Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

6th Grade - study for vocabulary test

8th Grade - study for vocabulary test

Pre AP - study for vocabulary test

European Lit - study for vocabulary test

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010

6th Grade - continue with Section 2 Review

Pre AP English - Sonnets due tomorrow - remember form and beat

European Lit - Continue with genre handout - sections on Comedy and Satire

Write a detailed paragraph outlining the meaning of Archetypes

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010

6th Grade - Complete section 2 review, questions 1 through 6

8th Grade - study vocab words for Tuesday Test

European Lit - Complete pre-test on Oedipus

Pre AP English - complete writing response on pg. 35

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

6th grade - explain the evolution of corn as ilustated in the illustration on pg. 17

8th grade - Explain the meaning of the poem Ulysses in 3 paragraphs

Pre AP English - Write a short dialogue between two characters using the rubric on pg. 31

European Lit - Complete the Literary Analysis questions on pg. 371 

Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

6th Grade - Continue with class notes/outline - due tomorrow

8thGrade - Continue with class notes/outline - due tomorrow

Pre AP English - 4th Journal entry

Euro Lit - Read Book 22 - answer chapter questions

Tuesday, August 24, 8/24/10

6th Grade - Complete the questions for the Section 1 review

8th Grade - Write a 3 paragraph explanation of the two Robert Frost poems

European Lit - Read Book 6 of the Iliad, complete the questions for Book 1

Pre AP Lit - Continue with journal entry number 3

Thursday,Aug. 19, 2010

6th Grade - Read pgs. 6 and 7 and define the terms Interraction and Migration

8th Grade - Begin reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings up to pg. 34

Pre AP - Think of events that have significantly stood out in you development as a person.  Prepare to write journal entries.

European Lit - Read the biographical selection on the life of Homer

Wednesday, Aug. 18

6th Grade - Write 2 postcard messages from 2 separate locations.

Pre AP - Write a personal episode concerning an event or person in your life.

Euro Lit - Why did The Iliad become the national epic of Greece?  3 paragraphs

8th Grade - Finish the story "Charles" and answer the assessment questions.

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010

6th Grade - Pick three ancient civilizations and describe the geographical features of their locations.

8th Grade - Finish composing a Letter from a Soldier

European Lit - read Historical backgroung on Greece and Rome

Pre AP - Finish Life Map and prepare to discuss in groups

Monday, Aug. 16, 2010

6th Grade - Write a short narrative or list on what is neded to form a civilization

8th Grade - Finish The Drummer Boy of Shiloh and answer the chapter questions

Pre AP - Answer Analyzing the Media on pg. 7

Euro Lit - Finish reading the Book of Ruth and answer chapter questions

Thursday, 5/13/10

6th Grade - finish writing on Grimm Fairy Tale

8th Grade - continue Macbeth

Am. Lit. - Complete all writing assignments

101/Comp - continue with 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Wednesday, 5/12/10

6th Grade - finish questions on By Any Other Name

Am Lit - finish questions on The Writer in the Family

101/Comp - contines work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Tuesday, 5/11/10

