HOMEWORK LOG

 

TEACHER:

Ms. Archipolo

SUBJECT:

ELA

CLASS:

618

 

No.        DATE                                                   ASSIGNMENT                                                                             DUE

1

9/8

Parent/student must read pg.’s 2-31 of planner.  Sign checklist pg. 7 of Planner Contracts, Blue Contact sheets, receive Email Announcements, request for tissues and paper towels.  Finish copying class schedule in planner.  Read & sign ELA Welcome letter.

9/13

2

9/13

Reviewed with students; expectations & course work for the year, noted in ELA Welcome Letter.  Decorate reading/ writing notebooks.  Complete Reading and Writing Survey.

9/14

3

9/14

Do soccer ball handout (ho) with 2 reading/ writing goals& color it in.  Parents read and sign letter “Importance of reading for 30 min. each night.”

9/15

4

9/15

Reading Response in reading notebook (RN), Re-aloud: “Off to a Good Start.” Response: How is starting a new school year like running a race?

9/16

5

9/20

Writing response reflection: How are Oliver & Princess Elizabeth alike? What 2 role reversals did they have to deal with? (Norms of Society).  Reading Log reflections due.

9/21

6

9/21

Create your own 5 “character match” sentences.  Students will work in pairs in class next day, trying to guess one another’s

9/22

7

9/22

Create 5 Topics/Issues with a related Anecdote. Choose your favorite and write a 10 sentence or more entry in W.N.

9/23

8

9/23

Write a 5 finger retell for the independent reading book you are currently working on. Place entry in W.N.

9/24

9

9/24

Complete Parts of Speech (POS) W.S., pg.181.  Write the POS for the underlined word

9/27

10

9/27

Write a summary entry in R.N. on your Independent Reading Book (IRB)

9/28

11

9/28

Complete the 5 follow-up qu.’s for the Read Aloud “We Can Make A Difference”

9/29

12

9/29

Create a Venn Diagram in your reading notebook.  Compare and contrast Oliver Button and Princess Elizabeth.

9/31

13

9/31

Complete Common and Proper Noun worksheet.

10/4

14

10/4

Complete your “My Heart Map”, of memorable topics you might choose for Personal Narrative (PN)

10/5

15

10/5

Respond in your reading notebook: the 4 Write and Reflect questions for “Eleven”,  by Sandra Cisneros.  Complete both sides of  Grammar Punctuation handout

10/6

16

10/6

Write your 1st paragraph of  Personal Narrative

10/7

17

10/7

Write your 2st paragraph of  Personal Narrative

10/8

18

10/8

Write your Final paragraph of  Personal Narrative

10/12

19

10/12

Pick 2 sensory words from each category of your 5 senses & write 2 sentences for each word that evokes sensory description

10/13

20

10/13

Reading Response to independent reading book (IRB), in (WN).

10/14

21

10/14

Complete  “La Bamba”,  worksheet qu.’s

10/15

22

10/15

Study for test on Story Structure: know definitions & how to apply it to the story “Eleven”.  Draft due on 10/18 typed (PN)

10/18

23

10/18

Read Ch. 1 of “The Outsiders”. Complete Ch. 1 handout. Bring in a picture of your Hero and decorate it on typing paper. Explain why you choose this person or character. What qualities do they possess that you admire?

10/19

24

10/19

Read Ch.2 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

10/20

25

10/20

Read Ch.3 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

10/21

26

10/21

Read Ch.4 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

10/22

27

10/25

Read Ch.5 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

10/26

28

10/26

Read Ch.6 & 7 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout. Have test signed on Story Structure.  Reminder: Book Project Letter due tomorrow.

10/27

29

10/27

Read Ch.8 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout. Complete transition worksheet.

10/28

30

10/28

Read Ch.9 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

10/29

31

10/29

Read Ch.10 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

11/1

32

1/11

Read Ch.11 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

11/3

33

11/3

Read Ch.12 of “The Outsiders” & complete handout.

11/4

34

11/4

On loose leaf discuss what character or actor in movie was your favorite and why? Provide details and ex.  Discuss how you might connect to the character. What challenges did he/she face and how did they get through it.  Follow RATE.

11/8

35

11/8

Study for “The Outsiders” final. Character Match, Multi-choice, Vocabulary, and 2 Short-Responses.

11/10

36

11/10

“The Outsiders” Portfolio Due

11/19

37

11/12

Reading Prompt was given regarding a Moral Dilemma.  Students have to write a letter to a friend.  Looseleaf.  Also, any student who did not hand in their Summer Reading book Projects & were granted 2mth. to complete them,

are due.

11/15

38

11/15

Grammar: Complete h.o. “Nounsense!” pg. 8 & 9

11/17

39

11/17

Grammar: Complete h.o. on “Singular & Plural Nouns” & “Practice the Rules”

11/18

40

11/18

Grammar: Complete h.o. “Proper & Common Nouns” front & back

11/19

41

11/19

Summary Reflection qu.’s for Independent Reading Book (IRB)

11/22

42

11/22

“Fly Away Home”.  Write in WN about your feelings regarding homelessness.

11/23

44

11/23

WN, write an alternative ending for “Fly Away Home”.

11/24

45

11/24

Answer the 20 short response qu.’s to “Fly Away Home”.

11/29

46

11/29

Read “Teacher Tamer”

11/30

47

11/30

Complete “Teacher Tamer”, test prep questions.

12/1

48

12/1

Choose 1 of the “Issues Hiding in the Text We Read”, & write a reflection on how that issue affects you in some way

12/2

49

12/3

Read “A Secret for Two”, and test prep questions.

12/6

50

12/6

Read “The Goodness of Matt Kaizer”, and test prep questions.

