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Deborah Melvin

WAKEFIELD MIDDLE

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Homework August 25, 2009- Complete any school forms for your homeroom. The first day's homework is for parents only:

Parent/Guardian Assignment for the First Day of School

Child’s Name:__________________________________ Teacher: Melvin

Your Name:_________________________________ Classes : Sixth and Seventh Grade Language Arts

Period: (Please Circle One:) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Date: _________________________________

In a million words or less please tell me about your child:

________________________________________________________________________________

Homework August 26, 2009-Complete Troublemakers spelling worksheet, complete school forms for your homeroom.

Homework August 27, 2009-Complete forms for homeroom. Wakefield Middle School Scavenger hunt is due.

HOMEWORK August 31, 2009
Complete any unfinished work

HOMEWORK September 1, 2009
Work on your rough draft for your narrative.

HOMEWORK September 2, 2009
Work on your rough draft for your narrative, and start your final draft.

HOMEWORK September 3, 2009
Finish work on your rough draft for your narrative, and start your final draft

HOMEWORK September 4, 2009
Finish work on your rough draft for your narrative, and start your final draft, if you do not have your final draft complete by September 8, you may have until September 9 to complete it, without penalizing your grade, as this is your first writing assignment

HOMEWORK September 8, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete your nouns grammar worksheet, and fiction or non-fiction

HOMEWORK September 9, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete your compound nouns grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK September 10, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete your packet (vocabulary warm-up and multiple choice) for Greyling and My Heart is in the Highlands by Monday September 14

HOMEWORK September 11, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete your packet (vocabulary warm-up and multiple choice) for Greyling and My Heart is in the Highlands by Monday September 14

HOMEWORK September 14, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete Common and Proper Nouns

HOMEWORK September 15, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete vocabulary warm-up for "The Circuit"

HOMEWORK September 16, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete vocabulary builder and selection test (multiple choice questions) for "The Circuit" pages 269-275

HOMEWORK September 17, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete The Pronoun Grammar worksheet and the enrichment sheet for "The Circuit" on Cesar Chavez and migrant workers

HOMEWORK September 18, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW PAST DUE, complete The Four Kinds of Sentences Grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK September 21, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, complete The Personal Pronouns Grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK September 22, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Periods complete the packet for The Stray pages 24-27 in the Prentice Hall Literature book

HOMEWORK September 23, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, First Period complete the packet for The Stray pages 24-27 in the Prentice Hall Literature book, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Periods should complete your newsletter article

HOMEWORK September 24, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, All Periods complete the packet for The Homecoming pages 31-37 in the Prentice Hall Literature book

HOMEWORK September 25, 2009
NARRATIVE IS NOW DUE, All Periods complete the Demonstrative Pronouns grammar worksheet (practice 1 and 2)

HOMEWORK September 29, 2009 Complete the packet for "Drive-In Movie" by Gary Soto pages 45-47

HOMEWORK September 30, 2009 Complete the Verb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 1, 2009 Third period-finish reading "Market Square Dog" pages 51-57 in the literature book. All periods should complete the packet for "Market Square Dog" by James Herriott, pages 51-57

HOMEWORK October 2, 2009 Complete the Action Verb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 5, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 6, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 7, 2009 Complete the Linking Verb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 8, 2009 Complete Letters from Rifka vocabulary crossword worksheet

HOMEWORK October 9, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 12, 2009 Complete the Helping Verb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 13, 2009 Complete the Adjective grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 14, 2009 Complete the Article grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 15, 2009 Complete the Proper Adjectives grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 16, 2009 The Proper Adjectives grammar worksheet is due Monday, Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 19, 2009 Finish the Possessive Adjectives grammar worksheet, Complete any missing work

GRAMMAR 3 DUE TUESDAY Helping Verbs, The Adjective, The Article, Proper Adjectives, Possessive Adjectives

HOMEWORK October 20, 2009 NONE- practice writing test tomorrow

HOMEWORK October 21, 2009 NONE- complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 22, 2009 Finish the Adverb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 23, 2009 Finish the Adverb or Adjective grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 26, 2009 Finish the Preposition grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK October 27, 2009 complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 28, 2009 complete any missing work

HOMEWORK October 29, 2009 Complete Preposition or Adverb grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK November 2, 2009 Complete Conjunction grammar worksheet

TEST ON THE NOVEL WILL BE MONDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2009, PRIOR TO THAT TIME YOU WILL COMPLETE YOUR STUDY GUIDE. THE BOOK WILL BE AN OPEN BOOK TEST. IF YOU NEED TO BORROW A NOVEL BEFORE THE TEST, LET ME KNOW.

