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 * WELCOME, CLASS 714! **

** MIDWINTER ELA PACKET AND HISTORY&MATH PROJECTS ARE __ALL__ DUE ON FEBRUARY 28,2010!!! ** REMEMBER:


 * ELA Packet will be graded as an exam and considered as a test prep. Use the scantron sheet provided for the multiple-choice questions and available spaces for your written responses. If spaces are not enough, use extra sheets of paper. Your written response should be in paragraph form with correct grammar and mechanics.
 * BOTH History and Math will be graded as projects. Both should be typed and presented with appropriate, creative, neat, and well-organized cover pages.
 * Pace yourself in accomplishing these assignments. Don't wait for the last minute to complete them as this will surely lead to unfavorable results. Your teachers will definitely see the time and effort you put into each assignment and you will be graded accordingly. Bear in mind: EXCELLENCE WITHOUT EXCUSES!!! (Excuses are lame escapes from your responsibilities.)
 * These assignments are crucial to your 3RD Marking Period grades, so don't delay!

THIRD MARKING PERIOD BEGINS ON JANUARY 24, 2011!!! MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH __ALL__ THE REQUIREMENTS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR GRADE!

Second Marking Period Starts November 1, 2010 ELA WINTER VACATION PROJECT DUE ON JANUARY 3, 2011 CLICK ON THIS LINK: [|ELA WINTER VACATION PROJECT.docx]

Dear Parent(s),

Homework is meant to help students develop independent work habits and increase their learning by providing some additional work. It can also serve as a way to build a bridge between home and school and between parent and teacher. It also teaches them the values of promptness and diligence.

When we assign homework, our goal is to help your son or daughter become successful at working independently. We also hope the homework will provide something from school that your son or daughter will share with you. Possibly you will be able to participate by finding out about the homework, by helping if necessary or desirable, and by reviewing it so you can see how your son or daughter is doing.

To help your son or daughter succeed, be sure to find out what homework he or she has each day. Work out a time and place for your son or daughter to do homework. Try to arrange a quiet place where he or she won't be distracted by others or by television. Choose a time when your son or daughter is not too tired and use the same time and place each day. Provide support if he or she needs help and try to arrange a small reward when the work is done.

7th grade is a significant milestone in a student's journey through middle school. This particular grade level greatly determines his/her placement in high school. Thus, report card grades and test scores should be competitive enough to ensure placement in a high school that will serve the academic potentialities and interests of the student. It is extremely imperative, therefore, that the student is always on point as regards homework and compliance with all the requirements in each marking period.

With our concerted efforts coupled with the student's hard work, SUCCESS is guaranteed.

Sincerely yours, Ms. David Mr. Gilbert Class 714, this is your homework and reminders page. Ms. David and Mr. Gilbert will be posting daily homework assignments here as well as important reminders, guidelines, and projects.

FIRST PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 16,2010. HISTORY PROJECT DUE ON NOVEMBER 29TH, MONDAY
 * REMINDERS: **

IMPORTANT LINKS:
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To log on to ACUITY, click the link above. Enter your first and last name (no spaces) as your username and your student ID number as your password. CURRENT EVENTS FRAMEWORK [|CURRENT EVENTS FRAMEWORK.doc] HOW TO WRITE THE BEST BOOK REPORTS [|HOW TO WRITE THE BEST BOOK REPORTS.doc]
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THE NEW YORK TIMES [|NEW YORK TIMES] ACCESS YOUR MATH AND HISTORY TEXTBOOKS ONLINE! JUST CLICK ON EACH LINK - 7th Grade Social Studies Textbook [|UNITED STATES HISTORY]

7th Grade Math Textbook - [|New York IMPACT MATHEMATICS 7th Grade Textbook, Course 2] Click on this link for lessons and practice on VARIABLES AND EXPRESSIONS - [|ALGEBRA ONLINE 1]

ELEMENTS OF A STORY - Explore this interactive website to review the elements of a story. Click on this link to start: [|ELEMENTS OF A STORY]

[|FRACTURED FAIRY TALES] Click on this link for a follow-up activity on our lesson on POINT OF VIEW.

