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 11/27:  ELA QUESTIONS FOR LYDDIE FOR CHAPTERS 3 and 4:
1.  The text says: “‘It was half the Stevenses’ calf by rights,’ she said, trying to diminish for both of them the enormity of what she had done” (43).
2.  What do diminish and enormity mean?
3.  How do context clues help you figure that out?
4.  What does this sentence help us to infer about how they are feeling?
5. “She felt leaden with sadness” (43). • What does the word leaden mean?
6.  How do you know?
7. What is making her feel “leaden with sadness”?
8. Why did Lyddie give Ezekial the money?
9.  What character trait(s) does this show?

SOCIAL STUDIES:  SECTIONS WORK AND CHAPTER WORK DUE FRIDAY/ TEST ON MONDAY

HW for 12/3:  Sign and correct social studies exam.  Finish Johnny Tremain
HW for 12/7:  S.S. :  complete lessons 1 and 2 of ch.7
HW for 12/10:  S.S. Section 3 of Ch 7, poems with warrants and evidence of CHARLIE and LYDDIE.  S.S. test is Friday.

3/12:  Study for Social Studies test on chapter 12.  Also, chapter 13 section 1 should be done.

3/19:  Sections 1-3 for S.S. ch.13.  Sign Tone quiz

3/20:  Complete a paragraph for chronological order, sequence. compare and contrast, problem solving and cause and effect using ch. 13 of your social studies text.  Each paragraph should be about 6-8 setences and follow the form on your text structure quiz.

HW FOR 3/25:  Completr Ch.13 Work for S.S. and prepare for test on Wednesday.

HW FOR 4/5:  Study for test in S.S.  Chapter 14 on Monday

Students need to cover all books.  

HW FOR 12/6:  Sign and Correct Social Studies test
HW for 12/8:  Read, Annotate, Gist charts for ch.3 of To Kill a Mockingbird.  S.S. sections 1 and 2 of Ch.7
HW for 12/10:  Gist page for ch.4 of To Kill a Mockingbird.  ALl Social Studies work is due on Thursday and test on Friday

HW for 12/13:  Study for Social Studies test on World War I.  All charts for To Kill a Mockingbird should be done through chapter 5.

HW for 12/18:  Complete S.S. ch.8.  Test on Thursday

HW for 12/19:  150 paragraph on How Atticus followed the "Golden Rule" in ELA.

HW for 1/15:  Complete questions and writing for ch. 5 in to Kill a Mockingbird.  

HW for 1/24:  Complete classwork on To Kill a Mockinbird:  Gist notes on ch.6 and 7 + Climax/Resolution charts for those chapters

HW FOR 2/21:  Complete prologue and chapter 1 of a Might Long Way.  Write gist notes and character intorductions

HW for 3/12:  Gist notes for chapters 1-4 should be done for a Mighty Long Way and section 1 for chapter 13 work should be done in Social Studies

HW FOR 3/19"  SECTIONS 1-3 of CH.13

3/20:  Complete a paragraph for chronological order, sequence. compare and contrast, problem solving and cause and effect using ch. 13 of your social studies text.  Each paragraph should be about 6-8 setences and follow the form on your text structure quiz.

HW FOR 3/25:  Completr Ch.13 Work for S.S. and prepare for test on Wednesday.

HW FOR 4/4:  Social Studies Chapter 14 work is due Monday and test on Tuesday