PERIODS 1,3,and 5:

DUE on Thurs. June 4th:

* #3 Trading card

*Vocabulary packet Term3 Week5-  including sentences - study for quiz

*Book log - May - signatures necessary

* 1st mythology trading card is due

** students should be reading their May mythology book

***in class we are learning how to write an argumentative essay; please act your child about theirs.

Periods 3 & 5:

*students should be reading their May mythology book.

* Vocabulary packet, including 10 sentences ( Term3 Week4)

* One article supporting your thesis/claim about "homework" (students must print and bring into class).

 

**Vocabulary packet Term3 Week4 and study for quiz

***1st mythology trading card - directions and cards were given out in class

 

DUE on Thurs. May 7 / Fri. May 8:

  * vocabulary packet Term3 Week1 - packet should be completed including sentences on your own paper.

*Mythology May - students should begin reading their May book which should be chosen from a provided list given out this past Monday in class. (also attached here)

  *Book Log - April book(s) must be listed with both student and parent signatures

  * Vocabulary packet Term3 Week1 - "Academic words"

     - complete packet including sentences on your own paper

    - study for end of week quiz

Mythology May - May's book should be based on mythology and I have provided a list of suggestions given out in class (see attachment):

  *students will be doing a book report project based on Greek Gods and Goddesses

     (directions to be given out in a week or so)

 

APRIL book log report : book log is attached if you need to print it

* book log should be completed "At least One Book for the Month"

*all signatures are necessary for credit

* Oral research presentation

     - handout due on Monday

    - materials for oral presentation

*a reading book for testing

* all language arts classes will be doing make-up and completion testing on Tues. and Wed. in class

 

 

 

 

DUE THURS. 3-5 / FRI. 3-6:

PERIODS 4 & 6:

             - Topic?        Subheadings?

 

* Vocabulary packet Term2 Week5

       -complete the packet

       -study for vocabulary quiz

*(optional) "Reader Recommendations - please email book recommendations for the March/April Open Choice "Book a Month" list:

DUE on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd:

* The Watsons... Per. 4  needs to finish reading ch. 14 and all classes must read ch. 15

The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 Reader Response Journals are due, completed on the above dates

*We will be reading ch.14 & 15 in class to finish the novel

*******PARENTS - Your students have picked a research topic for their magazine article. Please ask them about their topic. We will begin our research and note-taking in class next week.

 

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY the 16th. Enjoy the long weekend!

*The Watsons... read ch. 11 and 12 and answer the questions in the response journal

*read The Watsons... ch.13 and be prepared to answer questions in class

*Parents, we are starting our informational magazine projects, so p,ease ask your child about their topic. Most students have chosen a topic, but a few students still need some guidance. Thank you!

DUE on THURS. 2-12 / FRI. 2-13:

*read ch. 13 of The Watsons... and be prepared to answer written questions

 

Avi is the author of the Newbery medal Novel Crispin: The Cross of Lead, and the Newbery Honor books Nothing but the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, among many other books. His latest book, Catch You Later, Traitor was inspired by his own childhood in Brooklyn, New York during the Red Scare. Please see the CCMS website for parking info.

                          February 19th / Royce Hall, room 314 / 7:00PM

                              Q & A / Refreshments / Book Signing

                            Please RSVP to [email protected]

 

1)*vocabulary packet 2-4

*study for vocab. quiz

2)*Kenny and Byron compare & contrast assignment - FINAL DRAFT

   - follow directions on the pink half sheet (attached)given out in class on Tues,/Wed.

1)* Read The Watsons... both ch. 11 and 12

    *answer questions for both chapters in the response journal

************NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th***********************

 

 

*The Watsons... read ch. 10 and answer the chapter 10 questions in the readers response journal

*vocabulary packet term2 week4

**complete the packet & study for the end of week vocabulary quiz

PERIODS 1,3, & 5:

             - Topic?        Subheadings?

 

DUE on Feb. 2 (Monday):

*read ch.9 and answer the ch. 9 questions in the Readers Response Journal

(per.1 students only- *also complete the answers for ch. 8)

REMINDER- I have HOMEWORK HELP HOURS after school on Tues., but am often available other afternoons (usually Mon. & Thurs.)

DUE on Thurs. 1-29 / Fri. 1-30:

*The Watsons... read ch. 8 and answer the ch.8 questions in the readers response journal

**vocabulary packet 2-3 - complete packet and study for a vocab. quiz

read The Watsons... ch.7

vocabulary packet 2-3

*complete packet

*study for vocab. test

DUE on MONDAY, JAN. 25:

*please read Ch. 6 of The Watsons... (no questions to answer in the response journal for ch. 6)

*also, I will be collecting your reading response journals this Fri. or Mon., so please make sure you are caught up with the questions/journal entries for ch.1-5

 

 

* Read through chapter 5 of The Watsons...

