Current Homework, 2009-2010

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Week of June 14

• No Mas! Basta! Basta!

Week of June 7

• Message to 6th Grade due by Friday. It's not homework if you finish it in class.

Week of May 31 (Monday is a holiday!)
HOT TIP: Go here to get your works cited entries just right.
Research Handouts: Topic Stuff,  Requirements and Notes, Works Cited Examples

• Final draft of research paper is due Friday, June 4. Here's a recap of what your paper should look like.

Weeks of May 24 AND May 31

• RESEARCH! You should be doing 20+ minutes of research-related work per night: reading, note-taking, finding sources, etc.
• First Due Date: One full typed paged with citations due Wednesday, 5/26. (Here is an example.) This should be from the section of your paper where you have the most notes so far.
• Final draft of research paper is due Friday, June 4.

Weeks of May 17 AND May 24

• Tom Sawyer Project or Final due Friday. Now accepted Monday 5/24, w/no penalty. Friday turn-in = +10% bonus.

Here are the rubrics for grading.
• RESEARCH! You should be doing 20+ minutes of research-related work per night: reading, note-taking, finding sources, etc.
• First Due Date: One full typed paged with citations due Wednesday, 5/26. (Here is an example.) This should be from the section of your paper where you have the most notes so far.
• Final draft of research paper is due Friday, June 4.

Week of May 10

• Tom Sawyer Reading. Quiz almost daily. You may use your study questions.

HOT TIP: If you've left your Tom Sawyer book at school, go HERE to read the book online.
• Monday night: Chapter 31
• Tuesday night: Chapter 32
• Wednesday night: Chapter 33
• Thursday night: Chapter 34/35
• SSI ONLY: Tom Sawyer Responding: Study Questions due daily.
• Vocabulary  due Tuesday for Periods 1 and 3; due Wednesday for Periods 4-6. (SSI must do definitions.)
• Topic Sheet due THURSDAY. Note new day.
• The test this week is Thursday.

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• Tom Sawyer Project or Final due next Friday, May 21.

Week of May 3

• Tom Sawyer Reading. Quiz daily. You may use your study questions.

HOT TIP: If you've left your Tom Sawyer book at school, go HERE to read the book online.
• Monday night: Chapter 26
• Tuesday night: Chapters 27/28
• Wednesday night: Chapter 29
• Thursday night: Chapter 30
• Tom Sawyer Responding: Study Questions due daily.
• Outlining Sheet due TUESDAY for Periods 1 and 3; due WEDNESDAY for Periods 4, 5, 6.
• Vocabulary (blanks, synonym, POS) due THURSDAY! Note new day. (SSI must do definitions.)
• 5X spelling practice (for the words you missed) due Friday.

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• Topic Sheet due Tuesday, May 11.
• Tom Sawyer Project or Final due Friday, May 21.

Week of April 26

• Tom Sawyer Reading. Quiz daily. You may use your study questions.

HOT TIP: If you've left your Tom Sawyer book at school, go HERE to read the book online.
• Monday night: Chapters 18 and 19
• Tuesday night: Chapter 20 (skip 21 and 22)
• Wednesday night: Chapters 23 and 24
• Thursday night: Chapter 25
• Tom Sawyer Responding: Study Questions due daily.
• All Tom Sawyer Moodling is extra credit/make up!
• Rewrite of DWA due this week. (If you received less than 3-.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday (blanks, synonym, POS). (SSI must do definitions.)
• Mark Twain Paragraphing due Thursday. FRIDAY!  MONDAY! And that's my final offer.
• (SSI only) Academic Word Sentences due Friday (for the words you missed on the pretest).

Week of April 19

• Tom Sawyer Reading. Quiz daily. You may use your study questions.

HOT TIP: If you've left your Tom Sawyer book at school, go HERE to read the book online.
• Monday night: Chapters 9 and 10
• Tuesday night: Chapters 11 and 12
• Wednesday night: Chapters 13 and 14
• Thursday night: Chapters 15 - 17
• Tom Sawyer Responding: 400 words/week on Moodle or on paper (in folder).
• Moodle: Follow directions there.
• On paper: a) Answer study questions. b) Write one 250+ word paper/week on a topic related to Tom Sawyer.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Blanks + POS + Synonym. SSI must do definitions.
• AW Sentences for the ones you missed on Monday's pretest due Friday. SSI must do all.

Week of April 12 (Welcome back from Spring Break!)