[|SKEDULA]

SMART GROUP GOALS By the end of this month, 80% of the students will show progress in ELA and 75% will demonstrate proficiency by being able to:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine main idea of a given text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">summarize the key supporting details and ideas of a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">discuss and identify cause and effect relationships in a given passage
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">draw conclusions and make inferences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">complete short- and extended-response questions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff3500; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">By the end of this month, 80% of the students will show progress in Math and 70% will demonstrate proficiency by being able to:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">identify and apply the divisibility rules
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine the factors and multiples of given numbers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">differentiate between prime numbers and composite numbers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">find the prime factorization of given numbers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine the greatest common factor (GCF) and least common multiple (LCM) of given numbers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">multiply expressions with the same base and/or with the same exponent

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">By the end of this month, 80% of the students will show progress in Social Studies and 70% will demonstrate proficiency by being able to:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine the impact of European exploration on Americas' land and people
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">identify how the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Spanish explorers, and other European nations led to new exchanges between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">trace the steps and routes involved in the transatlantic slave trade
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">determine how the southern colonies flourished despite a difficult beginning

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">as measured on teacher-made assessments, uniformed assessments, and teacher observations.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">09/08/2010 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">The following are due on Monday, 09/13: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">1. school supplies <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">2. completed blue emergency card and lunch form <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">3. "All About Me" essay <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">4. three (3) journal entries as your response to your IRB dated 09/08. 09/09. and 09/10 in your Reader's Journal <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">09/13/2010 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">ELA - continue reading your IRB; write your response for pages read in your Reader's Journal (RJ) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">09/14/2010 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">ELA - continue reading your IRB and writing in your RJ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 9px;">MATH - Complete the worksheet on Variables and Expressions, both sides 09/15/2010 ELA - a) Using your notes on the PLOT of the story "Be-ers and Doers" write a SUMMARY of the story on loose leaf.  b) Continue reading your IRB and writing in your RJ. The first book report is due on 09/27. MATH - Answer #'s 6 through 10 on pages 5-6 in your Investigation Notebook. SOCIAL STUDIES - Define the following: decade, century, era, politics, economics, campaign, colony, migration, culture, and environment 09/16/2010 ELA - Read your IRB at least for an hour and write in your RJ  MATH - Work on page 7 of Investigation Notebook 09/17/2010 ELA - Read the assigned passage "Attachment" then work on BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER READING activities discussed in class. Follow this format in completing your HW. TITLE: AUTHOR: GENRE: VOCABULARY: SUMMARY: THREE QUESTIONS I HAVE: WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE PASSAGE: *YOUR RESPONSES SHOULD BE DETAILED ENOUGH TO EARN A FULL CREDIT. MATH - Review your notes. QUIZ ON MONDAY. HISTORY - Use your notes about the earliest Americans to write about the similarities and differences between the lives of ancient people and your life today. 09/20/2010 HISTORY - If you lived in Mesoamerica or South America before the arrival of the Europeans, which of the four early civilizations discussed in class would you have preferred to live in? WRITE A PARAGRAPH to explain it and be sure to support your choice. 