English Grade 7 -- Mrs. Trucios (2012/2013 School Year) 631-266-5420 mtrucios@elwood.k12.ny.us; Extra Help @ 7:50 a.m. or after school with a pass Quarter Four Homework Week 1 (April 19, 2013) ELA Week 1) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapters 4 and 5 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 2) Report to your ELA testing room this week after Homebase! Bring #2 pencils! Phones away! 3) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapters 6 and 7 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 4) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapters 8 and 9 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Homework Week 2 (April 26, 2013) 1) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 12 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Please see new updated reading schedule. Friday 4/12 Ch. 1-3 “ 4/19 Ch. 4-9 “ 4/26 Ch. 12-15 " 5/3 Ch. 16-20 Tuesday 5/7 Ch. 21 Wednesday 5/8 TEST 2) Make sure you have your Writer's Notebook for the Computer Lab this week! Go to Computer Lab Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 3) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 13 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 4) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 14 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 5) Scholastic Book orders due Friday (optional).
Homework Week 3 (May 3, 2013) 1) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 15 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 2) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 16 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 3) Poetry Unit due May 1st.
Homework Week 4 (May 10, 2013) 1) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapter 19 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 2) Complete the “Notes” packet questions for Chapters 20-21 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. 3) Witch TEST is Wednesday AND Quiz on “Poetry” Tuesday. Quiz is open binder. Do you have your packets in your Writing Techniques Section? Visit the following for practice! https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-witch-of-blackbird-pond42 https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-witch-of-blackbird-pond https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-witch-of-blackbird-pond40 http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Nov201044/game1288894997.php http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Dec201050/game1292702361.php 4) Organize your binder and "Do Nows" section. 5) Analyze your "Poetry Quiz" for your nemeses.
Homework Week 5 (May 17, 2013) 1) Organize your binders. 2) Finish your comic strip. Colorize it. 3) Use the parts of a good myth list to create an outline for your myth. Write bullets or notes as your “PRE-writing” for your myth. 4) STAR Reading Benchmark is Tuesday.
Homework Week 6 (May 24, 2013) 1) Complete the Web Quest (50 questions) at: http://library.thinkquest.org/13238/index.htm 3) Define Vocabulary words #1-20 in the pink packet. 4) Define Vocabulary words #21-40 in the pink packet. Homework Week 7 (May 31, 2013) 1) Define Vocabulary words #41-50 in the pink packet. 2) Define Vocabulary words #51-60 in the pink packet. 3) Study for the Final Exam by reviewing the FEVER 1793 packet. 4) Complete the pink Vocabulary packet for The Miracle Worker #61-70. 5) Review your Punctuation and Do You Know Your Grammar? packet. 6) Visit www.helenkeller.org for more information about Helen Keller.
1) Complete the pink Vocabulary packet for The Miracle Worker #71-80. 2) Complete the pink Vocabulary packet for The Miracle Worker #81-90. 3) Complete the pink Vocabulary packet for The Miracle Worker #91-100. 4) Review your Summer of the Monkeys packet. Homework Week 9-10 (June 14, 2013) 1) Textbooks are due back on Wednesday. 2) Complete all the remaining questions in your yellow The Miracle Worker packet. 3) Read The Wave this summer.
Final Exam is June 14th in the GYM at 8:30 a.m. *The Castle Learning window will close on June 14th. Any assignments not completed by this date will automatically earn a zero. The assignments are your Final Exam practice/review. ***see Attachments for file
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English Grade 8 -- Mrs. Trucios (2012/2013 School Year) 631-266-5420 mtrucios@elwood.k12.ny.us; Extra Help @ 7:50 a.m. or after school with a pass
Homework Week 1 (April 19, 2013) ELA Week 1) Research more information for your Article 1 and complete your draft. Article 1 should have at least 3 paragraphs. See Schedule Below... 2) Visit http://www.squidoo.com/newspaper-article and read all the pages/links/youtube videos that show you how to write a newspaper article! 4) Read and complete Out of the Dust questions through #174. your articles!
