HOMEWORK AUG

ASSIGNMENT 1:

Go to the Digital Read Works Website

http://digital.readworks.org

Enter YOUR Class Code:

GRADE 7 SECTION 1 (Algebra) CLASS CODE: Q663KA

FIND YOUR NAME AND LOG IN WITH YOUR PASSWORD

Read the assigned stories: Finding Salinger and Taken by Surprise and answer ALL QUESTIONS. Be sure to look at the Vocabulary BEFORE YOUR READ THE SELECTIONS.

GRADE 7 SECTION 2 (Seventh Grade Math) CLASS CODE: 72TKKO

FIND YOUR NAME AND LOG IN WITH YOUR PASSWORD

Read the assigned story: An Urgent Message and answer ALL QUESTIONS. Be sure to look at the Vocabulary BEFORE YOUR READ THE SELECTION.

ASSIGNMENT 2:

Challenge Activity: Revise the story Ditched by using sentence combining, sentence expanding and by adding details.

Challenge Handout

Word Doc

Google Doc

STUDY NIGHTLY!!!!!!!

English Quiz

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

QUIZ 4 PRONOUNS 2

Grade 7 PRONOUNS 2

MY QUIZLET WEBSITE

EIGHTH GRADE HOMEWORK

WEEK OF OCTOBER 3

DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

ASSIGNMENT 1:

ASSIGNMENT 1: English 101-Complete FOUR EXERCISES: MISPLACED PARTICIPIAL PHRASES, ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES,CAPITALIZATION:NAMES OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE, COMMA: PARTICIPIAL PHRASES

https://www.englishgrammar101.com/

ASSIGNMENT 2: Smithsonian Tween Tribune:

1. Read the assigned article. “Bee tongues are getting shorter as temperatures warm”

2. Take the Quiz. Record your answers on the handout (in Schoology, on Rediker, and on my Website).

3. Complete the TFCN HO.

4. Post an Answer to the Critical Thinking Question ONLINE on the article website page. http://tweentribune.com/

Word Doc

Google Doc

COMPLETE GIVER BLOG 7 2016 AND GIVER BLOG 8 2016 ON CLASSPRESS.COM

DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4

READ THE LOIS LOWRY BIOGRAPHY ON THE FOLLETT BOOK SHELF AND COMPLETE THE REPORT HANDOUT

LOIS LOWRY REPORT HANDOUT

GRADE 8 ENGLISH QUIZ

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20

GRADE 8 PARTS OF SPEECH 1

GRADE 8 PARTS OF SPEECH 2

LITERARY TERMS TEST 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

SMITHSONIAN TWEEN TRIBUNE HW

WEEK OF OCTOBER 3

http://tweentribune.com/

1. Read the assigned article. “Bee tongues are getting shorter as temperatures warm”

2. Take the Quiz. Record your answers ON THE NEXT PAGE:

3. Complete the TFCN HO. (NEXT PAGE)

4. Post an Answer to the Critical Thinking Question ONLINE on the article website page.

Record your QUIZ answers HERE:

(ADD MORE # IF MORE QUESTIONS).

Title of the Article:

Author:

TFCN

T – Topic: What is the topic of the article?

F – Two Fascinating Facts: Two facts from the article that fascinated you.

C – Connections Made: How does information in this article connect to you, anything you may have read before, or the world in general? (at least two)

Text to Self:

Text to Text:

Text to World:

N – New Understanding: What new information have you learned?

Summary: Brief (but thorough) summary of the article in paragraph form.

Challenge Activity:

Finally, it's time for you to work completely on your own. Below are groups of sentences in [ ]'s. See if you can COMBINE each group into one sentence. EXPAND some of your sentences to make them more interesting for your audience. ADD DETAILS!! Tell not only what happens, but also explain in detail how it happens. You'll end up with a good paragraph--and an original ending. MAKE SURE YOU ADD AN ENDING!!!

Ditched

[1. I was heading home in my beat-up car. 2. The night was pitch black.] [3. The rain was coming down hard. 4. The window on my side of the car was broken.] [5. My wipers worked hard to clear my windshield. 6. I had trouble seeing the road.] [7. I could pull off to the side of the road. 8. I could try to continue home through the storm.] [9. I saw dim headlights coming toward me. 10. The lights were on my side of the road.] [11. Maybe the driver of the oncoming car was panicked. 12. Maybe he didn't see my low beams.] [13. That was it.] [14. I flicked my headlights as a warning. 15. The oncoming car didn't change lanes.] [16. I could try to play dodge'm with him on the slippery road. 17. I could put my old beater in the ditch.] [18. I cut the steering wheel hard to the right.] [19. I landed upside down in the irrigation ditch. 20. Water rushed in through the broken window.]

21. < > (Your final sentences, which tell how the story ended Use your imagination. Get your creative juices flowing.)

Now GO BACK OVER YOUR STORY, cleaning up the stray spaces, extra punctuation, and capitalization. MAKE SURE THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS IN PARAGRAPH FORM-NO NUMBERS!!!!