09/21/2010 ELA - Journal check tomorrow - be sure you have daily entries in your RJ. 09/22/2010 MATH - Work on pages 32 - 34 of Impact Math. Access the online edition textbook using the code provided to you. DUE: Friday, on loose leaf HISTORY - Complete the Native American Geographic Areas Chart. Access the online textbook using the username and password provided to you. 09/23/2010 HISTORY - Choose two (2) Native American groups. Create a Venn Diagram or T-Chart to compare and contrast them on all aspects of their cultures. ELA - IRB and RJ 09/24/2010 ELA - 1) Book Report #1 is due on Monday.the 2) Write a 5-paragraph essay about your ACADEMIC GOALS. HISTORY - Choose one from the following: LONGHOUSE, IROQUOIS LEAGUE, KIVAS, GREAT PLAINS, TOTEMS, and PUEBLOS. Research about it. Write a 2-page report about your findings. Add pictures to enhance your report. Be ready to present it on Monday. 09/27/2010 ELA - Read the text or listen to the audio presentation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" by clicking on this link [|"The Tell-Tale Heart."] In your Reader's Journal, write a summary of the passage. Then in a short paragraph identify the IRONY in the story and explain it by providing supporting details. Due on Wednesday, 09/29. HISTORY - Answer the Section Assessment questions 1 -5 on page 15 of the textbook. Write the questions and answers in your history notebook. Remember you should access the online textbook by using your individualized username and password. MATH - Work on pages 63-64 #'s 1-9 in Impact Math which you will access online. 09/28/2010 ELA - Reminder: Summary and Irony paragraphs for the story "The Tell-Tale Heart." MATH - Create four (4) input-output tables. Then write an expression to show the rule for each. Ex. 5(n-2). HISTORY - Study for a test tomorrow: Sections 1 and 2 - The Earliest Americans and Native American Cultures. 09/29/2010 ELA - Vocabulary Book will be checked tomorrow. CREATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT on loose leaf - Complete the following prompt in no less than 5 sentences: Something that I enjoy doing every day after school is... HISTORY - Read "Huayna Capac" (packet provided today) and answer the three questions. 09/30/2010 ELA - Creative Writing on loose leaf: "Someone in my life I admire... (Why?)  MATH - Impact Math pages 64-65 #'s 10-26.  HISTORY - Read "Askia the Great" and answer the questions in the packet.  10/01/2010  ELA - Creative Writing on loose leaf: "My favorite holiday or celebration is..."  MATH - Handbook pages 74-75 #'s 1-25  10/04/2010  ELA - Creative Writing on loose leaf: "I always have a great time when I go to..." (Discuss the 5 W's and 1 H)  MATH - Handbook pages 68-69 #'s 1-22  10/05/2010  ELA - From a newspaper or a magazine, cut out examples of the TEXT FEATURES discussed in class today, glue them on copy paper, label each, and explain how each of these text features can help a reader in interpreting and understanding the meaning of a text or passage.  MATH - Handbook page 73 #'s 1-30  HISTORY - Reread Section 3 on Kingdoms of West Africa. Answer the Section 3 Assessment questions 1 (a-c) and 2 (a-c) on page 20 of History textbook. 10/06/2010 ELA - Creative Writing: Write an introduction paragraph using this prompt for a MEMOIR - "The first time I..." MATH - Handbook page 247 #'s 1-11 10/07/2010 ELA - 2nd paragraph of your Memoir: "The First Time I..." HISTORY - Critical Thinking: Imagine that you live in one of the kingdoms in West Africa (Songhai, Mali, Ghana). Write a description of what an average day might be like from sun up to sun down. 10/08/2010 ELA - After-Viewing Response: Choose 2 out of 3 from the following - 1. Write a letter to Massasoit letting him know your opinion about his decision towards the arrival of the pilgrims and what you would have done differently. 2. Create the story structure of the video: beginning, middle, end. 3. Create a comic strip of the video in at least 8 frames. - Creative Writing: Finish writing your memoir on "The First Time I..." MATH - Redbook: Review pages 134-136 and answer #'s 1-7 on page 137. 10/12/2010 ELA - TWISTED TALES OF CINDERELLA: Finish writing the first draft of your version of a fractured/twisted tale of Cinderella. Write this version using your chosen point of view. Be sure you have all the parts of the story from beginning to ending. Remember you may choose from these points of view: first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient and from the point of view of the prince, Anastasia, fairy godmother, or stepmother. HISTORY - Refer to pages 22 - 27 of the History textbook to complete the worksheet detailing the major changes from Ancient Rome to the Renaissance. 10/13/2010 ELA - Add at least six(6) DIALOGUES to your twisted/fractured Cinderella tale (second draft). MATH - Finish your foldable chart. On the worksheet provided, pick any ten(10) problems on each side of the worksheet. Show KFC on subtraction problems. Refer to your foldable. HISTORY - Finish your TIMELINE. Refer to section 4 of the textbook. 10/14/2010 ELA - Write the FINAL DRAFT of your twisted Cinderella tale. Remember you must have at least six(6) dialogues incorporated in it and the plot of the story should be complete from beginning to ending. Then, click on this link to continue working on your fractured/twisted tales project - [|FRACTURED TALES]. These web pages will give you more ideas and help you go through the process of writing twisted tales with your chosen point of view. MATH - Complete the worksheet on adding and subtracting signed numbers. 10/15/2010 ELA - The following are due on Monday:

