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Homework for
11/9 - 12/12
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Wednesday, December 12
English:
Standard: Complete the anticipatory
guide for Ch. 1 of The Giver. You are
just guessing! Also, three ASC open-ended CMT
responses for
"Fearless Travels into the Unknown."
Honors: Tom chapters 23-25. Marble journal:
Contrast the treatment of
Muff Potter by Tom/Huck versus the rest of St.
Petersburg.
What does the way Muff is treated tell you about
the two boys,
and what does it tell you about the town
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Math:
Standard: Module 3 Pre-Test (Use
your book to assist you in completing as
many problems as possible)
Honors: Circle Problems in Fraction Review Packet
(SHOW ALL WORK IN
AN ORGANIZED MANNER ON WHITE LINED PAPER!)
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Science: NONE (BUT HAVE
COURAGE!!!)
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Finish
activities 1-5 in the green packet if you didn't do them for
last
night
Get your test signed if you have a green pencil stamp
that says sign and
return stamped on your test
French: Get your
test signed if you have a green pencil stamp that says sign and
return stamped on your test
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Tuesday. December 11
English:
Vocabulary Unit 7 (Bring book to class!)
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Math: none
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Science: Organelles and
Life packet
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Activities 1-4
in the green packet
French: Time
crossword puzzle
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Monday, December 10
Reading:
Complete "My Trip to Ghana"
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English:
Fix the teacher corrections on draft 3 of
your LAL. Cross out each
correction as you fix it on the computer. Move the
street address,
town/state/zip and date all the way over to the
right for this copy. Do
spelling and grammar check again.
Print three perfect draft 4's: one stapled to the
process, one for your
portfolio and one for the LAL contest.
Then staple the entry blank onto the back of one clean
draft 4 for the
contest. You do not need parent signature. Do not
include the process with
this draft. This will be your entry, which the
teacher will mail on Tuesday.
There cannot be any late papers. The mailing deadline is
Wednesday.
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Math:
Standard: Study for Module 2 Test
(Use all quizzes, powerpoint handout, and
pgs. 144-145 of Text)
Honors: None
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Science: Take the
definition of life and identify at least one organelle
responsible
for each part. (List the point, Identify and Organelle,
Explain)
Example: Successful Reproduction: Nucleus
~The nucleus contains the genetic material that holds that codes
or plans for a new cell.
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Activities 1 &
2 in the yellow packet.
French: Activities
5-9 in the green packet
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Friday, December 7
English: Standard: CMT practice
handouts, "First Female in Flight" (reading
comprehension) and "The Spy Who Came in From the
Sea" (ASC)
Honors: Same as above plus "Black Death"
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Math: Standard: Return
Progress Report Signed on Monday and receive full credit
for your homework and a Homework Pass, Extra Credit
One-Step
Equation Worksheet, and Module 2 Test on Tuesday??
Honors: Return Progress Report Signed on Monday
and receive full credit
for your homework and a Homework Pass
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Science: Complete crossword, if necessary
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Social Studies:
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World Language: NONE
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Thursday, December 6
English:
Standard: Agreement handout pp.
16-22
Honors: Tom, chapters 19-21. Marble journal entry:
Comment on gender
characterization in Tom Sawyer. What does
Mark Twain seem to
feel about boys versus girls? How does it differ
from modern
perception?
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Math:
Standard: Practice 2-6 Worksheet
#1-15 only (Show All Work on attached
pages for #7-12) and One-Step Equation Extra Credit
Worksheet
due Monday
Honors: Study for Surface Area and Volume of
Prisms and Cylinders Quiz
(Create a formula sheet without examples)
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Science: 1.) Add
lysosome and homeostasis to your vocabulary book
2.)
Cell Life Into
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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Wednesday, December 5
English:
Weekly sight word and spelling quizzes.
Also-- Standard "The Black Death" - three very short
ASC's
Honors: Tom chapters 17-18 plus marble journal -
respond to passages of
your choice in a single page. "Landscape" format
double entry
journal.
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Math:
Standard: Complete the One Step
Equations in notes packet
Honors: If necessary, complete surface area and
volume calculations of 5
circular objects from class, Study Guide, and Quiz
Friday
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Science: 1.) Add:
Ribosome, Protein, Mitochondria, Vacuole, Nucleus, Nuclear
Membrane, Nucleolus, Cell Wall, Chloroplast to vocabulary books
2.)
