Week of May 12

Seventh Grade:
Monday- HW - Grammar - page 312-315. Review Spelling Chapter 21 of Spelling (definitions). Practice State Abbreviations.
Tuesday - Review

Wednesday:

Finish Unit 9 of Grammar -page 316-317

Practice State Abbreviations and Spelling words from Chapter 21 and 22 - Boys vs. Girls

10th Grade:
Read Chapters 11-13 of A Separate Peace
Worksheets/ Study Guide was handed out today.

Wednesday: Work on Study Guide for A Separate Peace. If more work is needed, assign all the questions at the end of Chapter 13 (in literature book)

11th Grade:
Finish reading and review moby dick

Wednesday:
Study Guide for Moby Dick is due at the end of class. If more work is needed, hand out the review and response worksheets that are stapled together.

Wednesday:
Study Guide for Moby Dick

12th Grade:
Finish reading and review A Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Wednesday:
Work and Complete the Study Guide for A Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Week of May 5:

Seventh Grade:

Homework:
Monday: Grammar - Page 304, Spelling - Copy Basic and Challenge words from Chapter 22 twice
Wednesday: Classwork/Homework - page 306-311 (Grammar).
Spelling: Chapter 21 aand 22
Grammar - Read pages 266 - 270.
Grammar - Pages 302-312

10th Grade: continue reading A Seperate Peace
Chapters 5-10
Questions 1-4 on page 924
Questions 1-4 on page 960

11th Grade: continue reading Moby Dick (worksheets due Monday - May 5)
Assignment: continue writing down unknown words and define them. Write a brief summary of each section read.

Answer questions on the board.


12th Grade: Finish The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Parts 4-7)
Review

Weeks: April 21 and April 28

What was covered the week of April 21 and April 28:

Seventh Grade: Chapters 19 - 20 of Spelling.
In Grammar: Pages 232 - 247 (Modifiers), 252-260 ( Class exercise- Cummulative review), Page 296-301

10th Grade:

Read : "Urashima Taro" and "The People Could Fly". The following worksheets and questions were assigned to be completed for a test grade:
"Urashima Taro" - Review and Response
"Urashima Taro" - Language Skills
"The People Could Fly" - Review and Response
"The People Could Fly" - Language Skills
Understanding What Happened - "Urashima Taro" and "The People Could Fly"

Outline of "Elements of the Novel" on page 898
Read Chapters 1-4 of A Separate Peace

Complete Vocabulary Worksheets (test - May 2)
Complete Understanding What Happened Worksheet

11th Grade: In addition to Grammar review:

Began Reading Moby Dick ( pages 297 - 317)

Assignment - For each page read, write down unknown words and define them for homework, as well as a brief summary of what was comprehended from each page.

Worksheets - 2 Vocabulary Sheets, 2 Review and Response, and Understanding What Happened

12th Grade: In addition to Grammar Review:

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

Part One - Three: Vocabulary from the right column of Text
Questions 1-7 on page 675

Week of April 21st

Seventh Grade:
Monday - Write each Basic and Challenge Word (Chapter 19) 5 times. Complete page 121. Homework - Page 254 - 255 ( numbers 70-100) Questions do not have to be written.

10th Grade - Read page 875-881. Complete all worksheets. Do ALL questions on page 881. Due Thursday for a test grade.

11th Grade - Read first two pages of Moby Dick. Write a summary.

12th grade - Read part one of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Copy all vocabulary words from the right column of story (for Part One).

Week of April 7

7th Grade:
Monday: Chapter 16 of spelling (Finish the chapter)
Tuesday: Review
Wednesday: Test (including spelling and definitons) will be on Wednesday.
Thursday: Grammar pages 184-185

Attention Parents:
** Due to a misunderstanding, students had a choice of whether to take the test on Wednesday or take the test on Thursday. Please ask you child if he or she has brought a test home to be signed. It is for a daily grade of 100. They will receive a daily grade of zero for every day it is not turned in.

