Week of May 14-18 and Week of May 21-25

May 14-18 We are still reading The Hound of the Baskervilles in class. Students are filling out study guides as we read to be turned in when we are finished. Vocabulary 23 homework and test will be Friday, May 18. There will be a pop quiz on previously learned mechanical skills at some point this week or next week or both. May 21-25 We will be watching Jane Eyre DVD and filling out study guides to be turned in when movie is finished. No more vocabulary. Possible pop quiz over mechanical skills. ALL EXTRA CREDIT DUE MAY 25. May 29-30 FINISH ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS -- PLAY SCRABBLE -- APPLES TO APPLES HAPPY SUMMER! HAVE A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE! MRS. PARRISH

HW for this week 5/7 to 5/11: Persuasive Essay due Fri., 5/11 Vocabulary 22 HW and test Fri., 5/11 In class we will be presenting charts/graphs on drug/alcohol use We will also be reading a Sherlock Holmes story and taking notes in Study Guide Form

There will be no homework this week other than the two paragraphs on the novel that have been assigned. They are due Friday (84 pts.)

No homework for Tues., 5-1-2012

Vocabulary 21 Test (take-home)due Mon. 4/30

HW for Thurs., April 26 Verbals test voc. 21 definitions test Conjunction take-home test voc. 21 homework page

HW for Wed. 4/25 Prepositional Phrase Test Spelling part of Voc. 21 test LNW: 626 #3, #1 627-28 #2, #3 Reminder: I stay after school every Tuesday until 3:30 for tutoring. Need a parent note and assurance that the child will be picked up outside G wing at 3:30. Thanks, Mrs. Parrish

HW for Thurs. 4/19

"pop" quiz:
Look over punctuation/rules, complex sentences (kinds of clauses), and usages (subject, pred. noun., pred. adj., pred. pro., d. o., i. o., o. p., AP)
Izzy Willy Nilly due 4-30. No other work until Monday, 4-23. We will have a new voc. lesson (21) and review verbals and prepositional phrases.

Wed., 4-11

No more homework until after testing.

HW for Wed., 4-11

Lit. Bk. 522-525, 608-611, 694-697
Purple Leap Book pp. 82-108

HW for Tues. 4/10

LIT. BK. 68-69 and 122-129

HW for Mon., 4/9

Purple Leap Book 71-73
Study Island -- both ELA and Reading
LaPass/Eagle for bonus (optional)

HW for Thurs. 4/5

LNW 171 A and B
177 A only
Voc. 20 test

HW for Wed., 2-4

Quiz on comparison of adjectives and adverbs
LNW p. 154 1-10
p. 174 A and B

Additional notations: Remember the following deadlines:

Study Island (both ELA and Reading scoresheets) due Apr. 9 (100 pts.)
Information Resources section of Purple Leap Prep book pp. 82-108 due Apr. 11 (50 pts.)
Bonus 20 pts. --LaPass/three Eagle tests due Apr. 9
Izzy Willy Nilly due Apr. 18.

HW for Tues. 4/3

Sorry, I'm putting late--big day yesterday.
LNW p. 139 1-10 and 141 1-10

March 23, 2012

Sorry I did not post the last couple of days. My computer would not let me on the site. Have a great spring break. Students could do in their spare time:
Read Izzy Willy Nilly (due Apr 18)
Work on pp. 82-108 in purple Leap book (due Apr 11)
work on Study Island (due Apr 9)

Mrs. Parrish

HW for Thurs., 3/21

Test Practice Page on complex sentences, voice/mood of verbs

HW for Monday, 11/19

Students need to finish the paragraph started in class and have ready to turn in on Monday. They can also work on Study Island due Apr. 9 OR Eagle and LaPass offered for extra credit for the 4th quarter.

HW for Fri. 3/16

Continue to work on Study Island (due date now Apr 9)
Can do Lapass and 4 Eagle tests for 20 bonus points

HW for Thurs. 1/15

Worksheet 159
Study Island due date moved to April 9.

HW for Wed., 3/14

Worksheets 151, 148, 149
Bottom of 148 and top 149--label dep. clause as adjective/adverb/noun
Write punctuation rules under any commas or semicolons.

