Current Assignments:
ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND INFORMATION WILL BE LISTED ON THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND AGENDAS. Thank you.
PAST ASSIGNMENTS
Quill - total of 65 assignments (25 new) by 3/19 - assigned 2/14 - Work on at home and at school (class and workshop). ONE A DAY is a good idea!
Study Island - 2 topics due Tuesday 2/11 - Plot & technical meanings - Need to achieve 70% mastery for completion. Assigned 1/29. Worked on in class.
Research Sim Task writing assessment - Friday 2/14
Midterm - Language Arts - January 27, 2020
1. Reading terminology - know the definitions of the terms: alliteration denouement onomatopoeia simile allusion personification antagonist tone plot foreshadowing theme mood
climax metaphor protagonist conflict setting symbol first person
third person limited third person omniscient
2. Language Assessment - Revising & Editing to apply skills from Quill lessons and Sentence of the Week for the first half of the year. Practice Link - Link on Google Classroom
3. Poem - IDENTITY by Julio Noboa (1973). You may annotate and bring the day of the midterm. Multiple choice questions. (Copy on back and on link below.)
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/identity
-Study Island Evaluating Arguments Info text assignment due 1/22 - 70% mastery of topic for completion.
-Midterm 1/27 - handed out study guide on 1/16
-Make-up work from first week of January. Rosa Parks Common Lit reading - submit with short answer "Beyond the Bus"
-40 TOTAL Quill assignments due by 1/7/2020. First 20 were due in November. If you complete all assignments before hitting 40, see me to take the next diagnostic. Vocab.com - "Lamb to the Slaughter" - due 12/16
Vocab activity for "A Retrieved Reformation" due 12/18
Take home proofreading/read aloud activity due 12/6
Due Friday 11/15 - Harlem Renaissance Proofreading Activity on Quill - graded
Due Tuesday 11/19 - Vocab.com MASTERY of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, Chapters 7–14
Due Friday 11/22 - minimum of 20 Quill assignments due (***We started these in SEPTEMBER.)
Due Tuesday 11/26 - Study Island - Fiction - 2 topics - You must achieve a minimum of 70% on both topics for completion grade. Complete building blocks lessons for those sessions you did not pass. Topics; Text Evidence and Figurative Meanings, Sound and Language
You will have some time in class for these assignments, but you also need to commit time at home. If you use your class time wisely, home time will be minimal. You can also stay after if you need to work on these. (Mon-Thurs until 3:30.) All are due before school begins on the due date.
Due 11/5 - Anchor Vocab list "Arch" root
Due 11/5 - Chapter 1-4 Questions for Edward Tulane Chapter 1-4 questions: _miraculous_journey_of_et_chapter_1-4_questions.pdf
Due 11/6 - Edward Tulane Vocab list
Due 10/31 - Study Island - 2 info text topics - "Central idea" and "Connections between people, places and ideas" - Assigned 10/21. Worked on in class. need to put time in at home especially if not passing the topic and need to do building block lessons.
10/29 - Unit test - study guide given 10/22 in class. Students will receive the fiction selection on Monday to pre-read/annotate. unit_test_10-29_studyguide.pdf
LINK TO STORY FOR Unit Test - "Thank you Ma'm" by Langston Hughes www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/8750/CommonLit%20_%20Thank%20You%20Mam.pdf
Due 10/17 - Author Study Langston Hughes
Due 10/11 - Vocabulary.com Latin/Greek Roots - Words to Live By - "Bio" - Mastery of word list. Log in from home using your Google Account. Time has been given in class for this anchor list.
Due 10/10 - Vocabulary.com Alice Walker words
10/3 - Complete Author Study for Alice Walker.
Blank template - author_study_blank_template.pdf
IS YOUR BINDER SET UP AND ORGANIZED???? Come after school to organize your papers/get things you are missing.
Due 9/26 - Finish Oz questions for Chapters 1 & 2 for those who did not complete in class (plus annotations of Chapter 2)
Due 9/24 - Author Study of L. Frank Baum - assigned Monday 9/23 - click on link to get the template. If you can't print it, that's okay - hand write or type the answers. author_study_blank_template.pdf
9/20 - Vocabulary.com - Seventh Grade list mastery due
9/10 - Homework - Read the poem by Billy Collins "The Names" - complete Author Study if not completed in class. SIGN UP FOR REMIND!
ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND INFORMATION WILL BE LISTED ON THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND AGENDAS. Thank you.
PAST ASSIGNMENTS
Quill - total of 65 assignments (25 new) by 3/19 - assigned 2/14 - Work on at home and at school (class and workshop). ONE A DAY is a good idea!
Study Island - 2 topics due Tuesday 2/11 - Plot & technical meanings - Need to achieve 70% mastery for completion. Assigned 1/29. Worked on in class.
Research Sim Task writing assessment - Friday 2/14
Midterm - Language Arts - January 27, 2020
1. Reading terminology - know the definitions of the terms: alliteration denouement onomatopoeia simile allusion personification antagonist tone plot foreshadowing theme mood
climax metaphor protagonist conflict setting symbol first person
third person limited third person omniscient
2. Language Assessment - Revising & Editing to apply skills from Quill lessons and Sentence of the Week for the first half of the year. Practice Link - Link on Google Classroom
3. Poem - IDENTITY by Julio Noboa (1973). You may annotate and bring the day of the midterm. Multiple choice questions. (Copy on back and on link below.)
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/identity
-Study Island Evaluating Arguments Info text assignment due 1/22 - 70% mastery of topic for completion.
-Midterm 1/27 - handed out study guide on 1/16
-Make-up work from first week of January. Rosa Parks Common Lit reading - submit with short answer "Beyond the Bus"
-40 TOTAL Quill assignments due by 1/7/2020. First 20 were due in November. If you complete all assignments before hitting 40, see me to take the next diagnostic. Vocab.com - "Lamb to the Slaughter" - due 12/16
Vocab activity for "A Retrieved Reformation" due 12/18
Take home proofreading/read aloud activity due 12/6
Due Friday 11/15 - Harlem Renaissance Proofreading Activity on Quill - graded
Due Tuesday 11/19 - Vocab.com MASTERY of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, Chapters 7–14
Due Friday 11/22 - minimum of 20 Quill assignments due (***We started these in SEPTEMBER.)
Due Tuesday 11/26 - Study Island - Fiction - 2 topics - You must achieve a minimum of 70% on both topics for completion grade. Complete building blocks lessons for those sessions you did not pass. Topics; Text Evidence and Figurative Meanings, Sound and Language
You will have some time in class for these assignments, but you also need to commit time at home. If you use your class time wisely, home time will be minimal. You can also stay after if you need to work on these. (Mon-Thurs until 3:30.) All are due before school begins on the due date.
Due 11/5 - Anchor Vocab list "Arch" root
Due 11/5 - Chapter 1-4 Questions for Edward Tulane Chapter 1-4 questions: _miraculous_journey_of_et_chapter_1-4_questions.pdf
Due 11/6 - Edward Tulane Vocab list
Due 10/31 - Study Island - 2 info text topics - "Central idea" and "Connections between people, places and ideas" - Assigned 10/21. Worked on in class. need to put time in at home especially if not passing the topic and need to do building block lessons.
10/29 - Unit test - study guide given 10/22 in class. Students will receive the fiction selection on Monday to pre-read/annotate. unit_test_10-29_studyguide.pdf
LINK TO STORY FOR Unit Test - "Thank you Ma'm" by Langston Hughes www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/8750/CommonLit%20_%20Thank%20You%20Mam.pdf
Due 10/17 - Author Study Langston Hughes
Due 10/11 - Vocabulary.com Latin/Greek Roots - Words to Live By - "Bio" - Mastery of word list. Log in from home using your Google Account. Time has been given in class for this anchor list.
Due 10/10 - Vocabulary.com Alice Walker words
10/3 - Complete Author Study for Alice Walker.
Blank template - author_study_blank_template.pdf
IS YOUR BINDER SET UP AND ORGANIZED???? Come after school to organize your papers/get things you are missing.
Due 9/26 - Finish Oz questions for Chapters 1 & 2 for those who did not complete in class (plus annotations of Chapter 2)
Due 9/24 - Author Study of L. Frank Baum - assigned Monday 9/23 - click on link to get the template. If you can't print it, that's okay - hand write or type the answers. author_study_blank_template.pdf
9/20 - Vocabulary.com - Seventh Grade list mastery due
9/10 - Homework - Read the poem by Billy Collins "The Names" - complete Author Study if not completed in class. SIGN UP FOR REMIND!