MRS. MARY PULLMAN

GRADE 8:  HOMEROOM/RELIGION/LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERATURE

GRADE 7:  LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERATURE

GRADE 6:  LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERATURE

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PLANNER FOR ANY CLASS WORK NOT COMPLETED IN CLASS.  ALSO, CHECK FOR ANY ASSIGNMENTS NOT POSTED TO SCHOOLNOTES.  YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE USING THEIR PLANNER DAILY - SCHOOLNOTES IS ONLY A BACKUP.  NOT ALL ASSIGMENTS WILL BE POSTED TO SCHOOLNOTES.

WEEK OF MAY 21-25,  2012

FUN DAY:  MAY 22, 2012:  BRING A BLANKET TO USE ON THE PICNIC 11:00-2:00 DELLWOOD PARK

MAY 24, 2012:  8TH GRADE CLASS TRIP

RELIGION 8:  Family Life

     May 18:  read text p. 36, complete chart on p. 36 on loose-leaf

     May 21:  read text p. 40-41, complete #1-3

     May 23:  read text p. 46-47, complete p. 47 #1-3

     May 25:  read text p. 48-49, complete activity p. 49

LANGUAGE ARTS 8:

     Week of May 21:  Writing for science and essay and writing prompts.  Test taking skills

 LITERATURE 8:  WE WILL BE READING THE NOVEL SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.  BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PLANNER FOR ANY READING OR ASSIGNMENTS NOT COMPLETE IN CLASS.

    May 18:  read novel Chapters 18-19 - complete discussion questions given in class

    May 21:  read novel Chapters 20-22, p. 139-158

    May 23:  read novel Chapters 23-24, p. 159-174

    May 25:  read novel Chapter 25-

 LANGUAGE ARTS 7:

     May 15:  read Lang. text p. 240-241, complete grammar worksheets p. 187-188 + review for test p. 615 Student Resources - loose-leaf answers only

     May 16:  review for test Student Resources - text p. 615-617 - make sure all sections are complete answers only - study for test

SPELLING LESSON 23:  INCLUDING ALL THE LETTERS:  WORKBOOK P. 108 - PRACTICE - WRITE WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, P. 109- #1-20, P. 110 - PROOFREADING ACTIVITIES ONLY, P. 111 - ALL.  WORKBOOK DUE AND TEST ON THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012.

LITERATURE 7:  WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE NOVEL THE WESTING GAME  FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.  PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PLANNER FOR ANY READING OR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS NOT COMPLETED IN CLASS.

    May 11:  read novel Chapter 6-7, p. 32-46  - write a summary of Chapter 7

    May 14:  read novel Chapter 8-9 p. 46-67 - write a summary of each chapter

    May 15:  read novel Chapter 10-11 p. 67-80 - write an analysis of each chapter

    May 16:  read novel Chapter 12-13 p. 80-94 - complete "Enrichment" activity (in packet) for Chapter 12

     May 17:  read novel Chapter 14 p. 94-103 - write a summary of Chapter 14

LANGUAGE ARTS 6:

     May 11:  read Lang. text p. 193-194, take notes

     May 15:  complete grammar worksheets p. 154 + 155 and read Lang. textbook p. 196-197 - take notes + complete grammar worksheet p. 157

     May 16:  reveiw for test Chapter 8 - Student Resources Lang. text p. 554-557 answers only on loose-leaf

     May 18:  review for test - Chapter 8  - study for test (Monday, May 21, 2012)

SPELLING:  LESSON 25 INCLUDING ALL THE LETTERS:  WORKBOOK P. 118 - PRACTICE ACTIVITY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, P. 119 - #1-20, P. 120 - ALL SECTIONS, P. 121 - #1-10.  WORKBOOK DUE AND TEST ON THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012.

LITERATURE 6:  

     May 10-11:  View Bridge to Terabithia -compare and contrast movie and novel  (Permission Slip must be turned in order to view the movie)

    May 14:  finish viewing video and complete the compare/contrast and evaluation forms for movie and novel

    May 16:  read short story "The Scribe" in literature textbook p. 654-660, complete "Connect to Literature" text p. 661 #1 on loose-leaf paper

    May 17:  complete Literature textbook p. 661 #2,3,4,6,7, & 7 "Think Critically on loose-leaf paper

   May 18:  Skillbuilder worksheets p. 23,24 & 25