ELA & SOCIAL STUDIES- Gr. 7 & 8

Welcome Parents and Students.  Hope you had a great summer.  All summer work will be collected tomorrow, September 6th.  I also recommend that all students have at least two pencil cases for storage.  Just a reminder that all students can wear their gym uniforms on Thursday.  Please send your child with a water bottle as our room is very warm.

PLEASE REMEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

COVER ALL BOOKS!

HW for 9/6:  SS:  Complete questions on p. 7

HW for 9/10:  Complete reading for gist charts for ch. 1 of A Long Walk to Water in your notebook.  Each chart needs a paragraph about either Nya or Salva.  For S.S. complete questions 1-5 on pg 13.

HW For 9/11:  Complete ch, 2 gist notes chart for a Long Walk to Water

HW for 9/12:  Complete two paragraphs on points of view for Both Nya and Salva on "What they think about living in Sudan."
 
HW for 9/13:  ELA:  Gist chart (paragraphs) need to be completed if you did not finish in class. 

HW for 9/14:  S.S. p23 1-17.  Test on ch. 1 is Wednesday

HW for 9/18:  ELA  Read and annotate chapter 4 in a Long Walk to Water.  Complete GIst notes paragrahs and quote charts.

HW for 9/20:  S.S. page 33, ELA:  Read Time Trip:  Sudan Civil War and annotate.  Complete vocabulary given in class for reading.  Make sure to explain stategy used to determine definition.

HW for 9/21:  S.S. Sign and correct test.  To correct, you must write out complete question and new answer. This should be done on loose-leaf and stapled to the back of your test. Also cpmplete pg. 41

HW for 10/2:  Complete ch. review for chapter 2 S.S.  (Page 54-56)  Test is on Thursday

HW for 10/3:  Ch 8 A Long Walk to Water Charts (Annotation chart, Gist chart and Nya/Salva chart)

HW for 10/10:  Complete p. 68 in S.S.

HW for 10/12:  Study for Social Studies test which will be on Thursday of nest week.  Read chapters 1-6 of Johnny Tremain. (Up to p.27)

HW for 10/19:  Complete work for ch.3 in S.S. Test will be Tuesday.

All summer work will be collected by September 6th.

Students need to cover all books.  

HW FOR 9/7:  Complete workbook pages 1-8

HW FOR 9/8:  Using 1975:  Year of the Cat, complete classwork on the chart of Who is Ha!.  For Social Studies, complete the Venn Diagram on the 3 reconstruction plans from section one of your textbook.

HW FOR 9/11:  Complete Section Questions on p. 7

HW for 9/12:  ELA:  Complete Who is Ha chart for Tiki Waves Goodbye and Missing in Action.  Study ofr quiz on how to infer.  S.S.:  Complete workbook pages 9-12.  Make sure to annotate on pages 10-12.

HW for 9/13:  Read pages 10–21 of Inside Out & Back Again (from the poem “TiTi Waves Goodbye” through the poem “Two More Papayas”). How is Ha’s life affected by where and when she is living? Write a complete paragraph in which you support your ideas with evidence from the text. You may use your text and the notes you collected in your Ha Charts to help

HW for 9/14:  S.S. page 23 and 24.  Test on ch.1 is Wednesday.

HW for 9/20:  ELA:  Connection: This part of the article helps us understand the following about Ha or
her situation.  Must cite evidence from Inside Out and Back Again

HW for 10/1:  Page 35 in S.S. text:  Questions 1-6

HW for 10/2:  Complete Who is Ha chart and Authors tone chart on pages 31-63

HW for 10/10:  S.S. test will be a DBQ

HW for 10/16:  Read Inside Out & Back Again pages 115-130.  Give 3 reasons why Ha's situation is

improving and three why is is getting worse.  Include evidence and warrants.  S.S. complete page 69.  Should be finished from class yesterday.  

HW for 10/19:  Complete work for ch.3 in S.S. Test will be Tuesday.