1. DLR Quiz #35

1. Reading Guide Questions-Chp. 4. See link below for questions.

1. Go to Social Science: Groups. Answer 5 of these questions. See packet from Monday for this assignment.

1. Greaser or Soc? See Outsider-Student-Packet#3.pdf from Monday.

1. The Outsider's Scavenger Hunt

1.DLR Quiz #34

1. Mike's mustache is a symbol. What does his mustache stand for? Give 3 to 4 reasons why you believe Mike's mustache stands for what you think it does.

1. Identify the theme of "The Mustache".  In 5 to 6 sentences, say what the theme is and 4 or 5 supporting details to support your theme.

1. In a free write format, tell me why Mike shaves off his mustache at the end of the story.  Responses should be a 1/3 to 1/2 of a page long.

1. Conc. of Argumentative Essay #2

1. Read "The Mustache" on pages 395 to 402

1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Argumentative Essay #2 are due tomorrow.

What CLMS Means To Me Essay

Obj: In a 5 paragraph essay that includes: an introduction, body, and a concluding paragraph, describe the positive impact that CLMS has had on you. This assignment is worth a total of 100 pts., which calculates to a 5% increase in your grade, should you receive full credit for this assignment.  Points will be given out based on the amount and/or quality of your work.

1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Argumentative Essay #2

1.DLR Quiz #33

1. Go to https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/spider-venom-reveals-new-secret

2. Describe, in a freewrite format, the reaction that takes place in the body when one is bit by a brown recluse spider. This should be a 1/3 of a page long.

1. Go to https://bcachemistry.wordpress.com/tag/poison

2. Summarize, in 8 to 10 sentences, the chemical reaction that takes places when venom travels along a human's nerves.

1.Go to listverse.com/2011/03/30/top-10-most-venomous-snakes/

2. Make a list of the top ten poisonous snakes in the world.

1. In a 1/3 to 1/2 of a page, tell me, briefly, about an encounter you had with a snake.

1.DLR Quiz #32

1. Go to www.animal planet.com/pets/other-pets/unique-pets/

2. Discuss in 6 to 8 sentences an unusual pet to won. Talk about why this pet isn't something people normally own as well as the care that is needed for this peculiar pet.

1. Go to www.didyouknow-facts.com/ animal-facts/ 10-rattlesnake-facts.html

2. Make a top ten list of facts about rattlesnakes.

1. Paragraph 5 of Argumentative Essay #1

1. Argumentative Essay #1

1. Grammar in Context: Introductory Phrases, 1 to 5, on page 586

1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Argumentative Essay #1

1. Vocabulary and Spelling Exercise: Context Clues, 1-5, on 585

2. Spelling Strategy: Adding Suffixes, 1 to 5, on 585

1. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Argumentative Essay 31

1. Argumentative Graphic Organizer #1 and Counterargument Graphic Organizer #1.

1.DLR Quiz #31

1. Grammar in Context: Using Participal Phrases to Vary Sentence Structure, 1 to 5, on 564.

1. Do Connect to Literature questions on 562. There are 4 of these.

1. Read "Rain, Rain, Go Away" on pages 555 to 561.

1. Building Vocabulary Denotation and Connotation, 1 to 5, on 669.

1. DLR Quiz #29

1. Do Writing on 667. Additional scenes need to be at least 1 page.

1. Do Connect to Literature questions on page 666.  There are 4 of these.

1. Read "The Hitchhiker" on pages 655 to 665 in your textbook.

1.DLR Quiz #28

1. Part 4 How to Revise, Edit, and Proofread a Test Response, 1 to 3, on 325

1. Compare and Contrast Essay #2. This essay is due by 2:00 pm on the date listed.  Thank you.

1. Part 2 How to Answer Multiple Choice Questions, 1 to 5, on 323

1. Standardized Test Practice, 1 to 6, on 315

1. Students need to be finished up to paragraph 4 of their rough draft of Compare and Contrast Essay #2.

1. Strategies for Building Vocabulary, 1 to 5, on 301

1. Compare and Contrast Chart #2

1. Intro for Compare and Contrast Essay #2

1.DLR Quiz #27

1. Grammar in Context: Complex Sentences, 1 to 5, on page 803.

1. Know the following words for a vocabulary test on Friday: competent, diversion, accommodation, eccentric, and discreet from "The Million Pound Bank Note".

