HOMEWORK LOG

 

TEACHER:

P. James

SUBJECT:

ELA

CLASS:

608

 

No.            DATE                                                      ASSIGNMENT                                                                                                      DUE

1

9/8

Sign ELA parent letter and buy supplies

9/13

2

9/13

Response # 1 in RNB – answer 5 questions to why you picked the book you did, read for 30 min. & write a summary of book so far

9/14

3

9/14

Response # 2 in RNB – summary and tell me a few interesting things about the main character so far & complete heart

9/15

4

9/15

Response #3 in RNB – summary and give me the setting and why it is important to the book so far and decorate notebook

9/16

5

9/16

Response # 4 in RNB – summary and a synopsis of  the problem in the book

9/17

6

9/17

Read for 30 min. and complete soccer ball of goals

9/20

7

9/20

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response #1 in WNB– You are a host of a talk show.  Who is your guest of the night?  Ask him/her 3 questions and give their answers.

9/21

8

9/21

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response #2 in WNB – If your heart was a person, what would his or her personality be like?  Explain.  

9/22

9

9/22

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response #3 in WNB – Select an invention of the 21st century and explain how it changed our lifestyle.

9/23

10

9/23

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response #4 in WNB – What is your favorite song?  Why?  How does it reflect modern life?  Notebook decoration due by tom.

9/24

11

9/27

Read for 30 min. and Reading Response #5 in RNB – make 3 connections on post – its based on your reading and place in your notebook under notes

9/28

12

9/28

Read for 30 min. and Reading Response #6 in RNB – summary, ask 1 question, and make 1 connection on post – it

9/29

13

9/29

Read for 30 min. and Reading Response # 7 in RNB – summary and draw one of the events you visualized

9/30

14

9/30

Read for 30 min and Reading Response #8 in RNB -  summary and complete a venn diagram based on 2 literary elements in your book

10/4

15

10/4

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response # 5 in WNB -  you are a bird flying over ___, describe what you see and sign planner

10/5

16

10/5

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response # 6 in WNB - describe one social issue and your solution for it.  Bring in a picture of your hero (due Thur.)

10/6

17

10/6

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response # 7 in WNB – describe 5 living people who you think are the most influential to you.

10/7

18

10/7

Read for 30 min. and Writing Response # 8 in WNB – imagine you are Christopher Columbus.  Describe the voyage itself and life aboard ship.

10/8

19

10/8

Book project # 2 due on Tuesday and sign academic alert.  Read pages 18 -26 in Outsiders and complete handout.

10/12

20

10/12

Read Outsiders pages 28 – 44 and complete handout.  Sign notebook rubric.

10/13

21

10/13

Read Outsiders pages 53 - 60 and complete handout. 

10/14

22

10/14

Read Outsiders pages 70 -75   and complete handout. 

10/15

23

10/15

Read Outsiders pages 82 - 92 and complete handout.   Study for quiz

10/18

24

10/19

Read Outsiders pages 100 - 107 and complete handout.  Sign quiz and make corrections.

10/20

25

10/20

Read Outsiders pages 116 - 126 and complete handout.

10/21

26

10/21

Read Outsiders pages 134 - 138 and complete handout. 

10/22

27

10/22

Read Outsiders pages 149 - 157 and complete handout. 

10/25

28

10/25

Read Outsiders pages 165 - 168 and complete handout.   Study for vocabulary quiz #2.

10/26

29

10/26

Punctuating Dialogue handout pages 65 and 66 and book project # 3 due.  Sign quiz and make corrections.

10/27

30

10/27

Complete Outsiders chapter 11’s handout. 

10/28

31

10/28

Read Outsiders chapter 12 and complete handout. 

11/1

32

11/3

Bring in all materials for publishing party.

11/4

33

11/4

Sign Outsiders exam and published piece.

11/5

34

11/8 – 11/18

Draft three Outsider portfolio assignments, show me to edit, and publish.

11/18

35

11/12

Complete “La Bamba” worksheet

11/15

36

11/17

Complete “Teacher Tamer” handout (worth 5 points)

11/18

37

11/18

Complete “Biderbiks Don’t Cry” question # 1 and book project # 6 due 12/3

11/22

38

11/22

Complete “Biderbiks Don’t Cry” handout

11/23

39

11/23

Sign Outsiders portfolio sheet

11/24

40

11/24

Complete “Goodness of Matt Kaizer” handout

11/29

41

11/30

Complete “The Story of the 13th Treasure” handout

12/1

42

12/2

Complete “Talk to Me” handout and book project #6 due tom.

