November 24, 2008

Grade 6 –

1. Complete vocab p. 61-62 #1-20 Completing the Sentence. Highlight context clues.

2. Finish the worksheet “Quotable Puns”

Grade 8 –

1. Complete vocab p. 68-69 #1-20 Completing the Sentence. Highlight context clues.

2. Research and note-taking organizer are due in class on Wed.

FISH question for week of 11-24-08

Recall the following scene from Report to the Principal’s Office:
“For some time after Mr. Brimlow said, “Dig in,” no one spoke. He decided to break the ice himself with a question to the Johnson boy. “So, Dennis, considering your nickname, you must be pretty fond of pickles, huh?”
Pickles had not folded his sloppy joe filling into a tortilla, Mexican style, as had the others. He has instead laid a tortilla falt on his plate and spread a layer of sloppy joe over it, creating a sort of small pizza. He cut the pie into neat, equal sized wedges.
“I hate pickles,” he said.
“Really?”
“Yeah. I think they’re neat-looking, and I like how the name sounds, but I can’t stand the taste. My mother was always giving me one with my sandwich. That’s why I put them on the Christmas tree, to get rid of them.”
Mr Brimlow filled in the other kids how Pickles got his name.
Salem snickered, “Good thing you didn’t decide to hate bananas.”
“Bananas Johnson,” giggled Eddie.
Trying to include Sunny Wyler, Mr. Brimlow said, “What kind of food would you hang on a Christmas tree, Miss Wyler, if you had to?”

FISH QUESTION:
If you could pick a food to hang on your Christmas tree, Hanukkah menorah, Kwanzaa kinara (candle holder), etc., what would it be and why? You must be able to explain your reason by connecting it to your life. You may not use the reason that Pickles used above. Make sure you use details to support your answer.

November 20, 2008

6th Grade –

1. Finish lesson 13.

2. Complete mood/conflict review.

**Unit 4 Vocabulary Test tomorrow**

8th Grade

1. Complete dialogue activity.

2. Unit 5 Vocab quiz tomorrow.

November 19, 2008

Grade 6 –

1. Complete the review worksheet on Capitalization, Punctuation, and Diagramming. Do this first!

2. Spend about 10 minutes working on the chart that we began in class. Finish what you can.

Grade 8 –

1. Finish the Synonyms and Antonyms exercise in unit 5 vocab (p. 62). The test is Friday.

2. Look at the sentence at the bottom of the left-hand column on page 215 that begins “How…” and ends “…intelligence.” Copy that sentence onto a piece of paper. Write a reaction to that sentence. It may be an agreement or disagreement with the statement, or it can be a personal reaction to the statement. Write a paragraph of 8-20 sentences. This is your rough draft!

November 12, 2008

Grade 6 –

1. Complete worksheet on end marks (both sides).

2. Complete p. 55 in Vocab workbook.

Grade 8 –

1. The final copy of your scary story is due tomorrow. Remember to have a cover page that includes the title, your name, and the date. Be sure to prepare for the oral presentation!

November 11, 2008

6th Grade –

1. Complete Lesson 11.

2. Complete vocab pages 54-55 (just 1-20). Highlight the context clues!

8th Grade –

1. Finish quotations worksheet.

2. The final draft of your scary story is due on Thursday. When revising, remember these items:
- do not write in all caps
- watch your verb tenses – verbs should be in past tense for everything except dialogue
- when writing dialogue, remember to indent with each new speaker
- watch phrases like “over his house” – you should say, over at his house

FISHy question for November 10th

Eddie Mott’s first day of sixth grade does not appear to be going the way he wanted. Recall the following scenes:
Eddie sheepishly asked an eighth grader for directions to his science class in room 117. The directions were not accurate and the eighth grader sent Eddie to the basement.

Then, there was the band room where Eddie wanted to hide in the storage closet until the end of the period.

During English class, Sunny Wyler decided to annoy the “dodo” (Eddie) by shooting a pretend boogie at him because he was smiling at her.

Being a sixth grader yourself, how would you have handled each of those situations? What would you have done or not done differently? Why or why not.

Be sure to make references back to the text and your own life to support your answer for each scene, as well as, answer all parts of the question.

REMEMBER POSTS WITH TOO MANY SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, OR GRAMMAR MISTAKES WILL NOT BE POSTED.

November 10, 2008

6th Grade –

1. Complete Lesson 10 from the DayBook. This is a graded assignment!

8th Grade –

1. Write sentences for Unit 4 words. There is a test tomorrow.

2. Complete p. 273 #1-10 in the Handbook.

November 3, 2008

Grade 6 –

1. Finish “Three Pigs” activity.

2. Finish your part of the skit rough draft (type for 20 minutes or less).

Grade 8 –

1. Finish page 56 in your vocabulary workbooks.

2. Complete the activity on pp. 269-270 in your Handbook. Be sure to check your notes from class today.