*Book Report #2

Two(2) fractured/twisted tales as part of your project

MATH - Handbook, page 89 (whole page)

HISTORY - Answer Section 4 Assessment questions 1 - 4 on page 27 of US History textbook. (total: 8 questions). Also, research about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

10/18/2010

ELA - Review for a test tomorrow: IRONY, POINT OF VIEW, FRACTURED TALES, and USING/PUNCTUATING DIALOGUES.

- For additional practice, answer worksheet #'s 1-3 provided today.

MATH - Re-do page 89 in your handbook. It will be counted as 20% of your exam grade tomorrow.

HISTORY - Create a T-chart or a Venn Diagram to compare/contrast Middle Ages and Renaissance.

10/19/2010

ELA - Work on your twisted/fractured tales project.

MATH - Review and correct your exam. Show your work.

HISTORY - Answer Sections 3 & 4 review questions on page 32. STUDY CHAPTER 1 SECTIONS 3 & 4 FOR A TEST TOMORROW.

10/20/2010

ELA - Three (3) twisted tales will be checked tomorrow as part of your first marking period project. Click on this link to view the PROJECT RUBRIC/GUIDELINES. [|ELA PROJECT 1.docx]THIS PROJECT IS 15% OF YOUR FIRST MARKING PERIOD GRADE.

MATH - Handbook page 69 #'s 23-40

10/21/2010

ELA - Research about your chosen topic for COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAY.

- Work on your PROJECT.

MATH - Create a T-chart on your strengths and weaknesses in Math for your goal-setting activity tomorrow.

HISTORY - Choose one(1) from the four key terms discussed in class today. Research about it and illustrate or download a picture and be ready to present it in class tomorrow.

10/22/2010

ELA - Create an OUTLINE of your chosen topic mapping out the main idea and details for each paragraph of your COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAY.

- Work on your PROJECT. MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE RUBRIC FOR FULL CREDIT.

MATH - Handbook page 158 #'s 1-12 and try to complete 13-20 (any 3 problems).

HISTORY - Finish your ORGANIZING INFORMATION: 5W CHART.

- Answer questions 1 (a,b,c,) and 2 (a,b) on page 41 - a total of 5 questions.

10/25/2010

ELA - Last chance to complete the OUTLINE of your compare-contrast essay.

- Work on completing your ELA PROJECT.

MATH - Read pages 120-121 in the Red Math Workbook. Do example #1 on p.120 AND example #2 on p.121. Be prepared to explain your answers.

HISTORY - Compare one of the following pairs using a T-chart: ships & caravels; map of the earth & astrolabe; Leif Eriksson and Henry the Navigator. Write your work on loose leaf.

10/26/2010

ELA - Write 5 sentences using transitions words that compare and 5 sentences using transition words that contrast. Sentences should be within the context of your compare-contrast essay.

- JOURNAL CHECK TOMORROW

- PREPARE FOR A TEST ON FRIDAY ON COMPARING AND CONTRASTING AND USING TRANSITION WORDS

MATH - Find all divisors for the following problems: 1) 204; 2) 81; 3) 3069; 4) 4054; 5) 30,248 - What are these numbers divisible by?

HISTORY - Answer question #3 (a,b,c) on page 41 of the textbook.

10/27/2010

ELA - Work on our project. Study for a test on Friday on comparing and contrasting two related passages and answering short- and extended-response questions; multiple-choice questions on basic reading skills.

MATH - What are these numbers divisible by? 1) 13537; 2) 897; 3) 564; 4) 61124; 5) 35; 6) 400.

HISTORY - Look up the following key terms: 1) Christopher Columbus; 2) Line of Demarcation; 3) Treaty of Tordesillas; 4) Ferdinand Magellan; 5) circumnavigate; 6) Columbian Exchange.