6th Grade - finish essays on A very Old Man with Very Large Wings

8th Grade - prepare for Macbeth, Act IV

Am. Lit. - Finish the story by E. L. Doctorow

Comp/101 Continue workon 5 paragraph essay due on Monday

Monday, 5/10/10

6th Grade - finish questions to ethnic essays

8th Grade - Macbeth, Act III

Am. Lit. - finish questions to short essays

101/Comp - continue work on current 5-paragaph essay

Thursday, 5/6/10

6th Grade - finish latest vocabulary worksheet

8th Grade - Essay on So Much Water So Close to Home

Am. Lit. - Essay on So Much Water So Close to Home

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Wednesday, 5/5/10

6th Grade - finish latest vocabulary sheet

8th Grade - Continue with Macbeth

Am. Lit. - Finish So Much Water So Close to Home

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay

Tuesday, 5/4/10

6th Grade - continue work on vocabulary sheets

8th Grade - prepare to read Macbeth, Act II

Am Lit - For tomorrow - Raymond Carver

101/Comp - contine work on 5 paragraph essay

Monday, 5/3/10

6th Grade - Continue vocabulary worksheet

8th Grade - prepare to continue Macbeth

Am. Lit. - Questions on The Things THey Carried

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay

Thursday, 4/29/10

6th Grade - finish Ghost story essay

8th Grade - prepare to begin Macbeth

Am. Lit. - review Creeley poems and bio

101/Comp - continue working on 5 paragraph essay

Wednesday, 4/28/10

6th Grade - no homework dueto NWEA

8th Grade - review Macbeth, 1st Act

Am/Lit - review O'Hara

101/Comp - continue work on 5 paragraph essay - finish acedemic performance drugs

Monday, 4/26/10

6th Grade - finish The Names and answer the questions at the end

8th Grade - no homework due to NWEA

Am. Lit. - review poems by Frank O'Hara

101/Comp - 5 pareagraph essay due Monday - Mexican political situation

Wednesday, 4/21/10

6th Grade - Answer questions at the end of Araby

All other grades - continue work on essay on Wise Blood

Tuesday, 4/20/10

6th Grade - Complete questions for Shooting an Elephant

All other Grades - Essays due Monday on Wise Blood

Monday, 4/19/10

6th Grade - Prepare to finish Shooting an Elephant

8th Grade - continue to review handout on Wise Blood, essay due on Monday

Am. Lit. -  continue to review handout on Wise Blood, essay due on Monday

1o1/ Comp - continue to review handout on Wise Blood, essay due on Monday

Friday, 4/9/10

All clases - respective essays are all due on Monday, April 12

Thursday, 4/8/10

6th Grade - continue work on 5 paragaph essay, due Monday

8th Grade - continue work on 5 paragaph essay, due Monday

Am. Lit - No homework due to testing

101/Comp - continue work on 5 paragaph essay, due Monday

Wednesday, 4/7/10

6th Grade - Continue work on 5-paragraph essay on Alice in Wonderland

8th Grade - Continue work on 5 paragaph essay on chosen provided topics

Comp/101 - continue work on 5-paragaph essay based on class handouts

Am. Lit. - No homework due to testing

Tuesday, 4/6/10

6th Grade - Begin work on 5 paragraph essay - Lucky Ducks essay

8th Grade - Begin work on 5 paragraph essay - Lucky Ducks esay

Am. Lit. - begin work on 5 paragaph essay - American Short Story of choice

Comp/101 - continue 5 paragraph essay on Genetic Patent Essay

Monday, 4/5/10

All clases - complete Study Island worksheets, due tomorrow

Thursday, 3/25/10

6th Grade - Finish Alice in Wonderland

8th Grade - review A Good Man is Hard to Find

Am. Lit. - review Cynthia Bishop poems

Comp/101 - finish article on Bullies - 5 prgraph essay due Mon. 4/5/10

Tuesday, 3/23/10

6th Grade - continues reading Alics

8th Grade - prepare to read My Last Duchess

A. Lit. - continue reading poems of Elizabeht Bishop

Comp/101 - Continue work on 5 pargraph essay

Monday, 3/22/10

6th Grade - finish reading handout re: Alice and Lewis Carrol

8th Grade - complete Study Island Writing worksheets

Am. Lit. - Prepare to read Elizabeth Bishop

101/Comp - continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Monday, 3/15/10

6th Grade - Review StudyIsland sheet: Characterization

8th Grade - review Study Island sheet: Figurative Language

Am. Lit. - prepare for quiz on Of Mice and Men

101/Comp - prepare for quiz on Of Mice and Men

Wednesday,3/10/10

6th Grade - Continue reading Treasure Island, quiz is on Monday

8th Grade - Congratulations to all who did well on the test

Am. Lit. - tomorrow's film - Of Mice and Men

101/Comp - continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Monday, 3/8/10

