The summer reading assignment can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

 

On Tuesday/Wednesday, May 28/29, we will have a summative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

sanctuary (n.)
sacrament (n.)
sacrifice (n.)
sacrilege (n.)
sanction (n.)
hospice (n.)
hospitality (n.)
hostage (n.)
inhospitable (adj.)
hostel (n.)

corps (n.)
corporation (n.)
corporal (adj.)
corpse (n.)
incorporate (v.)
antagonist (n.)
antiseptic (adj.)
antibiotic (n.)
antidote (n.)
antithesis (n.)

On Monday, May 20, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

sanctuary (n.)
sacrament (n.)
sacrifice (n.)
sacrilege (n.)
sanction (n.)

hospice (n.)
hospitality (n.)
hostage (n.)
inhospitable (adj.)
hostel (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

sanctuary (n.)

sacrament (n.)

sacrifice (n.)

sacrilege (n.)

sanction (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

hospice (n.)

hospitality (n.)

hostage (n.)

inhospitable (adj.)

hostel (n.)

On Monday we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

corps (n.)
corporation (n.)
corporal (adj.)
corpse (n.)
incorporate (v.)

antagonist (n.)
antiseptic (adj.)
antibiotic (n.)
antidote (n.)
antithesis (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

corps (n.)

corporation (n.)

corporal (adj.)

corpse (n.)

incorporate (v.)

Your argumentative essay is due before midnight on Sunday, March 14, in the Google Classroom.

 

A printed copy of your essay is due Monday, March 15.  The worksheets you completed for this assignment are also due at this time.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

antagonist (n.)

antiseptic (adj.)

antibiotic (n.)

antidote (n.)

antithesis (n.)

 

On Monday, March 18, we will have a summative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

conform (v.)
formal (adj.)
formative (adj.)
informant (n.)
nonconformist (n.)
antecedent (n.)
precedent (n.)
concede (v.)
proceed (v.)
recession (n.)

equivalent (adj.)
invalid (adj.)
prevalent (adj.)
validate (v.)
valorous (adj.)
contemporary (adj.)
extemporaneously (adj.)
tempo (n.)
temporary (adj.)
tempus fugit

 Revise, edit, and then print a final draft of your propaganda analysis.  The printed draft is due Monday.  If you can not print at home, you can print in the school library or computer lab.  You can also come to the classroom after school on Thursday or Friday to have me print it for you.

On Monday, March 11, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

conform (v.)
formal (adj.)
formative (adj.)
informant (n.)
nonconformist (n.)

antecedent (n.)
precedent (n.)
concede (v.)
proceed (v.)
recession (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

conform (v.)

formal (adj.)

formative (adj.)

informant (n.)

nonconformist (n.)

On Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8 we will have a retest on sentence types.  The retest will consist of the same questions as the original test. 

 

Bring a printed copy of the final draft of your emblem design essay to class on Thursday/Friday.

On Monday, February 25, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

equivalent (adj.)
invalid (adj.)
prevalent (adj.)
validate (v.)
valorous (adj.)

contemporary (adj.)
extemporaneously (adj.)
tempo (n.)
temporary (adj.)
tempus fugit

Turn in the revised copy of your emblem design essay no later than Sunday, February 24.  You or your team member should have already turned in your paragraph on The Giver; the paragraph on The Giver was due last Sunday, February 17.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

equivalent (adj.)

invalid (adj.)

prevalent (adj.)

validate (v.)

valorous (adj.)

We will have a test on sentence types on Thursday, February 21, and Friday, February 22.

 

To study for the test review the four types of sentences along with independent and subordinate clauses.  Review all the worksheets we completed in class.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we have a summative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

authentic (adj.)
autism (n.)
autocrat (n.)
autopsy (n.)
autonomy (n.)
compare (v.)
contrast (v.)
interpret (v.)
specify (v.)
paraphrase (v.)

dissonant (adj.)
resonate (v.)
sonic (adj.)
ultrasound (n.)
unison (adj.)
paradox (n.)
paralegal (n.)
parallel (adj.)
parameter (n.)
paranoid (adj.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

contemporary (adj.)

extemporaneously (adj.)

tempo (n.)

temporary (adj.)

tempus fugit

On Monday, February 11, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

authentic (adj.)
autism (n.)
autocrat (n.)
autopsy (n.)
autonomy (n.)

compare (v.)
contrast (v.)
interpret (v.)
specify (v.)
paraphrase (v.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

authentic (adj.)

autism (n.)

autocrat (n.)

autopsy (n.)

autonomy (n.)

