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HW due on Tuesday, Feb. 9th

LA - bring your written rough draft for MyAccess - we will be in the computer lab; do you have a book?  failure to show me your Gr/Lat flashcards will result in your phoning home to confess to lying about having your homework done!

SS - complete labeling and coloring your political map of Asia (if you did not have your physiographic map today, show me tomorrow for points!)

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HW due on Monday, February 8th

LA - bring your completed "After Twenty Years" worksheets and rough drafts; do you have your next book yet?; review Gr/Lat; I have  13 people who must show me 90 Gr/Lat flashcards or earn a 0/50!

SS - your physiographic map of China is due, labeled with the answers to the 16 questiions on the back of the map AND colored neatly
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HW due on Friday, February 5th

LA - Gr/Lat flashcards for wk #15; rough draft for "After Twenty Years" written, not typed.  Use your worksheet and the handouts given to you

SS - Cornell 10-1; we will complete the maps in class
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HW due on Thursday, February 4th

LA - Gr/Lat test # 14; complete the "hook" part of the worksheet for your essay on "After Twenty Years"

SS - K-W-L on China (finish your pre-read of ch. 10 if you did not finish in class)
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HW due on Wednesday, February 3rd

LA - Be sure the top third of the writing planning guide I gave you is filled out.  We will be working on the Introductions and transitions in class; study Gr/Lat; do you have a book to read?  It's a short month!

SS - your individual assessment paragraphs, worth 50 pts, are due
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HW due on Tuesday, February 2nd

LA - Your MyAccess is due by 9:00 P.M. tonight - please bring in a printed copy, double spaced (if you have a problem, e-mail me and I will do it for you); do you have a book for your February book report?  If you want bonus points in class, you may do the French Bread project you can find on my web site.  The last day I will accept it is February 16th.  I will need a photo or a letter that you did it AND an essay comparing the process of baking a loaf of bread to the process of writing an essay.

SS - Think about all of the information you heard from the groups in class - be prepared to write the individual portion of this activity tomorrow in class.


HW due on Monday, February 1st

LA - your essay on MyAccess is due by 9:00 P.M.(please bring in a copy of your essay for your portfolio; pronoun packet; flashcards will be checked; do you have a new book started?  It is a short month!  IF you want "bonus points," do the French Bread assignment on my web page.  Remember, I need proof (photo) and an essay about the "process" and how it relates to writing.

SS - presentations for ch. 7,8,& 9; Geo challenge is up
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HW due on Friday, January 29th

LA - Book Report due; wk #14 flashcards for Gr/Lat

SS - group reports from this week's work
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HW due on Thursday, January 28th

LA - Gr/Lat test

SS - Political map test on S. and Cen. America; Cornell 9-3

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HW due on Wednesday, January 27th

LA - work on your MyAccess that is due by Monday, 2/1 at 9:00 P.M.; book report?; Gr/Lat

SS - Cornell 9-2; study for the SA map test which is Thurs.
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HW due on Tuesday, January 26th

LA - is your book report finished?

SS - 9-1 Cornell; geochallenge
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HW due on Monday, January 25, 2010

LA - work on your book report; per 3, 592 in grammar; review Gr/Lat

SS - feel free to start Cornell for ch. 9
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HW due on Friday, January 22nd

LA - grammar p. 62; how is your book report?

SS - ch. 8 test
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HW due on Thursday, January 21st

LA - grammar p. 59 & 60 All; Gr/Lat #12; bring the flashcards you owe to me!

SS - 8-3 Cornell (ch 8 test Friday)
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HW due on Wed., January 20th

LA - grammar, p. 57 (pronoun pre-test)

SS - Cornell 8-2
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HW due on Tuesday, January 19th

Monday is a holiday; use it to catch up on work owed so your grade can improve!

