Current Homework,
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Week of May 25 (Monday is the Memorial Day holiday.)
If your Argumentative Research Paper isn't in Tuesday, it's late!
- Only one homework assignment left:
"Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you—
Then, it will be true."
Yours is due Monday, June 8. One sheet of paper. Neat. Ink. Sincere.
- Argumentative Research Report! Turn it in (and post it on your blog) by Friday and receive a 5% bonus. Otherwise, you can ruin your three-day weekend and turn it in Tuesday, 5/26. Here are the requirements. We will be in the library all week, so you had better take advantage of your time there.
Week of May 11
KBARBlogging. 15 minutes reading (M-Th).
Response (M-Th): 3-I think/because, 2-questions, 1-I predict/because.
- Biographical Sketch from Interview due Tuesday, 5/5. Please submit a printed copy and post it on your blog.
Previous:
Week of April 27
- Argumentative Research Topic due Wednesday. Here is a link to the Thesis Generator.
- Biographical Sketch from Interview due Tuesday, 5/5. Please submit a printed copy and post it on your blog.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday.
- Transition Words Sheet: M: 1-5, T: 6-10, W: 11-16, Th: Pick 5.
- Rough draft of completed interview due 4/27.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. (That link has the spelling list too.)
- KBAR Blog Returns. One post per day: M-Th, 100-150 words. No Summaries!
- Preliminary Interview Questions due Wednesday.
- Rough draft of completed interview due 4/27.
No school Friday; Spring Break begins!
- No homework this week. What?!
- District Testing is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in class.
- Blog House Cleaning: Go back over your most recent ten (10) posts and proofread VERY CAREFULLY. Beginning Friday morning, I will be reviewing them in the same way as the PERFECT PAPER. Every mistake will be costly. Fix typos, fragments, run-ons, lame titles, pictures that don't appear, missing urls, baaaaaad spelling, misused capitals... whew.
- Vocabulary Review test on Friday. Here's the list of lists. I will simply be copying and pasting from previous tests.
- Parts of Speech Review test on Friday. Here is the study guide you should have completed on Monday in class.
- KBARBlog Returns. One post per day: M-Th, 100-150 words.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday.
- Spelling will be part of the test Friday.
Week of March 9
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday.
- Spelling will be part of the test Friday.
- Perfect Paper I due
Friday. MONDAY, 3/16! Requirements are here.
- KBARBlog Returns. One post per day: M-Th, 100-150 words. Bonus for reading non-fiction related to Maus. As always, cite the url of the site you read.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday.
- Giver Project due Monday.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday and Wednesday.
- 300+ word blog post due
Friday: MONDAY, 3/2.
"Three Reasons Why The Giver Book/Movie is Better Than the Movie/Book."
- Color Essay: final draft should be published on your blog by Wednesday, 2/18.
- Giver Project due Monday, 2/23.
- 300+ word blog post due Friday, 2/27:
"Three Reasons Why The Giver Book/Movie is Better Than the Movie/Book."
- KBARBlog = The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Bring your book EVERY DAY, and come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don't understand.
- RESPONSE = DAILY = 1/1/1 = 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence reaction, 1 question.
- Tuesday night: read to the end of chapter 20
- Wednesday night: read to the end of chapter 22
- Thursday night: read to the end PLUS p177-179 of Lois Lowry's speech.
- Vocabulary due Wednesday, Thursday. Extra credit sentences are due Friday.
- Color "Essay" final draft must published on your blog by
Tuesday, 2/17. Wednesday, 2/18. (NOTE NEW DATE!) Please return the rough draft that day too. - Giver Project due
Friday, 2/20.MONDAY, 2/23!
Week of February 2
- KBARBlog = The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Bring your book EVERY DAY, and come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don't understand.
- RESPONSE = DAILY = 1/1/1 = 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence reaction, 1 question.