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10th Grade:
Attention parents: Students were given a test last week. Students who did not do well on the test were required to take it home to be signed. They are also required to get signed, the worksheet (part of last week's homework) that was the basis for the test. They will be given two daily grades for each signed paper, which are due back on 4/8. Each day the papers are not returned, the student will receive two zeros.

Classwork:
Outline pages 864-867
Read pages 868-872
On page 874, answer (write questions and answer in complete sentences) all "Identifying Meaning" questions for EACH story.
Complete all worksheets (7 in total - some front and back)

The assignments above were given out on Monday. The due date for the above assignments IN THEIR ENTIRETY is Friday. The students have had ample time, considering the whole week was given to accomplish the above task for a test grade. In order to receive a 100 test grade, EVERYTHING must be finished. Otherwise, a zero will be given. I will not give partial credit, it is an all or nothing project, of which the students are perfectly aware. The only excuse for the project not being finished is not taking advantage of the time given this week (some chose to believe that since the assignment was not due until Friday, then they had free days and simply waited until the last minute). Those who took advantage of the opportunity for a grade enhancer, and worked very hard this week, should be awarded for their efforts, not those who wasted time.

Week of March 2

Seventh grade -
Monday - test from Friday, that was supposed to be today, is moved, due to many absences from baseball and softball.
Tuesday - test (half of the class took the test, the other will take it tomorrow)
Wednesday - Chapter 14 - page 93-94 review.
Thursday - Review
Friday - Spelling Test

10th Grade -
Monday - worksheet re: Antigone (5 parts to Worksheet- it will be turned in on Friday for a test grade)
Tuesday - worksheet
Wednesday - review of outlining
Thursday - test on designing an outline
Friday - worksheet re: Antigone due (all must be complete in order to receive a grade)

11th grade -
Monday - First 12 words from page 1170 of Literature book. Study words
Tuesday - Test of words from Monday
Wednesday - Review questions and vocabulary from "Masque of the Red Death" (class contest)
Thursday - Test

12th Grade -
Monday - First 10 words beginning with "cantos" in the Handbook of Literary Terms.
Tuesday - Test of words from Monday
Wednesday - Review questions and vocabulary from "Doctor Faustus"
Thursday - Test

Recap of the week

Seventh Grade-
Copy the words from Chapter 14 twice. Do page 91 (write the questions). There is a test on Friday regarding Chapter 13 spelling and the two stories from last week - "Princess" and "Rikki Tikki Tavi". Answers were given out to the students who could show they completed the work from the stories.
On Wednesday - the class watched a video regarding how to build an essay. They were given the opportunity (for an extra credit test grade) to enter the FBLA's essay contest. The theme is "What do you believe it takes to be a leader?". The essay must be typed and 350 words. The winner will receive $50 dollars and the second place winner will receive $25.

10-12th Grade:
- watched videos supporting the organization of introductions, body, and conclusions.
- 10th grade had a vocabulary test (from "Antigone") that everyone did well on.
- worked on rough drafts of paper

*THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE PAPER IS DUE TOMORROW. IF A PRINTER IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN THE DRAFT CAN BE E-MAILED TO ME NO LATER THAN THE PERIOD IT IS DUE. IT MUST BE TYPED, 12 FONT, DOUBLE SPACED, ONE INCH MARGINS, AND INCLUDE THE REVISED OUTLINE. IF THE DRAFT DOES NOT FOLLOW EVERY INSTRUCTION, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Rough Draft Update

The rough drafts for Cinderella will be due on Friday

Week of February 19

Seventh Grade -
Monday -Literature - page 28 - Read "Princess". Homework: Answer question 1-5 (in complete sentences) on page 37.
Vocabulary - dote, allergy, retrieve, inferior, exasperation, persist, convulsion, trepidation, adjoining, unkempt

Tuesday - Read "Riki Tiki Tavi" on page 39. Homework - Answer questions 1-5 (in complete sentences) on page 50.
Vocabulary - bungalow, wisp, draggled, cower, spectacles, fledgling, gait, coil, consolation, cunningly

Wednesday - Review the above stories and vocabulary

Thursday - Spelling - page 84. Write each Basic and challenge word twice. Page 85 1-24. Questions must be written. Grammar - p. 147-148, 1-32 (Questions do not have to be written) What ever is not finished in class is homework.