LA - How is your book report coming along?  Noun re-test if you choose (it will be the grade put into powerschool); please bring in the notecards you owe me

SS - complete 8-1 Cornell; geo challenge
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HW due on Friday, January 15th

LA - Gr/Lat flashcards for #12; noun worksheets
SS - maps of South America, labeled and colored nicely!
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HW due on Thursday, January 14th

LA - Gr/Lat #11 Test; how is your book report coming?; work on the noun worksheets that are due on Fri (re-take of the test will be Tues. if you wish to improve upon your grade

SS - pre-read paper for ch 8
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HW due on Wednesday, January 13th

LA - read grammar pgs. 58 & 59

SS - test on ch 7 - the Maya
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HW due on Tuesday, January 12th

LA - grammar p. 48, exercises A & B; how is your book report coming along?  Study Gr/Lat

SS - I will be checking your 7-3 Cornell; review for upcoming test on Wednesday
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HW due on Monday, January 11th

LA - Read so you can have your book report for the 29th; study your Gr/Lat; now is a good time to catch up on points by completing what you need to hand into me.

SS - :) use this time to do something constructive, like re-read or review
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HW due on Friday, January 8th

LA - Gr/Lat flashcards; how far are you in your book for the report due on the 29th?

SS - 7-2 workbook
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HW due on Thursday, January 7th

LA - grammar p. 46  #A&B; Gr/Lat #9 test

SS - workbook 7-1
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HW due on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

LA - grammar, page 40, #a, p 41 #B and p. 43, A & B

SS - Cornell for 7-1 - Geochallenge IF you forgot!
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HW Due on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

LA - In grammar, p. 38, exercise 3A and the challenge
       please print your four remaining essays in MyAccess

SS - complete the chapter 7 pre-read paper; GeoChallenge #8 is due

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS - have a safe and restful break and I'll see you next year!  Feel free to keep reviewing your Greek and Latin and read  :)




HW due on Friday, 12/18
SS - floppy for ch. 6; test on ch 6
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HW due on Thursday 12/17

LA - Gr/Lat test #9
SS - Cornell 6-3
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HW due on Wednesday, 12/16

LA - you have until 9:00 tonight to finish MyAccess
SS - Cornell 6-2
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HW due on Tuesday, December 15th

LA - complete your pre-write for the obituary of Eleanor Roosevelt; review Gr/Lat

SS - geochallenge #7; political map test of Africa; cornell for 6-1

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HW due on Monday, December 14th

LA - study your Gr/Lat; are you reading?

SS - Big Week - ch 5 test Monday (you may use your Cornell notes);Flag reports due Monday; Political map of Africa test on Tuesday; we will be completing ch 6 by the end of the week! 

No Christmas break until Friday at 2:40 !!!!!!!!!!

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HW due on Friday, December 11th

LA - flashcards for week #9 in Gr/Lat; Have you started your next book for a report (work ahead; don't procrastinate)

SS - workbook for 5-3, up to and including p. 68 - How is your flag report coming along?  Are you studying for the political map test of Africa?
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HW due on Thursday, December 10th

LA - literature book, p. 99 (write in complete sentences), vocab. and spelling; Gr/Lat 1-8 test

SS - 5-3 Cornell notes (with a summary at the end)
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HW due on Wednesday, December 9th

LA - study for your Gr/Lat

SS - complete you workbook for 5-1 and 5-2 (be mindful in you answers and do a good job)
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HW due on Tuesday, December 8th

LA - Study your Gr/Lat 1-8; read your next book?

SS - geochallenge #6; Cornell for 5-2
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HW due on Monday, December 7th
         CHECK POWERSCHOOL FOR WORK MISSED!!

LA - study for Gr/Lat #1-8 test on Th;

SS - study for the political map test of Africa which is on the 15th; physiographic map of Africa; you have a geochallenge coming up!
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HW due on Friday, December 4th

LA - Book Reports are due (if you are going on the field trip, I expect it first thing in the morning!); did you get myaccess  ("Fame") completed?

SS - Cornell notes on 5-1 (make a T-Chart with notes on the right side saving the left for questions you may want to ask or for later to predict questions on a test and finish the bottom with a summary of the section)NO OTHER NOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED!
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HW due on Thursday, December 3rd

LA - period 1 - complete "active reader" on p. 93; ALL classes, study for your Greek/Latin test; book reports due on Friday

SS - work on your Flag Project for your chosen country; finish the "pre-read" sheet for ch 5 if you haven't!
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HW due on Wednesday, December 2nd

LA - how is your book report?  Complete your Myaccess essay on "Do You want Fame?"; study for Gr/Lat

SS - Complete "pre-read" for ch 5
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HW due on Tuesday, December 1st

LA - IF you did not complete your MyAccess essay, come with it written so you can type it into the program; everyone else :)  Is your book report ready for Friday?