12/3

43

12/3

Complete “The Man” handout and book project #7 due 12/17

12/6

44

12/6

Complete question #2 of “Nethergrave

12/7

45

12/7

Complete “Nethergrave” handout

12/8

46

12/9

Complete “What’s Inside” handout

12/10

47

12/10

Complete “A Letter from the Fringe” worksheet and move literary essay from notebook to loose – leaf.

12/13

48

12/14

Complete “Fortune Cookie” question in ntbk

12/15

49

12/15

Complete handout pages 22 – 24 “Revising for Word Choice”

12/16

50

12/17

Complete handout pages 13 & 14 and sign academic alert.  Book project # 8 due 1/3

12/20

51

12/20

Complete handout for “What do Fish Have to do with Anything”

12/21

52

1/3 – 1/7

Research and print out any useful Exposition Essay Material.  Book project # 9 due 1/17.

 

53

1/5

Complete adverb handout pages 20 and 21.

1/6

54

1/6

Complete format based on the information you printed out.

1/7

55

1/7

Complete questions # 6 and 7 based on “Choosing a dog”

1/8

56

1/13

Complete cliché sheet

1/14

57

1/19

Complete “The Dust Colored Coyote” essay on loose – leaf.  Book project # 10 due 1/31.

1/20

58

1/21

Complete multiple choice and short answers to “Anne Frank”

1/24

59

1/26

Complete Robert R. Livingston handout

1/27

60

1/28

Find a magazine article, summarize on loose – leaf, give the title, author, and magazine you found it in, and write down something new you learned

1/31

61

1/31

Complete “Early Inventions” handout

2/1

62

2/1

Answer this question on loose – leaf: What would you most likely feel and do if one of your parents became a quadriplegic because of an accidental injury.  Book project # 11 due 2/14.

2/2

63

2/2

Complete persuasion essay about public schools implementing uniforms

2/3

64

2/3

Read “Strong Men Weep” and complete graphic organizer

2/4

65

2/4

How do you feel about the way Zitkala – Sa was treated?  Are you affected by how she felt?  Explain.  Plus questions 5, 6, and 7 from worksheet

2/7

66

2/7

Read “Robots Get ready to Rumble” and complete graphic organizer

2/8

67

2/8

Complete handout on “Biddy Mason”

2/9

68

2/9

Complete metaphor handout pages 7 and 34.  Write a poem on loose – leaf including a metaphor based on a line from handout pages.  Book project # 11 due 2/14.

2/10

69

2/10

Complete metaphor handout page 29.  Write a poem on loose – leaf including a simile based on a line from handout pages. 

2/11

70

2/11

Write a character poem (if you are stuck use page 38 from classwork).

2/14

71

2/15

Choose one abstraction from list and write a 6 line poem defining it

2/16

72

2/16

Create an “I Am” poem inside the outline – must be 8 lines

2/17

73

2/18

Complete ELA packet and book project # 12 due 2/28.

2/28

74

2/28 – 3/3

Research a woman in history and then write a biography poem about that woman.  Book project # 13 due 3/14.

3/4

75

3/1

Complete limericks worksheet.

3/2

76

3/2

Take one line from the alliteration handout and create a 6 line poem in your notebook

3/3

77

      3/4

Write a poem in which each stanza is in the voice of a different member of your family about the line, “What’s for Dinner?”

3/7

78

3/7

Complete Locomotion handout pages 1 – 19

3/8

79

3/8

Complete Locomotion handout pages 20 – 40

3/9

80

3/9

Complete Locomotion handout pages 41-56

3/10

81

3/10

Complete interjections handout and write a 6 line poem based on a symbol in your WNB.  Book project # 13 due 3/14

3/11

82

3/11

Complete Locomotion handout pages 71 – 83

3/14

83

3/14

Complete Locomotion handout pages 84 – 100.  Mixed – up – Fairytale poem do Friday.  Book project # 14 due 3/28.

3/15

84

3/15

Study for Locomotion exam and sign academic alert.

3/16

85

3/17

Sign Locomotion test and complete mixed up fairy tale poem

3/18