ELA & SOCIAL STUDIES- Gr. 7 & 8

Welcome Parents and Students.  Hope you had a great summer.  All summer work will be collected tomorrow, September 10th.  I also recommend that all students have at least two pencil cases for storage.  Please send your child with a water bottle as our room is very warm.

PLEASE REMEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

COVER ALL BOOKS!
RETURN EMERGENCY CARDS!

Homework for September 6:  Read Ch.1 of A Long Walk to Water and complete Main Idea and Gist Notes chart in notebook

HW for September 9:  S.S. pg.7 1-6.  Answer in complete sentences.

HW for September 10:  ELA:  Main Idea and Gist notes for ch.2 of a Long Walk to Water.  S.S.:  Complete geography skills on pages 5,11,12,15

HW for September 12:  Complete questions from class.  Read ch.3 and complete Main Idea and GIst Notes charts for Nya and Salva

HW for September 14:  Complete classwork questions on Vocab and 5 differences between Nya and Salva

HW for September 16:  S.S.:  All social studies work for chapter 1 is due tomorrow and the test is on Thursday.

HW for September 18:  Study for S.S. test.  ELA:  Complete annotations and vocabulary for text on the Sudan Civil War

HW for September 20:  Sign and correct social studies test for homework

HW for September 24:  There will be an ELA test tomorrow.  Just review structure if charts we have been working on in class.

HW for September 26:  Sign English exam and complete charts for A LOng Walk to Water chapter 6

HW for 10/2:  Chapter 2 S.S. work is due on Friday.  ELA complete questions from class and give one connection for Nya to Sudan Civil War article

HW for 10/4:  Study for S.S. test on Tuesday

HW for 10/7:  S.S. Test moved to Wednesday.  All charts for A Long Walk to Water chapters 5-7.  Keep reading Johnny Tremain

HW for 10/8:  Study for S.S. test.  6ELA:  6 Word Main Idea sentences for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow #'s 5-8.

HW for 10/9:  Complete main ideas for THe Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Sign and correct S.S. test.

HW for 10/16:  Complete ELA charts for A Long Walk to Water through ch.9

HW for 10/18:  Complete ELA charts for A  Long Walk to Water through Ch.12

HW for 10/22:  S.S. chapter 3 work due on Friday.  Test on Monday.  ELA:  continue reading Johnny Tremain, 10 pages per night.  

HW FOR 11/5:  ELA Survial Charts, Gist Charts and Main Idea Charts for A Long Walk to Water for chapters 13-15 are due on Thursday.  Chapters 8-10 survival charts should already be done.  All Ch.4 Social Studies work is due next  Tuesday Nov 12th and the test will be Wednesday November 13th.  Johnny Tremian must be done by November 13th and be prepared for a test.

HW FOR 11/18:  Sign and Correct Social Studies test.  Begin reading 10 pages a night of Call of the Wild.

HW FOR 11/21:  Sign ELA test.  Complete chapter 1 of Lyddie.  This means to complete Plot Diagram, setting and character interaction chart. 

HW FOR 11/22:  S.S. work due Tuesday for chapter 5 with the Test on Wednesday.  ELA :  Complete chapter 2 charts

HW FOR 12/4:  Charts for Ch.4 of Lyddie.  Notes on Section 1 of CH. 6 Social Studies.  Reading of Call of the Wild should be done.  

HW for 12/5:  Section 1 S.S. + Ch 5 charts in Lyddie + Sign and Correct Call of the Wild

HW for 12/9:  Sign and correct social studies test.  Complete all S.S. work by Wednesday with test on Thursday.

HW for 12/10:  Ch.7 charts for Lyddie

MIDTERM REVIEW TOPICS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES:

Christopher Colombus/Columbian Exchange
Albany Plan of Union
Declaration of Independence
Mayan and Aztecs:  Location
Eastern Woodlands Native Americans:  Use of environment/Houses
Mayflower Compact
How did France, Spain and Great Britain get rich in the New World
Causes of the American Revolution
Navigation Acts
New Netherlands:  Location
Proclamation Line
Major Battles of the American Revolution in order/outcome
Constitutional Convention
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism:  Define+Examples

HW FOR 1/14:  Research foods for the 9 countries we culd do for International day.  S.S. is due on Thursday for Ch.8

HW OFR 1/15:  Complete vocab and Lyddie questions for CH.10 from partner.  S.S. ch.8 work is due on Thursday.  Test will not be util after midterms.  1 paragraph each on why you would like to due Germany, Netherlands and Belgium for International Day
 

Welcome Parents and Students.  Hope you had a great summer.  All summer work will be collected tomorrow, September 10th.  Please send your child with a water bottle as our room is very warm.

PLEASE REMEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

COVER ALL BOOKS!
RETURN EMERGENCY CARDS!

HW FOR 9/12:  Complete classwork from ELA class.  For S.S., students must complete section 1 and 2 review for ch. 1

HW FOR 9/16:  S.S.:  All chapter work is due by Friday with the test being on Monday

HW FOR 9/18:  Complete annotating of text on Vietnam and questions on part 1.  Sign ELA TEST on Module 1:  Unit 1:  Mid-Unit Assessment

HW FOR 9/20:  Read pages 32-40 in Inside Out & Back Again and write a paragraph answering Who is Ha?

HW for 9/24:  Sign and Correct Social Studies.

HW for 10/1:  Study ch.2 notes and book for sections 1-3 to retake quiz social studies quiz.  Complete chart showing things in Ha's life that are becoming worse.  Use stories on pages 24-25 and 38-40

HW for 10/2:  Chapter 2 S.S. work is due on Friday

HW for 10/16:  Chapter 3 S.S. work is due on Friday and test will be on Monday.  Sign test and quizzes that were sent home today.

HW for 10/22:  S.S. chapter 4 work due on Friday.  Test on Monday.  Bring in research on the issue of immigration and if there should be open borders.  ELA:  complete classwork of finding evidence to what Ha and her family lost.  

HW for 11/5:  Bring in your local color words and pronunciations to write your local color essay on Thursday.  Essay can be on any topic you choose.

HW FOR 11/21:  Complete ch.5 social studies work and prepare for a test on Monday

HW for 1/8:  Complete S.S. Chapter 7 work.  ELA:  Complete Lyddie ch. 7 questions.  Test in S.S. on Friday

TOPICS TO STUDY FOR S.S. MID-TERM
Law of Supply and Demand
Causes of World War I
Causes of the Spanish American War
Quota System
Reason for Primary Elections during the Progressive Era
Open Door Policy
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
"Return to Normalcy"
Panama Canal
Treaty of Verallies
Ellis Island/Angels Island
Muckrackers:  Define+Examples
Causes of the Stock Market Crash
Dawes Act
Transcontinental Railroad
Industrialization + Major Labor Strikes during this period
Assembly Line
Major Inventions during the industrial revolution
Reasons immigration increased: Be specific for each country
Settlement Houses
Nativism and examples of laws to help Natavists
Amendements 18-21
Election of 1912
Diplomacy Policies of Progrssive Presidents in regards to Latin America + Examples

HW FOR 1/8:  S.S. chapter7 work is due on 1/9 with test on 1/10