10/28/2010

ELA -VFFRFC BOOK OF FRACTURED TALES PROJECT DUE TOMORROW! 15% OF YOUR MARKING PERIOD GRADE.

MATH - Finish foldable and study for a test tomorrow.

SECOND MARKING PERIOD

11/01/2010

ELA - Retell the play "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in narrative form and in your own words.

HISTORY - Answer questions on page 45, #'s 1(a,b,c) and 2(a,b,c).

11/02/2010

ELA - FOCUS ON MAIN IDEA: In a main idea chart and details chart, write the main idea and 4 supporting details of the paragraph you copied for DO NOW today.

MATH - Answer the exponent problems posted on the board.

11/04/2010

MATH - Answer page 75 in Impact Math textbook (online) and finish the 4-page project. Due tomorrow!

11/05/2010

ELA - BOOK REPORT DUE! Bring your COMPARE-CONTRAST draft.

MATH - Impact Math pages 76-77

HISTORY - READ Section 3 pages 46-51. ANSWER questions 1-3 (a,b,c) for a total of 8 questions.

11/08/2010

ELA - five-paragraph draft of your Compare-Contrast essay - follow the format provided as to what goes into each paragraph

MATH -ONLINE Impact Textbook page 79 #'s6--12 and 1 & 2 of Share and Summarize

HISTORY - Complete a graphic organizer showing the impact of Spain in the Americas in terms of government, religion, and labor/workforce.

- QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY: STUDY CH2 SEC 1-3

*Bring in a pack of loose leaf, copy paper, construction paper, and rulers.

11/09/2010

ELA - Compare-contrast essay

MATH - Handbook pages 160-161 #'s 1-8

HISTORY - Study Ch2, Sections 1-3. TEST TOMORROW.

11/10/2010

ELA - If you did not comply yet - COMPARE-CONTRAST ESSAY DRAFT

MATH - Handbook pages 79-81 and page 82 #'s 19-21. Also, final copy of project is due on Friday.

HISTORY - Research for facts and accomplishments of your assigned person.

EUROPEAN SETTLERS AND EXPLORERSHISTORY PROJECT - DUE 11/29 You are going to put together a "museum" featuring European settlers and explorers. Research about the person assigned to you - facts and details about his explorations, background information, and his accomplishments. Choose any of the following for your product/presentation mode:


 * Power Point Presentation
 * Photo Essay
 * Information Brochure
 * A to Z Picture Dictionary
 * Tape a Radio Report
 * Video News Report
 * Ten-page Illustrated Booklet

11/12/2010ELA - Using your compare-contrast essay, create a graphic organizer detailing the main idea of each paragraph in your essay.MATH - Complete the review sheet for the Factors and Multiples exam.HISTORY - Read Ch2Sec4, and write a summary about the section. Also,work on your project.11/15/2010ELA - 1)Last chance tomorrow for submission of Compare-Contrast essay 2) Complete your paired passages packet.HISTORY - summary of section 411/16/2010ELA - Create a cause-effect chart and fill it in with information from the passage provided in class.11/17/2010ELA - Using your IRB, skim and scan for cause/effect relationships. Chart the details. Identify the type of cause/effect relationship.MATH - Handbook p. 165 #'s 1-15 and create your own word problem where you have to find a common multiple and least common multiple.HISTORY - European Presence in North America (pp.54-57): List the names of explorers, their accomplishments, and how they established the colonies in each of the following - English Presence, French Presence, and Dutch Presence in the New World.11/18/2010ELA - Follow the guide provided in class in writing a cause-effect 5-paragraph essay on "Colony Collapse Disorder" as your response to the video segments on the disappearance of the bees and its impact.MATH - Complete the word problem on LCM that you created in class.HISTORY - Complete the timeline on "The Race for Empires"11/19/2010ELA - Those who did not comply will get a maximum of 80%-Monday- on the cause/effect essay that was due today.MATH - Final copy of LCM word problem; get exam signed; work on math goals.HISTORY - Work on your project!!!11/22/2010ELA - Write a letter of apology to someone you have wronged in the past (a minimum of 10 sentences).MATH - Bring in signed exams by tomorrow. Also, bring your finished word problems and goals.HISTORY - Answer the comprehension questions provided in class for ch2, sec5.11/23/2010MATH - Impact Math p. 95 #'s 12-22HISTORY - Answer Section 5 Assessment questions 1-3 (both A&B) p.6111/24/2010ELA - Take-Home Reading Comprehension Packet MATH - Read "An Exhibition that Gets tot he (Square Root) of Sumerian Math" on NYTimesHISTORY - Project DEADLINE on Monday 11/29