• Tom Sawyer Reading. Quiz daily. You may use your study questions.

HOT TIP: If you've left your Tom Sawyer book at school, go HERE to read the book online.
• Monday night: Author's Preface and chapter 1
• Tuesday night: Chapters 2 and 3
• Wednesday night: Chapters 4 and 6 (skip 5)
• Thursday night: Chapters 7 and 8
• Tom Sawyer Responding: 450 words/week on Moodle or on paper (in folder).
• Moodle: Follow directions there.
• On paper: a) Write a brief summary (with heading) of each chapter read. b) Answer study questions in complete sentences. c) Write one 250+ word paper/week on a topic related to Tom Sawyer.
• Pink Sheet - Apostrophes (not available online):
• Due Tuesday: p208
• Due Thursday: p209
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. All do definitions w/POS in notebook and fill in blanks. Sentences are extra credit.

Week of March 22 (Subject to change this week: Pay attention in class and check the web site daily.)

• IRW:
• Monday night: "Thank You M'am" p16-25 (skip p23, #2)
• Tuesday night: "Nombres" p26-37  (skip p35)
• Wednesday night: "The War of the Wall" p94-107 (skip p105)
• "A Page" due Friday.
• DWA on Friday.

Week of March 15

• IRW:
• Monday night: 387-390
• Tuesday night: 396-398
• Wednesday night: 409-410
• Thursday night: 401-405
• Pink Sheet - Prepositions:
• due Tuesday: p127
• due Thursday: p128
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. All do definitions in notebook.
• 5x each Spelling Practice due Friday for the words you missed on the pretest.

Week of March 8

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI MUST do study questions each night.)
• Monday night: chapter 17
• Tuesday night: chapter 18
• Wednesday night: chapters 19-20
• Thursday night: chapters 21-22
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Pink Sheet (Prepositions) -- due Tuesday: p124 due Thursday: p125. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary Due Wednesday. Everybody does definitions, POS, fill in blank. SSI must do sentences also.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday for SSI AND anyone who missed more than six (6) on Monday's Pretest 9A.

Week of March 1

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI MUST do study questions each night.)
• Monday night: chapter 12
• Tuesday night: chapter 13
• Wednesday night: chapter 14
• Thursday night: chapters  15 and 16
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Everybody does definitions, POS, fill in blank. SSI must do sentences also.
• Pink Sheet due Thursday.
• SSI (or anyone missing more than 8 on the pretest) must do missed spelling words 5x each by Friday.

Week of February 22

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI MUST do study questions each night.)
• Monday night: chapter 7
• Tuesday night: chapter 8
• Wednesday night: chapter 9
• Thursday night: chapters 10 and 11
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Pink Sheet - Adverbs:  page 115 due Tuesday,  page 116 due Thursday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary is due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions in notebook.)
• SSI Only: Academic Words -- List #8 -- Sentences due Friday. (Counts for 600.)

Week of February 15 (Monday is a holiday, again!)

• Charlotte Doyle (SSI MUST do study questions in notebook each night.)
• Tuesday night: chapters 1 and 2
• Wednesday night: chapters 3 and 4
• Thursday night: chapters 5 and 6
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Vocabulary is due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions in notebook.)
• Final draft of essay in one of the approved styles is due Friday. (Note new day.)
• SSI only: write missed spelling words correctly 5x each by Friday.

Week of February 8 (Monday is a holiday!)

• KBARR.  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. 1st essay (rough draft) in one of the approved styles is due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. SSI must do definitions.
• Interactive Reader Workbook (IRW). Bring it every day. Write directly in it. Follow the directions. There will be a quiz every day about the previous night's exercise.
• Tuesday night: p370-371
• Wednesday night: p372-373
• Thursday night: p374-375

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• SSI (? 30/40 on Test #17): RAEs due Friday. (Right Answer Explanations.) For each question you got wrong on Test #17, explain why the correct answer was correct. Example: If you got a vocabulary (or AW) question wrong, you would write what the definition of the correct answer is (in your own words). For grammar questions, explain the concept.

Week of February 1 (Welcome to the Second Semester! Grades Reset. SSI has been determined by the Semester Final.)