1. Vocabulary Exercise: Context Clues, 1 to 10, on page 803.

1. Read "Roughing It" on pages 795 to 801.

2. Answer all of the Connect to Literature questions on page 802.

1.DLR Quiz #26

1. Speaking and Listening on 281. You won't need to present on this topic.

1. Writing Fundraising Letter on 281

1. Vocabulary and Spelling Exercise: Synonyms and Antonyms 1-10 and Spelling Strategy: Prefixes 1-5 on 281

1. Grammar in Context: Pronouns pg. 282

1.DLR Quiz #25

1. FFA Packet I Can Help!

1. Persuasive Essay #2

1. FFA Packet "Oh, the Possibilities....."

1. FFA Packet "Words to Describe...."

1.Finish paragraphs 4 and 5 of your rough draft from Persuasive Essay #2

1. FFA Packet Creative Writing

1. Extra Credit Opportunity-Are you addicted to your phone? In a 6 to 8 sentence paragraph, explain why you feel you are addicted to your phone. Provide a solution to your addiction.

 

                                                     Or

If you feel you are not addicted to your phone, explain why you feel you are not dependent upon your mobile device. Provide reasons for why the latter sentence is true. Reasons should be supported with details. Paragraphs need to be 6 to 8 sentences long.

1. Paragraphs 1 to 3 of Persuasive Essay #2

1. Reasons For or Against Surgery Chart is due on Mon. Mar. 5th for basketball tournament people only.

1.DLR Quiz #24

1. FFA by D.Keyes Categorically Intelligent

1. FFA by D. Keyes If the Intelligence Fits, Use It!

Flowers for Algernon Vocab. test on the following words: absurd, impair, opportunist, proportional, sensation, specialization, tangible, and shrew.

1. Questions 5 and 6 for Text Dependent Question #6 assignment

1. FFA by D.Keyes "Smart as a ....."

2. Look up Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences for help with #1. See the following link for helphttp://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html

1. Questions 3 and 4 for Text Dependent Questions Assignment #6

1. FFA by D. Keyes, Advantages and Disadvantages

1.DLR Quiz #23

1. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (Too) Hooked on Phonics

1. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes Punctuation is Fun!

1. Finish questions 1 and 2 for Text Dependent Questions #6 assignment

1. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes Vocabulary, part 2

1.DLR Quiz #22

1. Read 381 to 382 of "Still Me".

 

1. Persuasive Paragraph #2

1. Finish vocab. sentences from "Flowers for Algernon".

1. Read 377 to 379 of "Still Me".

2. Do Thinking through the Literature questions on pg. 379.

1. Read 376 of "Still Me".

 

1. Rough draft of Persuasive Essay #1

1. Rough Draft Essay Editing Sheet

1. Final draft of Persuasive Essay #1

1.DLR Quiz #21

1. Read the "the lesson of the moth" poem on 250-251.

2. Write down 1 lesson that can be learned from reading this poem. Provide 3 reasons for why you believe a particular lesson can be learned by reading this poem.

1. Make revisions to Persuasive Essay #1 based on Rough Draft Essay Editing worksheet.

1. Building Vocabulary Exploring Meanings in Figurative Language, 1 to 5, on page 249.

1. Rough draft of Persuasive Essay is due on this day. Students need to come to class with this item so that they can take part in peer editing groups.

1. Grammar in Context: Subject Verb Agreement, 1 to 5, on page 248.

1. Paragraphs 1 to 3 of Persuasive Essay #1 need to be done by tom.

1. Vocabulary Exercise:Meaning Clues, 1 to 15, on page 247.

1. Hero or Anti-Hero Chart

1. H.T. Summary

1.DLR Quiz #20

1. Go to the following link. http://www.readingcomprehensionworksheets.net/worksheets/fdouglass.php

Do vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions.

1. Frederic Douglas "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

1. Vocab. test on H. Tubman vocabulary words

1. Questions #3 and #4 for Text Dependent Question assignment#5

1. Find Text Evidence on Frederick Douglas.

1. Read "Letter to Harriet Tubman" on page 765 of your textbook. Answer the following 2 questions. One, on the basis of this letter, how would you characterized the relationship between Douglas and Tubman. Two, is the relationship between Douglas and Tubman personal or impersonal. How do you know? Provide evidence for your reasoning.

1. DLR Quiz #19

1. Writing1. Biography of an Admirable Person: Choose a person in history whom you admire. Research an important event in that person' life. Write a brief biography, 1 to 1 1/2 pages long, describing the event you researched. Be sure to show why or how you look up to this person based on the the event you researched. You may talk to class about this person on Friday for extra credit if you'd like.

1. Vocab. Test #2 from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

1. Questions #1 and #2 for Text Dependent Question #5 assignment

1. Grammar in Context: Subordinate Clauses, 1 to 5, on 768.

1. Finish vocab. sentences on "from Harriet Tubman Conductor on the Underground Railroad".

1. Vocabulary Exercise A: Synonyms, 1-10, on page 767.

2. Exercise B: Similies, 1 to 5, on 767.

1. Man Made Monsters Vocabulary Test

1. DLR Quiz #18

1. Grammar in Context: Gerund Phrases, 1 to 5, on page 646.

1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice, 1 to 5 on pg. 645.