11/29/2010

MATH - Impact Math p.99 #'s 5-27; Read "An Exhibition that Gets to the (Square Root) of Sumerian Math" on NYTimes

11/30/2010

MATH - Impact Math pages 102-103 #'s 7-25

12/01/2010

ELA - Choose an unusual object from your house. Create an infomercial about it focusing on PERSUASION. Write two paragraphs about it - include three(3) specific details about it and at least three(3) reasons why people should buy it. Use strong and powerful language. Bring the object to school tomorrow with your homework.

MATH - Impact Math p. 109 #'s 7-17 AND rewrite rules for multiplying and dividing exponents that we have learned so far.

HISTORY- Answer the comprehension questions provided in class for Ch3Sec1

12/02/2010

ELA - Read the passage "Supersized Nation." You are given two arguments to choose from. Choose one to take a stance. Write your opinion/argument in TWO PARAGRAPHS. Apply the elements of persuasion we learned in class today.

MATH - Work on the problem given on the side board and pages 111-112 Impact Math #'s 1-7.

HISTORY - Research about Pocahontas. Click on the link below to complete a student-directed activity about Pocahontas. When you're on the webpage click STUDENT ACTIVITY.

[|Who was Pocahontas?]

12/03/2010

ELA - Log on to ACUITY. Scroll up on this homework page to find the link to ACUITY. Key in the username and password provided to you in class. Work on both the study guide and assessments assigned to you.

MATH - Combine rules for multiplying and dividing powers of powers on a colorful chart with examples of each. Then work on Impact Math p.117 #'s 1-28.

12/06/2010

ELA - Work on your ACUITY ASSIGNMENT. Log on using the username and password provided to you. Scroll to the top of this page to click on the link.

MATH - Impact Math pages 120-122, study for test tomorrow.

HISTORY - Write what you learned about today's reports on Bartolomeu Dias, Samuel de Champlain, and Martin Luther.

12/07/2010

ELA - Brainstorm on seed ideas that can be used for persuasive writing. You may research topics on the internet.

HISTORY - Answer the following comprehension questions: (Ch3 Sec1)

1.Describe the changing relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians.

2.What was the main cash crop in Virginia?

3.Why did the plantation system develop in Virginia?

4.How were indentured servants different from slaves?

12/08/2010

ELA - Choose your persuasive essay topic from the Choice Menu. Make a 5-square graphic organizer and fill it out with your thesis statement, transition words, and supporting evidences about you chosen topic. Research about your topic so you'll be able to discuss your argument in detail.

MATH - Have your exams signed. Bring in marble notebook. Look through the Blue Handbook and write pages that you can practice for your goals.

HISTORY - What did you learn about the presentations today?1) Jacques Cartier; 2)Vasco Nunez de Balboa

12/09/2010

ELA- Research about your chosen persuasive topic. Complete the persuasive graphic organizer.

MATH - Impact Math p. 177 #'s18-31. Bring in signed exam.

HISTORY - What did you learn from today's presentations? 1) Hernan Cortes; 2)Vasco Da Gama; 3) Juan Ponce De Leon; 4)Peter Stuyvesant; 5)Hernando De Soto

12/10/2010

ELA - RESEARCH and complete your persuasive graphic organizer with more details or evidences to support each reason. THEN WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR PERSUASIVE ESSAY (5 PARAGRAPHS). LOG ON TO ACUITY AND COMPLETE ALL YOUR ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE TARGETING YOUR GOALS.