HW for Tues., 3/13

LNW p. 197 A and B
p. 199 A and B
Meet in Computer Lab tomorrow (last time) Study Island (both parts) score sheet due March 15.

HW for Fri., 3/9

Continue to work on Study Island -- printout due Mar. 15.

HW for Thursday, 3/7

Continue to work on Study Island (both ELA and Reading for 100 points due March 15!!)OR LaPass or Eagle (for bonus points) MEET IN THE COMPUTER LAB TOMORROW!(EXCEPT FOR FIRST PERIOD)

HW for Wed., 2-7

Work on Study Island
We will be in the computer lab on Thursday working on S. I.
Friday--we will begin working with the complex sentence

HW for Tues. 3/6

Subject/Verb Agreement Test
work on Study Island

HW for Monday 2/5

LNW 212A, 215A, 218A, 221A
Continue to work on Study Island due 3-15

HW for Fri., 3/2

Sorry I did not get yesterday's hw in. It was LNW p. 210 1-10 (not taken up anyway)
For Friday,
Principal Parts of Verbs Test
work on Study Island -- both ELA and Reading parts due Mar. 15

More Mechanics Practice

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Mechanics Practice

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HW for Tues. 2/28

Test practice sheets 97-98
Verb Conjugation Test (2 parts--conjugate a verb and analyze verbs in sentences by person, number, tense, or progressive form)
Work on Study Island
Work on Personal Essay

HW for Monday, 2-27

Wkshts 94-5 / 96-7
conjugate a verb for practice
study pp. 102 and 103 and additional verbs for principal part practice
work on Study Island
Go to Quizlet: cmm students      password: academia

HW for Fri., 2/23

Students need to work on Study Island
conjugate a verb for practice
look over 102-103 problem principal parts verbs
do quizlet practice: password: academia

HW for Thurs. 2/23

Bring worksheets 91 and 92 to computer lab. Be on time!!!!!!
Also, practice conjugating a verb every night and start studying the irregular verb principal parts chart.
No vocabulary this week, as you know. Also, work on Study Island whenever you get a chance. All of ELA and Reading part due March 15.

HW for Wed., 2-22

Continue to work on Study Island at home on Internet--both Reading/ELA

Announcement to students and parents: I have decided to do something different. We will be in the computer lab  five more times. What I think would be best is for the student to work on Eagle WHILE IN COMPUTER LAB ONLY. I am not going to be concerned about whether or not they FINISH Eagle, but he or she MUST finish Study Island (and the student can do that at home or in the library). I will give an observation grade for 20 points each day we are in the lab working on Eagle. The rubric is as follows:

Student was in the lab on time (Feb. 23/Mar 6/Mar 8/ Mar 13/Mar 15)   ____(5 pts.)
Student IMMEDIATELY began working as soon as he/she came in the room  ____(5 pts.)
Student worked diligently with no obvious waste of time the entire class period _____(5 pts.)
Student worked from bell to bell (NO 2-minute warning stop) No bathroom or water trips unless an emergency _____(5 pts)
Total: 20 pts x 5 = 100 pts.

Students DO NOT need to print out Eagle worksheets, but I DO want a printout of Study Island score sheets  for 100 points by March 15 at the end of the class lab period. Half credit on Mar 16. No exceptions!!

Thanks,
Mrs. Parrish

Parents:

The Eagle designated tests (around 5 to 8) (100 points) are due on March 15 (day before quarter ends)
The Study Island work (ELA and Reading) is all due on March 15 also for 100 points.

Please monitor your children to make sure they are working on these (200 points total)
We are working during class in computer room eight times before this, but they will need to work at home as well.

Thanks,
Mrs. Parrish

HW for Tues. 2/21

We will meet in Computer Lab on Tues. to work on Study Island and Eagle training for LEAP
Students: Bring completed:
Voc. 18 take-home test and homework
Take-home novel test on Locked in Time
Chocolate worksheet for bonus and a treat

HW for Wed. 2/15

Begin studying and doing worksheet on Voc. 18
Answer 1-21 of study questions on Locked in Time


Remember: We will be in the computer lab Tues. (14th) and Thurs. (16th) of this week working on Study Island and Eagle training for the LEAP.

