Thursday, November 29, 2007

10th Grade - honors

balsam, balsamic vinegar, baluster, balustrade, Bamboozle, banal, banana, bandoller, bandeau, bandwidth, bangle, banish, banshee, baobub,

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

SEVENTH GRADE

UPDATE FOR SEVENTH GRADE: FINISH PAGE 94 OF GRAMMAR - NOT PAGE 95.

Monday, November 26, 2007

ATTENTION!!

Notebooks are due November 28th. Students are responsible for having homework, for the past 5 weeks, neatly organized in a 3 ring binder.


Independant Reading Projects are due next week, beginning December 3. Each student was assigned a group (day)last week. It is an oral book report (assignment received and book selected the week after Fall Break) accompanied by a 10-12 slide Power Point presentation, and a written version of the presentation. Seventh grade has the option of creating an imaginative poster or a 5-10 slide Power Point presentation.

ALL CLASSES -Classwork and Homework for the week of November 26 : Work on Projects!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Week of November 11

Monday:
Seventh Grade - pages 88-91 of Grammar
10th Grade - Outline regarding "Theme" in Literature book. Vocabulary words on board.
11th grade - Outline pages 112-116 and 117-122. Vocabulary words on board.
12th Grade - Vocabulary Words on board. Read "A Pardoner's Tale" and answer questions 1-5 on page 30.

Tuesday:
Seventh Grade - pages 91-93 of Grammar
10th Grade - Read "With All Our Flags" and answer questions at the end of the story (Identifying Facts- write questions).
11th Grade - Read "Rip Van Winkle" and answer questions at the end of the story (Identifying Facts - write questions).
12th Grade - Summarize three pages of "A Pardoner's Tale" 4-5 lines at a time, putting it into your own words.

Wednesday:
All Classes - Review

Thursday- All Classes:
Class Games/Competition regarding above classwork.

Friday: All Classes:
Day Two of Competition

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Classwork: November 4-9

November 4-9:
7th Grade:
Monday - Tuesday - First two pages of Spelling Unit 5. Tues: Spelling Bee
Wednesday - Homework - Spelling pages
Thursday - Grammar pages 86-88
Friday - Review

10th - 11th Grade:
Monday: Write an 8-12 lined rhyming poem regarding the meaning of Thanksgiving.
Tuesday: Read Aloud, receive critique, and revise the above
Wednesday:l Revise poems
Homework: Write a one page synopsis of what is currently occuring in book (independent reading project)
Thursday: Read finalized poem aloud
Friday: Grammar worksheets
The best poems from each class will be selected to go on my classroom door

12th Grade:
Monday: Test review
Tuesday: Test
Wednesday: Write an 8-12 lined rhyming poem regarding the meaning of Thanksgiving.
Thursday:l Read aloud, receive critique, and revise the poem accordingly
Friday: Finalize poems. The best will be put on my classroom door.