Middle School Language Arts & More!
Mr. Richard Rouillard
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17, 2014
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1ST TRIMESTER ENDS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
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DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR JOG-A-THON MONEY. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!
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Only one (1) Book Adventure Book required per trimester!
This is the last week for Book Adventure for this trimester, so finish that book! Book Adventure is worth 5% of your overall Language Arts grade for the trimester.
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THIS WEEK'S LESSONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
6th Grade Religion
We will be working on Lessons 25-28. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
Bible verse quiz this Friday!
6th Grade Language Arts
- Linking Verbs, p.53
- Monday Homework: Ex.6, p.56 and Review B, p.58
- The Adverb, p.59, The Position of Adverbs, p.60
- Tuesday Homework: Ex.7, p.60
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
"La Bamba", pp.193-201
"Medusa's Head and Perseus and the Gorgon's Head", pp.208-22
Essay #3
- Persuasive Essay Response from the reading of "Uniform Style", p.145. The final draft is due on Wednesday, Nov.19 by 11:59 PM.
Vocabulary Workshop (Tuesday):
- Unit 4 test on Tuesday
- There is no assigned unit this week
6th Grade Spanish
- Unit 6 Test on Friday
7th Grade Language Arts
Grammar (Monday & Tuesday):
- The Interjection, p.65
- Monday homework: Review C, p.66 and Review D, p.67
- Tuesday homework: Ch.3 Review, pp.69-71, 1-30, evens, 31-50 all
- Ch.3 Test on Tuesday, Dec. 2
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
- From our anthology, we will read from Ch.3: Themes Across Time, p.156
- Read "Theme", pp.158-159
- Read "The Highwayman", pp.161-167
- Read "User Friendly", pp.187-195
Vocabulary Workshop (Monday):
- Unit 4 test on Monday
- There is no assigned unit this week
8th Grade Religion
We will be working on Lessons 30-32. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
Bible verse quiz this Friday.
8th Grade Language Arts
Grammar (Monday & Tuesday):
- Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Other Adverbs, p.63-64
- Monday homework: Review C, p.65
- The Preposition, p.66
- Tuesday homework: Ex. 11, p.67
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
- Introduce Ch.4: We Still Believe, p.208
- Read "Theme", pp.210-211
- Read "The Diary of Anne Frank", pp.212-215
- We will be reading from the play, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl in the anthology
Vocabulary Workshop (Monday):
- Unit 5 due Friday
- Unit 5 test on Monday, Dec. 1
Project
Be sure to continue working on the Maycomb Tribune Newspaper Project. The project is due this Friday, Nov. 21. Each group must submit a completed--printed--newspaper. The class chose to work with the groups they were assigned for their Social Studies project. You may use Publisher, Word, Google Draw, or any other desktop publishing software for this project.