HW for Mon. 2/13

Finish Locked in Time
Bring the book
If you did not finish open-book Voc 17 test, finish and bring

HW for Thurs. 2/9

Cont. to study Voc. 17
Read Locked in Time (due Mon.)
Study poetic terms we have covered in class

HW for Wed., 2-8

Continue to study Voc. 17 words
Fill in the matching on Poetic Devices (as many as you already know)
Continue to read Locked in Time--due Mon. 2-13

HW for Tues. 1-7

Voc 17 -- begin studying
worksheet 250
Literature Test Unit 3

HW for Mon. 2/6

Two paragraph CRs with 2 chunks each -- in response to literature questions pp. 51 and 53
Worksheets 253 and 255 on Langston Hughes
Literature Test Unit 3 Tuesday of next week

HW for Fri., 2/3

Study Vocabulary 16--test and hw due
Also, work on two CR paragraphs on pages 51 and 53 -- due Mon. 2/6
Begin to review and study for literature test, which will be some time toward the middle or end of next week.

HW for Thurs. 1/2

Worksheets 166 and 167 on "From The Power of Nonviolence" p. 489
Study Voc. 16
Begin to brainstorm and construct the two 75-point paragraphs due Mon. 2/6 from question pages 51 and 52.

HW for Wed. 2-1

Worksheet 164
Study vocabulary 16

HW for Tues., 1/30

Research Paper due (proof! proof! proof!) 200 points
Staple rubric to back of paper
Complete Learned section of the KWL sheet and have it ready to turn in for 15 points (Hand in separately from research paper)
Begin studying Voc 16
Lit. worksheet 159

HW for Mon. 1/30

Work on Research Paper (due Tues., Jan 31) 200 points!!! Proof!!!!
Begin reading Locked in Time

HW for Fri. 1/26

Voc. 15 hw and test
Begin the two constructed response paragraphs on "On The Pulse of Morning"
Will have second half of period to finish paragraphs and turn both in fri.
Remember: Research Paper due Tues., Jan. 31

HW for Thurs. 1/26

Study Voc. 15
Work on Research Paper (due Jan 31)

(Parents: Research paper is a 200-point assignment!) I will be staying after school tomorrow (Thurs. 1/26) until 3:30 for help on research paper. Please send a note with your child and pick him/her up outside my building at 3:30 sharp!

HW for Wed., 1-25

Worksheets 89, 91, and 92 on "Mrs. Flowers . . ."
Study Voc. 15
Work on Research Paper
Meet in the Library for last time Wednesday

HW for Tues. 1/24

Begin to study Voc. 15
Continue to work on 200-pt. research paper due Jan. 31
Next (and last) library day: Jan. 25
We will continue with literature unit tomorrow
Students are reminded to work on research, vocabulary, and study literature EVERY NIGHT

HW for Mon. 1/23

Students meet in library Monday and Wednesday of this week to work on research papers.
Complete Fugitive Slave Act handouts 67 and 68
Make sure you have taken good notes on this reading in Holt p. 157

HW for Thurs. 1/19 and Fri. 1/20

Worksheet 55  and five sources for research due Thurs.
Voc. 12 hw and test due Fri.
All research signature sheets in? All electronic device permission letters in?

HW for Wed., 1-17

Start studying Voc. 12
If you have not brought research topic parent signature, bring it immediately, You are losing five bonus conduct points per day you do not get it to me. Be sure to bring electronic device letter with your name and parent signature or you will not be allowed to use it in class.

HW for Tues. Jan. 17

Windmill/first two columns of KWL sheet on research topic. We have begun working on 200-pt. research paper due Jan. 31.
Students meet in Library  Tues.

HW for Wed. 1/11 and Thurs. 1/12

Continue to decide on topic for research
Have parent sign to approve your research topic and bring to turn in Thurs.

HW for Tues. 1-10

Read over research materials.
Begin thinking about your topic.

HW for Mon. 1-9

None

HW for Fri. 1/6

Study for Voc. 12 Test
Expository or Personal Narrative Essay due

HW for Wed., 1-4

LNW 612-13
Ex. 6 and 7
usage, person, number, case

HW for Thurs., Jan. 5

All-pronoun test

HW for Tues. 1/3

LNW p. 75 A and B
          p. 80 A and B
Lesson 12 vocabulary