Monday, April 27, 2015

Week of 4/27/2015  Anything not completed in class is for homework.

Period 2- Ms. Brodhead's Language Arts 9-12

Monday- Mock Interviews
Tuesday- Reading Comprehension Packet
Wednesday- Vocabulary Packet pgs. 8-13
Thursday- Use Vocabulary from Wednesday's Packet to write a story
Friday- Review Mock Interviews

Period 4- Mrs. Edling's English 8

Monday- Wonder pgs. 336-343; Write story in progressive tense
Tuesday- Wonder pgs. 344- 348; future progressive tenses Ex. 9-11
Wednesday- Wonder pgs. 349-354; Review progressives (quiz Thursday)
Thursday- Wonder pgs. 355-361; progressive verbs quiz; irregular verbs quiz 2
Friday- Wonder pgs. 362-367; Introduce perfect tenses

Period 6- Mrs. Edling's Reading 8

Monday- Chapter 10;
Tuesday- Chap. 11/12
Wednesday- Chap. 13/14
Thursday- Activities' review chap. 11-14
Friday- Quiz Chap. 6-14

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Week of 04/13/2015

Period 2 Ms. Brodhead Lang Art 9-12

Monday & Tuesday- In library typing letter of interest
           HW:  If students do not finish letter of interest by end of period Tuesday, they must finish it outside of class.
Wednesday- Writing for Real Life- Alphabetical order
Thursday- Writing for Real Life- Contractions
Friday- Interviewing questions- tips for interviewing

Period 4B- Mrs. Edling's English 8

No HW this week due to PSSAs, continuing work on verbs and writing

Period 6- Reading 8

No HW this week due to PSSAs. we are starting HOOT. We will get as far as we can in class.  I usually do not like to give homework over the weekend; however, with the way things went this week, we wound up finishing the chapters rather quickly.  We will be having our first quiz on Hoot on Monday.   It will be covering the plot of Hoot; as weel as, vocabulary.



Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Mrs. Edling's Homework for the week of 3/30/2015

Period 2- Ms. Brodhead's Language Arts class

Homework is only assigned if students do not complete work during class.

Monday- Transferable Job Skills Self-Assessment
Tuesday- Organizer for Letter of Interest
Wednesday- Real-Life Reading Skills pgs. 22-27
Thursday- Rough draft of How-to speech
Friday- Rough draft of Letter of Interest

Period 4B- Mrs. Edling's English 8

Homework is only assigned if students do not complete work during class.

Monday- rough draft of personal narrative
Tuesday- Typing narratives
Wednesday- Editing/revising personal narratives, final copy due today
Thursday- PSSA review packet
Friday- PSSA review packet

Period 6- Mrs. Edling's Reading 8

Homework is only assigned if students do not complete during class.

Monday- "Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon", answer pg. 2 in question packet; "Why the Waves Have Whitecaps", answer pgs. 4-5 in packet
Tuesday- "Brer Possum's Dilemma", text pgs. 1042-1043, answer pg. 6 in packet
Wednesday- "John Henry," text pgs. 1045-1048, answer pg. 6 in packet
Thursday- "Chicoria," text pgs. 1052-1054, start "The People, Yes," text pgs. 1055-1058, answer pg. 7 in packet
Friday- finish "The People, Yes"  answer questions pg. 8, journal

Monday, March 16, 2015

Mrs. Edling's Homework  Week of 3/16/2015

Period 2 - Mrs. Brodhead's Language Arts Class

Monday- Drafting Persuasive Essay
          HW:  Must be finished body and intro
Tuesday- Finish Drafting Conclusion; Revise/Edit
          HW:  Must finish revising/editing paper
Wednesday:  Real-Life Writing pgs. 6-9, Homophones packet
          HW:  Homophones poem
Thursday:  Writing and Following Directions Lesson 2, begin lesson 3 if time
           HW:  Final copy of instructions for line drawing must be finished
Friday:  Final Draft of Persuasive Essay
          HW:  Finish Final draft if not completed in class

Friday, March 6, 2015

Mrs. Edling's Projected Homework for the Week of 3/9/2015

Period 2:  Ms. Brodhead's Language Arts 9-12

    Homework is anything student does not finish in class
           Monday:  Persuasive Research - must be finished today, need at least two good sources
           Tuesday:  Persuasive Lesson 6 pgs. 27-28; organizing information
           Wednesday:  Spelling Lesson 10
           Thursday:  Listening and Following Directions Lesson 2:  Students will be given a line drawing and they must write precise directions for someone to draw the same item.
            Friday:  Persuasive Chap. 2- Drafting Intro, Body, and Conclusion