1.DLR Quiz #17

1. Read "Legacies" on pg. 418 and "the drum" on pg. 419.

2. Make a Venn Diagram. Compare and contrast 2 things in each section for a total of 6 sentences.

1. Think Critically questions, 2 to 4, on page 415.

1. Special Person Essay

1. Paragraphs 2 and 3 for Special Person Essay.

1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice, 1-10, pg. 416

1. Introduction to Special Person Essay

1. Grammar in Context: Appositives, 1-5, on pg. 416.

1. Rewrite of Compare and Contrast Essay #1 is due on Fri. Dec. 15th, 2017 for extra credit.

1.DLR Quiz #16

1. Grammar in Context: Using Subordination Conjunctions, 1-5, on pg. 810.

1. Rewrite of Compare and Contrast Essay #1 is due on Friday for extra credit.

1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 1-5 on pg. 810.

1. Body paragraphs for Compare and Contrast Essay #1

1. Do Think Critically questions, 2-5, on page 809.

1. Read "A Fable" by Mark Twain on 805-808.

1. Compare and Contrast Chart #1

1. The Briefcase Project

1. Answer questions 3/5/ and 7 found on page 848.

1.DLR Quiz #15

1. Questions 3 and 4 for Text Dependent Question #4 assignment.

1. Do Exercise found on page 849.

1. Use vocabulary words, found on page 839, in a sentence that shows you understand the meaning of these words.

1. Read "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" on pages 840 to 848.

1. Read the 2nd half of your book for Briefcase Project.

1. Read "Otoonah" on pages 925 to 931.

2. Make a Venn Diagram on "The Great Bear" and "Otoonah".

3. Make a 6 to 8 sentence paragraph in which you compare and contrast "The Great Bear" and "Otoonah".

1.DLR Quiz #14

1. Expository Essay #2

1. Standardized Test Practice, 1 to 6, on page 895.

2. Read "Racing The Great Bear" on 918 to 924.

1. Read poem "This Land is Your Land" on pages 888 to 889.

2. Write a 6 to 8 sentence paragraph in which you describe how you would feel if you were an immigrant to a new country.  Think about how exciting such a move might be, as well as how frightening.

1. Read "Strawberries" on pages 908 to 910.

2. Write a short and simple story, at least a page long, that explains how something came into existence. It needs to be something that existed in nature such as rain, watermelons, honeybees, etc.

1.DLR Quiz #13

1. Read 1st half of book for Briefcase Project by Fri., Nov. 17th, 2017.

1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 1-10 on pg. 361

1. DLR Quiz #13

1. Make a 6 to 8 sentence paragraph in which you compare and contrast Greg and Waverly from "Rules of the Game".

1. Do 4 Connect to Literature questions found on pg. 360.

1. Finish 2 text dependent questions from Text Dependent Question #3 assignment.

1. Read "Rules of the Game" on pages 349 to 358

1. Find book for Briefcase Project by Friday, Nov. 10th, 2017.

1.DLR Quiz #12

1. Read "The Race Through Space" on pages 321-322

2. Answer questions 1-5 on page 323.

1. Part 4 How to Revise, Edit, and Proofread a Test Response.

1. Fate or Personal Decisions Paragraph

1. Standardized Test Practice, 1 to 6, on 699.

1. Read "Found Money" on pages 283-284

1. Use each of the vocabulary words from "The Monkey's Paw" on 680 in a sentence that shows me you understand the meaning of each word.

1. Newspaper Project

1.DLR Quiz #11

1. Rewrite of Expository Essay #1 for extra credit

1. Answer questions 1 on page 131 and questions 2,3, and 4 on page 133.

1. Read "Who Are The Ninety Nines" on pages 130-133.

1.DLR Quiz #10

1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice 1-10 on pg. 116

1. Do Think Critically questions, 2 and 3, and Extend Interpretation question #7 on 115.

1. 3 body paragraphs for Expository Essay #1

1. Read "The Great Rat Hunt" found on pages 107-114.

1. Quiz on 8 different ways to use a comma on Oct. 25, 2017.

8 Ways To Use A Comma Test

1. Read 2nd half of your book you're going to use for the Newspaper Project by Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.

