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Classroom Reminders
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Important Announcements
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Homework
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Study for tomorrow's test on Chapter 17.
2. Rel: a) My Personal Prayer Booklet is due Monday, 11/1.
b) Test on Chapter 9 is scheduled for Tuesday, 11/2.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Complete Savvas online worksheet (Adjectives)
b) Literature test Monday, 11/1 on from An Invisible Thread.
c) Novel wrok for chapters 4-6 is due tomorrow. ***Quiz on reading.
2. Rel: Study for tomorrow's test on Chapter 1.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Final drafts of Nonfiction Narratives are due tomorrow. They should be typed and
printed out OR written neatly on looseleaf.
2. SS: Chapter 17 test is scheduled for thios Thursday, 10/28.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Savvas online worksheet (Concept Voc & Word Study)
2. Rel: Study for Thursday's test on Chapter 1.
Monday, October 25, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Final drafts of Nonfiction Narratives are due this Wednesday, 10/27. They should
be typed or written NEATLY on looseleaf.
2. SS: a) Complete Section 17-5, questions #1-5 on page 516.
b) Test this Thursday, 10/28 on Chapter 17.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Complete Savvas online worksheet (Narrative Point of View)
b) Novel work due Thursday. See below for details.
2. Rel: Test Thursday on Chapter 1.
Friday, October 22, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Nonfiction Narrative - First draft due Monday, 10/25. It must be typed and printed
out or neatly written on looseleaf. Be prepared to conference.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Read Chapters 4-6 in Ribbons. Complete study guide work and submit it on
Google Classroom. ***Due THURSDAY, 10/28. ***Quiz on reading.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Nonfiction Narrative- First draft due Monday, 10/25. It must be typed and printed
out or written neatly on looseleaf.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Novel work for Chapter 3 is due tomorrow on Google Classroom. ***Quiz on
reading.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: a) Complete Section 17-4, questions #1-5 on page 511.
b) Watch the mayoral debate tonight at 7PM on channel 4 and be prepared to
discuss the candidates tomorrow.
2. ELA: Decide on your essay topic by tomorrow: What event/experience changed your
understanding of yourself?
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Novel work for chapter 3 due Friday. ***Quiz on reading.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Writing Activity on pg 7 in study guide - Imagine you are either Romeo OR Juliet
and this is the day you have fallen in love. Write a one-page journal entry in the
first person. ***thped or on looseleaf, to be collected and graded.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Novel work due Friday.
b) Savvas online worksheet (Adverbs)
c) Online literature test tomorrow. ***See below for details to review.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: on iPad: create a list of 10 ways on "How to live a happy life."
2. SS: Section 17-3, questions #1-5 on page 507.
3. ELA: In study guide on pages 5 & 6 complete: Vocabulary matching column #1-9 and
vocabulary fill-ins #1-9 AND questions #1-7 for Act I.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Novel work due Friday. ***See below for details.
b) Savvas online worksheet (Concept Voc & Word Study)
c) Online Literature test Wednesday, 10/20. Review "A Simple Act" and all
skills on pages 32-41 (concept voc, close reading the text, author's point of
view, weighted words, multiple-meaning words, adverbs).
Friday, October 15, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Romeo & Juliet poster due Monday. ***See below for details.
2. SS: Complete the assignment on Google Classroom (Responding to today's lesson
on Reconstruction's Black Codes). Due Monday, 10/18.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Ribbons novel reading and study guide work for Chapter 3 is due next Friday,
10/22. There will be a quiz on the reading.
2. Rel: Works of Mercy slideshows are due Monday, 10/18. Submit your work on
Google Classroom. Be prepared to present. ***Due Monday, 1/18.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Create a poster advertising a production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
Pretend it's 1596, London. Incorporate some Elizabethan theatrical elements
that we discussed. Your poster should include dat, year, time of day, cost, and
possibly some actors' names, as well as the play's title and playwright. Be
creative and neatness counts. ***Due Monday, 12/18.
