Reminders:
1. These are a few reminders concerning homework and
classwork:
A. All work must be completed in
blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).
B. If the assignment states
that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of
paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or
legal pads is unacceptable.
C. Homework must be handed in on the
day due, unless I receive a note
from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW.
This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home or you were
sick.
D. Homework and classwork must be
neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.
2. Friday, 5/24 is a 12:00 Dismissal.
3. No school on Monday- Memorial Day
4. All students need to bring
Rosary Beads to school for the May Procession next Friday, May 31.
Remember that homework and
classwork count as a grade!
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Unit 5: WEEK 4
5th Grade
Reading- 5/20/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 5 is The Little Prince by Antoine de
Saint-Exupery.
Read Chapters VIII-XVIII (up to p. 51).
Write the vocabulary and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Reading Questions are due on looseleaf, Friday, 5/24
1. List facts about the Little Prince from Chapters 1-4. Find information that tells the us about who he is, what he looks like, and anything else you can find out. Your list should include at least 10 items.
2. Create a T chart and compare/contrast the author's feelings about grownups and children (see pgs. 15-17).
1. List facts about the Little Prince from Chapters 1-4. Find information that tells the us about who he is, what he looks like, and anything else you can find out. Your list should include at least 10 items.
2. Create a T chart and compare/contrast the author's feelings about grownups and children (see pgs. 15-17).
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6th Grade Reading- 5/20/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 5 is Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
Read Chapters 10-14.
Write the vocabulary and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Reading Questions are due on looseleaf, Friday, 5/24
1. What is the Westing House ? Describe it. What strange things occur there?
2. What happened to Grace Wexler's silver cross?
3. Where is the will read? How do each of the heirs react to the reading?
1. What is the Westing House ? Describe it. What strange things occur there?
2. What happened to Grace Wexler's silver cross?
3. Where is the will read? How do each of the heirs react to the reading?
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7th Grade
Reading 5/20/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 5 is A Wrinkle of Time by Madeleine
L’Engle
Read Chapters 5, 6.
Write the vocabulary and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Reading Questions are due on looseleaf, Friday, 5/24
1. Where is Mr. Murry? Explain your answer.
2. Describe Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.
3. Describe what Meg feels the first time she travels through time. Use text evidence to explain your answer.
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1. Where is Mr. Murry? Explain your answer.
2. Describe Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.
3. Describe what Meg feels the first time she travels through time. Use text evidence to explain your answer.
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Homework:
Chapter 11- The Jacksonian Era (1824-1840)
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 5/23.
1. “Tippecanoe and Tyler
too” 2. political democracy 3. nominating convention 4. spoils system 5. Kitchen Cabinet 6. Trail
of Tears 7. Black Hawk’s War 8. abolitionist 9. women’s rights 10. Frederick Douglass
Chapter 11 Read pgs. 363-378. On page 369 answer Questions 2, 3, 4 and pg.
374 Question 4, and pg. 377 Questions 1, 2. You can restate the questions. Due Friday, May 24 on looseleaf.
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8th Grade Reading 5/20/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 5 is A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine
Hansberry.
Read Act II, Scene 1 (up to pg. 95).
Write the vocabulary and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Reading Questions are due on looseleaf, Friday, 5/24
1. Describe the setting in Act 1. What does the interior of the Younger house tell you about the family that lives there.
2. What is causing the problems within the family in Act I? How does it affect Walter specifically?
3. Describe Beneatha? What is her "dream"? How does Walter feel about her plans? Why ?
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1. Describe the setting in Act 1. What does the interior of the Younger house tell you about the family that lives there.
2. What is causing the problems within the family in Act I? How does it affect Walter specifically?
3. Describe Beneatha? What is her "dream"? How does Walter feel about her plans? Why ?
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8th Grade Social Studies
Homework: Chapter 14: The Reagan Years 1981-
1988
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 5/23.
1. federal budget 2. New
Federalism 3. missile 4. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) 5. budget deficit 6. national debt 7. tax loophole 8. trade deficit 9. space shuttle 10. Contras
Chapter 14 Read pgs. 488- 497. Complete questions 1-4 on pgs. 497.
Due Friday, May 24 on looseleaf.
Have a great week!
