Parents,

The Second Quarter starts this Monday.  Please make sure that your child is reading every night for 30 minutes and recording it on his/her home reading log.  Also, there is homework due each week, and a quiz each Friday.  Support your child by making sure he or she is in school every day turning in homework assignments and studying for the weekly quizzes. Thanks for your support! 

Homework for the week of November 2-6, 2009

11-02- Re-read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" pp 334-343 LOL.  Think what would happen if the plot were to change.

11-03- Read pages 174-178 in the LOL- Writing Workshop Autobiographical Incident.

11-04- Outline the events in the student sample Autobiographical Incident.  Put the events under I. Beginning, II. Middle, and III. Ending

11-05- What are some ways you can begin/end an autobiographical essay?

11-06- In-class writing

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Homework for the week of 10-26-29,2009

10-26 - Review "A Mother in Mannville for a vocabulary and comprehension quiz tomorrow.

10-27-Complete the BCR Question: Explain how the setting of the story creates a conflict for the characters (Choose one character, Jerry or the narrator).  Use examples from the text to support your answer.

10-28- Reading Logs for November are due.

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Homework for the week of October 19-23, 2009

10-19 In class BCR writing - "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"(complete the characteriztion chart started in class)

10-20 Describe your favorite person; use at least three character traits and support each with examples;

10-21 In class Quiz #6; vocabulary, "Treasure of Lemon Brown". Re-read "A Mother in Manville, LOL, p.59.

10-22 Complete Thinking Through Literature, LOL p66, Questions 1-6.

10-23 Vocabulary,LOL, p67. all ten questions.;In class quiz, #7, vocabulary and comprehension questions for "A Mother in Manville."

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Homework for the week of October 12-15, 2009

10-12 Re-read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," LOL pp334-343.

10-13 Complete Thinking through Literature, LOL, p345, 1-7; 3-hour FAST Testing.

10-14 Vocabulary, LOL, p. 346, 1-15

10-15 Writing LOL p,346, Character Description

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Homework for the week of October 5-9, 2009

10-5 Re-read "Something to Declare", LOL, p. 303-

10-6 Us the vocabulary words each in a compound sentence.

10-7 List several ways (at least 4) or ideas that you think make a good story.

10-8 BCR Question

10-09 In-class quiz #5, "Something to Declare,"

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Homework for the week of September 29-October 2, 2009

9-29-Re-read "Charles" LOL, pp S21-27

9-30-Complete the Summary Handout and turn in you Home Reading Logs for September.

10-01-Make a two column chart: one side for fiction and the other side for non-fiction then list three differences between fiction and non-fiction.

10-02- In class quiz on "Charles", the vocabulary for Charles and the six reading strategies.

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Homework for the week of September 21-24, 2009

9-21- Re-read "Block Party", LOL, pp 830-835

9-22-Complete Connect to the Literature, LOL pp 836, answer all 7 questions.

9-23- Vocabulary Exercise, LOL p. 837, questions 1-5.

9-24- in class quiz, "Block Party" and the vocabulary.

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Homework for the week of September 9-14-18, '09

9-14- Re-read "Man Made Monsters," LOL pp 644 and complete Questions 1-4 of Connect to Literature.

9-15- Complete the vocabulary practice, LOL p.645.

9-16- Read "Mother to Son," LOL p.193; "Speech to the Young.....",LOL p.194.

9-17- Complete the Connect to Literature for both the poems, p.193 and p.195.

9-18- In class quiz; vocabulary "Man Made Monsters," and Poems.

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Homework for the week of September 8-11,2009

9-8- Re-read "From Lincoln: A Photobiography" LOL, pp770-775.

9-9-  Complete LOL p.776, Connect to Literature.  Answer all questions, 1-7 in complete details.

9-10- complete the vocabulary Section p.. 777 LOL and the vocabulary Strategy _Prefixes and Roots (10 answers in all)

9-11- Media Center Orientation (Bring your Agenda Book, pen and paper.)

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Homework for 8-31-9-4

8-31 - Where do writers' get ideas?

9-1 - Think about Abraham Lincoln and write down all the facts you know about him.

9-2 -What questions would you ask about a person if you wanted to write a biography? What would you want to know?

9-3- How do you as a reader determine what is important when you read or after you read?

9-4 - Textbooks issued today!  Please take them home and leave them at home until you are asked to bring them back in June.

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Home Work for the week of August 24, 2009

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the 2009-10 School Year.  Your child is enrolled in Reading Language Arts.  Please read the introductory letter that was sent home the first day of school, sign it and return it to me.  Please email me if there are any questions or problems.  I have the following as home work for this week:

8-24-25 - shop for supplies: 2 1/2 inch Binder, 100 -page composition book, wide rule notebook paper, index cards, dividers, black/blue ink pens, highlighter, post-it-notes, and a box of Kleenex.

8-26 - list several ways to choose a book.

8-27 Choose a book from the library or home for reading at home.  (You must get a library card)

8-28- in-class reading/writing survey