Homework

Due dates for this week:

 * Fri., June 12, 2015 **
 * 1) 1) Literature Circle meeting #3 is Friday. You must have completed your reading and role #3 to bring to the meeting.
 * 2) 2) Complete your portion of the sonnet grading rubric and submit it by the ned of class Friday. Link for [|sonic rubric is here].

Final copies of sonnets should be published to your class sonnet book on Google slides.
 * Thurs., June 11, 2015 **

Study for root word weeks 5 & 6 quiz which will be Thursday
 * Thurs., May 14, 2015 **

Sonnet 55 and Shakespeare background worksheets due.
 * Wed., May 13, 2015 **

Final copy due of argumentative essay (approved topic of choice)
 * Tues., May 12, 2015 **

Root word sort week 6 for  mal-
 * Thurs., May 7, 2015 **

Provide feedback (2-2: 2 positive, 2 suggestions) to each member of your writing group by the end of Wed. period 7.
 * Wed., April 29, 2015 **

Final DRAFTS of the the argumentative essays (approved topic of choice) must be complete with annotations and comments to Mrs. D. by Tues. end of Period 7.
 * Tues., April 28, 2015 **

Root words for Week 5 are due by completing a word study for all 4 in your vocabulary notebooks.
 * Thurs., April 23, 2015 **

Complete this [|Literary Terms quiz] in preparation for the NWEA tests the week of May 4th. The quiz is 40 questions long so will take you at 30 or more minutes. To submit your results you can: a) screenshot it on your phone and email me the picture or show me the pic in class b) copy and past the results and email them to me  c) on the Chromebook you can screen shot it by taking a partial screen shot by pressing:
 * Wed., April 22, 2015 **


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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1) Legend study guides and study for the test, which will be on Thursday. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2) Learnzillion videos on using evidence in argumentative essays. Watch and complete both practice sheets (one for each video) by Thursday. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;"> [| Identify relevant evidence #4603] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;"> [| Choose the best reasons evidence to support your reasons #5087]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Thurs., April 9, 2015 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Thurs., April 2 2015** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Complete both of these Literary Device practice quizzes online. When you complete each one snap a picture of it and paste the picture of the completed quiz into a single Google Doc titled "Last Name's Literary Device Quizzes" and share it with me by Thursday. Complete BOTH!

ProProf #1-10 [|__http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=3rd-hour-literary-devices-quiz__] Fun Trivia #1-15 __ [] __

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Wed., April 1 2015** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Study for the Root Words Weeks 1 - 4 quiz which will be Wed. Use the word study maps on each root in vocabulary notebooks.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Fri., March 27, 2015** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Finish reading the novel __Legend.__

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Thurs., March 26, 2015** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Watch a commercial and complete the purpose worksheet with explanations for each.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px; line-height: 23.4000015258789px;">**Wed., March 18, 2015** Watch this video to review our verbal unit on YouTube by <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: top;">[|Conrad van Dyk] called [|"Introduction to Verbals"] and take notes on each verbal and include all the practice examples, annotating each sentence as he explains it.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Tues, March 17, 2015** Complete word study for the "Root Words Week 4" in vocabulary notebooks. All links to the root words are on the "Word Study" page of this website.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Fri., March 13th**. Learnzillion.com [|video lesson #5000] "using prepositional phrases" and practice sheet.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">**Thurs., March 12th**. Learnzillion.com video lesson #[|1350] "Selecting a Topic for Argumentative Writing" As you watch the video take notes on the lesson and complete the task. [|List of Topics]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px; line-height: 23.3999996185303px;">**Tues., March 10th**. Gerunds study guide due and may be used during the quiz for gerunds in class tuesday.

Root Words Week 3 are due with a complete word study map done for each - see "Writing Workshop" for links to all of them.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Thurs. March 5th **

Learnzillion.com video and practice sheet on "Organizing an argumentative piece of writing". [|Video #4601.]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Fri., Feb. 26th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Gerund phrases worksheet (both sides).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Wed., Feb. 25th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete a word study for each of the 6 "Root Words Week 2" in your vocabulary notebooks. Use the 'Writing Workshop' page on my website for the links to each.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Tues., Feb. 24th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">1) Infinitives worksheet (both sides) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> 2) Complete Root Words for Week 2 (auto-, bio-, ex-, per-, mis-, meter-). See my "Writing Workshop" page for the links to all 4 roots.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Fri. Feb. 2oth **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Video lesson on infinitives at[| Learnzillion.com]. Use quick code #4877 to watch the video and compete the practice sheet.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Thurs. Feb. 12th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">*Infinitives worksheet Lesson 8 and 9 (#138 & 140)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Fri. Feb. 13th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">*Word study - Finish "Root Words Week 1"


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Fri., Feb 6th ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> * First verbal quiz on participles Friday 2/6/2015 ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">* "The Gift of the Magi" compare & contrast essay final copies are due. ||


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Wed **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">. Jan. 28 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Worksheet on Verbals: Participles #129 and #130 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Thurs. Jan.29 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">YouTube video on [|"Participle Phrases"] channel MUHSonline (5:39 mins). Take notes in your notebook under "Writing Notes" recording the 6 sentences and marking all annotations from the video. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Fri. Jan. 30 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Peer evaluations on Magi essay are due. The peer evaluation sheet must be submitted and comments and editing suggestions must be made on your partners shared Google docs online. ||


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Wed. Jan. 21 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete "Active and Passive" study guide and begin studying for quiz, which will be on. Friday. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thurs. Jan.22 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">YouTube video by [|Shmoop for Transitions]. Take notes in your notebook under "Writing Notes". ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fri. Jan. 23. ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Both self and peer evaluations due on your Magi analysis essay due. ||