Schedule for reading and writing in Out of the Dust Unit***: By Tuesday, April 16 = article 1 draft By Friday, April 19 = FINISH Book By Monday, April 22 = article 2 draft By Tuesday, April 30 = Newsletter Due Computer Lab = April 16, 17, 18, 22, 23
Homework Week 2 (April 26, 2013) 1) Research more information for your Article 2 and complete your draft. Article 2 should have at least 3 paragraphs if it consists of writing. 2) Make sure to visit http://www.squidoo.com/newspaper-article and read all the pages/links/Youtube videos that show you how to write a newspaper article! 3) Purchase a copy of The Cage if you want to have it autographed by Mrs. Ruth Sender. Invite family to the assembly. 4) Report to the computer lab this week! OPTIONAL: BOOK orders due Friday. 5) Visit the website http://www.ushmm.org/ and find 5 things you learned from this website you never knew before. 6) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 2-4. *** 7) Final Newsletters due April 30th. Out of the Dust packets may be checked any time this week. 8) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 5-6. *** 9) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 7-8. *** 10) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 9-12. *** 11) Watch some of the interview with Ruth Minsky Sender at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkb-Yj86hgc (Please fast forward to 1:35 to begin the interview.)
Homework Week 3 (May 3, 2013) 1) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 13-14. *** 2) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 15-16. *** 4) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 17-19. ***
Homework Week 4 (May 10, 2013) 1) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 24-26. *** 2) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 27-29. *** 3) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 30-32. *** 4) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 33-35. *** 5) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 36-38. *** 6) Ruth joins us Thursday at 11:00 a.m.! Invite your family! 7) Quiz on Friday about Newspaper Article Writing. Read and peruse a newspaper from front cover to back cover. Review Squidoo! 8) Test on The Cage is May 17th!
Homework Week 5 (May 17, 2013) 1) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 39-41. *** 2) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 42-44. *** 3) Read and complete the questions in The Cage packet for Ch. 45-end. *** 4) Test on The Cage is Friday. Packets are due. 5) STAR Reading Benchmark is Tuesday.
Homework Week 6 (May 24, 2013) 1) STAR Reading Benchmark Tuesday in Room 205. 2) Visit www.annefrank.org and www.pbs.org for more information about Anne Frank. 3) Make sure you defined: editorial, bias, subjective, obituary, opinion, assumption, speculation, plagiarism, paraphrase. 4) Read The Diary of Anne Frank in your textbook pages 300 – 314. Take Elements Notes! (See www.annefrank.org and www.pbs.org) 5) Read The Diary of Anne Frank in your textbook pages 314 – 330. Take Elements Notes! (See www.annefrank.org and www.pbs.org) 6) Read The Diary of Anne Frank in your textbook pages 330 – 342. Take Elements Notes! (See www.annefrank.org and www.pbs.org) Homework Week 7 (May 31, 2013) 1) Read The Diary of Anne Frank in your textbook pages 342 – 353. Take Elements Notes! (See www.annefrank.org and www.pbs.org) 2) Read The Diary of Anne Frank in your textbook pages 353 – 368. Take Elements Notes! 3) Final Exam is June 13th! Review your Seedfolks Notes tonight. 4) Review your “Do You Know Your Grammar?” packet. Review The Pearl test and summaries. 5) Complete the Castle Learning Assignment for The Diary of Anne Frank before the Final Exam. Review your notes. Homework Week 8 (June 7, 2013) 1) Textbooks due June 11th/12th. 2) Complete Letter of Appreciation/Acknowledgment. Due June 7th. 3) In-Class Final Essay is June 6th. Final Exam is June 13th! 4) Complete the Castle Learning Assignment for The Diary of Anne Frank before the Final Exam. 5) Review your Glossary of Literary Terms. 6) Review your Bull Run notes. 7) Review your Warriors Don’t Cry notes. 8) Review your Out of the Dust packet.
Homework Week 9-10 (June 14, 2013) 1) Complete the Castle Learning Assignments before the Final Exam. 2) Textbooks due June 11th/12th. Final Exam is June 13th! 3) Review your Shakespeare packet. 4) Review your personal grammar blunders.
Final Exam is Thursday, June 13th in the GYM at 8:30 a.m.
*The Castle Learning window will close on June 14th. Any assignments not completed by this date will automatically earn a zero. The assignments are your Final Exam practice/review. ***see Attachments for file NOTE TO PARENTS: Please check the Parent Portal for updates. If you are having difficulty or notice an inconsistency, please let me know right away. The E-School Parent Portal IS "a work in progress" literally and figuratively. Also, see the link below for information on the New York State mandated testing in grades 3-8: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/ei/eigen.html
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