day!)
• SSI ONLY: Spelling Practice - 5x correctly the words you missed on the pretest.
• Topic Sheet due Tuesday, May 5.

Week of April 20.

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday. NON-FICTION! Read magazines, books, etc. You are looking for research topics. Get chart signed nightly, respond 1 page by Friday. Response should summarize what you read and possibilities for research topics. (All in notebook, or it doesn't count.)
• 600 words due Tuesday. (Last one.)
• 600 word Rough Draft in one of the approved genres (different from your previous essay)  due Thursday. (Note new day.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Spelling Rules Sheet 1: Do a rule per day, M-Th. #1 is due Tuesday, #2 is due Wednesday, etc.

Week of April 6. Short Week! Spring Break begins Friday!

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Wednesday, get chart signed nightly, respond⁶⁰⁰ 1 page by Thursday. (All in notebook, or it doesn't count.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. Reminder: You owe 600 words on April 14 (during spring break; I will check upon return - 4/21). Rough draft of next essay is due on April 21.
• Vocabulary, including crossword due Tuesday. (Note different day. SSI must do definitions in notebook.)
• Elements of Plot Sheet, for any book/story you've read since September, due Thursday⁶⁰⁰. (Note new day!)
• SSI must also do Test 12 retake by Thursday.

Week of March 30. Welcome to the Fourth Quarter!

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed nightly, respond⁶⁰⁰ 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook, or it doesn't count.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. Next rough draft due next Tuesday 4/7. Note new date.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions.)
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• (SSI must do 5x each missed word on Pretest 12.)

Week of March 23 - Friday is the last day of the 3rd quarter!

• KBARR RETURNETH! KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond⁶⁰⁰ 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook. Not Period 6.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions.)
• Final Draft of Essay due Thursday.
• Crossword due Friday (List 11). (SSI must do 5x each missed word. Here is the interactive web version. 17D is "discriminatory.")

Week of March 16

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Monday night: chapter 17
• Tuesday night: chapter 18
• Wednesday night: chapters 19-20
• Thursday night: chapters 21-22
• 600 word rough draft essay in one of the accepted genres is due Tuesday!  Do not put your name on the paper. Instead, create a 4-digit number for yourself. Topics: Ideas 1. Ideas 2. Ideas 3. (Final Draft due Tuesday 3/23.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Academic Word Sentences (List X) due Friday

Week of March 9

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Monday night: chapters 9-10
• Tuesday night: chapters 11-12
• Wednesday night: chapters 13-14
• Thursday night: chapters 15-16
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. Think ahead! 600 word rough draft essay in one of the accepted genres is due Tuesday, 3/17! Ideas 1. Ideas 2.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Spelling Practice (5x correctly each one missed) due Friday.

Week of March 2

•  Charlotte Doyle (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Monday night: chapters 1 and 2
• Tuesday night: chapters 3 and 4
• Wednesday night: chapters 5 and 6
• Thursday night: chapters 7 and 8
• Tom Sawyer Project OR Final Exam due Tuesday. Thursday! Note new day.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Academic Word Sentences^600-1/2 (List IX) due Friday
• 600 words/week resumes on Tuesday, 3/10. Be ready! An essay is coming. Here are some more ideas. Here is the previous bunch of ideas.

Week of February 23. NOTE: This week's test is THURSDAY; we will be playing Tom Sawyer JEOPARDY on Friday.

• Tom Sawyer Reading Assignment. (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Monday night: 33, 34
• Tuesday night: 35
• All Moodle activity this week is extra credit. +1 for each post⁶⁰⁰ or wiki edit⁶⁰⁰ of at least 50 words.
• 600 words/week due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.  (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Spelling Practice (5x correctly each one missed) due THURSDAY.
• Tom Sawyer Project OR Final Exam due Tuesday, 3/3. NOTE: Next Tuesday's (3/3) 600 words is replaced by the TS project/final.

Week of February 16 (Monday is a holiday.)