2. *** Return signed test folders and progress reports tomorrow.
3. *** Bring in your rosaries tomorrow!
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Novel work due tomorrow. ***See below for details. ***Quiz on reading.
b) Savvas online worksheet: Author's Point of View.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Section 17-2, complete questions #1-5 on page 503.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Novel work due Friday. ***See below for details.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Test tomorrow on Chapter 8.
2. ELA: on iPad: Research at least 10 interesting facts about William Shakespeare.
Grade 7:
1. Rel: Test tomorrow on Chapter 21.
2. ELA: a) Write a paragraph summarizing today's text, A Simple Act. Use the 4 concept
vocabulary words (connects, influence, encouraged, and bond) to write your
summary. Underline or bold the words. Typed or on looseleaf, to be collected
and graded.
b) Complete today's classwork in My Perspectives on pages 36-37 if you did
get to finish in class.
c) Novel work for Ribbons Chapters 1 & 2 is due Friday. ***See below for
details.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Test on Chapter 8 next Wednesday, 10/13.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Read chapters 1 & 2 in our new novel, Ribbons. Due Next Friday, 10/15: label,
copy, and answer in complete sentences the discussion questions (#1-4) and
the writing activity found in your study guide. Complete all work on your iPad.
***Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. ***Submit completed work on Google
Classroom.
2. Rel: Test on Chapter 21 next Wednesday, 10/13.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Section 17-1, questions #1-5 on page 498.
2. *** Bring in $5.00 for Fall Festival.
Grade 7:
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Savvas online literature test tomorrow. ***See below about what to review.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Savvas online literature test tomorrow. ***See below about what to review.
b) Finish today's classwork (monologue)
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Chapter 16 Civil War projects are due tomorrow, 10/6. Be prepared to present
and share your work with the class.
2. ELA: a) Savvas Realize online worksheet (Media Vocabulary)
b) Online literature test Thursday. *See below for details.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: a) Savvas Realize online worksheet (Nouns and Pronouns)
b) Online literature test Thursday. ***See below for details.
Monday, October 4, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: a) Re-tell the story of The Medicine Bag from Grandpa's perspective, using the
first-person point-of-view. You must use the 5 vocabulary words and underline
or bold them. You may either type it or write on looseleaf. ***This counts as a
graded HW and will be collected tomorrow.
b) Savvas online literature test on Thursday, 10/7 on The Medicine Bag and
Apache Girl's Rite of Passage. Review activities and skills on pages 21-26 and
30-31 in My Perspectives to review for test.
2. SS: Chapter 16 Civil War projects are due Wednesday, 10/6. Be prepared to present
and share your work with the class.
Grade 7:
1. Rel: Write a modern-day version of the parable of The Good Samaritan. It may be
either typed or written on looseleaf. It should be one page, and it will be
collected and count as a graded HW. ***Due tomorrow.
2. ELA: a) Savvas online literature test on Thursday, 10/7 on Two KInds. Review skills
and activities on pages 26-31 in My Perspectives.
Friday, October 1, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: a) Study for Monday's test on Chapter 16.
b) Bring in any research/materials to continue working on Civil War project.
Grade 7:
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: a) Test Monday on Chapter 16. Use the study guidelines given.
b) Bring in your research for Chapter 16 project.
2. ELA: Complete Savvas online worksheet (Verbs in Active and Passive Voice)
3. *** Return completed high school survey forms by tomorrow.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Complete Savvas online worksheet (Concept Vocabulary & Word Study)
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Test on Chapter 16 has been rescheduled for Monday, 10/4.
Grade 7:
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Test this Friday, October 1st, on Chapter 16.
2. ELA: Pearson online worksheet (Concept Voc and Word Study)
3. *** Return signed test folder tomorrow.
Grade 7:
1. Rel: Study for test tomorrow on Chapter 20. A review was given in class today.
2. ELA: ***Graded HW assignment to be collected (typed and printed out OR written on
looseleaf: Pretend that YOU are the character of mother in the story Two Kinds.