1. Do the 2nd 4 ways to use a comma.  This is found on the 8 Commas Rule page.

1.DLR Quiz #9

1. Do 1st 4 ways to use a comma. This is found in the 8 Commas Rules page.

1. Building Vocabulary Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Exercise 1-5 on 604

1. Grammar in Context: Prepositional Phrases on Adjectives, 1-5, on page 603.

1. Vocabulary and Spelling Synonyms and Antonyms 1-10 on pg. 602.

1. Spelling Strategy: Adding Suffixes 1-5 on 602

1. Have 1/2 of the book you're going to use for the Newspaper Project read by Friday, Oct. 20th, 2017.

1. Death Penalty Paragraph

1. Write a 1/3 to a 1/2 page, in a freewrite format, about any encounter you have had with a homeless person in your life time.

1.DLR Quiz #8

1. Students need to get a book to read for the upcoming Newspaper Project.  See attachment below.

1. Standardized Test Practice 1 to 6 on page 315

1. Compose a dialogue between Alvarez and her mother in which Alvarez expresses her memories of home and Boca Chica and the mother explains the reasons they had to flee.  Dialogues should be 1 1/2 to 2 pages long.

1. Ransom of Red Chief questions 3, 4, and 5 on page 80.

1. Read "Something to Declare" on pages 303-309

1. Writing Character Description on 346. This must be at least 1 page long.

1.DLR Quiz #7

1. Students may redo their Complex/Compound Sentences test by Friday if they would to receive a higher grade.

1. Grammar in Context Adjectives 1-5 on 347

1. Vocab. Sentences #4

1. Vocabulary and Spelling Exercise: Synonyms and Antonyms 1-10 on 346

1. Spelling Strategy: The Suffix-ly 1-5 on 346

1. Write 3 complex sentences and 3 compound sentences about any subject.

1. Elements of Fiction vocabulary test

1. DLR Quiz #6

1. To Disobey or Not Disobey Orders Paragraph

1. Building Vocabulary Informal Language Idioms and Slang, 1-5, on pg. 83

1. Grammar in Context: Pronouns and Their Antecedents 1-5, on page 82

1. Vocabulary Exercise: Context Clues on 81, 1-10

1. Graphic organizer for Narrative Essay #1

1. Create a collage to portray Jose and Arnie.  In the middle of the collage, include their name.  Then, include 10-15 symbols or images that represent the characters' values, interests, and personalities.  Below each symbol or image, students must write 1-2 sentences to explain connection to the 2 characters.

1. Standardized Test Practice 1-6 on pg. 99

1. Narrative Essay #1 is due by Fri. Sept. 22 by 5 pm.

1. DLR Quiz #5

1. Read "Born Worker" on pages 84 to 92

 1. Read 64-65 of "A Mother in Manville"

2. Do Connect to Literature questions. There are 4 of these.  Also, do Extend Interpretations question #5.

DLR Quiz #4

 1. Read 60-63 of "A Mother in Manville".

 1. Use the vocabulary words on 59 in a sentence that shows me you understand the meaning of the words.

 1. Read "from Dear America" on page 55.  Summarize, in 5 to 6 sentences, what the article is about.

1. Colonial Preference Paragraph

 1. Grammar in Context: Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives 1-5 on 58

 1.DLR Quiz #3

DLR Quiz #3

 1. Write down 5 questions that you would ask someone who is a veteran. Also, to the best of your ability, write down what they would say.

 1. Vocabulary Exercise: Meaning Clues 1-5 on 57

 1. Raymond's Run test

 1. Speaking and Listening: Acceptance Speech. Speeches should be at least 3/4 of a page to 1 page long in length. Finish reading "Raymond's Run" to help you.

 1. DLR Quiz #2

 1. Author Activity: Writing and Experience on pg. 43

 1. Grammar in Context: Subjects in Unusual Word Order 1-5 on pg. 43

 1. Vocabulary Exercise: Description Clues 1-5 on pg. 42

2. Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts 1-5 on pg. 42

 1. Write 5 fragments and 5 complete sentences.  This is a total of 10 sentences.

 1. DLR Quiz #1

 1. Use each of the fiction vocabulary words in a sentence that shows you understand the meaning of the words. Those words are: plot, conflict, complications, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, characters, main character, minor character, motives, traits, theme, and setting. The definitions to these words are found on pages 18-20 of your literature book.

 1. Checkouts test on Fri. Look over the vocabulary words from this story.

 1. Checkouts vocabulary word sentences are due tom.

 1. Do Writing Personal Letter on 30.  These must be least 3/4 to 1 page long.

 1. Vocabulary Standardized Test Practice, 1-10, pg. 30

 

 1. Parent Letter

 1. PG-13 Permission Slip

 1. Jupiter Grade Log In Sheet

 1. Pay It Forward Paragraph-Think of an idea to change the world that can be put into action.  Give reasons to show why you think this action can make the world a better place. Paragraphs must be at least 6 sentences long.