HOMEWORK November 3, 2009 complete any missing work

RIFKA STUDY GUIDE

1. Who were Rifka’s brothers? Isaac, Reuben, Asher, Saul, Nathan

2. What was the disease Rifka had in Poland? Typhus

3. How were the guards tricked on the train? Rifka pretended to be Russian

4. What was the name of Isaac’s wife? Sadie Chenowitz

5. Where was Rifka when she turned 13? Antwerp, Belgium

6. Why was Ilya in America? He didn’t get along with his stepfather

7. Who starred in the American movie that Rifka saw in Belgium? Tom Mix

8. Why did Rifka’s cousin Hannah have piano lessons? To help her get a husband

9. Who was Frusileh? Bubbe Ruth’s cow

10. What was Rifka’s last name? Nebrot

11. What was the name of Rifka’s uncle who died? Uncle Zeb

12. Who was the nun who treated Rifka for ringworms? Sister Katrina

13. Who was the couple that Rifka stayed with in Belgium? Marie and Gaston

14. How did Tovah hurt her back? She fell from a table

15. Who was the doctor at Ellis Island? Dr. Askin

16. Who was the nurse at Ellis Island? Nurse Bowen

17. How did Rifka leave Ellis Island? By ferry

18. When was the last letter written? October 22, 1920

19. Who was the immigration officer at Ellis Island? Mr. Fargate

20. Who wrote the book of poetry? Pushkin

21. Who was Pieter? A seventeen-year old sailor who kissed Rifka and died in a storm

22. Who was Ilya? A Russian peasant boy who Rifka taught to read

23. Who was Uncle Zeb? Rifka’s uncle who died, a milkman

24. Who was Uncle Avrum? Rifka’s uncle who helped them escape, Hannah and Tovah's father

25. Who was Rifka? A Russian Jewish girl who fled Russia, journeyed through Europe, and headed to Ellis Island in hopes of reaching America

26. Who was Tovah? Rifka’s cousin who stayed behind in Russia

27.What happened to Rifka on the ship bound to America? She had her first kiss by a boy

28. What did Rifka do at Ellis Island that impressed the medical staff? She impresses them with her caring ways

29. What is the much-loved item that Rifka carries that represents her Russian roots? The book of Pushkin

30. What do Rifka and Ilya do to help each other? Help each other pass the test to stay in America

31. Why did Rifka and her family leave Russia? They were persecuted for being Jews

32. What does Rifka have a talent for? languages

Know the sequence of events in the novel: What happened first, second, third, fourth, fifth, et cetera.

TIMELINE FOR LETTERS FROM RIFKA

1. Nathan deserts the Russian Army.

2. The family flees Berdichev.

3. Rifka fools the soldiers on the train by pretending to be Russian.

4. Rifka gets Typhus in Poland.

5. Rifka helps a lady with her hair on the train.

6. Rifka gets ringworm.

7. Rifka can’t go to the U.S.

8. Rifka meets with a lady from the H.I.A.S.

9. She arranges for her to go to Antwerp, Belgium to get treatments.

10. Rifka stays with Gaston and Marie in Antwerp, and discovers ice cream, bananas and other treats.

11. Sister Katrina gives Rifka treatments for her ringworm.

12. Rifka celebrates her thirteenth birthday in Antwerp.

13. Rifka is finally cleared to go to the U.S. and boards a boat.

14. Rifka meets a sailor named Pieter, and he gives her a kiss.

15. There is a terrible storm, Pieter dies, and the boat is disabled.

16. Another boat rescues Rifka and the people on her boat.

17. Rifka finally makes it to Ellis Island, but they won’t let her into the United States.

18. Rifka takes care of an orphaned baby with typhus.

19. Rifka meets a Russian peasant boy named Ilya and teaches him to read.

20. The baby with typhus dies.

21. Rifka forces Ilya to read and he is admitted into the United States.

22. Rifka is afraid that the ringworm has returned, but she is admitted to the United States. When her kerchief falls off, it is revealed that her hair has grown back.

23. Mr. Fargate approves Ilya and Rifka’s admission to the United States.

24. Rifka is allowed to enter the United States.

25. Rifka’s brother Isaac goes to Borough Park to get his car.

HOMEWORK November 4, 2009 Complete Correlative Conjunctions grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK November 5, 2009 Complete The Interjection grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK November 6, 2009 Complete Two Parts of a Sentence grammar worksheet,

TEST ON THE NOVEL, "LETTERS FROM RIFKA", IS MONDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2009, YOU HAVE A COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE. THE BOOK WILL BE AN OPEN BOOK TEST. IF YOU NEED TO BORROW A NOVEL BEFORE THE TEST, LET ME KNOW.

