29 Sep-3 Oct

* Note to all classes: I will be out Wed-Friday this week.

Grade 8

Monday
Chapter 9:4 Due (Quiz)
Essay Assigned(Rough copy Due Monday):
Trace the course of Industrialization in the United States between 1860-1900. Be sure to consider what caused it to happen so rapidly, what the effects were, and how people and government responded to it.
Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Test Chapter 9
Thursday
Vocab Quiz Grade 8--
mercantile
ornery
paunch
consigned
peevish
rank
notion
palavered
parcel
furrows

piqued
wary
fortitude
perrenial
dissuasive
abate
sagacity
daunt
severe
demented
Friday
Blog Due

Note--Essay rough copy and initial debate prep is due on Monday
Debate Prep is:
1) at least 5 Bibliography cards
2) two outlines--one for each side
3) Note Cards are optional at this point

Grade 7

Monday Chapter 3:4 Due (Quiz)
History Essay: Explain the causes and the consequences of European exploration between 1300 and 1600.

Tuesday No School

Wednesday Test Chapter 3
Thursday

Vocab Quiz--

key
maritime
treacherously
maneuver
clannish
fathom
incessantly
vivid
derisive
incendary
dote
allergy
retrieve
inferior
exasperation
persist
convulsion
trepidation
adjoining
unkempt
Friday
Blog Due

Note--Essay rough copy and initial debate prep is due on Monday
Debate Prep is:
1) at least 5 Bibliography cards
2) two outlines--one for each side
3) Note Cards are optional at this point

Grade 6

Monday Story Due--"First Confession"

Tuesday No School
Wednesday --Quiz "First Confession"
Story on Embarrassing Experience Assigned--Rough Copy Due Next Friday.
Thursday
Vocab Quiz

fastidious 27
indignant 27
ambitious 28
manoeuver 30
malicious 30
aspirations 31
anguished 31
hypocracy 31
uncivil 32
maimed 33
retort 33
cryptically 35
incredulous 35
baffled 36
Friday
Blog Due
Final Copy of Quote Essay

Week of 22-26 Sep

Grade 8
* There will be no new essay assigned this week
Monday
Notes/Bibliography/outline Due--Sample Debate
Tuesday
Chpt 9:2 Due (Quiz)
Wednesday
Thursday
Chapter 9:3 Due (Quiz)
Story Due: "Stickeen" --Changed from "Bargain"
Friday
Final Copy Quote Essay
Independant Reading Blog

Grade 7
* There will be no new essay assigned this week
Monday
Notes/Bibliography/outline Due--Sample Debate
Tuesday
Chpt 3:2 Due (Quiz)
Wednesday
Thursday
Chapter 3:3 Due (Quiz)
Friday
Story Due Monday: "Princess"
Final Copy Quote Essay
Independant Reading Blog

Grade 6

Monday


Tuesday

"Wednesday
Assign Story "First Confession"
Vocabulary Quiz--Words from story 1@2
Thursday

Friday
Final Copy Quote Essay "Anger as soon as fed is dead, 'tis starving makes it fat."
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Week of 15-19 September

8th Grade

Monday History Chapter 8:3
Tuesday
Wednesday History Test Chapter 8
Thursday Chapter 9:1
Friday
Final Copy Decision Essay
Quotation Essay Rough Copy: " A word is dead when it is said, some say; I say it just begins to live that day"
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7th Grade

Monday History Chapter 2:3
Tuesday
Wednesday History Test Chapter 2
Thursday Chapter 3:1
Friday
Final Copy Decision Essay
Quotation Essay Rough Copy: " A word is dead when it is said, some say; I say it just begins to live that day"
Independant Reading Blog

6th Grade

Monday
Complete "Bag of Marbles" and take Quiz
Friday
Independant Reading Blog

Week of 8-12 September

8th Grade

Topics
Note taking
Essay Writing
Debate
research and topic development
bibliography
plagiarism
note cards
stock issues

Homework

Chapter 8:2 Due Wednesday, 10 Sep
Friday 12 Sep -- Summer Reading Essay Rough Copy
SR Essay—Choose the main character of one of the novels that you read this summer. What was the most important decision that that character had to make? Do you think they made the best decision possible? Explain and support your conclusion with examples from the book.
Friday 12 Sep -- Literature Blog

7th Grade

Topics
Note taking
Essay Writing
Debate
research and topic development
bibliography
plagiarism
note cards
stock issues

Homework

Chapter 2:2 -- Due Wednesday, 10 Sep
Friday 12 Sep -- Summer Reading Essay Rough Copy
SR Essay—Choose the main character of one of the novels that you read this summer. What was the most important decision that that character had to make? Do you think they made the best decision possible? Explain and support your conclusion with examples from the book.

Friday 12 Sep -- Literature Blog

6 Literature

Friday 12 Sep -- "Good Student" Essay Rough Copy
Friday 12 Sep -- Literature Blog
Friday 12 Sep-- Bring in 1 of your Summer Reading Novels

Another idea..

Welcome back to school, everyone. For those of you who are keeping track, this is my fourth attempt to improve communications between parents and teachers in the last four years. So far, every piece of technology that I have tried has failed, either because it was far too time consuming to use or because it was too unstable. This forum should work well--I have experienced no difficulty in using it so far, and the concept is simple: navigate to this blog and look at the week's assignments. Each week I will also post the topics of the lessons that we'll be working on. I will post the next week's assignments as a new post every Friday. If you have questions or comments, feel free to use the comment function withing the blog.