 

Your propaganda analysis should be turned in to the Google Classroom no later than midnight, Sunday, February 3.  Please bring the propaganda you wrote about to class on Monday.

 

The propaganda analysis is a summative assessment, so do your best work on the assignment.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

compare (v.)

contrast (v.)

interpret (v.)

specify (v.)

paraphrase (v.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

antecedent (n.)

precedent (n.)

concede (v.)

proceed (v.)

recession (n.)

On Monday, January 28, we will have a test on clauses.  Study your notes and the worksheets we complete in class.

Bring in one or more examples of propaganda to class on Monday.  The best examples are full page advertisements from magazines.  Bring an entire magazine if possible.  Keep in mind that we will be using this for a project, so don't bring a magazine that you will need to bring back home. 

On Monday, January 28, we will have a summative test on clauses.  Read over your notes and review the worksheets we completed in class.  The test will cover independent and subordinate clauses and adjective and adverb clauses.

On Wednesday, January 23, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

dissonant (adj.)
resonate (v.)
sonic (adj.)
ultrasound (n.)
unison (adj.)

paradox (n.)
paralegal (n.)
parallel (adj.)
parameter (n.)
paranoid (adj.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

dissonant (adj.)

resonate (v.)

sonic (adj.)

ultrasound (n.)

unison (adj.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

paradox (n.)

paralegal (n.)

parallel (adj.)

parameter (n.)

paranoid (adj.)

Finish reading The Giver over the winter break.  Be prepared for a written assignment on the story when you return from the break.

On Monday, December 17, we will have our last summative vocabulary test of the semester on the following words:

 

fractious (adj.)
fracture (v.)
fragile (adj.)
fragmentary (adj.)
infraction (n.)
conducive (adj.)
deduction (n.)
induce (v.)
productivity (n.)
reduction (n.)

capital (n.)
capitalism (n.)
capitulate (v.)
decapitate (v.)
recapitulate (v.)
justify (v.)
critique (v.)
diagram (v.)
enumerate (v.)
outline (v.)

On Monday, December 10, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

fractious (adj.)
fracture (v.)
fragile (adj.)
fragmentary (adj.)
infraction (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

fractious (adj.)

fracture (v.)

fragile (adj.)

fragmentary (adj.)

infraction (n.)

 

Complete Paragraph Responses #4 and #5 by midnight, Sunday.  Both assignments should be turned in to the Google Classroom.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

conducive (adj.)

deduction (n.)

induce (v.)

productivity (n.)

reduction (n.)

 

On Thursday and Friday we will have a summative exam on "Ta-Na-E-Ka." The questions will cover details about the story.

On Monday, November 19, and Tuesday, November 20, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

capital (n.)
capitalism (n.)
capitulate (v.)
decapitate (v.)
recapitulate (v.)

justify (v.)
critique (v.)
diagram (v.)
enumerate (v.)
outline (v.)

On Thursday, November 15, and Friday, November 16, we will have a summative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

imagery (n.)
rhythm (n.)
passage (n.)
metaphor (n.)
perspective (n.)
intuition (n.)
tutelage (n.)
tutor (n.)
tutorial (n.)
tuition (n.)

assimilate (v.)
facsimile (n.)
simultaneously (adv.)
simile (n.)
simulate (v.)
construct (v.)
destructive (adj.)
infrastructure (n.)
instrumental (adj.)
obstruction (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

capital (n.)

capitalism (n.)

capitulate (v.)

decapitate (v.)

recapitulate (v.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

justify (v.)

critique (v.)

diagram (v.)

enumerate (v.)

outline (v.)

Summative Parts of Speech Test Thursday, Nov. 8, and Friday, Nov. 9.

Google Classroom "Ta-Na-E-Ka" Literary Response and Analysis due Sunday, November 4, by midnight.

 

Google Classroom "Ta-Na-E-Ka" Paragraph Response #1 due Sunday, November 4, by midnight.

 

 

On Monday, November 5, we will have a formative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

imagery (n.)
rhythm (n.)
passage (n.)
metaphor (n.)
perspective (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

imagery (n.)

rhythm (n.)

passage (n.)

metaphor (n.)

perspective (n.)

Study notes and exercises for test on verbs.  The test is scheduled for Monday, 10/29.

