Language Arts & Literature Assignments/Homework
Library Assignments
4th quarter
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6th Grade Assignments
* Read 30 Minutes each night & work on genre requirement
* No Spelling this week (June 5- June 9) * Language focus- using and recognizing various literary devices * We are continuing with our poetry unit which we will continue with for the next couple of weeks. Almost each day in class we will study a poet and some of their poetry or we will study a certain style or type of poetry. We will be writing poetry using the poetry we study in class as models. TUES- Four Quatrains assigned (typed draft due WED) WED- Finish 8th grade cards- (card and gift due THURS) THURS- Ode poem assigned (typed draft due FRI) FRI- Alliteration Poem assigned (typed draft due MON) Due JUNE 8- 3rd Trimester Reading Log Due JUNE 8- Poetry Notebook- including: table of contents, final draft of each poem, illustration or image of each poem. JUNE 8 (Thursday)- Parents are welcome to stop by our classroom from 9:30-10:10 to hear and see some of the poetry we have been working on! 7th Grade Assignments* Read 30 minutes each night * No Spelling this week * We are continuing with reading The Giver. Students will need to read an average about a bout 10 pages per night each night of the week. We will have a variety of assignments based on the book including vocabulary work, literature journals and weekly literature circle meetings as well as final test and project at the end of the unit. - Finish reading The Giver by Wednesday. - Literature Circle Journal #3 due over chapters 17-23 on THURS - Final Test on The Giver- Friday, June 9 (closed book test) - Reading log (hard copy of all three trimesters of the school year must be printed before class) due FRI June 9 - View Movie of The Giver on Monday and Tuesday June 12 & 13. Permission slip must be turned in- due FRI June 9. 8th Grade Assignments* Read 30 Min each night
* In literature we will be continuing with our unit reading The Outsiders. We will be doing various reading comprehension and literature analysis assignments around this book, and we will have a test over the whole book after we have finished reading it. Week of May 22-26 Monday- 8th grade on retreat Tuesday- 8th grad eon retreat Wednesday- For homework- finish Reading The Outsiders, chapters 11 &12 Thurs. Jigsaw activity (The Outsiders) Friday- Junior Olympics Week of May 29-June 2 Monday- No school- Memorial Day Tues. 3rd Trimester Reading Log due, Final Review for test on The Outsiders Wed. Outsiders student created "test" (one question for each of the 12 chapters, use a variety of question types, and provide separate answer key; The Outsiders final test, begin movie after test Thurs. View the movie/compare with book (last LA/LIT class) FRI- 8th grade Field Trip (Art Walk) |
