Middle School Language Arts & More!
Mr. Richard Rouillard
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10, 2014
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TUESDAY IS VETERANS DAY.
School will be closed. However, SAC will be open at the rate of $5.50 per hour. Remember, no CHOICELUNCH will be served, so please pack a lunch and snacks for the day.
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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!
Remember that we only have two weeks left for Book Adventure 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 23-24. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
Bible verse quiz this Friday!
6th Grade Language Arts
- Linking Verbs, p.53
- Monday Homework: Ex.4 & 5, pp.54-55. Due on Wednesday.
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
Read "Uniform Style", p.145
Read "Baucis and Philemon", pp.149-154
Ch. 3 Literature readings test on Friday.
Ch.4: Forms and Patterns, p.171
Read "Forms of Fiction", pp.172-173
Read "The Gold Cadillac", pp.174-187. Finish reading it by the weekend.
Essay #3
- Persuasive Essay Response from the reading of "Uniform Style", p.145. The essay will be assigned by Wednesday.
- Introductory paragraph was due on Friday, Nov. 7 by 11:59 PM on Google Docs.
- Body paragraphs are due on Monday, Nov. 10 by 11:59 PM.
- Final essay is due on Friday, Nov.14 by 11:59 PM.
Vocabulary (Tuesday):
- Unit 4 is due on Friday
- Unit 4 test next Tuesday
6th Grade Spanish
- Unit 6 Test on Friday
- Unit 7, Lesson 1, p.27
7th Grade Language Arts
Grammar (Monday & Tuesday):
- The Conjunction, p.62
- Monday homework: Ex.13, p.63, and Ex.14, p.64. Due Wednesday.
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
- From our anthology, we will be reading "The Smallest Dragonboy", pp.119-133
- Read "Here Be Dragons", pp.137-138
- Read "A Rice Sandwich", pp.141-143
- Ch.2 test next Wednesday
Vocabulary (Monday):
- Unit 4 is due on Friday
- Unit 4 test next Monday
8th Grade Religion
We will be working on Lessons 28-29. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
Bible verse quiz this Friday.
8th Grade Language Arts
Grammar (Monday & Tuesday):
- The Adverb, p.61
- Monday homework: Ex.8, p.62
Literature (Wednesday - Friday):
- From our anthology we will be reading "The Circuit", pp.183-188
- Ch.3 test from select readings this Friday
- Introduce Ch.4: We Still Believe, p.208
- Read "Theme", pp.210-211
- Read "The Diary of Anne Frank", pp.212-215
- Friday, the students will receive the book, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
Vocabulary (Monday):
- Unit 4 Test Monday
- There is no assigned unit this week
Project
Be sure to continue working on the Maycomb Tribune Newspaper Project. The project is due on Friday, Nov. 21. 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.