• KBARR.  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. 1st essay in one of the approved styles is due Thursday 2/11.
• Interactive Reader Workbook (IRW). Bring it every day. Write directly in it. Follow the directions. There will be a quiz every day about the previous night's exercise.
• Monday night: p350-351
• Tuesday night: p352-353
• Wednesday night: p354-355
• Thursday night: p358-359

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• Vocabulary due Wednesday. SSI must also do definitions in notebook.
• SSI only: Academic Word Sentences due Thursday. (For the words you missed on Monday AND on Warm Ups. Note new day.)

Week of January 25 (Thursday is the last day of the first semester. Friday is a student holiday.)

• KBARR.  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Wednesday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Thursday. (All in notebook.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday.
• Take-Home Semester Review: Final due back on Thursday. You will click it in on Thursday.
• 120 Seconds. If you haven't gone, you're going Tuesday!

Week of January 18 (Monday is the MLK holiday.)

• KBARR.  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet - Quotations (not available online):  p199 due Wednesday, p200 due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Thursday. (SSI must do definitions.)
• 120 Seconds continues... (if not already completed.)
• 600 words due (every) Tuesday. Next check: 1/26.

Week of January 11.

• KBARR.  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet - Indefinite Pronouns (not available online): p172 due Tuesday, p173 due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions.)
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday (For the words you missed.) (SSI only.)
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday, 1/12.

Week of January 4.

• KBARR returneth!  Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet - Possessive Pronouns (not available online): p55 due Tuesday, p56 due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (SSI must do definitions.)
• Roots Sentences due Friday. (SSI only.)
• Spelling 5x due Friday. (For the words you missed.) (SSI only.)
• 120 Seconds begins Tuesday, 1/12. Start practicing!

Week of December 14 - Vacation begins Friday afternoon!

• Read Lois Lowry's Newbery Award acceptance speech p170-181 by Wednesday. (Quiz)
• Giver Project due Friday. (Obviously there can be no late ones.)

Week of December 7
Regular KBARR is suspended while we read The Giver.
This Week: If you do not have SSI, all written homework is optional!
SSI only: Required responding for The Giver is 5+ sentences per night in notebook OR at least one 5+ sentence post on Moodle per night.

• 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. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY!
• Monday night: 17 and 18
• Tuesday night:  19 and 20
• Wednesday night: 21 and 22
• Thursday night: 23
• SSI only: Vocabulary, including definitions, due Wednesday.
• SSI only: Academic Word Sentences for the words you missed on Monday's Pretest due Friday.
• Think Ahead: Giver Project due next Friday 12/18.

Week of November 30
Regular KBARR is suspended while we read The Giver. Required responding for The Giver is 5+ sentences per night in notebook OR at least one 5+ sentence post on Moodle per night.

• 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. BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY!
• Monday night: chapters 11 and 12
• Tuesday night: chapter 13
• Wednesday night: chapters 14 and 15
• Thursday night: chapter 16
• Pink Sheet - Problem Subject/Verb Agreement (not available online): p175 due Tuesday, p176 due Thursday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Test Friday: Spelling, Roots, Vocabulary, Pink Sheet, Giver 16.

"Week" of November 23 (No school Wednesday-Friday. Have a great Thanksgiving!)
Regular KBARR is suspended while we read The Giver. Required responding for The Giver is 5+ sentences per night in notebook OR at least one 5+ sentence post on Moodle per night.

• 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!
• Monday night: chapters 9 and 10
• Your answers to the three utopia questions are due Tuesday.
• What attributes make for a perfect society?
• What would have to change about our world today to achieve that?
• How might we promote those changes?

Week of November 16.
Regular KBARR is suspended while we read The Giver. Required responding for The Giver is 5+ sentences per night in notebook OR at least one 5+ sentence post on Moodle per night.

• 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!
• Monday night: chapters 2 and 3
• Tuesday night: chapters 4 and 5
• Wednesday night: chapters 6 and 7
• Thursday night: chapter 8
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Academic Word Sentences due Friday. One sentence for each word you missed on Monday's pretest.

Week of November 9. Wednesday (!?) is a holiday for Veterans' Day.

• KBAR = Interactive Reader. Bring it every day. Write directly in it. Follow the directions.
• Monday Night: p360-361
• Wednesday Night: p362-363
• Thursday Night: p364-365
• Pink Sheet (Subject/Verb Agreement. Not available online.)
• p163 due Tuesday.
• p164 due Thursday
• "Old Glory" (p203) questions due Thursday, in notebook or on Moodle.
• Who is (are) the protagonist(s)?
• What are the two main conflicts?
• How is each conflict resolved?
• What is the theme/message of the story?