Cell Intro worksheet
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Both Classes: Please
complete the crossword puzzle. Due tomorrow
12/6
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Tuesday, December
English:
Finish up the pronoun worksheet from
class. Vocabulary Unit 6 test. Come
prepared to use and spell each word correctly in a
sentence of your own
design.
Honors: Unit 6 vocab test plus Tom chapters
15-16. Marble journal entry:
Comments on the characters of Tom, Joe and Huck in
these
chapters. How are they
similar? How are they different? With
which of the four boys
(Tom, Joe, Huck and Sid) do you most
closely identify? Why?
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Math:
Standard: pg. 139 # 18-29 (Use work
packet to solve and check
algebraically)
Honors: Look over Surface Area and Volume
Worksheet, Study Guide due
Thursday, and Quiz on Friday
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Science: Add the
following words and/or diagrams to the vocabulary book:
~cell,
organelle, Animal cell (diagram), Plant cell (diagram), cell
membrane,
selectively permeable, cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: none
French: Activities
1,3,5, in the yellow packet
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Monday, December 3
English:
Standard: Pronoun handout 3-4
Honors: Finish reading "Something At Once Awful
and Sublime" (Chapter 1
of Mark Twain's biography) and prepare your
literature circle
role. Summarizer limited yourself to 10 sentences
or fewer.
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Math:
Standard: pg. 139 #18-29
Honors: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders and
Prisms Worksheet
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Science: 1.) p. 24 (#1
a,c; #3 a.b; #4 a,b)
2.)
Name 2 organelles plants have that animal cells do not
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Social Studies:
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World Language: NONE
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Friday, November 30
English: All - LAL draft 3.
This one is for all the marbles! Must be between 300 and
600 words, spell-checked, grammar-checked,
parent-checked, etc.
Staple on top of the process after proofreading it.
Honors - also Tom 14 with study sheet
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Math: Standard: None
Honors: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders and
Prisms Worksheet
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Science: Cell Notes (from text book)
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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Thursday, November 29
English:
Draft 2 (typed) of LAL. Complete the
self-edit sheet. Annotate (mark up)
your draft 1. Then go to a computer and compose
draft 2. It is NOT a
copy of draft 1, but a serious rewrite based on the
self-edit.
Staple order: d. 2 to self-edit to d. 1 (d. 2 on top)
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Math:
Standard: Graphing Functions
Practice and Applications Worksheet (Use a
ruler when drawing line graphs)
Honors: pgs. 41-42 #17, 18, 20-22
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Science: 1.) Copy the
"Cell Theory" from your text book
2.)
Complete the Spontaneous Generation analysis
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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Wednesday, November 28
English: 1.)
Letters About Literature, draft
1 (sloppy copy - pencil).
Consider including these parts:
Hook, Plot references,
See the light, Lesson learned,
Snake bites tail
Know where you're spending your time--- before
reading, during reading,
after reading.
2.)
Weekly sight word and spelling quizzes.
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Math:
Standard: pgs. 126-127 #25-34 (Use
graph paper, grids, and rulers)
Honors: pgs. 39-40 #4-11, 15, and 19
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Science: 1.) Add "Life"
to vocabulary book
2.)
Cover text book (by Monday) - NO FABRIC COVERS!!!!
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Both classes: Study for the
test on Friday!
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Tuesday, November 27
English:
Vocabulary Unit 6 (You must bring the book
to class!)
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Math:
Standard: Complete Graphing
Function Examples from Notes
Honors: pgs. 39-40 #4-11, 15, and 19 (Due
Thursday)
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Science: Living versus
Non-Living
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Activity C on page 20 of the
grammar tutor
French: Preposition worksheet
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Monday, November 26
English:
Standard:
Double entry journal
on your current independent reading book.
Fold a piece of white lined paper vertically and
make your entries
on both sides.
Honors: Tom 13 with a found poem written in your
marble journal.
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Math:
Standard: If prepared for class,
complete pg. 126 #15-24 and Every Other
Even (Entire Second Column Except #4) on worksheet.
If
unprepared for class, complete pg. 126 #15-24 and
all of
worksheet.
Honors: pgs. 40-45 # 13, 16, 30-32
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Science: 1.) Clean out
binder of all papers EXCEPT: Evolution Timeline, Lab Safety
Contract, Guide for Student Success, Division Game
2.) On
lined-paper, complete the following Process Paper questions:
1.) What was your contribution to the group?
2.) How well did the group work?
3.) What grade do you think that you and the group earned?