• Tom Sawyer Reading Assignment. (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Tuesday night: 28, 29
• Wednesday night: 30
• Thursday  night: 31, 32
• All Moodle activity this week is extra credit. +1 for each post⁶⁰⁰ or wiki edit⁶⁰⁰ of at least 50 words.
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday.
• Mark Twain Paragraphing⁶⁰⁰ due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Thursday. (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Spelling Practice: For the words you missed on Monday, practice each one correctly 5x on the Pretest #8 sheet. Due Friday.

Week of February 9 (Monday is a holiday.)

• Tom Sawyer Reading Assignment. (SSI - must do study questions⁶⁰⁰.  Non-SSI - read only.)
• Tuesday night: 23
• Wednesday night: 24, 25
• Thursday  night: 26, 27
• All Moodle activity this week is extra credit. +1 for each post⁶⁰⁰ or wiki edit⁶⁰⁰ of at least 50 words.
• 600 words/week due (every) Tuesday. Here are some other topics to get you going.
• Pink Sheet (Pronouns/Antecedents - not available online)
• due Wednesday: p67
• due Thursday: p68
• Vocabulary due Thursday. (SSI - must do definitions, POS, blanks.  Non-SSI - blanks and n/v/adj.)
• Mark Twain Paragraphing⁶⁰⁰ due next Wednesday, 2/18.

Week of February 2

• Tom Sawyer on Moodle
• 1 250+ word Tom Sawyer Related Wiki page⁶⁰⁰ OR (if you can't Moodle...)
• 1 250+ word Tom Sawyer Related Mini-essay⁶⁰⁰
• This week's essay must be of a different type!
• This week (by Tuesday, 2/10) you will pick which of your two pieces of writing for me to grade (40 points).
• Here is the rubric for grading.
• Bonus of up to +3 (each) for each posting (up to 3 times) in the TS Forums⁶⁰⁰ for chapters 18-22.
• [IF YOU HAVE Supplementary Scholastic Instruction, YOU MUST DO STUDY QUESTIONS⁶⁰⁰ DAILY.]
• Tom Sawyer Reading Assignment. (Obviously there will be a daily reading check.)
• Monday Night: 18
• Tuesday Night: 19,20
• Wednesday Night: 21(p137, 138 and 143, 144 only.)
• Thursday Night: 22
• 600 words/week due every Monday. Here are some other topics to get you going.
• Vocabulary Sheet due Wednesday. Sentences⁶⁰⁰ of your own are extra credit.
• [IF YOU HAVE Supplementary Scholastic Instruction, you must also do definitions (in your notebook).]
• Pink Sheet (Commas - not available online)
• due Tuesday: p193
• due Thursday: p194

Week of January 26 - Welcome to the Second Semester!

• Tom Sawyer on Moodle
• 1 250+ word Wiki page + 4 forum entries (50+ words each) + Moodle vocabulary practice OR (if you can't Moodle...)
• 1 250+ word Mini-essay + study question answers + vocabulary blanks (in  folder)
• Tom Sawyer Reading Assignment. (Obviously there will be a daily reading check.)
• Monday Night: 14
• Tuesday Night: 15
• Wednesday Night: 16
• Thursday Night: 17
• Vocabulary blanks or Moodle practice due Wednesday. (Definitions are required for SSI people.)
• 600 words/week due every Monday.
• AW Sentences due Friday. (Separate sheet, in folder. Counts 1 for 2 towards 600 words.)
• 120 Seconds continues Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

"Week" of January 19 (Monday and Friday are student holidays.)

• Tom Sawyer. 10 contributions this week to the Tom Sawyer Moodle. Here are the study questions and vocabulary. SSI people owe definitions on Thursday.
• Tuesday night: Chapter 12
• Wednesday night: Chapter 13
• 120 Seconds continues.

