Wednesday, May 27, 2015

8th Grade May 26

Weekly Lessons
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ELA

One World Trade Center Trip - May 26
May Procession is Friday May 29

7th Grade May 26

Weekly Lessons
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ELA

One World Trade Center Trip - May 26
May Procession is Friday May 29





6th Grade May 26

Weekly Lessons
ELA
Religion

ELA

One World Trade Center Trip - May 26




Religion 

Religion exam June 4th there should be studying done every night.

5th Grade May 26

Weekly Lessons
ELA
Religion

ELA

One World Trade Center Trip - May 26




Religion 

Religion exam June 4th there should be studying done every night.

Monday, May 11, 2015

8th grade May 11

Weekly Lessons
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ELA

Monday-  workbook pg 89 #'s 1-15 answers only
Tuesday - workbook pg 92 #1-10 questions ans answers
Wednesday - weekly vocabulary words
Thursday
Friday






7th grade May 11

Weekly Lessons
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ELA

Monday- No Homework
Tuesday Finish classwork
Wednesday-No Homework
Thursday
Friday





6th grade May 11

Weekly Lessons
ELA
Religion





ELA

Monday- No homework
Tuesday Worksheet
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday





Religion

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

5th grade week of May 11

Weekly Lessons
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Religion





ELA

Monday- workbook pg 92 Questions and answers.
Tuesday- No homeowrk
Wednesday-Subject verb agreement worksheet
Thursday
Friday





Religion

Monday-no homework
Tuesday- Pg 55 workbook
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Monday, May 4, 2015

8th grade week of May 4th

Weekly Lessons
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ELA 

Weekly Vocabulary words


1.dialogue talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, novel, or the like.
2.tone the pitch, accent, or stress of a word, group of words, or speaking voice, especially as an expressive quality.
3.scene the place where any event occurs.
4.script the written text of a dialogue, play, movie, or the like.
5.drama a theatrical work, especially one that is serious rather than primarily comedic in nature; play.
6.comedy  a light, amusing work of theater, film, or literature.
7.diction   word choice and arrangement in speech or writing, especially as a reflection of forcefulness or effectiveness.
8. Explicit Textual Evidence  stated directly in the passage
9. Implicit Textual Evidence  Not stated directly, but reader understands it because of clues in the text.
10. Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.  

Monday- weekly voc 
Tuesday- no homework 
Wednesday-  Finish Classwork. if you need to reread the speeches the links are below: 

Fireside Chat 1: On the Banking Crisis (March 12, 1933)
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/speeches/speech-3298 


Barbara Charline Jordan: 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordan1976dnc.html

How are the speeches by Barbara Jordan and Franklin Delano Roosevelt similar? Different? 
What perspectives do they bring to their speeches? 
How do these speakers inspire listeners? 

What is important for us to learn from these speeches, and why is it important to continue reading them from generation to generation? 

Thursday
Friday

7th grade week of May 4

Weekly Lessons
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ELA 

Weekly Vocabulary words

1. evidence the basis for belief; that which constitutes proof of something.
2. opinion what one thinks about a person or matter, especially a judgment not necessarily based on fact alone.
3. valid  equitable; just.
4.redundancy  the state or quality of being redundant.
5.descriptive telling or writing what something is like using details and particulars.
6. reasoning the process of using reason to draw conclusions based on a premise or known facts.
7. fact something that has reality, that exists, or that happened or is happening.
8.antagonist a person who contends or fights with another; enemy, competitor, or adversary.
9.reason      a basis for explaining or justifying a belief, action, opinion, or event.
10.protagonist   the leading character in a literary work.

Monday- Vocabulary words
Tuesday- Finish the questions connected with the article "Today's tech is tomorrow's trash
problem"
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


6th grade week of May 4th

Weekly Lessons
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Relgion



ELA 

Weekly Vocabulary words


1. riddle a puzzling, tricky, and often amusing question, usually with an ingenious answer, posed as a diversion or as a test of one's wits.
2. suspect  to believe to be true.
3. scenario a detailed outline or summary of a play, film, or book.
4. victim   someone who is harmed physically or emotionally by a person or group of people, or by circumstance.
5. inductive of, pertaining to, or using electrical or magnetic induction.
6. inference a conclusion derived from inferring.
7.deduction something that is subtracted or deducted.
8. witness to know through direct sight or experience of.
9.text  the body of a printed work as distinguished from its title, headings, notes, and the like.
10.nonsense  something, or a collection of things, that is meaningless, illogical, foolish, or absurd.
11 information  knowledge or facts that come from investigation, observation, or study.

Monday- Weekly Vocabulary words
Tuesday- no homework
Wednesday- Students must draw a cartoon storyboard of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" this poem was worked on during class. The Story board must start from the beginning and end at the resolution.
Thursday
Friday

Religion 

Weekly Vocabulary words
Last Supper
Resurrection
disciples
passover
salvation
Christians

Monday- No Homework
Tuesday- Weekly Vocabulary words also chapter 1-5 vocabulary words due on index cards
Wednesday- Religion Vocabulary.
Thursday
Friday- Due on Tuesday May 12 chapters 6-11 vocabulary on Index cards.

5th grade week of May 4th

Weekly Lessons
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Relgion



ELA 

Weekly Vocabulary words

Cause: a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect

consequence the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier 

conflict A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war. A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash

obscurity  the state of being unknown or forgotten; something that is difficult to understand
ominous  suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future

prejudice:  an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion.  a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something especially when it is not reasonable or logical   
       
epidemic  a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something

perceived  to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses

duration   the length of time that something exists or lasts

courage the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous


casualties: one who is injured or killed in an accident

Monday Weekly Voc words
Tuesday- students must finish the summary of the Wreck of the Titanic
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Religion 

Weekly Vocabulary words

MondayNo homework
Tuesday- Chapter 1-5 vocabulary words on index cards due today 5/5
Wednesday-
Thursday
Friday Due May 12 Chapters 6-11 on index cards