Homework & learning updates
Monday - AECEC prompt comparing and contrasting the themes of the two political cartoons.
Tuesday - AEC prompt from Go Down Moses handout Wednesday - Finish the LCIU log for chapter seven of Harriet Tubman. Thursday - AEC: How do you think that Harriet got the courage to block the overseer from catching the runaway slave? Who might have been her sources of inspiration? (Ch. 7) Friday - Finish reading chapter eight of Harriet Tubman. Grade recovery due Monday. All students should have their reading journal and a copy of Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad with them daily.
Homework Wednesday - Read “A Brief History of Slavery in the United States” and annotate. List three clunks and write their definitions in your own words. Thursday - #2 and #3 on p.3 of the Harriet Tubman packet. Friday - Read chapter five of Harriet Tubman and be ready to be quizzed on it Monday. We have a lot going on this week! On Monday, students will be quizzed on their spelling words (list below) and take their second SRI progress check of the year. This is a computer-based assessment that lets us track each student's reading progression, and it will be administered on Monday. On Tuesday, we begin to read Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. All students should have checked a copy out from the library last week. Please check with your child to ensure that he or she has a copy. On Wednesday, students will take the first formative assessment of the third nine weeks. It is an open book test on which students will reread a text and construct a one paragraph persuasive response. Spelling Words (Most Commonly Misspelled Words on the Exam)
Homework Monday - Finish reading and annotating the Cheerleading article on pp.173 - 176 of SpringBoard if you did not do so in class, and fill out the graphic organizer on p.176 of SpringBoard. Tuesday - Pp. 2 - 3 of the argumentative writing packet. Wednesday - Pp. 4 - 5 of the argumentative writing packet. Thursday - Pp. 7 - 8 in the argumentative writing packet. If you did not finish annotating the previous article in class, that must also be done. Welcome back! This week we will start by reviewing the expectations and procedures in my class, then we will dig into SpringBoard and start working on identifying claims in writing. We are going to be reading a number of persuasive pieces of writing in SpringBoard in preparation for writing our own persuasive pieces. Next Monday, all students will be required to have a copy of Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. This is available for checkout in our school's library, but if you would like for your child to have his or her own copy, it is available for purchase here. Homework: Monday - Finish rewriting your exam essay. Tuesday - Read and annotate the Harriet Tubman article. Wednesday - Read and annotate the Harriet Tubman poem. Thursday - Answer the following prompt in AECEC format: Compare and contrast the author's purposes for writing the Harriet Tubman article and the Harriet Tubman poem. |
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April 2016
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