Friday - Weekend homework- Spelling - page 86 (1-4 and 1-6), page 87 (1-8) , page 88 (Careers)

10th Grade -
Monday - Outline page 744
- Vocabulary: carrion, meddling, eddy, marshall, yawning, state, garland, bray, swagger, arc
Tuesday - Discuss Greek Mythology and Literature (review information from 744-747). Answer questions on the board.
Wednesday - Discuss "Oedipus Rex"
Thursday - Watch "Oedipus Rex"
Friday - Rough Draft of Paper re: The Comparison and Contrast of "Cinderella" from Disney and the Brothers Grimm is due (typed - double spaced, 12 font, at least 2 FULL pages)
Begin reading "Antigone"

11th -
Monday - Vocabulary - profuse, dauntless, reverie, tremulousness, phantasm, wanton, revel. Outline or write a one page essay regarding the information about Edgar Allen Poe.

Tuesday - Answer questions from the board. Read "Masque of the Red Death" . Answer Identifying Fact questions

Wednesday - review story and vocabulary

Thursday - Worksheets on "The Masque of the Red Death".

Friday - Rough Drafts due. Test on "The Masque of the Red Death".

12th - Began "Doctor Faustus". Vocabulary: glut, ransack, servile, resoloute, abjure, execrable, dross, hapless, entrails, incessant

TYPED OUTLINE

for 11th and 12th - Because of slight confusion regarding the assignment, outlines are due in my inbox (e-mailed) no later than 12:00 a.m. on February 14th. Those who do/did not turn in an outline receive a test grade of zero.

10th grade - Many students did not turn in an outline. Those who did not turn in an outline were required to take a letter home to be signed by a parent for a grade.

10th-12 grade - update

There is a change to the 10th grade assignment.
The rough draft is NOT due tomorrow. It will be due on Wednesday. Tomorrow, the only thing due, is a typed outline. Included in the outline should be their approved quote inside of the introduction. There should be 6 roman numerals. The completed outline (double spaced) should be at least four-five pages. If a printer is not available, then they can e-mail it to me.

Operation Smile - Pageant and Dance Team

Just a note, for those of you who came to support our TRA girls in the beauty pageant. The Dance Team has donated $240.00 to the charity of Operation Smile. Thanks so much for your contributions.

Also, for those parents who have children in baseball, the TRA seat cushions are on a must go clearance sale for $2.00!

Thanks for all you do to support TRA!!!

Week of February 11

Seventh Grade-
Monday - HW - copy work for the board and write it 5 times. Also, since most children checked out on Friday for the basketball game, the spelling words for Chapter 11 need to be written once.
Tuesday - Review for Grammar test on action and being verbs, and verb phrases. Spelling review for Chapter 11.( an assignment of page 146, 1-20 in grammar was given to each student at the end of class- they were told to write it down)
Wednesday - Class Competition regarding the above- for bonus points on test.
Thursday - Test of Chapter 11 of Spelling and of Grammar (linking, action verbs and verb phrases)
Friday - No School

10th-12th grade:
Monday - work on the final outline
Tuesday - outline due (Introduction, Basic Situation, Complication/Conflict, Climax, Resolution, and Conclusion) - 2 daily grades - Review of the Grimm's Cinderella
Wednesday - Test on the Grimm's Cinderella
Thursday - Rough Draft of Comparison and Contrast paper due (test grade)
Friday - No school

Week of February 4

Attention parents: I apologize for the blog not being updated last week. It was unavoidable, but once brought to my atttention, could have been rectified, quickly. I simply forgot to do so, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Due to many deadlines last week and organizing the first TRA pageant (please come show your support) I became sidetracked and that is no excuse.