- Monday night: read to the end of chapter 15
- Tuesday night: read to the end of chapter 16
- Wednesday night: read to the end of chapter 18
- Thursday night: read to the end of chapter 19
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday. Extra credit sentences are due Friday.
- Color "Essay" rough draft in class THURSDAY. Think about it and be ready!
- 120 Seconds finishes this week.
Week of January 26
- KBARBlog = The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Bring your book EVERY DAY, and come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don't understand.
- RESPONSE = DAILY = 1/1/1 = 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence reaction, 1 question.
- Monday night: read to the end of chapter 9
- Tuesday night: read to the end of chapter 10
- Wednesday night: read to the end of chapter 12
- Thursday night: read to the end of chapter 13
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday. Extra credit sentences are due Friday.
- 120 Seconds continues.
Week of January 19 (Monday is the MLK Holiday.) Second Semester begins!
- KBARBlog = The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Bring your book EVERY DAY, and come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don't understand.
- RESPONSE = DAILY = 1/1/1 = 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence reaction, 1 question.
- Tuesday night: read to the end of chapter 5
- Wednesday night: read to the end of chapter 6
- Thursday night: read to the end of chapter 8
- 120 Seconds begins Wednesday and continues T, W, Th until we get through everybody.
Week of January 12- The 1st quarter ends Thursday. Friday is a student holiday. Monday, 1/19 is the MLK holiday!
- KBARBlog = The Giver. There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Bring your book EVERY DAY, and come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don't understand.
- RESPONSE = DAILY = 1/1/1 = 1 sentence summary, 1 sentence reaction, 1 question. Reading assignment will vary depending on how far we manage to read in class, so PAY ATTENTION!
- Monday night: read to the end of chapter ____ (p ).
- Tuesday night: read to the end of chapter ____ (p ).
- Yes, that's it.
- Start Practicing! 120 seconds begins Wednesday, 1/21!
Week of January 5 - Welcome Back!
- KBARBlogging: Read 15-20 minutes per night and reflect/report (100-150 words/night) on the idea of utopia.
Remember to record the urls of the pages you read. Use these search terms each night to find things to read:
- Monday night: "fictional utopias"
- Tuesday night: "would you want to live in a utopia"
- Wednesday night: "utopia examples from history"
- Thursday night: "arguments for (against) utopia"
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday. Extra credit sentences of your own (optional) due Friday.
- Start Practicing! 120 seconds begins Wednesday, 1/21!
Week of December 15
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday. Extra credit sentences are due Friday.
- RBC Packet (not available online):
- Monday night: p350-351 (green)
- Tuesday night: p358-359 (yellow)
- Wednesday night: p354-355 (white)
- Thursday night: p368-369 (buff)
- Make-Up KBARBing only this week. Don't forget the READING part.
Week of December 8.
- KBLOGGING: Read every day (M-Th, 20 minutes). Blog every day (M-Th, about 100-150 words); no signatures needed.
NOTE: Periods 1 and 6 are only required to have 2 entries this week!
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, (Friday is optional this week.)
Week of December 1
- KBLOGGING: Read every day (M-Th, 20 minutes). Blog every day (M-Th, about 100-150 words); no signatures needed.
**Bonus for reading/blogging about medieval times. - Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday,
ThursdayFriday.
Week of November 17
- Outsiders Project due MONDAY.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- KBAR Blogging is optional this week. If you do, please read and respond about:
Time Travel - Its possibility and problems. As always, cite your sources and urls.
"Week" of November 10 (Monday and Tuesday are student holidays.)
- Outsiders Project due MONDAY, 11/17. NOTE NEW DATE.
Week of November 3
- KBARR is back to fiction books.
- Please respond nightly.
- 20 minutes of reading.
- About one paragraph on your BLOG.
- Please include title and author of the book you are reading.
- Give each post an appropriate and creative title.
- No signatures needed.
- Digital final draft of first article (including appropriately cited pics/graphics) due by THURSDAY published on your blog. Note new date. Your blog will automatically publish whatever you have at 5 pm, 11/6. Here are the rubrics for the 3 types of essays.