6th Grade - read chapters 9 and 10 in Treasure Island

8th Grade - read chapters 11 and 12 in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Am. Lit. - review poems by Hart Crane

Comp/101 - continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Thursday, 3/4/10

6th Grade - Finish chapter 5 and read chapter 6 of Treasure Island

8th Grade - Read chapter 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Am. Lit. - Finish section on 1946 to the Present

Comp/101 - Continue 5 paragraph essay due Monday, March 8

Wednesday, 3/3/10

6th Grade - read chapters 2 and 3 of Treasure Island

8th Grade - read chapters 2 and 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Am. Lit. - continue reading the Late 20th Century

Comp/101 - continue work on 5 paragraph essay on If You Agree etc. or the Armenian Holocaust

Tuesday, 3/2/10

6th Grade - go over test with your parents

8th Grade - go over test with your parents

Am. Lit. - prepare to read poems by Robinson Jeffers

101/Comp - continue work on 5 paragraph essay: new article Agreeing With Experts

Monday, 3/1/10

6th Grade - Congratulations to those who did well on the test

8th Grade - Congratulations to those who did well on the test

Am. Lit. - Essay on the Harlem Renaissance due

Comp/101 - continue work on 5 paragraph essays:  Teenage Brain etc.

Tuesday, 2/23/10

6th Grade - prepare for quiz on The Importance of Being Earnest

8th Grade - prepare for quiz on The Importance of Being Earnest

Am. Lit. - Finish questions on Dust Tracks on a Road

Comp/101 - prepare to take AIMS

Monday, 2/22/10

6th Grade - prepare for quiz on the film The Importance of Being Earnest

8th Grade - prepare for quiz on the film The Importance of Being Earnest

Am. Lit. - explain the Harlem Renaissance, 3 paragraphs

101/Comp - prepare to take AIMS

Thursday, 2/18/10

6th Grade - finish questions on The Life You Save May Be Your Own

8th Grade - begin work on 5 paragraph essay on The Necklace

Am. Lit. - finish notes on A Rose for Emily

101/Comp - continue workon 5 paragraph essay due Monday, Feb. 22

Wednesday, 2/17/10

6th Grade - Work on essay response to Rapunzel

8th Grade - describe the character of Reverend Hale in The Crucible

Am. Lit. - Complete questions from race at Morning

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday

Tuesday. 2/16/10

6th Grade - Prepare to read the next section in the textbook

8th Grade - What is the relationship between John Proctor and Abigale?  2 paragraphs

Am. Lit. - finish questions on Race at Morning

101/Comp - continue work on next 5 paragraph essay, due Monday

Monday, 2/15/10

6th Grade - finish questions at the end of An American Childhood

8th Grade - Why are the Puritans in The Crucible paranoid?  2 paragraphs

Am. Lit. - Why does Faulkner use dialect in Race at Morning?  3 paragraphs

Comp/101 - All 5 paragraph essays must be turned in tomorrow.

Thursday, 2/11/10

6th Grade - Answer questions at the end of Barrio Boy

8th Grade - Prepare to read The Crucible

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay due Monday, Feb 15.