*The Watsons... Readers Response Journal will be checked - you should have questions and entries for Ch. 1 through 5 completed

***ATTENTION PERIOD 3 students & families!

CCMS is collecting pennies and other monies for "Pennies for Patients". a charity devoted to finding a cure for cancer. Yhe school is collecting through Period 3 classes. Please shake out your purses, wallets. etc. to donate to this worthy cause. If everyone give, what you can, the response will be phenominal... And life saving!

-- bellwork Quickwrite turn-in - follow all directions on the yellow handout that was given out in class last Tues./Wed. (attached here)

--read The Watsons...Ch.2 and answer all related Ch. 2 questions in the response journal

--Study The Watsons...vocabulary from the vocabulary handout (given in class on today, Mon. - attached here)  - complete sentences (directions on back side) and study for a quiz at the end of this week

All students will be checking out the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curt

is from our school library.

We will be reading it through the month of January as a class novel, so I will be assigning chapters and students will also have a reading packet, too. I will be giving pop-quizzes in class as a way to track the independent reading assignments.

 

Parents, please ask your students about the novel and hold discussions with them when possible. The novel is historical fiction and the second half delves into the civil rights movement in 1963.

* Read Ch.1 of 'The Watsons..."

*complete the Ch.1 journal entry and questions in the readers response journal

 

Due on Tues. Jan. 13:

(if a student was absent on one of these days, please make sure they stop by the library when they come back to school to check out the novel)

 

Due on Thursday 1-8 / Fri. 1-9:

 

 

REMINDER - December book is "FREE CHOICE"

DUE TUESDAY DEC. 16 / WEDNESDAY DEC. 17: final draft of Personal   Narrative. (see attached grading rubric for directions)

 

 

*Please be sure that students have looked over the grading rubric that I gave out two weeks ago and have also attached today.

 

 

 

 

 

*vocabulary packet 2-1 should be completed

* study vocabulary for a quiz

*completed 1st draft of personal narrative (in blue/black pen or typed) - use narrative packet to help guide you (we will be editing this 1st draft in class)

 

 

Due to the holidays and field trips, our Vocabulary 1-6 packet will not be due until the end of next week:

Per. 1,3, & 5: Thurs. Nov. 20th

Per. 4 & 6 : Fri. Nov. 21th

*worksheet and sentences(on your own paper & stapled to worksheet)

*study all 16 words for the test

Due: Per. 1,3,5 - Thurs. Nov. 6th

        Per. 4 & 6 - Fri. Nov. 7th

*November's theme is "Animals"

*Nice to see so many students excited about their Nov. book!

*NOVEMBER READING is here! "ANIMALS"

**The theme for November is a chapter book in which an animal(s) is the main or supporting character in the story. I have created a list of over 20 choices, but you are not limited to my list. Ask your school or local city librarian...

                                    Ask your friends...

                                   Check out the Newbery Award and CA Readers Award websites...

There is no Vocabulary or spelling this week. It is the end of the quarter and all 1st quarter work was due today /tomorrow (Tues. 10/28 - Wed. 10/29).

In class we are focusing on writing - working towards our 1st draft of a personal narrative. We are currently doing all of our writing in class.

Vocabulary packet 1-5 and study for the vocabulary test

1) Bell-work turn-in - *follow all directions on the yellow paper

2) October Reading log (blue paper) - * "At Least One Book a Month"

                                          *signature and other info. required

* I have attached the bell-work and reading log papers

 

 

 

* complete packet and study for test

Due on Thurs. Oct. 23 / Fri. Oct. 24

 

Follow all directions on the yellow paper.

Due on Tues. Oct. 28 / Wed. Oct. 29

 

Due on Tues. Oct. 28 / Wed. Oct.29

PARENTS - I encourage you to read the short story I have assigned for homework. It's a wonderfully detailed Russian folktale with a strong message about not letting our fears stop us from moving on.

DUE  Monday, Oct. 20 - 

"The Path Through the Cemetery" Literature Book pages 42-43

**please answer the six multiple choice questions on page 43 (just the letter; no need to write out questions & whole answers).

Due on Thurs. Oct. 16th / Fri. Oct. 17th:

 

_ complete the "Pronoun Oral Selection" exercise in your Handbook on page 31. 

*This exercise was started in class & possible that students finished it in class, as well.