SS - geochallenge #5; political map of Africa completed
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Enjoy Thanksgiving Break! Be Safe, Be Happy, Be Healthy
See you Monday, 11/30/09

LA - you should be finishing your book for the report that is due on the 4th (our first Friday back); review your Greek/Latin cards; be sure MyAccess is completed by Sunday, Nov.22nd at 9:00 P.M.

SS - Geochallenge #5 is due the Tues. we return
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HW due on Friday, November 20th

LA - complete MyAccess by Sunday night at 9:00 P.M.; please pay back any flash cards you owe me

SS - study for the group test for chapter 4

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HW due on Thursday, Nov. 19th

LA - Gr/Lat #7 test; read for book report; bring cards to start Gr/Lat #8 (bring the cards you owe me!)

SS - all remaining presentations will be done on Thursday; study for the ch. 4 test on Friday
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HW due on Wednesday, Nov. 18th

LA - read; study Gr/Lat; work on myaccess

SS - bring your outside work information to present in class if you have not done so as yet; remember to review ch 4 for the test on Friday - do not be the weak link!
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HW due on Tuesday, Nov. 17th

LA - come prepared to write your response to literature for "Zebra."  You should have a web with your author's message in the middle and three details from the story that will allow you to support what you believe to be the author's message; read; study Gr/Lat

SS - all should come prepared to present your extended learning topics; Geochallenge #4 is due.
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HW due on Monday, Nov. 16th

LA - read your book for your book report; re-write your summary for "A Crush."

SS - be prepared to present your extended info if you haven't as yet.
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HW due on Friday, Nov. 13th
BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE!

LA - summarize "A Crush" - remember no specific details and no opinions

SS - re-read ch 4-1
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HW due on Thursday, Nov. 12th

LA - read for your book report; study Gr/Lat (no test on Th)

SS - please read all of ch 4 (you have previewed it, now read it - you have two days!)
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HW due on Tuesday, Nov. 10th

LA - study Gr/Lat; read; per 3 you know your assignment

SS - work on your extension presentation; ch 4 vocab. needs to be in your notebook
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HW due on Monday, Nov. 9th

LA - compose three sentences that contain a direct object and three sentences containing indirect objects.  Use your book to refresh your memory :); are you reading?  Review your Gr/Lat(especially if you are not happy with your grades)

SS - don't forget your geochallenge is due on Tues.

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HW due on Friday, Nov. 6th

LA - complete week #7 flashcards for Gr/Latin; in your workbook, using the story "Zebra," find a sample sentence for each of the nine lessons we have completed in grammar (pages 6-23).  For ex., the first lesson is on complete subjects and complete predicates.  Pick a sentence and label the complete subj and complete pred.then go to lesson #2 and find a sample sentence for simple subject and label it and use the simple pred for lesson 3.  Complete the nine lessons in the same fashion.  You should have a total of 15 sentences marked up in the workbook.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK FOR THE NEXT BOOK REPORT?

SS - :) you can always re-read/preview ch 4 lesson 1; you also know I will be having you copy all vocabulary words so if you have the time, get a head start.
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HW due on Thursday, Nov. 5th

LA - complete pages 66-69 in your reading workbook; Gr/Lat #6 test

SS - ch 3 test
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HW due on Wednesday, Nov. 4th

LA - study Gr/Lat; we read more of "Zebra" and will finish it tomorrow

SS - Middle East Map Test; review ch 3 for a test on Thurs.

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HW due on Tuesday, Nov.3rd

LA - Study Gr/Lat

SS - Geo Challenge #2 (SS section of my web page)
        re-read ch 3 for test on Wed.
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HW due on Monday, Nov. 2nd

La - Gr/Lat #6 words; it is not too soon to start your next book! If you borrowed one of mine, please return it and cross your name off the list.