Seventh Grade: Last Week - Studied Chapter 9 of Spelling (Pages 61- the top of page 64). Began Chapter 10 of Spelling (wrote each basic and challenge word twice). Grammar - Reviewed Linking Verbs

This Week:
Monday - Review. Homework - Grammar page 145, 1--6. ( study Chapter 9 and 10 of Spelling)
Tuesday - Spelling, page 67 - Grammar 146 ( do not have to write the questions)
Wednesday - Review on the above
Thursday - Test
Friday - Spelling Chapter 11 - Write each basic and challenge word twice

10th Grade:
- Turn in Quotes or whatever method chosen for first sentence of introduction (for compare/contrast paper of the two different versions of Cinderella)
- Worksheet regarding Plot ( from Friday)
- Define the following: pious, vile, parlor, lentils, hearth, cinders, thicket, hazel bush or hazel tree, whirring, alighted.
- Break up Grimm version of Cinderella in to four parts (basic situation, complication/conflict, climax, resolution)
- From Literature Book: Page 155 - A Critical Response, #2 - At least a half page answer using complete sentences

Reading Log - Beneficial and Extra Credit

• Each class has been assigned a reading log (optional, not mandatory) beginning Monday, Jan 28.
• This is strictly to benefit the student and their reading comprehension.
• Books only( student preference)

Designate a separate part of the three ring binder required for my class for a reading log. Each night (Monday - Friday) the student should document the day of the week and date at the top of a piece of paper. They should also have a space for time started, time finished (must be at least an hour), reading material, page number started, page number ended. As the student reads, the should document any and all words that are unfamiliar. When reading has been completed for each night, the student should define all words and write a brief summary regarding the part of the book read that particular night.

At the end of the week (Friday), student will receive a daily grade. The daily grades will be calculated into a test grade at the end of each 9 week period.

• This is an "all or none" project. I will not give partial credit.

Assignments

Seventh grade - Week of January 20
Review and test (From Grammar - "Pecos Bill" and "Tornado", and Chapter 8 of Spelling),
Began Chapter 9 of Spelling (Write each Basic and Challenge word twice)
Watched Disney version of Cinderella (they will compare and contrast this version to the Grimm Brothers, next week in an outline.

10th Grade - Studied two versions of the same story. Developed outline and introduction for a comparison and contrast paper.

11th Grade - Vocabulary. Studied two versions of the same story. Developed outline and introduction for a comparison and contrast paper.

12th Grade - Review and test of Part two of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Developed outline and introduction for a comparison and contrast paper.

Week of January 7

Seventh Grade:
Monday: Worksheet re: conflict (literature book pages 2-4), Grammar - page 106-112. Answer questions 1-3 on page 112. Begin reading "Tornado".
Tuesday: finish reading "Tornado". Vocabulary: depression, bedrock, forlorn, vapor, condenses. Answer questions 1-3 on page 116.
Wednesday: Class discussion regarding the above two stories.
Thursday: Class will be given the AR comprehension test. Homework - Spelling - pages 48-49
Friday: Review of the week's work - Test will be Tuesday (including spelling words from Unit 7)

10th Grade
Monday: Read "Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". Answer questions 1-9 on page 127.
Tuesday: Class discussion regarding questions 1-9 on page 127
Wednesday: Class review of story, vocabulary, nouns and pronouns
Thursday: Class game regarding above work. Honors were given the AR test in the computer lab today.
Friday: Review of the week's work

11th Grade
Monday: Review questions for "Concord Hymn" on page 196. Answer questions 5-8.
Tuesday: Review questions 5-8. Do "A Critical Response" on page 197
Wednesday: Review Grammar
Thurday: Class was given the AR test in the computer lab today.
Friday: Review the week's work (test regarding poem on Monday)

12th Grade
Monday: Finish reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Vocabulary: asunder, efficacious, baleful, requite, churl, retainer, staunch, reproof, feint, covetousness, precipice, furtive
Tuesday: Questions at the end of the story
Wednesday: Review the above
Thursday: Class will have the AR reading test in the computer lab
Friday: Class game