HOMEWORK LOG
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TEACHER: |
P. James |
SUBJECT: |
ELA |
CLASS: |
608 |
No. DATE ASSIGNMENT
DUE
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1 |
9/8 |
Sign ELA parent
letter and buy supplies |
9/13 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5 |
9/16 |
Response # 4 in RNB
– summary and a synopsis of the
problem in the book |
9/17 |
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6 |
9/17 |
Read for 30 min.
and complete soccer ball of goals |
9/20 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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11 |
9/27 |
Read for 30 min.
and |
9/28 |
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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 |
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13 |
9/29 |
Read for 30 min.
and |
9/30 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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19 |
10/8 |
Book project # 2
due on Tuesday and sign academic alert.
Read pages 18 -26 in Outsiders and complete handout. |
10/12 |
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20 |
10/12 |
Read Outsiders
pages 28 – 44 and complete handout.
Sign notebook rubric. |
10/13 |
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21 |
10/13 |
Read Outsiders
pages 53 - 60 and complete handout. |
10/14 |
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22 |
10/14 |
Read Outsiders
pages 70 -75 and complete
handout. |
10/15 |
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23 |
10/15 |
Read Outsiders
pages 82 - 92 and complete handout.
Study for quiz |
10/18 |
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24 |
10/19 |
Read Outsiders
pages 100 - 107 and complete handout.
Sign quiz and make corrections. |
10/20 |
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25 |
10/20 |
Read Outsiders
pages 116 - 126 and complete handout. |
10/21 |
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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 |
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28 |
10/25 |
Read Outsiders
pages 165 - 168 and complete handout. Study for vocabulary quiz #2. |
10/26 |
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29 |
10/26 |
Punctuating
Dialogue handout pages 65 and 66 and book project # 3 due. Sign quiz and make corrections. |
10/27 |
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30 |
10/27 |
Complete Outsiders
chapter 11’s handout. |
10/28 |
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31 |
10/28 |
Read Outsiders
chapter 12 and complete handout. |
11/1 |
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32 |
11/3 |
Bring in all
materials for publishing party. |
11/4 |
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33 |
11/4 |
Sign Outsiders
exam and published piece. |
11/5 |
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34 |
11/8 – 11/18 |
Draft three Outsider
portfolio assignments, show me to edit, and publish. |
11/18 |
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35 |
11/12 |
Complete “La Bamba” worksheet |
11/15 |
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36 |
11/17 |
Complete “Teacher
Tamer” handout (worth 5 points) |
11/18 |
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37 |
11/18 |
Complete “Biderbiks Don’t Cry” question # 1 and book project # 6
due 12/3 |
11/22 |
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38 |
11/22 |
Complete “Biderbiks Don’t Cry” handout |
11/23 |
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39 |
11/23 |
Sign Outsiders
portfolio sheet |
11/24 |
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40 |
11/24 |
Complete “Goodness
of Matt Kaizer” handout |
11/29 |
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41 |
11/30 |
Complete “The Story
of the 13th Treasure” handout |
12/1 |
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42 |
12/2 |
Complete “Talk to
Me” handout and book project #6 due tom. |
12/3 |
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43 |
12/3 |
Complete “The Man”
handout and book project #7 due 12/17 |
12/6 |
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44 |
12/6 |
Complete question
#2 of “Nethergrave” |
12/7 |
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45 |
12/7 |
Complete “Nethergrave” handout |
12/8 |
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46 |
12/9 |
Complete “What’s
Inside” handout |
12/10 |
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47 |
12/10 |
Complete “A Letter
from the Fringe” worksheet and move literary essay from notebook to loose –
leaf. |
12/13 |
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48 |
12/14 |
Complete “Fortune
Cookie” question in ntbk |
12/15 |
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49 |
12/15 |
Complete handout
pages 22 – 24 “Revising for Word Choice” |
12/16 |
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50 |
12/17 |
Complete handout
pages 13 & 14 and sign academic alert.
Book project # 8 due 1/3 |
12/20 |
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51 |
12/20 |
Complete handout
for “What do Fish Have to do with Anything” |
12/21 |
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52 |
1/3 – 1/7 |
Research and print
out any useful Exposition Essay Material.
Book project # 9 due 1/17. |
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53 |
1/5 |
Complete adverb
handout pages 20 and 21. |
1/6 |
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54 |
1/6 |
Complete format
based on the information you printed out. |
1/7 |
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55 |
1/7 |
Complete questions
# 6 and 7 based on “Choosing a dog” |
1/8 |
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56 |
1/13 |
Complete cliché
sheet |
1/14 |
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57 |
1/19 |
Complete “The Dust
Colored Coyote” essay on loose – leaf.
Book project # 10 due 1/31. |
1/20 |
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58 |
1/21 |
Complete multiple
choice and short answers to “Anne Frank” |
1/24 |
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59 |
1/26 |
Complete Robert R.
Livingston handout |
1/27 |
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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 |
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61 |
1/31 |
Complete “Early
Inventions” handout |
2/1 |
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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 |
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63 |
2/2 |
Complete persuasion
essay about public schools implementing uniforms |
2/3 |
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64 |
2/3 |
Read “Strong Men
Weep” and complete graphic organizer |
2/4 |
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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 |
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66 |
2/7 |
Read “Robots Get
ready to Rumble” and complete graphic organizer |
2/8 |
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67 |
2/8 |
Complete handout on
“Biddy Mason” |
2/9 |
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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 |
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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 |
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70 |
2/11 |
Write a character poem
(if you are stuck use page 38 from classwork). |
2/14 |
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71 |
2/15 |
Choose one
abstraction from list and write a 6 line poem defining it |
2/16 |
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72 |
2/16 |
Create an “I Am”
poem inside the outline – must be 8 lines |
2/17 |
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73 |
2/18 |
Complete ELA packet
and book project # 12 due 2/28. |
2/28 |
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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 |
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75 |
3/1 |
Complete limericks
worksheet. |
3/2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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82 |
3/11 |
Complete Locomotion
handout pages 71 – 83 |
3/14 |
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83 |
3/14 |
Complete Locomotion
handout pages 84 – 100. Mixed – up –
Fairytale poem do Friday. Book project
# 14 due 3/28. |
3/15 |
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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 |
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