HOMEWORK November 9, 2009 Finish the Complete Subjects and Predicates grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK November 10, 2009 Finish your rough draft for your letter for Rifka, final draft is due Friday, see details below:

Words that might describe Rifka- brave, patient, optimistic, clever, adaptable, loyal, determined, witty, confident, helpful, generous, honest

Immigration laws in the United States were very strict during the time period in which Letters from Rifka was set. The 1917 Immigration Act set a literacy test for reading English “or some other language or dialect”, including Hebrew and Yiddish. This act also created the Asiatic Barred Zone, which kept out some Immigrants from India, Indochina, the East Indies, and parts of Russia, Arabia and Afghanistan. Immigrants who were thought to be unable to support themselves were barred from immigration. The 1918 Anti-Anarchist Act kept out people who were thought to be dangerous to the United States. The 1920 Anti-Anarchist Act called for anyone who had material calling for the violent overthrow of the United States government to be kicked out of the country.

Keeping in mind the above laws, write a letter to the Department of Immigration on behalf of Rifka Nebrot. Using your knowledge of her character traits and her talents recommend that she be allowed to immigrate to the United States. You may use some of the character traits from above or add your own giving examples from the novel that to explain why she would make a good U.S. citizen.

BE SURE AND WRITE THIS IN THE FORM OF A LETTER WITH PROPER HEADINGS- Dear….. or To Whom It May Concern, and Yours truly, or Sincerely,

HOMEWORK November 12, 2009 Complete Compound Subjects and Predicates grammar worksheet, letter for Rifka due tomorrow, see details above

HOMEWORK November 13, 2009 If you have not finished your letter for Rifka it is due tomorrow

HOMEWORK November 16, 2009 Finish Diagramming Sentences grammar worksheet, some students have not yet turned in their letter for Rifka, if so it is due tomorrow

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 17, 2009, First, Third and Fifth Periods complete vocabulary warm-up and questions 1-4 on the Selection Test, Periods Two and Four complete vocabulary builder and questions 1-6 on the Selection Test

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 18, 2009 Finish the Packet for Why Monkeys live in Trees and the Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 19, 2009 Finish the packet for
STAGE FRIGHT

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 20, 2009 finish the packet for My Papa, Mark Twain

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 24, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK NOVEMBER 30, 2009 Finish Diagramming Compound Sentences

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 1, 2009 Finish Hard to Find Subject grammar Worksheet

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 2, 2009 Finish Direct Objects grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 3, 2009 Finish The Lady and the Spider packet pages 108-111

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 4, 2009 Finish Indirect Objects grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 7, 2009 Finish packet Names/Nombres

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 8, 2009 Finish packet Sounds of Summer page 130-136, Eleven pages 137-140

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 9, 2009 Finish Predicate Nouns grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 10, 2009 Finish vocabulary worksheet for Zlateh the Goat

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 11, 2009 Finish packet for Zlateh the Goat

HOMEWORK DECEMBER 14, 2009 Finish vocabulary for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 15, 2009 Complete as much of Secret Languages/Rebus as you can, we will go over it in class, work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory packet-you can complete vocabulary multiple choice 8-14, complete any missing work

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 16, 2009 Complete vocabulary word jumble for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 17, 2009 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 18, 2009 Complete any missing work, read for fun, write for fun

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 4, 2010 Complete Predicate Adjectives grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 5, 2010 Complete the packet for "Water" by Helen Keller, pages 379-381

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 6, 2010 Complete Adjective Phrases grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 7, 2010 Complete Vocabulary worksheet only for the "Something to Declare/Backwoods Boy" packet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 8, 2010 Complete Adverb Phrases grammar worksheet, and Selection Test (multiple choice) for the "Something to Declare/Backwoods Boy" packet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 11, 2010 Finish packet for Langston Terrace pages 434-437 Prentice Hall Literature Book

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 12, 2010 Finish packet for "The Shutout" pages 388-391 Prentice Hall Literature Book

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 13, 2010 Finish Appositive Phrases grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 14, 2010 Finish Recognizing Independent Clauses grammar worksheet, finish common usage vocabulary sheet.

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 15, 2010 Finish Forming Compound Sentences grammar worksheet.

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 19, 2010 Finish vocabulary exercises A and B for Abd Al Rahman Ibrahima

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 20, 2010 Finish Vocabulary and packet for Abd Al Rahman Ibrahima

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 21, 2010 Finish vocabulary only for "Jackie Robinson, Justice at Last"

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 22, 2010 Finish packet for "Jackie Robinson, Justice at Last"

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 26, 2010 Finish vocabulary only for "The Gold Cadillac" exercises A, B, and C

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 27, 2010 Finish selection test for "The Gold Cadillac".

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 28, 2010 Finish Sentence Combining grammar worksheet

HOMEWORK FOR JANUARY 29, 2010 Finish Adding Details to Sentences, Grammar 8 due Monday-

Appositive Phrases, Recognizing Independent Clauses,Forming Compound Sentences, Combining Sentences, Adding Details to Sentences

Enjoy the snow!

FEBRUARY 1, 2010 SNOW DAY

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 SNOW DAY

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 SNOW DAY

HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 4, 2010 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Complete any missing work

HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2010 Finish Shortening Rambling Sentences

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