Week of November 2. (Welcome to the Second Quarter. SSI resets! Grades do not.)

• KBARR. Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed. Response = Literary Terms Sheet examples from your book. Use a separate sheet. Due Friday. (Definitions can be found here.)
• Vocabulary (including mini crossword) due Wednesday.
• Outsiders Project due Thursday.  FRIDAY.

Week of October 26 (No school on Friday!)
     Amnesty Week. Those with no missing assignments have no homework due this week.
I will accept any and all missing assignments or test retakes through Thursday. Look it up online, or see me at break or after school.

• Outsiders Project due next Thursday, 11/5

Week of October 19

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet (Commas): Page  193 due Tuesday,  Page 194 due Thursday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary (blanks filled in, synonyms, POS) due Wednesday. (SSI: Definitions also.)
• Sentence Combining Practice due Thursday. Two sentences for each group. (More for extra credit.)
• (SSI only: Spelling 5x practice due Friday.)

Week of October 12

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed in notebook. No response this week! Work on your essay final draft.
• Brainstorming and Rough Draft of Justification Paper due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.Your synonyms and blanks filled in. (SSI: Definitions as well.)
• Academic Word Sentences (for the words you missed) due Thursday. (SSI: Do sentences for all.)
• Final Draft of Justification Paper due Friday.

Week of October 5 -- SSI = 23/40 or less on Test #5.

• KBAR(R)! 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): Page 16 due Tuesday,  Page 19 due Thursday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. Your synonyms and blanks filled in. (SSI: Definitions as well.)
• SSI: Crossword due Thursday. (Others: Extra Credit.)  (Here is the interactive web version. And do not worry that this one says List #5. It  is the correct one.)
• SSI: Spelling Practice due Friday --Write a sentence using each word you missed on Monday's pretest. (Others: Extra Credit.)
• Think ahead: Brainstorming and Rough Draft of Justification Paper due Tuesday, 10/13.

Week of September 28 -- SSI = 23/40 or less on Test #4.

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• SHOW not TELL Essay due Tuesday. (Choose one.)
• Pink Sheet (Fragments/Run-ons): Page 28 due Tuesday,  Page 29 due Thursday. (Not available online.)
• Vocabulary Sheet due Wednesday. 1) Fill in the blank, and then... 2) put an equivalent word or phrase that would also fit into the blank. Sentences of your own (in notebook) are extra credit.  (SSI: Definitions also due Wednesday - in notebook.)
• Academic Word Sentences (List 2a) due Friday. (SSI: Due Thursday.)
• Thinking ahead:  Brainstorming and Rough Draft for Justification Paper due next Thursday 10/8.

Week of September 21 (*SSI = ? 24/40 on Test #3. Retake is Friday after the regular test.)

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Pink Sheet (Simple Subjects b/w Simple Predicates): SS due Tuesday, SP due Thursday. (Not available online.)
• *Vocabulary due Wednesday. NEW: You only have to do the definitions of the words you don't already know. This is subject to audit. (*If you have SSI, you MUST do all definitions.)
• *Crossword (spelling words only) due Friday for SSI ONLY. (Here is the interactive web version.) Extra credit for others.
• *5X Spelling Practice due Friday for SSI ONLY. Extra credit for others.
• NEXT SHOW not TELL: due Tuesday, 9/29.

Week of September 14

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• "Messy Room" due Tuesday. NO LATE ONES WILL BE ACCEPTED!
• Academic Word Sentences #1 due Thursday for those on SSI. Due Friday for all others.

Week of Sept 7 (Monday is a holiday!)

• KBAR(R)! Read 15+ minutes nightly through Thursday, get chart signed, respond 1 page by Friday. (All in notebook.)
• Vocabulary due Wednesday. (That's tomorrow, BTW.)
• "Messy Room" due Friday. Tuesday, 9/15. NOTE NEW DATE!

Week of August 31

• KBAR(R) begins! Read 15+ minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1/2 page (in notebook) -- nightly through Thursday.
• Short Slang Paper due Tuesday.
• Vocabulary due Wednesday.
• Crossword due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
• Spelling/Vocabulary/Etc. Test on Friday.

Week of August 24 (School Starts Aug. 27)

• Read and sign class expectations by Friday. (That would be the next day.)
• Get a spiral notebook by Monday (in class), 8/31.
• Find a KBAR book by Monday (night), 8/31.
• Short Slang Paper due Tuesday, 9/1.