Homework

=Homework=

Week of June 13, 2011
Last Week of School! All library books are due to Mrs. Slater and Mrs. Blattner!

Turn in your //The Giver// novel on Tuesday.

Did you turn in the last journal today?

Week of June 6, 2011
Read chapters 15 through the end of //The Giver// novel. The journal entry will also be due on this day. Bring your book to class! Journal:
 * Due Monday, 6/13:**

Week of May 30, 2011
Chapters 7--14, The Giver:
 * Due Wednesday, June 1:**
 * Read THROUGH chapter 14
 * Mark text for rites of passage and rules
 * Journal: Choose ONE topic to write about...

Week of May 23, 2011
-Bring props and items for your study project presentations
 * Due Tuesday, 5/24:**

Chapters 1-6, The Giver:
 * Mark text for rites of passage & rules of Jonas's world
 * Vocabulary, complete by adding two additional words
 * Polished Journal:

Read chapters 7--14 The Giver:
 * Due Next Tuesday, 5/31:**
 * Mark text for rites of passage & rules of Jonas's world
 * Vocabuary
 * Polished Journal

Week of May 16, 2011

 * Due Monday:** Draft of Food Glorious Food poem
 * If you did not turn this in today at the end of class, you owe me the work!

-Final notes, Study Project--due at end of class
 * Due Wednesday, 5/18/11**

-Memoir selection, bring to class -Works Cited Due, Study Project
 * Due Friday**, 5/20/11:

Chapters 1 through and including 6, //The Giver:// //-//Read -Mark text for clues about Jonas's world, as well as the rites of passage for each age -Journal, Chapters 1-6
 * Due Next Tuesday, 5/24/11**

Week of May 9, 2011
-Final draft, TYPED, extended metaphor poem; email work also, as we will be posting this on our class wiki -Turn in drafts with the final!
 * Due Wednesday, 5/11:**

-Final draft of ODE, TYPED -turn in draft with final typed copy -email work to yourself for posting on the class wiki Here are the specific directions for the ode assignment:
 * Due Thursday, 5/12:**

-By end of the class period, you MUST turn in your INDIVIDUAL typed up notes from your group's study project. You will also turn in ONE Works Cited document per group.
 * Due Friday, 5/13:**

Memoir Selection--Bring book to class for teacher approval.
 * Due Friday, 5/20:**

Week of May 2, 2011
-Did you bring your memory object or do you need to switch objects? -Draft of extended metaphor poem due
 * Due Tuesday (tomorrow), 5/3:**

-Bring your memory object, if you are switching objects!
 * Due Thursday, 5/5**

Draft of ode poem Sign superhero project packet and return
 * Due Friday, 5/6**

May 12, Thursday: Poetry Slam, 2:30-3:30 Do you want to read your own poetry or a published piece? Think about it!
 * Next Week:**

Week of April 25, 2011

 * Due Monday, 5/2:** Bring a "memory object" to class. A "memory object" is a small trinket or item that reminds you of something special to you. We will photograph the object and send it home with you on Monday, so that nothing happens to it. We will use the object to begin writing our own "odes." (An "ode" is a poem that celebrates something)


 * Due Tuesday, 5/3:** Draft of your extended metaphor poem (We will start this in class on Friday.)

Week of April 11, 2011

 * Due Tuesday (tomorrow), 4/12: ** Fertile Crescent Activity sheet (both sides)--read & answer questions


 * Due Wednesday, 4/13: ** National Geographic Article: "Fertile Crescent Almost Gone"--read the article and put a "star" next to (3) facts in the article


 * Due Thursday, 4/14: ** Read (5) poems from our Poetry page of links. Explore video clips of poets and people reading their own poems and their favorite poems. Listen to some poems read by the poets themselves. Record a list of the (5) poem titles and the authors' names, which you will share in class. PRINT out 1 poem from the 5-- the one you liked the best. Write a 1 page journal entry writing about what you think the poem is about, what confuses you, what questions you have, how the poem speaks to you and your own life or not, etc.


 * Due Friday, 4/15: ** Signed Character Analysis essay and writing folder--whole folder is due back at school with everything in it! Parents should sign on the highlighted line on the scoring sheet.

Week of March 28, 2011
-superhero writing--TYPED PLEASE! -superhero model--ANY medium you desire!
 * Science Fiction, Part 2 of project: **
 * //Here are some invaluable directions://**

Week of March 21, 2011

 * Science Fiction **
 * Long-term project due dates :**