Mrs. Foley
Week of May 14 – May 18, 2012
Link to ALL PREVIOUS Assignments for Mrs. Foley
| 7 English | 7 Literature | 7E Religion |
| 7F Religion | 8 English | 8 Literature |
7 English
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RJ — keep reading. Do HofB Vocab., pp. 46-48. Print out “Studyguideforfinalengexam” below. Begin to note topics of difficulty for you. |
Finish HofB vocab packet. Draft of “legend” is due Friday. |
HofB vocab test is on Friday. Continue to work on “legend.” |
Study vocab from HofB word lists. Quiz will be on definitions only. Be prepared to peer edit legends tomorrow. No printing out in class! |
No RJ is due. ED and NZ: pls have HG paper on Monday. ALL: Check Cornerstone and hand in any missing assignments. |
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Weblinks: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/flashcards.htm Why I Chose this Topic Works Cited Formats Science Report Checklist[1] |
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| omework Policy: Students will have English homework almost every night. Homework reinforces the concepts we are currently working on (especially in grammar and vocabulary) by providing practice for the students. I grade homework and it makes up part of students’ final average. Please remember to check with your homework buddy if you are absent. | ||||
| Textbook(s) Used: Holt Handbook and workbook (grammar) and Vocabulary Workshop. For vocabulary activities, go to www.vocabularyworkshop.com. | ||||
| Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: We will study words using our Vocabulary Workshop texts. We will also try our best to connect writing with grammar as we learn the tricky vocabulary of grammar and why we need to know this stuff. More specifically, we will review parts of speech/parts of sentence and connect these to our writing. |
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Read Ch. 6 of HofB. Work on your “Legend.” (Draft is due Friday.) |
Read Ch. 7 of HofB. | Read Ch. 8. | Read Ch. 9. | Read Ch. 9, 10. |
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Weblinks: Literary Terms ReflectionandSummary StudyGuideQues |
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| Homework Policy: Students will have to read almost every night. Reading homework helps us move along in our study of literature. To help (remind) students to read, I give reading pop quizzes. Students who are current in reading assignments do well. | ||||
| Textbook(s) Used: Short Stories, novels | ||||
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Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: 4th Quarter: We will read the first chapter of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. We will explore what strategies she uses to create suspense in her first chapter so that readers keep reading. A 5-paragraph paper will be our well-crafted product that engrosses the reader as it mines the chapter for hair-raising techniques. We will continue in 4th quarter to keep a Reading Journal (above called “ReflectionandSummary.”) You must read outside books and keep a record, following the guidelines of the Journal. |
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Finish final version of Haitian pen pal letter. (due tomorrow) Write draft of letter to Liberian pen pal. (due Wed.) |
From your draft Liberian pen pal letter, we will write our final version tomorrow. |
Bible verse and modern translation worksheet is due tomorrow. All pen pals letters are due today. Be sure to have read pp. 315-317 in textbook. |
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Weblinks: SERVICE report form (2011) Seventh and Eighth Grade Service Hours Policies PofPdiscussionquestions SAINT LUKEbio StudyGuideReligionQuest[1] PaulNotes EggBabyGuidelinesrubric2012[1] |
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| Homework Policy: Typically, there will be less than other classes. However, I will often assign reading from our texts, the Bible, or other material, and you will respond to it. Class projects will also be assigned quarterly and are designed to enhance your understanding of our faith. | ||||
| Textbook(s) Used: Finding God: Following Jesus, Power of the Powerless, New American Bible |
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| Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: Who is “powerless”? Was Jesus powerless? We will keep the question “Who do you say that I am?” in our minds and hearts as we contemplate our relationship with God and study the Acts of the Apostles and some of Paul’s writings. We will also prepare to plan the academic year’s final liturgy, always held on the last day of school. | ||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Finish final version of Haitian pen pal letter. (due tomorrow) Write draft of letter to Liberian pen pal. (due tomorrow) |
All pen pal letters are due tomorrow. |
Bible verse and modern translation worksheet is due on Monday. All pen pal letters are due today. |
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Bible verse and modern translation worksheet is due on Monday. |
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Weblinks: SERVICE report form (2011) Seventh and Eighth Grade Service Hours (Policies) PofPdiscussionquestions SAINT LUKEbio PaulNotes EggBabyGuidelinesrubric2012[1] |
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| Homework Policy: Typically, there will be less than other classes. However, I will often assign reading from our texts, the Bible, or other material, and you will respond to it. Class projects will also be assigned quarterly and are designed to enhance your understanding of our faith. | ||||
| Textbook(s) Used: Finding God: Following Jesus, Power of the Powerless, New American Bible |
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| Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: Who is “powerless”? Was Jesus powerless? We will keep the question “Who do you say that I am?” in our minds and hearts as we contemplate our relationship with God and study the Acts of the Apostles and some of Paul’s writings. We will also prepare to plan the academic year’s final liturgy, always held on the last day of school. | ||||
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Complete draft of TKAM paper is due Wed. (Why did H. Lee use a child as a narrator?) Review Study Guide and bring questions to class tomorrow. |
Write 10 original sentences that follow the directions on the sheet. Pay attention to each grammar concept and let me know if you don’t understand. | Continue to work on TKAM paper. Send most current version to yourself to finish up tomorrow in class. | Some: TKAM paper is due tomorrow for grading. | Study for exam. Bring questions to class. |
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Weblinks: Science Report Checklist[1] finalexamstudyguide2012 |
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| Homework Policy: You can expect to have homework at least 4 nights a week. On average, this should take about 50 minutes. I require major assignments to have a parent signature. If an assignment is not completed on time, and there is not a reasonable excuse, the grade will be “0.” I use a point system and there are approximately 1000 points for English and 500 for literature per quarter. | ||||
| Textbook(s) Used: Vocabulary Workshop, Elements of Language, Patterns of Literature, various novels, and other texts. Link to Online Textbook/Resources: For vocabulary activities, go to www.vocabularyworkshop.com |
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| Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: Our focus in writing will be on strong introductions and conclusions, transitions, organization, and varying sentence structures of expressive sentences. We will read The Lord of the Flies, continue to study parts of speech and parts of the sentence in Grammar, and use, knowledgeably, big words in Vocabulary. |
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| TKAM draft is due tomorrow! | (see Eng) | Review for TKAM section of exam. Bring questions to class. | ||
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Weblinks: StudyGuideQuestionsMFAS STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS LOTF FinalWritingLOTF mysteryandstorytermsppt Steinbeck Center Of Mice and Men Chapter Questions Themes in Of Mice and Men OMAM_jeopardy
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Homework Policy: (see above) |
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| Textbook(s) Used: Patterns in Literature, novels |
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Curriculum Focus for This Quarter: Literary Terms/Direct Characterization 3rd Quarter: Our next novel continues the discussion of what it takes to follow one’s conscience, but the setting changes drastically. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys is stranded on an island without adult supervision but with modern ideas of peer pressure. Golding’s allegory is fascinating on several levels, especially for teens who are learning to navigate their own possibly unfamiliar terrain of peer pressure. As 4th quarter continues, we are reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the classic novel about the effects of racism in a small Southern town in the American 1930s and the efforts of one family to overcome racial and other types of prejudice. |
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