Wednesday, 2/10/10

6th Grade - finish Study Island worksheet: Procedures

8th Grade - finish Study Island worksheet: Persuasive Text

101/Comp - 5paragraph essay due Monday

Tuesday, 2/9/10

6th Grade - finish worksheet: Graphic Features

8th Grade - complete questions after What's Wrong With Television

Am. Lit. - prepare for test Thursday

101/Comp - Continue with 5 paragraph essay 

Monday, 2/8/10

6th Grade - Finish Study Island worksheet, Locating Reference Sources

8th Grade - Finish Study Island worksheet, Figurative Language

Am. Lit. - Review Frost poems, prepare for quiz

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay

Thursday, 2/4/10

6th Grade - Finish work sheet: Author's Purpose

8th Grade - Review terms for Literary Analysis

Am. Lit - Review poems by Robert Frost

Comp/101 - 5 paragraph essays due on Monday

Wednesday, 2/3/10

6th Grade - Complete Study Island worksheet Fact and Opinion

8th Grade - Complete Study Island worksheet Genres of Fiction

American Lit. - Prepare for test on Robert Frost

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essays, Due Monday

Tuesday, 2/2/10

6th Grade - Finish Study Island worksheet, Main Idea

8th Grade - Finish Study Island worksheet, Mood and Tone

American Literature - Finish Jilting of Granny Weatherall

101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essays

January 25th - 29th

1-25-10

6th Grade - no homework due to testing
8th Grade - no homework due to testing
Comp/101 - continue work on 5 paragraph essay
Am. Lit. - review Thomas Wolfe's short story

1-26-10

6th Grade - finish Study Island worksheet
8th Grade - finish Study Island work sheet
Am. Lit. - finish Study Island worksheet
101/Comp - finish Study Island worksheet

1-27-10

6th Grade - finish Study Island worksheet - Understanding
Mood
8th Grade - finish Study Island worksheet - Comparing Themes
Am. Lit. - write response to A Clean Well Lighted Place
101/Comp - read the handout on Television

1-28-10

6th Grade - finish worksheet on Understanding Poetry
8th Grade - finish worksheet on Comparing Themes
Comp/101/Am Lit - finish worksheet on Functional Text

January 19th - 22nd

1-20-10

6th Grade - Finish questions from the story Stolen Day
8th Grade - Reviewfor AIMS practice
Am. Lit. - No assignment due to NWEA
101/Comp - No assignment due to NWEA

1-21-10

6th Grade - Continue AIMS review
8th Grade - Continue AIMS review
Am. Lit. - Prepare to write pome in the style of Tender
Buttons
Comp/101 - Continue work of 5 paragraph essay

January 11th - 15th

1-11-10

6th Grade - Prepare to finish Suzy and Leah and answer
questions in class
8th Grade - Prepare to answer questions in class on Animal
Craftsmen
101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraph essay

1-12-10

6th Grade - Answer questions on Luzy and Leah - due Wed.
8th Grade - Answer questions on Animal Craftsmen - due Wed.
Am. Lit. - review film: The Great Gatsby
101/Comp - Continue work on 5 paragraaph essays

1-13-10

6th Grade - write the stp by step recipe for making cookies.
8th Grade - Finish questions on the story Baseball
Am Lit - prepare to finish questions on The Turtle
101/Comp - continue to work on 5 paragraph essay.

1-14-10

6th Grade - complete assignment from yesterday
8th Grade - finish questions on Eudora Welty mamoir
Am Lit - prepare for new unit tomorrow
Comp/101 - continue work on 5 paragraph essay

January 4th - 8th

1-4-10

6th Grade - 5 sentences using parenthetical phrases
8th Grade - Finish Why I Live at the P.O.
Am. Lit. - Finish reading Winter Dreams
101/Comp - Grammar review

1-5-10

6th Grade - Complete assignment on parenthetical phrases
8th Grade - What are your predictions for the end of The
Storyteller
Am. Lit. - Written response to Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams
101/Comp - review grammar and commonly misused words

1-6-10

6th Grade - due to AIMS practice no homework was assigned
8th Grade - due to AIMS practice no homework was assigned
Am. Lit. - due to AIMS practice no homework was assigned
Comp. - due to AIMS practice no homework was assigned
101 - Begin work on 5 paragraph elephant essay

1-7-10

6th Grade - begin work on Elephant language essay, due Mon.
8th Grade - Answer questions on The Storyteller and Medicine
Bag
Am Lit - continue reading The Jelly Bean
Comp - begin work on Elephant articel response
101 - begin work on Gaming Careers article