Week of January 12

• Tom Sawyer. You must make at least 20 contributions per week (M-Th) to the Tom Sawyer Moodle. You must contribute 5+ times/week in each of the 3 main areas (the slang dictionary is optional). If you are unable to access Moodle, you must do the study questions each night, and fill in the vocabulary blanks. (Vocabulary definitions are extra credit.) Here are the study questions.  The daily reading checks will be taken directly from these study questions.
• Monday Night: Chapters 6, 7
• Tuesday Night: Chapter 8
• Wednesday Night: Chapter 9
• Thursday Night: Chapters 10, 11
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday and continues (5/day) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Words Sentences (List #7) due Friday.

Week of January 5 (Welcome back!) All written homework, EXCEPT Academic Word Sentences, is optional. The reading is not optional!  The knowledge/learning from the written work is required, and will be tested.

• Tom Sawyer. Here are the study questions. I will be taking the daily reading checks directly from the study questions! You don't have to write them out, BUT if you do, you get to use them for the quizzes.
• Monday Night: Author's Preface and Chapter 1
• Tuesday Night: Chapter 2
• Wednesday Night: Chapter 3
• Thursday Night: Chapter 4
• Pink Sheet: Pronouns (not available online)
• Monday Night: p50
• Wednesday Night: p53
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• AWS #6 due Thursday. Friday!
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday 1/13.

Week of December 15

• IRW (Interactive Reader Workbook) There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday: p370-371
• Tuesday: p368-369
• Wednesday: p375
• Thursday: p366-367 - Yes, fill out the application.
• Pink Sheet Review (if you are not exempt):
• 1-20 due Tuesday.
• 21-40 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.

Week of December 8

• IRW (Interactive Reader Workbook) There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday night: p360-361
• Tuesday night: p362-363
• Wednesday night: p364-365
• Thursday night: p372-374
• Pink Sheet (Possessive Nouns - not available online.)
• p37 due Tuesday
• p38 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Roots Sentences due Friday.

Week of December 1

• IRW (Interactive Reader Workbook) There will also be a reading check daily.
• Monday night: p344-345
• Tuesday night: p346-347
• Wednesday night: p350-351
• Thursday night: p354-355
• Academic Word Sentences
• Monday night: 1-5
• Tuesday night: 6-10
• Wednesday night: 11-15
• Thursday night: 16-20
• Vocabulary due Wednesday

"Week" of November 24

• Giver Project due Monday, 12/1. Not Tuesday. Monday, CHoHW. Got it?

Week of November 17

• The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. If there's something you don't understand, WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTION(S) in your notebook. I will answer them before the quiz. I will not answer questions that are not written in the notebook. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY! There will also be a Moodle forum set up so you can ask each other questions about the book (optional).
• Monday night: 18 and 19
• Tuesday night: 20 and 21
• Wednesday night: Chapters 22 and 23
• Thursday night: Lois Lowry's speech (p170-181)
• "Pink" Sheet - Nouns as Subjects and Complements (not available online)
• p43  due Tuesday
• p44  due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Giver Project due next Tuesday, 11/25.  Fine! Giver Projects may be turned in on Monday, 12/1. Not Tuesday. Monday. Got it?

"Week" of November 10 (Monday and Tuesday are holidays!)

• The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. If there's something you don't understand, WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTION(S) in your notebook. I will answer them before the quiz. I will not answer questions that are not written in the notebook. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY! There will also be a Moodle forum set up so you can ask each other questions about the book (optional).
• Wednesday night: Chapters 14 and 15
• Thursday night: Chapters 16 and 17
• Pink Sheet - Nouns and their Jobs p43/44 - due Thursday (both sides).

Week of November 3
Remember: This week we begin the new Friday Test Policy. Those who do not receive 70%+ on Friday's test, will attend SSI* at break all next week. (*SSI = Supplementary Scholastic Instruction)

• The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. If there's something you don't understand, WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTION(S) in your notebook. I will answer them before the quiz. I will not answer questions that are not written in the notebook. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY! There will also be a Moodle forum set up so you can ask each other questions about the book (optional).
• Monday night: Chapters 6 and 7
• Tuesday night: Chapters 8 and 9
• Wednesday night: Chapter 10 and 11
• Thursday night: Chapters 12 and 13
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Pink Sheet - Fragments and Run-Ons (not available online):
• Due Tuesday: p28
• Due Thursday: p29
• Academic Words Sentences due Friday.