        Per. 1,3, & 5: Tues. Oct.14

         Per. 4 & 6 : Wed. Oct. 15

***review the questions on page 76 to help you study for the test

 

*SPELLING PACKET - lesson 2 - homophones & easily confused words

        *complete the packet

        *study each night for a spelling test

*****On Tues. Oct. 14 / Wed. Oct. 15

Comprehension test for "The Bracelet" by Yoshiko Uchida

Pages 69-74 in the Literature book

This story was read aloud in class this week...

Students should reread, including reviewing the four vocabulary words on page 69.

**to help prepare for the test, review the questions on page 76

Periods 1,3, & 5: Verb note - taking page including Exercise 5, pages 54-55 (on the back of the note-taking worksheet

Periods 4 & 6: TA-NA-E-KA paragraph - final draft must be in pen (blue/black) or typed and please staple to all other 1st draft pages.

 

 

SPELLING this week!

DUE on Thurs. Sept.25 / Fri. Sept. 26:

* Spelling worksheet plus sentences (staple together).

*study for spelling test

Parents - please ask your students to see the new reading log that I handed out on Monday. I think a few students were absent and did not get it yet.

I am also attaching it to this homework post. I am requiring students to read "At Least a Book a Month." We are starting with the month of October. Students are just to record the book(s) they read (title, author # of pages, and an A-F grade). The reading log will be checked at the end of each month, but NO CREDIT will be given if it does not have a student and parent signature. This is the "honor" system and I am asking parents to help ensure that your student is reading, by not signing until the end of the month and you are sure that your child has finished the book.

 

HOMEWORK: Due on Thurs. Sept.25 / Fri. Sept. 26:

SPELLING - *worksheet plus sentences

*study for the spelling test (be sure you know the difference between each homophone)

Parents - please ask your students to see the new reading log that I handed out on Monday. I think a few students were absent and did not get it yet.

I am also attaching it to this homework post. I am requiring students to read "At Least a Book a Month." We are starting with the month of October. Students are just to record the book(s) they read (title, author # of pages, and an A-F grade). The reading log will be checked at the end of each month, but NO CREDIT will be given if it does not have a student and parent signature. This is the "honor" system and I am asking parents to help ensure that your student is reading, by not signing until the end of the month and you are sure that your child has finished the book.

 

HOMEWORK: Due on Thurs. Sept.25 / Fri. Sept. 26:

SPELLING - *worksheet plus sentences

*study for the spelling test (be sure you know the difference between each homophone)

Due on Thurs. Sept. 18th / Fri. Sept. 19th:

* Vocabulary packet 1-3 , plus study for vocabulary quiz

*I will accept late summer reading t-charts with no points taken off, but they must be turned in by the end of this week.

There is no weekend homework UNLESS, students DID NOT turn in:

1) summer reading t-chart (please look on ccms.ccusd.org under News & Announcements and scroll down to the Summer Reading 2014. You can print out the directions and worksheets (t-chart).

 

2) some students need to complete their vocabulary 1-2 packet and turn it in on Mon. for partial credit.

*Summer reading t-charts are due on Thurs. / Fri (Sept. 11th /12th), depending on the period I have each student.  Scholars' students are expected to have read two books and have a T-Chart for each book. Please use the summer reading assignment packet which can be found on the CCMS website (ccms.ccusd.org). It can be found under "News & Announcements."

 

*summer reading t-chart (per. 3 & 6 have two t-charts due)

*vocabulary packet 1-2

*study vocab. from packets 1-1 and 1-2 for a test

*Please email me if you need help getting any of these materials. Books can be checked out from your local library or the school library, as well as my classroom library.

Homework due this week - Per.1,3, & 5- Thurs. Sept. 11th:

                                            Per. 4 & 6-  Fri, Sept. 12th:

*Materials check - 

 

 

REMINDERS:

*all students should have completed  or should be working to complete the summer reading assignment.

*the summer reading info can be found on ccms.ccusd.org (also attached)

Monday, Sept. 1- NO SCHOOL

*Students and parents/guardians - Please read through my English Language Arts course description and complete and sign the back page.

 

Also, I strongly encourage all students and parents to make it a weekly habit to look at the middle school's web site: ccms.ccusd.org. This homework site is my link to communicating with both students and parents!

Due on Thurs. Aug. 28 / Fri. Aug. 29:

 

1) Bio-Poem final draft

   *revise and include descriptive language and high quality character traits

   * must be typed or written in pen (any color)

   *pay close attention to the format of your poem/this is not a paragraph/should be a "stanza" with each phrase ob its own line(s)

   *illustrations are optional

2) read and signed Language Arts course descrition