12/8

51

12/9

Read “Talk To Me”, and test prep questions. Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,

12/10

52

12/10

Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,7

12/13

53

12/13

Read “What’s Inside”, and test prep questions. Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,3.  Pick the “Issues” that are hidden in one of the short stories that we read, to be used for Literary Essay.  Create Focus Statement/Theme.

12/14

54

12/14

WN Entry on “suicide”. Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,4

12/15

55

12/15

WN Entry on “If I could have one wish, what would it be and why? Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,5

12/16

56

12/16

Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,6.

12/17

57

12/17

Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,7.

12/20

58

12/20

Write paragraph 1, to Literary Essay. Follow Introduction format with Focus Statement.

12/21

59

12/23

Write paragraph 2, to Literary Essay.  Complete Holiday Packet

1/3/11

60

1/4

Write paragraph 3 & 4, to Literary Essay

1/5

61

1/5

Write paragraph 5, to Literary Essay

1/6

62

1/6

Work on Editing

1/7

62

1/7

Work on Editing, Publication is due on Monday

1/10

63

1/10

Preview of ELA State Exam Unit: Rd., “Mystery of Stonehenge”, & answer multi-choice qu’s.  Label each qu., What paragraph and what line can you find the answer in?

1/11

64

1/11

Preview of ELA State Exam Unit: Rd., “England’s Famous Monument”, & answer multi-choice qu’s.  Label each qu., What paragraph and what line can you find the answer in?

1/12

65

1/12

Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,6. Continue working on book Projects, due 1/21/11

1/13

66

1/13

Do Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,7. Continue working on book Projects, due 1/21/11

1/14

67

1/18

Homework Reading Questions (HRQ) #1,2,4.

1/19

68

1/19

Continue working on book Projects, due Friday 1/21/11

1/21

69

1/24

Read short story, “A Slave.” Complete required h.o. with reading comprehension qu’s, short & extended responses

1/25

70

1/25

Read “Don’t Step On A Crack”, pg. 494 in Literature & The Language Arts, textbook & complete graphic organizer & short response qu’s

1/28

71

1/28

Refer to read aloud in class, “Dust Colored Coyote”. Look back @ notes taken to answer extended response

1/31

72

2/9

Complete short story packet “Don’t be Fooled” & “The High Cost of Cheap Labor”

2/10

73

2/10

Complete short story packet “They Built America”

2/11

74

2/11

Complete short story packet “No To Time To Waste”

2/14

75

2/15

Complete short story packet “Earthquakes”

2/16

76

2/16

Complete short story packet “Ships That Could Think” & “A Slave”

2/17

77

2/17

Read the poem “He Had a Dream” and complete poetry preview w.s.

2/18

78

2/18

Read the poem “Petals” and complete poetry preview w.s.

2/28

79

2/28

Write a poem about “Friendship”

3/1

80

3/1

Create: Acrostic Poem -- draft

3/2

81

3/2

Create: Bio Poem -- draft

3/3

82

3/3

Returned Acrostic Poem – Complete Final Draft with decoration for poetry book

3/4

83

3/4

Returned: Bio Poem – Complete Final Draft with decoration for poetry book

3/7

84

3/7

Diamonte Poem – Draft Due

3/9

85

3/9

Complete 2 worksheets on Similes and Metaphors (Figurative Language)

3/10

86

3/11

Worksheet on capitalization and punctuation

3/15

87

3/15

Complete Simile/Metaphor worksheet front & back. Find the lyrics to your favorite song and see how many similes and metaphors you can find.  Underline them and place an S or M next to the sentence, identifying what it is.  Bring in the lyrics tmrw

3/16

88

3/16

Buckle Down ELA TEST PREP – Lesson 1

3/17

89

3/17

Buckle Down – Lesson 2

3/18

90

3/18

Buckle Down – Lesson 3

3/21

91

3/21

Buckle Down – Lesson 4

3/22

92

3/23

Complete all 3 handouts for Locomotion qu’s and definitions

3/24

93

3/24

Classwork: Read pg. 71-89 of Locomotion. Complete required ws qu’s based on the reading

3/25

94

3/25

Classwork: Read pg. 89-100 of Locomotion. Complete required ws qu’s based on the reading

3/28

95

3/28

Answer qu’s 1-10 on Locomotion

3/29

96

3/29

Answer qu’s 11-20 on Locomotion

3/30

97

3/30

Review for Unit Test on Locomotion

4/1

98

4/1

Buckle Down – Lesson 6

4/4

99

4/4

Buckle Down – Lesson 7

4/5

100

4/5

Buckle Down – Lesson 8. Complete vacation packet.

4/6

101

4/6

Buckle Down – Lesson 9

4/7

102

4/7

Buckle Down – Lesson 10

4/8

103

4/8

Buckle Down – Lesson 11

4/11

104

4/11

Buckle Down – Lesson 12

4/12

105

4/12

Buckle Down – Lesson 13

4/14

106

4/14

Buckle Down – Lesson 14

4/15

107

4/15

Buckle Down – Lesson 15 & Lesson 16.  Complete Spring Reading Comprehension Packet

4/27

108

4/27

Buckle Down – Lesson 17 & Lesson 18

4/28

109

4/28

Final Buckle Down – Lesson 19. 

 

4/29

110

4/29

Review all STRATEGIES LEARNED THIS YEAR FOR TEST PREP NYS ELA  EXAM:  Complete packet on drawing conclusions and making inferences

5/2

111

5/2

There will be no homework given for the next two weeks of State Testing

5/13

112

5/16

Rd. Ch. 3 “Chasing Vermeer”.  Define the following 11 words, write out each word 5 x’s and place word in a sentence:  coincidences, intriguing, extraordinary, fascinated, unpredictable, mediocre, labyrinth, muttered, refuge, pentomino, gullible

5/17

113

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

115