Period 4B:  Mrs. Edling's English 8

          Monday:  Persuasive research in class, must have at least two good sources
                HW:  Wonder Vocab Sect. 3 Multiple Choice & Pronoun Practice 2 pgs. 71-72
          Tuesday:  Pronoun Practice pg. 73, Persuasive pgs. 27-28 in class
                HW:  Wonder vocab Matchin g & Pronoun Practice 2 pg. 74
          Wednesday:  Pronoun Practice 3 pg. 75, Persuasive pg. 29-30
                HW:  Wonder vocab sentences & subj/verb agreement WKST pg. 76
          Thursday:  Pronoun Practice Quiz 6A, Persuasive pg. 31 in class
                HW:  Study Wonder vocab for quiz, pronoun practice quiz 6B
          Friday:  Wonder Vocab Test, Pronoun Test, Persuasive pg. 32
                HW:  Finish Persuasive pg. 32 if not completed in class

Period 6:  Mrs. Edling's Reading 8

          Monday:  Progress monitoring, Answer Scene 4 Questions, Hanukkah video
                HW:  Journal:  How might Hanukkah be different/ more important for Anne while in hiding?
          Tuesday:  Act I Scene 5 pgs. 899-903
                HW:  Study guide questions if not completed in class
          Wednesday:  Act I Scene 5 pgs. 904-907
                HW:   Study guide questions if not completed in class, test Friday on Act I
          Thursday:  Act I Scene 5 pgs. 908-912; questions on pg. 912-913
                HW:   Study guide questions if not completed in class; test tomorrow on Act I
          Friday:  Test on Act I; Progress monitoring continued
                HW:  NONE
               


Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Period 2- We worked on research for persuasive pieces in the library today.  No hw.

Period 4B- We worked on research for persuasive pieces in the library today.  HW:  Wonder vocab Multiple choice

Period 6- We did an activity on an escape route for Anne from Amsterdam, Netherlands to an non-occupied country.  HW:  Be creative.  Journal an escape route that is 5 steps long.  They do not need to be in sentence form, just five steps.  You can not just say... I would take a boat to England.  Give me more detail.  FIVE STEPS!!!!!!!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Classwork/Homework for Week of 2/16/2015

Period 2 Language Arts Mrs. Brodhead

Tuesday- Review pg. 16 journal on Persuasive writing, Answer ?s on pg. 17
Wednesday- Spelling lesson 8
Thursday- Ads & Coupons 9-10, journal on Yougotta books
Friday- pgs. 18-20 in Persuasive workbook

HW:  Students will be assigned anything we don't finish in class as homework

Period 3 American History 8 with Ms. White

Check Ms. White's blog for homework daily in case I don't get a chance to update here

Period 4B English 8 Mrs. Edling

Tuesday- review Wonder vocab, indefinite pronouns review, persuasive workbook pg. 17
           HW: Wonder vocab Multiple Choice; Indefinite pronouns WKST (Quiz Thursday)
Wednesday- read some of Wonder, indefinite pronouns review, persuasive wkbk pg. 18-20
           HW: Wonder vocab sentences; indefinite pronouns wkst (study for Quiz Thursday)
Thursday- Wonder vocab review (quiz tomorrow); Indefinite pronouns quiz; Persuasive pg. 23
            HW: study for Wonder vocab/spelling quiz
Friday- Wonder vocab/spell test; persuasive pg. 23

Period 5B Reading 8 Ms. Frank

See Ms. Frank's blog for homework daily in case I don't get a chance to update here

Period 6 Reading 8 Mrs. Edling

Tuesday- finish Holocaust timeline
           HW: reading comp packet
Wednesday- Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 1; study guide questions #1-6
           HW: journal:  In the next scene you will be meeting the Van Daans.  What do you think that meeting will be like?  What will be the concerns?  (4-5 sentences at least)
Thursday- Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 2 (1st half); study guide questions #7-15
            HW: journal:  Pretend you are Anne or Peter.  What do you think of the other one?  What is good about them?  What is not so good?  Do you think that the two of you will get along?  (4-5 sentences)
Friday- Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 2 (2nd half); study guide questions #16-22
            HW: none