Tell the story from YOUR point-of-view, in first-person narration.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Complete 2 Savvas worksheets (Symbolism)
Grade 7:
1. Rel: Study for Religion test on Wednesday, 9/29.
2. ELA: Cover your My Perspectives workbook in clear contact paper.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Complete Section 16-4 questions #1-5 on page 480.
2. *** We begin MAP testing Monday. Be sure to have a fully charged iPad every day.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Complete questions #1-4 on page 26 (Analyze the Text). Do your work on
looseleaf, and answer in complete sentences. You do not have to copy the
questions. *Due Monday.
2. Rel: Test on Chapter 20 is scheduled for next Wednesday, 9/29.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Study for test tomorrow on Chapter 7.
2. ELA: Complete the 4 remaining close read questions on pages 15, 16, 18, and 19.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Complete Comprehension Check on page 25. Answer in complete sentences.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Study for Friday's test on Chapter 7.
2. SS: Complete questions #1-5 on page 475 (section 16-3)
3. ELA: Complete Comprehension Check - pg 21 in My Perspectives.
Grade 7:
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Study for test on Friday - Chapter 7.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Complete the QuickWrite activity on page 9. We will continue using the packet
until workbooks arrive.
Monday, September 20, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Test Friday on Chapter 7.
2. SS: Complete questions #1-5 on page 471 (section 16-2)
3. ELA: Complete the QuickWrite activity in My Perspectives on pg 9.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: On a sheet of looseleaf and due tomorrow: Create a list of 10 things that you
have learned from someone of another generation (parent, grandparent, aunt,
uncle, neighbor, etc...). You must write your list nin sentence form and number
each sentence. Ex: 1. My mother taught me how to ... when ...
Friday, September 17, 2021
Grade 8:
1. *** Return the user agreement for iPads, signed by you and your parents on
Monday. ***iPads cannot be distributed without it.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Grade 8:
1. Rel: Write 2 paragraphs on the following topic: Choose 2 communities you belong
to. How do they influence you? And, how do you influence them? Typed or
looseleaf. Due tomorrow.
Grade 7:
1. REl: Complete today's classwork: Creation Story Brochure. It is due tomorrow, and
it will be graded. Neatness counts!
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Grade 8:
1. SS: Complete questions #1-5 on pg 465 (Chapter 16, Section 1). You must do your
work on looseleaf (until iPads arrive), and you do not have to copy questions,
but always answer in complete sentences. Number your work.
Grade 7:
1. Rel: Pretend to be a newspaper reporter. Use the handout distributed to write an
article on the creation story from the Book of Genesis. You should cover all
7 days of creation, as well as 2 illustrations. Be creative! Include a quote from
an eyewitness. Be sure to name your newspaper and write your article's
headline at the top of the page. ***This homework is due tomorrow and will
count as your first graded Religion homework.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Grade 8:
1. ELA: Typed OR looseleaf - Choose ONE societal issue presented in West Side Story.
Write TWO paragraphs: a) How does the play/film West Side Story address or
present this topic in 1950's New York City? b) How is this topic still an issue in
2021 present-day society? This assignment will be collected and count as
your first graded homework.
2. *** Continue to cover workbooks with clear contact paper. Religion books were
distributed today.
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Read all SIX Native American creation stories distributed in class today.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Grade 8:
Grade 7:
1. ELA: Write a well-written paragraph (5-8 sentences) in which you discuss a personal obstacle/
challenge/hardship you have personally faced AND how you dealt with it. Remember to
indent your paragraph and complete your work on looseleaf (with a school heading).
Friday, September 10, 2021
Grade 8:
1. *** Perform an act of kindness/service and be prepared to share your experience with the
class on Monday.
2. ELA: Bring in the lyrics to your favorite song from West Side Story. You will need this for
Monday's classwork.
3. *** Cover any workbooks already distributed with clear contact paper.
Grade 7:
1. *** Perform an act of kindness/service and be prepared to share your experience with the
class on Monday.