The following assignments were given to middle school language arts students on Monday 8-25-2008 They are subject to small adjustments during the course of the week. Please feel free to call with questions or concerns. 

Mrs. E. Quinn

630-985-2515 (voicemail extension 360)

 

SIXTH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 8-25-‘08                

·        Always bring a library book with you when you come to class. There may downtimes, like when you’re waiting to conference on a piece of writing or when you finish a quiz early. 

·        Make sure you bring  your name card every day until you are told otherwise.

Mon., 8-25– Get your text covered by Friday. Carefully complete and sign the book condition sheet by Friday.

Tues., 8-26 –  none

Wed., 8-27–  none

Thurs., 8-28 – Be prepared for the first DOL Quiz. Make sure your book’s covered, and the condition sheet’s completed.

Fri., 8-29 –  none

 

 

SEVENTH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 8-25-‘08

 

Mon., 8-25 – Your summer reading list will be collected tomorrow. Your book review is also due tomorrow. They will be collected separately; don’t staple them together. Get your text covered by Friday. Carefully complete the book condition sheet by Friday.

Tues., 8-26 –  Your signature, along with a parent’s, is due on the research paper acknowledgement (bottom of pink sheet) by Friday. Your topic proposal is due by next Tuesday.

Wed., 8-27 –  W.B. p. 143 – There will be a quiz tomorrow on Number (text p. 457).

Thurs., 8-28 – W.B. pp. 144 & 145 - Be ready for a quiz on rule 17b (text p. 458) on subject-verb agreement and the DOL Quiz. The book covers will be checked tomorrow, and the condition sheets will be collected. The signed research paper acknowledgements will also be collected.

Fri., 8-29 –  Topic proposals are due on Tuesday.

                                                  

 

EIGHTH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 8-25-‘08

F.Y.I. Only science fair participants will write research papers (reviews of literature). They will receive  grades on  the first and second drafts.

 

Mon., 8-25 – Bring your Mockingbird book to class each day. There will be an objective quiz on the book tomorrow. The journals that you were to keep on your reactions to the book will also be collected tomorrow.

Get the text covered by Friday. Carefully complete and sign the book condition sheet by Friday.

Tues., 8-26 –  Students who choose to participate in the science fair must return the bottom portion of the pink research paper acknowledgement sheet with both student and parent signatures by Friday. These students must also turn in topic proposals by next Tuesday.

Wed., 8-27 –  The first Mockingbird essay, which was started in class, is due tomorrow. Please label it as FIRST ESSAY and indicate which prompt you have chosen to address. This assignment does not have to be typed, but it must be neat.

Thurs., 8-28 –  The second Mockingbird essay is due tomorrow. Neatly label it. The first diagramming quiz is tomorrow. Be ready. Make sure your worksheet is complete and try ex. 2 for extra credit. Books will be checked for covers and book condition sheets will be collected. Science fair participants must turn in the signed pink slip.

Fri., 8-29 –  Science fair participants must turn in topic proposals on Tuesday.