Week of October 27

• The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. If there's something you don't understand, WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTION(S) in your notebook. I will answer them before the quiz. I will not answer questions that are not written in the notebook. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY! There will also be a Moodle forum set up so you can ask each other questions about the book (optional).
• Monday night: Chapters 1 and 2
• Tuesday night: Chapters 3 and 4
• Wednesday night: Chapter 5
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• EXTRA CREDIT!! Optional!! Crossword due Thursday. Here is the interactive web version. (Don't worry that the page says List #5; it's the correct list.) EXTRA CREDIT!! Optional!!
• Outsiders Project due Thursday.

Week of October 20

• This week: Post to the Outsiders forums on Moodle. Respond to each of my questions, and to others' responses. (No Moodle access? The questions are here.
• If you have not already completed the S. E. Hinton Questions, they are due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday, unless exempt (10/10 on pretest).
• AWS 1-3 Review. Pick any 20 to use in sentences. Due Thursday, unless exempt (28/30 on pretest).
• Outsiders Project due next Tuesday 10/28. Thursday, 10/30.

Week of October 13

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Justification Paper: Final Draft due Tuesday. Turn in brainstorming/rubric/rough draft/final draft.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences III due Thursday.

Looking Ahead: Outsiders Project due Tuesday 10/28..

Week of October 6

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• "Pink" Sheet: (Kinds of sentences/Subjects in unusual order. Not available online.)
• p16 due Tuesday
• p19 due Thursday
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Justification Paper: Brainstorming and Rough Draft due Thursday.
• Spelling Sentences (or 5x each word) for 1-6 on Pretest #3 due Friday.

Week of September 29

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• "Pink" Sheet: (Verb Phrases. Not available online.)
• p10 due Tuesday
• p11 due Thursday
• Show not Tell II:  Pick one of the two, due Tuesday:
• "Weird Planet"  or
• "_________ is Sooooooooo Fun!"
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Thursday.

Looking Ahead:  Brainstorming and Rough Draft for Justification Paper due next Thursday 10/9.
 

Week of September 22

• Test 1A retakes (for those who scored less than 60%) are Friday!
• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet. (Not available online.)
• Simple Subjects (p4) due Tuesday
• Simple Predicates (p7) due Thursday - Modification to p7 assignment due Thursday: In addition to underlining the simple predicate, as the instructions say, please also CIRCLE the SIMPLE SUBJECT. I'm going to pick 10 of them for you to click in as a quiz on Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Show not Tell II:  Pick one of the two, due Thursday. Tuesday, 9/30. You're welcome. (350+ words/ink)
• "_________ is Sooooooooo Fun!"  or
• "Weird Planet"
• Crossword (spelling only) due Friday. Here is interactive web version.

Week of September 15

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word sentences for List 1A due Thursday.

Looking ahead:
• Show not Tell II:  Pick one of the two, due next Tuesday, 9/23. Thursday , 9/25!(350 words/ink)
• "_________ is Sooooooooo Fun!"
• "Weird Planet"

Week of September 8

• KBAR begins. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Show not Tell writing assignment, "My Room is Such a Mess" due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)

Week of September 1 (Monday is the Labor Day holiday.)

• KBAR begins. Read 15+ 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 Friday Tuesday 9/9. (Note new date!)

Week of August 25 (School Starts Aug. 26)

• Read and sign class expectations by Wednesday.
• Get a spiral notebook by Thursday.
• Short Slang Paper due Friday.

Looking Ahead:
• Find a KBAR book by Tuesday, 9/2.
• "My Room is Such a Mess" due Friday, 9/5.