SS - don't forget geo challenge is due on Tuesday
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HW due on Thursday, October 28th

LA - Gr/Lat #5 test; book report due

SS - re-read 3-2 if you have time; practice your Middle East map for the test (probably will be on Tuesday)
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HW due on Wednesday, October 27th

LA - book report due on Thursday

SS - on the handout with the triple venn diagram, complete the questions on the back using the web site given at the top of the page
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HW due on Tuesday, October 26th

LA - grammar, p. 587 exercise 9; book reports are due on Thursday.

SS - read 3-2; complete your vocab. on p. 65 into your notebook (there are 23 of them)
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HW due on Friday, October 23rd

LA - I will be checking all 30 Gr/Lat flashcards; read or work on your book report due on Thursday; MyAccess is due by Sunday at 9:00 P.M.

SS - pre-read 3-1; study your Middle East map
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HW due on Thursday, October 22nd

LA - Gr/Lat test (same 24 words, different test form); paragraph on "Dot." (write a paragraph about a girl named Dot but do not use any letters that have a "dot." That includes the letter as a capital!); subject complement worksheet

SS - Middle East map worksheet given in class (not the political map)
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HW due on Wednesday, October 21st

LA - you have three attempts to submit your response to literature which is due by Sunday at 9:00 P.M.; book report is due on the 29th; study Gr/Lat

SS - complete labeling and coloring of you Middle East map.  There will be a test on it next week.
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HW due on Tuesday, October 20th

LA - complete your chart to be used in MyAccess (for "Seventh Grade" or "Thank You Ma'am"); study Gr/Lat; read; re-take for grammar test is Wednesday

SS - Unit 1 test (ch. 1 & 2)
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HW due on Monday, October 19th

LA - IF you did not earn 16 out of 20 points on the grammar test, your second chance is Monday.  Review pages 12, 18, & 19 in your grammar book.  I will post practice sentences on my web page for you to use.

SS - Unit 1 test is on Tuesday - plan ahead.
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HW due on Friday, October 16th

LA - No new flashcards - you will be tested on the first 24 next week, but in a different format.  You will be asked to "apply" your knowledge of the affixes and roots; read; look over your hw papers on subjects, verbs and verb phrases for your quiz

SS - complete your assigned page in your WB; the test will be on Tuesday; make sure you have all of your WB completed as it is a great resource for review.
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HW due on Thursday, October 15th

LA - Gr/Lat #4 test; read 20 minutes; re-write your paragraph from p. 4 in grammar and make the sentences more "interesting" by inverting the sentences or the type of sentence used.

SS - finish ch 1 in your SS workbook (mostly that will be pages 14 & 15) We will let the other students share their classwork for pages 2-13.
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HW due on Wednesday, October 14th

LA - grammar - p. 20, ex. B; p. 586, ex. 7, p.4, write a 5 sentence paragraph about where you feel at home.

SS - start review for Unit test on Friday
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HW due on Tuesday, October 13th

LA - Read 20 minutes for your book report; study Gr/Lat

SS - re-read 2-3
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HW due on Monday, October 12th

LA - IF you did not get all sentences correct in class, please write five (5) sentences about something you like to do at home or in class.  Use helping verbs AND make some have compound subjects or verbs.

SS :)
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HW due on Friday, Oct. 9th

LA - grammar, pg. 586, ex 5 - write the simple subjects and simple verbs (including helping verbs); Gr/Lat flashcards for week #4

SS - read 2-3
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HW due on Thursday, October 8th

LA - in reading workbook, complete pages 23,24 & 25 (23 should already be done); in grammar book, read p. 14 and complete p. 15 both A & B (please do Subj and verb for all) and read p. 16 and do p. 17 both A & B; Gr/Lat test #3

SS - on p. 33, copy ALL vocab. words (including the blue ones in the box) and their definitions (no sample sentences needed)
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HW due on Wednesday, October 7th

LA - study Gr/Latin; read your novel for 20 minutes

SS - :)
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HW due on Tuesday, October 6th

LA - spider web about you
SS - read 2-2; be prepared for a quiz
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HW due on Monday, October 5th