- Outsiders Project due next Friday, 11/14. (Choose one!)
Week of October 27 - Welcome to the Second Quarter (Updated 10/29)
- KBAR = MORE Reading for your topic/article. Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
NONFICTION RESPONSE: Please respond 1 paragraph per night using one of the prompts. Use a different one each night. Be prepared to read yours the next day.
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: Instead of using your notebook, publish your KBAR responses on a Blogger blog! Use your @student.slcusd.org account to log in. Create a name for yourself! Encourage your parents and friend to read and comment (appropriately)! You must commit to the whole week; I don't want to have to check both places. E-MAIL ME THE LINK FOR YOUR BLOG!
UPDATE! If you blog your KBAR this week, you do not need signatures or a chart. Just be sure to include the source you are reading!
- Vocabulary Review test on Friday. All vocabulary words we have had are fair game. I will simply be copying and pasting from previous tests.
- Digital final draft of first article (including appropriately cited pics/graphics) due next Tuesday, 11/4. Your blog will automatically publish whatever you have at 5 pm, 11/4.
- KBAR = Reading for your article topic. You must read at
least four (4) sources related to your topic: internet sites, magazine
articles, book chapters, etc.
DueThursdayat the bottom of your YOUR GOOGLE DOC: Works Cited entries for your 4 articles. Tip: Add the EasyBib add-on to your GoogleDocs.
ALERT: The Works Cited for 4 sources is due with your article on Tuesday, 10/28.
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- Digital Rough Draft of First Article due Tuesday, 10/28.
NOTE NEW DATE! On your Google Drive and shared with me with 4
sources in the Works Cited at the bottom. Here are example essays
WITHOUT the research element. But they are still a sample of what we
are looking for.
Week of October 13
- KBARR: Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- Study Spelling/Roots for Friday's Test.
- Digital Rough Draft of First Article due Tuesday, 10/28. NOTE NEW DATE! On your Google Drive and shared with me.
- Next Week: KBAR = Reading for your article.
Week of October 6
- KBARR: Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - Vocabulary due Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- Study Spelling List for Friday's Test. (It will look like this.)
- ON HOLD UNTIL NEXT WEEK: Digital Rough Draft of First Article due
Tuesday, 10/14. On your Google Drive and shared with me.
- KBARR: Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - Vocabulary due Wednesday.
- AW Sentences for any warm ups missed due the next day. ( The Academic Words Pretest consists of the week's warm ups. You must earn 19/20 for the week to be exempt from that portion of the test. You owe a sentence of your own for each word you miss on a warm up this week. Those sentences are due the next day on the back of the AW sheet. Thank you.)
Week of September 22
- KBARR: Read 15 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - Vocabulary due Wednesday.
- Spelling/Roots Crossword due Friday. #2 Down is telegraph. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Week of September 15
- KBARR: Read 15 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - "Messy Room" due Tuesday.
- Vocabulary due Wednesday.
- AW Sentences for any warm ups missed due the next day. ( The Academic Words Pretest consists of the week's warm ups. You must earn 19/20 for the week to be exempt from that portion of the test. You owe a sentence of your own for each word you miss on a warm up this week. Those sentences are due the next day IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Thank you.)
Week of September 8
- KBARR: Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook) M, T, W, Th.
Response: One (1) page in notebook by Friday. (More response ideas here.) - Vocabulary due Wednesday.
- Think Ahead! "Messy Room" due Tuesday, 9/16.
Week of September 1 ( Monday is a holiday.)
- KBARR: Read 20 minutes, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1/2 page (in notebook) -- T, W, Th. (More response ideas here.)
- Attach KBAR handout to notebook by Wednesday.
- Vocabulary due Thursday.
- Spelling words on test Friday.
Week of August 25
- Read and sign class
expectations by Tuesday.
- Get a spiral notebook by Wednesday.
- Short Slang Explanation due Friday.
- Get a KBAR
book this week.
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