Video Lesson on Active and Passive voice -YouTube [] =<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Titled: <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Active vs Passive Voice = <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learn English on Skype (channel) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A short video explaining the difference between active and passive voice.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Tues. 1/13 || Figurative Language Worksheet #1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Thurs. 1/15 || Notes or Organizer will be collected.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Published on Jan 10, 2013 **

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Tues. 1/6 || Completed outline for Magi essay. Typing drafts in class. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Wed. 1/7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Learnzillion.com #4495] Maintain verb tense practice sheet. ||
 * Fri. 1/9 || Reader's Workshop notebook - WInter session book ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Tues., 12/9 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Rough draft of "The Gift of the Magi" gift poem ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Wed., 12/10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Learnzillion.com video [|#4968 Compound subjects] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Thurs., 12/11 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">"The Gift of the Magi" vocabulary must be complete. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Fri., 12/12 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Learnzillion.com video[| #4967 Compound predicates] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Mon., 12/15 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Reader's workshop book should be half-way done. ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wed., Nov. 19th || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete worksheet on simple tense verbs: past, present, and future. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thurs., Nov. 20th || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Point of view worksheet 4, include text evidence. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fri., Nov. 21st || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Draft of customer review for your reader's workshop book. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mon., Nov. 24th || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete all vocabulary for "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee". ||

Mon., Nov. 10, 2014 Types of verbs page 783 #1-10

Tues.., Nov. 11, 2014 No school - Veteran's Day

Wed., Nov.12, 2014 Types of verbs and helping verbs pg 783-784 Exercise 2 and 3 #1-5 each due Friday, Nov. 14th.

Thurs., Nov.13, 2014 Verb worksheets 33 & 34 due Monday, Nov. 17th. Reader’s Workshop packets due Friday.

Fri. Nov. 14, 2014 Finish reader's workshop book and folder (including one-sentence summaries, word wall, word study, and figurative language hunt.)

Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 1.) Complete the punctuation (ellipsis, hyphen, dash) practice test. 2.) Study for the punctuation (ellipsis, hyphen, dash) test, which is Wednesday.

Tues., Nov. 4, 2014 No school for students - Election Day. (Teacher's have professional development)

Wed., Nov. 5, 2014 Complete the Point of View - Narrative Perspective packet. (Due Friday)

Thurs.,Nov. 6, 2014 Complete the Point of View - Narrative Perspective packet. (Due Friday)

Fri., Nov. 7, 2014 Finish reading your Reader's workshop book and complete the Reader's Workshop packet (containing reader's note, uses of figurative language, word study, and 4 chapter summaries)

Mon., Oct. 13, 2014 No school - Columbus Day

Tues.., Oct. 14, 2014 Focus Lesson 10: Hyperbole worksheet

Wed., Oct. 15, 2014 Watch video at Learnzillion.com "Quick Code" 1566 and complete the note sheet on "dashes" using the video. It is due in class on Friday, Oct. 17th. [|Dash Video Lesson]

Thurs., Oct. 16, 2014 Study for the vocabulary quiz from the Frederick Douglass story using your word study notebook.

Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 Complete the Chapter 7 constructed response questions using text evidence from the Narrative of Frederick Douglass.

Tues., Oct. 7th Complete a word study on the first 6 vocabulary from the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 7. The word list for the year can be found here [|Word Study List]

Wed., Oct. 8th, 2014 Watch the video lesson on using an ellipsis to indicate a pause or break at Learnzillion.com,[| use quick code 1565]. Complete the note sheet that goes with it. (Due Friday)

Thurs.,Oct. 9, 2014 Complete word study for all 12 words from //Narrative of Frederick Douglass//, Chapter 7.

Mon., Sept. 29, 2014 1) Page 819 Exercise 6 #1-10 2) Reading workshop books due in class by Friday.

Tues., Sept. 30, 2014 Page 819 Exercise 7 #1-10 **Study for vocabulary quiz,** which will be Wednesday from the stories "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" and "Dancer".

Wed., Oct. 1, 2014 Complete study guide for comma quiz AND **study for comma quiz** which will be on Thursday, Oct. 2nd.

Thurs., Oct. 2, 2014 Watch video at Learnzillion.com "Quick Code" 4461 and complete organizer based on the video. It is due in class on Tuesday, Oct. 6th.
 * Study for assessment on "Dancer"**, which will be Friday.

Tues., Sept. 23, 2014 Complete both sides of the organizer comparing "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" and "Dancer".

Wed., Sept. 24, 2014 Page 816-817 Exercise 4 #4-10.

Thurs., Sept. 25, 2014 Pg 818 Ex 5 #1-5

Fri., Sept. 26, 2014 Start looking for a book to read for Reader’s Workshop - we will start next week.

Mon., Sept. 15, 2014 1) Complete pages 815-816 Exercise 3 #4-10 2) Complete the graphic organizer for the "Where I'm From" poems.

Tues., Sept. 16, 2014 Complete the questions on the short stories "Medicine Walk".

Wed., Sept. 17, 2014 Finish all 8 vocabulary words in notebook on "The Kid Nobody Could Handle", if not finished.

Thurs., Sept. 18, 2014 Study for "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" assessment Friday. Review reader's notes and class notes as well as the story.

Tues., Sept. 9, 2014 Complete the first section of reader's notes on "The Kid Nobody Could Handle". (6 boxes on direct and indirect characterization)

Wed., Sept. 10, 2014 Complete the ENTIRE front side of reader's notes on "The Kid Nobody Could Handle".

Thurs., Sept. 11, 2014 Complete the ENTIRE back side of reader's notes on "The Kid Nobody Could Handle".