LA - Come prepared with a book for your October book report
SS - :)

IF you are missing any work, remember you may earn 50% of the points by turning it in late.  If you have been ill, take it upon yourself to see me for making it up

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HW due on Friday, October 2nd

LA - Anna of Byzantium test; week #3 Gr/Lat flashcards completely done and all words defined
SS  :)
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HW due on Thursday, Oct. 1st - OPEN HOUSE

LA - Study Gr/Lat; finish your ten sentences with verb phrases using the helping verbs on p. 12

SS - please finish reading 2-1
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HW due on Wednesday, Sept. 30th
(Back To School Night Thursday)

LA - SUMMER READING PROJECTS DUE; Anna test on Thurs.

SS - pre-read ch 2
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HW due on Tues., September 29th

LA - study Gr/Lat; your summer reading project is due on Wednesday; test on Anna of Byzantium is on Thursday.

SS - create 12 questions for ch 1 on a paper with your name on it.  On a separate sheet, create your answer sheet.  You will be taking the practice test of someone's creation as they will be taking yours and all will grade their created tests.

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HW due on Monday, September 28th

Your Summer Reading Projects are due on Wednesday!!!
NO EXCUSES WILL BE ACCEPTED!

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HW due on Friday, Sept. 25th

LA - your week #2 for Gr/Lat on the ring for a total of 12 cards; 9 days until summer reading projects are due

SS - read 1-4 (maybe a quiz is in the cards )

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HW due on Thursday, Sept. 24th

LA - Gr/Latin test #1; summer reading projects due in seven days!
SS - Finish the Fall of Rome worksheets
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HW due on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd

LA - in your floppy book, please compete pgs 13,14, & 15.  Periods 1 & 3, see if you can figure out the pattern of the yes/no game and add 5 more to each column

SS - ch 1, sect 3 - read and be prepared for the unknown
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HW due on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd

LA - Your Summer Reading Project is due in nine (9) days - WORK ON IT!; review your Gr/Lat

SS - :)


HW due on Monday, Sept. 21st (last chance book orders)

LA - are you working on your summer reading project? Study your Gr/Lat; fill in the holes you had reviewing Anna of Byzantium

SS - Use the extra time for LA
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HW due on Friday, Sept. 18th

LA - review your Gr/Lat flashcards (start a good habit); are you working on your summer reading project?

SS - per 2 be sure to review ch 1, sect. 2; per 3 please read ch 2 sect. 3

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HW due on Thursday, Sept. 17th

LA - please turn in a finished draft of your letter of persuasion (proof-read, capitals, punctuation, spelling)

bring six(6) notecards and your ring for Gr/Lat #1

SS - read ch 1 sect 2
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HW due on Wed., September 16th

LA - complete your personal examples of Smiley Face tricks - I will be collecting them.  Please have your notecards and ring by Thursday as we will be starting Gr/Lat vocab.

SS - Per 2, complete # 3,4, &5 on page 9
       Per 4, complete #4 &5 on page 9

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Homework due on Tuesday, Sept. 15th (WAVE notebooks are due!!!!!)

LA- complete one example for three (3) of the eight (8) smiley facetricks.  We will work on them some more in class.(please try to getyour hands on some plastic sheet protectors for our important papers)

SS - please read ch. 1, section 1 for Tuesday
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HW due on Monday, September 14th, 2009

LA- Your "I AM" poem; please type it, centered on the page and decoratedto show me a bit of who you are.  Also, return your plagiarism sheetsigned by you and your parents.
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HW due on Friday, September 11, 2009
(If you haven' checked my website for supplies, please do so and have them for Monday)

LA - Please make your name tag readable for me

SS - Please complete your geography packet.
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HW due on Thursday, September 10th

Ifyou do not have the supplies I asked for, please read my list on my website.  You can access it by clicking on my page  in my favorite links.

LA - please bring the questionnaire we did in class for our activity

SS - complete your GOALS sheet, put in in a plastic sheet protector, put it in your notebook and bring it to class

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Ihope you have read your two books and are ready to go.  If you want toget a head start on supplies, go to my web page (in the favorite linksarea) to see what I would love for you to have for a successful 7thgrade year.