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Social Studies:
Complete the Vocabulary Builder
(use your Section Summaries if you
did not finish in class)
Study for a book quiz on Chapter 7 Sections 1-2 tomorrow
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World Language:
Spanish & French: Begin to
study for your test which will be on
Friday November 30th.
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Wednesday, November 21
NONE!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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Tuesday, November 20
English:
All: Vocabulary test on Unit 5.
Learn both spellings and meanings. Use a
study partner to pretest before investing time.
-Students who did not receive a grade of 2 on
"First Thanksgiving"
must rewrite it up to a
2 and hand it in Wednesday.
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Math:
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Science: Collect the
following items in your Presentation Folder to be collected
tomorrow (no late credit available):
-Work
cited, ALL articles used w/notes in margin, note sheets (2),
presentation rough draft, presentation practice, presentation
notes (3)
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Social Studies:
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World Language: NONE
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Monday, November 19
Reading:
Animals of Africa Read and mark
with Active Thinking Strategies
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English:
Standard: Double entry journal on
your current independent reading book.
Read for awhile, stop, and make an entry. Then
continue reading
and make more entries as you go.
Honors: Tom chapters 11-12. Complete double
entry-style, page-length
entries for each chapter (one page each). Student
chooses text
quote and responds in a page (or two quotes with
two half-page
responses).
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Math:
Standard: Complete Examples in
notes and bring as many grocery store
circulars as you can to class tomorrow
Honors: pgs. 25-26 #8-15 and bring as many grocery
store circulars as you
can to class tomorrow
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Science: Practice your
Presentation (not your Recitation!)
Translation: Practice your speech...do not just read!
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Activities 14,16,17 and 19
in the cuaderno de actividades
French: Activities 19
and 20 in the cahier d'activites (yellow)
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Friday, November 16
English: Standard: "First
Thanksgiving" ASC. Must be done neatly. Each response
must be written to a "2": compare AND contrast
using sensory details
and quotes from the poem.
Honors: Tom 9-10 (no marble journal) plus LAL
lesson 2.
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Math: Standard: Metric
Conversions Worksheet
Honors: Finding Surface Area of Rectangular
Prisms
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Science: 1.) Presentation Practice
2.)
Independent Poster
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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Thursday, November 15
English:
Standard: Prepare for Rifka final
test. Books will be collected in class. You
need to bring the book or $10 in cash or check
payable to
"SMS" (Sedgwick Middle School). If the book is
found later, the
money will be refunded.
Honors: Tom chapter 8. Marble entry: Describe some
superstitions evident
in the book so for (particularly chapters 6 and 8).
How do
superstitions affect Tom?
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Math:
Standard: If necessary, continue
studying for Quiz
Honors: Surface Area and Volume of Prisms
Worksheet
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Science: Presentation
Rough Draft (Yes Period 3...All pages!!!)
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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Wednesday, November 14
English:
Sight Word
and Spelling Quiz
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Math:
Standard: pgs. 144-145 #1-23 and study for quiz on tomorrow
Honors: Practice 6-7, 9-7, 5-7, and 9-8 Worksheets
(Evens Only) - Use 3.14
for pi
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Science: Begin to
formulate your best suggestions, based on your topic, of ways
your
amusement park could save water
~There is nothing, specifically, that you have to write
down...yet!
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
Spanish: Activities
18,19,20,24 & 25 in the cuaderno de
vocabulario y gramatica
French: Activities 22-25 in the cahier de vocabulaire et
grammaire (green packet)
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Tuesday, November 13
English: Vocabulary
Unit 5
-Bring
Book to Class!!!
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Math:
Standard: pg. 115 Extra Skills
Practice (All)
Honors: Adding and Subtracting Integers Packet
(Evens)
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Science: All
note-taking sheets due tomorrow (you research should be done by
Wednesday at the latest!)
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Social Studies: Prepare
for a book quiz on the section you were assigned
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World Language: NONE
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Monday, November 12
No School - Veterans
Day
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Friday, November 9
English: Standard: Rifka pp.
113-128 with study guide.
Honors: 1.) Letters
About Literature activity. Pick your book. Get it from
the
library soon, as you will need to find at least one quote for
your letter.
2.) ASC for
"First Thanksgiving."
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Math: Standard: pgs. 111-112
#28-44
Honors: None
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Science: 1.) Get one new article and make
notes in the margins (don't just highlight!)
2.)
Complete at least one note-taking sheet
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Social Studies:
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World Language:
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