Mrs. Samantha Parker
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Language Arts/Reading Homework
2-16-12
8th – Read the Giver ch 14 & 15 with discussion questions
7th- pg 334-335 #3-15
6th – grammar pg 333
2-13-12
8th
- Read The Giver – Chapt 8 & 9- take notes
- Vocabulary
7th
- Prepositional phrases handout
6th
Prepositional phrases handout
Read Chapters 4& 5 in The Midwife’s Apprentice
Discussion Questions:
- Why does Beetle stay outside during deliveries?
- How did Beetle feel about her first delivery?
- Wath is the midwife up to?
- Why is the Midwife mad at Beetle?
- How is the Miller’s house described? What does Beetle think of it?
2-7-12
8th – The Giver Discussion Questions for Chapt 1-2
- What do you think being “released” means? Take a guess.
- What are the “elevens”, “sixes”, and “sevens”?
- Why was Lily mad?
- What is the nightly ritual? Would you like to do this every night with your family?
- What is a Naming Ceremony? How old are you at a Naming Ceremony?
- What is a Nurturer? Describe the job.
2-6-12
8th
- Finish utopia project- many of you did not have this done for today!
- The Giver- chapt 1 and 2
6th
- The Midwife’s Apprentice- read chapters 2 and 3
- Grammar- prepositions pg 317-318 # 4-15. Label Subject (s), Verb (v), preposition (p), Object of Preposition (OP), draw a squiggle line underneath the entire Prepositional Phrase and then an arrow showing what noun or pronoun the prepositional phrase is related to.
2-1-12
8th- Utopian Societies Worksheet- due 2/6
1-26-12
8th
- English- Grammar: pg 133 #11-16 and pg 177 #1-30
- Today is not a national holiday, BUT if you could make it a holiday, what would you make it, why and how would you celebrate?
1-25-12
8th
- More Irregular Verbs- pg 130-131 #1-26
- Writer’s notebook- write about your photo
7th
6th
- Handout on Being and Linking Verbs
- Writer’s notebook- write at minimum 1 page story about your photo
1-24-12
8th
- Bring in a photo for Writer’s notebook
- English- Grammar: pg 127-128 1-30 Irregular Verbs
1-23-12
8th
- Research paper due
- Writer’s notebook- picture + minimum 15 things you associate with it.
- English- Grammer: pg 123-124 # 1-25 Forms of be, have, and do
7th
- English-Grammar: pg #1-24 Principal parts of verbs
- Writer’s notebooks- WRite a story or poem about the book you are reading or just finished.
- Research paper
6th
- English-Grammar: pg 130-131 #1-19 Being and Linking Verbs
1-10-12
8th
- Grammar: pg 120-121 #27-44 Present Perfect and Principal Parts
- Test on Verbs- Simple Tenses, Perfect Tenses, and 4 Principal Parts
7th
- Grammar- handoutn on Simple Verb Tenses
- Writing prompt: Write a story or a poem about your worst nightmare
6th
- Grammar- Handout on Direct Objects
1-9-12
8th
- Write your 2 choices for jobs on the newspaper
- Grammar- pg 119 #1-26
7th
- Grammar 108-109 # 2-28
6th
- pg 124-125 #1-18 Write the sentence out and identify the subject, verb and direct object of each sentence.
1-5-12
8th
- Research journalistic jobs of a newspaper; come to class with a list of those jobs (10 min)
7th
- English-Grammar: pg 105-106 1-18 and pg 164 1-14
- Writer’s notebook- free write
6th
- Grammar Handout on main verbs and helping verbs – both sides
- Writer’s notebook- free write.
1-4-12
8th
- Research the 1st Ammendment. Write a brief essay to include: Summary of the 1st Ammendment, How 1st ammendment rights apply to journalists/journalism, and how this applies to me as a journalist on the school paper.
- Handout- if you earned below an A on either today’s homework or yesturday’s homework- you need to complete the verbs worksheet- due tomorrow.
- Reading log due!
6th
- Writer’s Notebook- writing from the heart/bones: Pick one or two items on your heart/bones and write either a fictional or non-fictional story or a poem.
- Grammar Handout on verbs
- Reading logs due
1-3-12
8th
- Enlish Books- Grammar: pg 116 #9-15and pg 174 # 1-12
- Bring in a copy of a NEWSPAPER article
- Handout- 5W’s and an H/Newpaper article
- December Reading Log due
- Writing from the Heart/Bones
7th
- December Reading Log due
- Writing from the Heart/Bones
- Handout- 5W’s and an H/Newpaper article
6th
- December Reading Log due
- Writing from the Heart/Bones
- Handout- 5W’s and an H/Newpaper article
- English-Grammar: pg 121 #1-15
1-2-12
8th
- Research Paper- Final Draft Due tomorrow- needs to be printed before you come to class or it will be considered LATE
- Enlish Books- Grammar: pg 113 #9-18 and pg 173 # 1-14
- Bring in a copy of a NEWSPAPER article
- December Reading Log due
- Writing from the Heart/Bones
7th
- English-Grammar: pg 102 # 11-30 and pg 163 # 1-16
- Bring in a copy of a NEWSPAPER article
6th
- December Reading Log due
- Writing from the Heart/Bones
- English-Grammar: pg 166 # 1-20
- Bring in a copy of a NEWSPAPER article
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