HOMEWORK ASSIGNED 9/14-9/18

HIGH SCHOOL

Basic Writing: (High School) If I asked you to revise your 5 paragraph essay please do so. For next week please complete page 9 in the Writing Skills Book and pass in the first draft of your "How To" essay that has been peer edited by one person. I will also be giving you a quiz on subordinate clauses on Tuesday 9/22.


Pre-Algebra/Algebra. You have homework every night. If you forget what your assigned pages are please contact me at 978-352-8237 or 781-760-0035 before 8:30 p.m.

GROUP 5

You should be tracking all your steps from when you leave school to when you go to bed. Please do this every day. Write down how much time each activity takes you in preparation for the homework schedule we will put together next week.


Writing:

If you did not finish your work in the Writing Skills book please finish. You should be finished through page 9. This is due to me on Tuesday 9/22.

The draft of your biography will be due on Thursday 9/23. Remember this should be at least three pages, single spaced, Ariel 12 pt font. Be creative! We will draw a picture next week to go along with this biography.

Reading:
Quiz Tuesday 9/15 on The Pearl or Les Miserables. We will be viewing the movies on Wednesday 9/16. Quiz on Friday 9/18 on How Angel Peterson Got His Name.

Students should be reading for 20 minutes in their independent reading books every night. Letter to teacher due Friday 9/18. This letter should tell me about the first 20 minutes that you read. What is happening so far? Did anything really interest you? What do you predict will happen next? This should be at least a one page letter.

History: For next week please. Choose a medieval sport or game that you will research.
DAR: Choose a perspective that you will write from (railroad worker, native American or settler) Write a plan for your DAR paper (at least 10 sentences) Write 10 facts that you learned about the transcontinental railroad and the final spike that you discovered by researching this event.

Science: Come to class on Wednesday with your outline complete. I will be collecting all of them and making one big outline for the class. Homework for next week: p.11 #1-2 and p.20 #1-2. Those who are teaching will be teaching today.

Wordly Wise (Bryan): Complete all parts of Lesson 2 and be prepared for a quiz on the word list on Tuesday 9/22. Remember you are responsible for the spelling, the definition AND the part of speech.