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

Monday, February 9, 2015

Long Term Reading Homework for Third Marking Period

Period 2 Mrs. Brodhead

Students are to read a novel of their choice by the end of the marking period.  Using the persuasive writing techniques that we are talking about they need to write a "Yougotta Award" for their book.  It is a persuasive essay on why I need to read that book.

Period 6B Mrs. Edling's Reading 8

1)  Choose a book that you like:  complete a book report, take the AR quiz (and pass it), make a diorama, or any other option you discuss with me to show me that you read this book.

2)  Read a newspaper article every week and write a 50-100 word summary of it. (9 total for the marking period)-  MUST be spread throughout the marking period.
Plans for the week of Feb. 9, 2015:
(subject to change due to shorten periods)  I will try to update this if it happens.

Mrs. Brodhead's pd. 2 Language Arts Class:

Tuesday:  Review Venn diagrams from pg. 15 and complete pg. 16 of Persuasive workbook
                 HW:  Complete pg. 17 questions (due next Monday)

Wednesday: Lesson 7 in Spelling
                 HW:  complete Lesson 7 packet if not completed in class

Thursday:  Ads & Coupons #5-8
                 HW:  complete Ads and Coupons if not completed in class



Mrs. Edling's pd. 4B English 8:

Tuesday:  Get Wonder Sect. 2 vocabulary, Indefinite pronouns introduction, persuausive workbook pgs. 15-16
                 HW:  Vocab 3x each, Persuasive WKBK pg. 17

Wednesday:  Wonder pgs. 54-60, Ind. Pronouns continued, persuasive workbook pgs. 18-20
                 HW:  ABC order and Matching worksheet with vocab

Thursday:  Wonder pgs. 61-64, Indefinite pronouns Quiz, Persuasive WKBK 21-22
                  HW:  Complete WKBK 21-22 if not completed in class

Mrs. Edling's pd. 6 Reading 8:

Tuesday:  Holocaust Jigsaw Activity continued
                HW:  Finish articles assigned in class if not completed

Wednesday:  Holocaust Jigsaw Timeline Activity
                HW:  Journal:  What do you think you would have done had you been a German citizen at the time of the Holocaust? (5 sentences at least)

Thursday:  Anne Frank Act 1 Scene 1, Study guide Questions #1-6
                HW:  Study Guide questions if not completed during class #1-6

Thursday, January 29, 2015

01/29/2015

Period 2- Ms. Brodhead's class- today we finished up a spelling packet and did a couple of activities on reading instructions; no homework

Period 3- Ms. White's American History 8- working on a Constitution project; students must finish the table at the top of page 2 for homework tonight if not finished in class

Period 4B- My English 8 - Wonder Sect. 1 vocab/spelling test tomorrow.  Students must be able to spell vocab words as well as know their definitions.  Reviewed personal pronouns again.  Complete Personal Pronoun Worksheet #3 if not completed in class.  Finish pg. 15 Venn Diagram from Persuasive workbook for homework.

Period 6- My Reading 8- Read a Scholastic article on Syrian refugees and answered questions. We did not get finished so Question #4 was homework.

Monday, January 5, 2015

January 5, 2015

Welcome back!!!

Homework for the week:

2nd Period Mrs. Brodhead:  All week we will be reviewing for midterms.  If work is not completed in class, it will be assigned for homework.

Monday:  Combining Sentences Review Worksheet
Tuesday:  Comma review Worksheet
Wednesday:  Editing Review Worksheet
Thursday:  Editing Review Worksheet

4B:  English 8

Monday: Common and Proper Review Worksheet Packet
Tuesday:  Common and Proper Review Worksheet Packet
Wednesday:  Compound Sentences Review Worksheet
Thursday:  Compound Sentences Review Worksheet

6:  Reading 8

Monday:  Persuasive Techniques Review Worksheet
Tuesday:  Persuasive Vocab review Worksheet
Wednesday:  Main Idea review Worksheet
Thursday:  Fact and Opinion Review Worksheet