 

The notes have been attached below.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

intuition (n.)

tutelage (n.)

tutor (n.)

tutorial (n.)

tuition (n.)

On Monday, October 22, we will have a formative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

 

assimilate (v.)
facsimile (n.)
simultaneously (adv.)
simile (n.)
simulate (v.)

construct (v.)
destructive (adj.)
infrastructure (n.)
instrumental (adj.)
obstruction (n.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

assimilate (v.)

facsimile (n.)

simultaneously (adv.)

simile (n.)

simulate (v.)

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

construct (v.)

destructive (adj.)

infrastructure (n.)

instrumental (adj.)

obstruction (n.)

On Monday, October 15, we will have a summative vocabulary test on the following words:

 

describe (v.)
discuss (v.)
evaluate (v.)
analyze (v.)
persuade (v.)
audience (n.)
audition (n.)
auditor (n.)
auditory (adj.)
inaudible (adj.)

affluent (adj.)
fluctuate (v.)
fluent (adj.)
fluorescent (adj.)
influence (n.)
primarily (adv.)
primate (n.)
primer (n.)
primitive (adj.)
primeval (adj.)

On Monday, 10/8, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

affluent (adj.)
fluctuate (v.)
fluent (adj.)
fluorescent (adj.)
influence (n.)

primarily (adv.)
primate (n.)
primer (n.)
primitive (adj.)
primeval (adj.)

 

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

primarily (adv.)

primate (n.)

primer (n.)

primitive (adj.)

primeval (adj.)

Complete the worksheet on adjectives that I handed out in class.  I don't have a digital copy of the worksheet, so if you're absent, you can get a copy when you return to class and turn it in late without penalty.

 

 

"All Summer in a Day" Summary and Ending are due Sunday, 9/30 by midnight.  Both assignments should be turned in to Google Classroom.

 

We will have a comprehensive test on "All Summer in a Day" on Monday, 10/1.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

affluent (adj.)

fluctuate (v.)

fluent (adj.)

fluorescent (adj.)

influence (n.)

On Monday, 9/27, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the following words:

 

describe (v.)

discuss (v.)

evaluate (v.)

analyze (v.)

persuade (v.)

audience (n.)
audition (n.)
auditor (n.)
auditory (adj.)
inaudible (adj.)

Your paragraph response to "All Summer in a Day" must be turned in to Google Classroom by Sunday night, midnight.

 

The instructions for the paragraph are posted in the Google Classroom.

Complete a Word Analysis Chart with the following words:

 

audience (n.)

audition (n.)

auditor (n.)

auditory (adj.)

inaudible (adj.)

 

A copy of the Word Analysis Chart has been attached below.

Your summer reading assignment will be due on Monday, September 17th.

 

If you are finished with the assignment, I will begin accepting them on Tuesday, September 4.

 

A copy of the assignment can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

 

Complete the 10 Literary Response & Analysis questions for "All Summer in a Day" in the Google Classroom.  Make sure you turn them in through the Google Classroom no later than Monday evening.  If you lost the questions, you can find a copy of them attached to the instructions in Google Classroom.

I did not assign any homework on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Please make sure you get an SSR book and that you check your grades on Aeries.

 

You should also be reviewing the words on your Word Analysis Chart.

Finish Word Analysis Chart.  I have attached a copy of the finished chart below.

 

 

Bring an SSR book to school Monday, September 10, and every day after that.  Your SSR book should be a book, fiction or nonfiction, of 100 pages or more.  Please, no comic books or magazines.

Paragraph outline due Thursday, September 6 and Friday, September 7.  Your outline must contain at least three points and two details for each point.

 

Turn your paragraph in to Google Classroom.

Autobiographical Essay and Self Portrait due:

 

Periods 1, 3 , and 5 - Tuesday, September 4

Periods 4 and 6 - Wednesday, September 5

 

I will explain how to do the assignment in class on Tuesday, 8/28, and Wednesday, 8/29.

 

I've attached a copy of the assignment below just in case you lose the one I handed out in class.

Language Arts Course Description and Policies must be signed by students and parents/guardians.

 

Periods 1, 3, and 5 due Tuesday, 9/4.

Periods 4 and 6 due Wednesday, 9/5.

 

This document will be handed out in class Tuesday, 8/28, and Wednesday, 8/29.

 

I have provided a copy of the document below in case you lose the one I handed out in class.