MATH - 1) If the world is 2.3 x 10 to the fifth power miles from the sun and Jupiter is 5 times as far as the sun, how many miles away from Earth is Jupiter? What is its scientific notation? 2)Write your own scientific notation word problem. 3)Bring marble notebook.

HISTORY - Read the rest of Ch3 Sec1 on the Southern Colonies. Answer Sec1 Assessment on p.77 on loose leaf.

12/13/2010

MATH - Impact Math p.180 #'s1-15.

HISTORY - Complete the chart on puritans and pilgrims provided in class. Then, answer this question: What is the difference between IMMIGRATION and EMIGRATION?

12/14/2010

ELA - Work on the "issue" given to you for Do Now today. Follow the prompt. Remember you have to take a stance and support your argument with at least 3 reasons.

MATH - www.Powersof10.com - Brainstorm on an idea for your own power of 10 project (drawings, photos, video, song, writing).

HISTORY - Read and analyze the historical document "Mayflower Compact" on p.79. Then answer the questions that follow.

12/15/2010

ELA - Follow the writing prompt given during Do Now activity today regarding writing a persuasive paragraph. Make sure you have the following: "hook", thesis statement, 3 details/reasons to support your argument, and a concluding sentence. Also, submit your outstanding HW's tomorrow.

MATH - Red Workbook pages 113 - 115 #'s 1-12. Make up 3 assignments by doing p. 207-209 #'s 1-32 in Impact Math by tomorrow

HISTORY - Ch3 Sec2 Assessment Q's #'s 1-4 (a to c)...Study Ch3 Sec 1 & 2 Test on Friday.



01/03/2011

ELA - Complete the CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEET. Click on this link: [|CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEET.docx]

MATH - Bring in 2 shapes for measuring in class (1 prism and 1 cylinder). Complete the project. WORKBOOK pages 182-186 #'s 1-10

HISTORY - Read pages 90-97, Ch3 Sec4. Create an outline for the 4 subsections: 1. COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS; 2. ENGLISH TRADE LAWS; 3. GREAT AWAKENING AND ENLIGHTENMENT; 4. FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. Follow the format given in class.

01/04/2011

ELA - CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEET: Click on this link - [|CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEET.docx]

MATH - RED WORKBOOK pp. 187-192 (surface area)

HISTORY - Complete Ch3 Sec4 Assessment Questions on p.97 #'s 1-4

01/10/2011

MATH - Complete the area worksheet

HISTORY - Read the subsection "Great Britain Raises Taxes." Find out why the British had to raise taxes. Compare it with present-day taxation.

01/11/2011

ELA - Complete the narrative worksheet, if you haven't done so yet.MATH - Complete the worksheet provided in class. Create your own problem on the back of the paper.

HISTORY -

List the series of events that led to the arrival of British troops in Boston in 1768.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

*ANSWERS FOUND ON PAGES 98-100!

Be prepared to compose a song detailing any significant event discussed in Ch3Sec5. Check out this link for an example.[|Boston Tea Party Song]

UNIT/UNIFORMED ASSESSMENTS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED AT THIS TIME!

01/19/2011

ELA - first draft of narrative due

01/20/2011

MATH - Impact Math p.242 #'s 2-4

HISTORY - Read p. 104 and answer questions on Practice the Skill. Also answer the test prep page 107.

01/21/2011

ELA - Finish your NARRATIVE.

MATH - Complete your WORKSHEET.

HISTORY - Read Ch4, Sec1. Write either a timeline or a summary.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">THIRD MARKING PERIOD

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">01/24/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Study today's WORD WORK. Be ready for a short quiz on SPELLING AND VOCABULARY on Wednesday.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Complete hand-out and be ready for a quiz on Wednesday.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Research about "Paul Revere's Ride."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">BRING 2 #2 SHARPENED PENCILS FOR THE PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENTS IN ELA AND MATH ON TUES.&WED.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">01/25/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Copy/type the famous speech of Patrick Henry on white/colored paper. Then draw an image that symbolizes its meaning.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">01/26/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Spelling and vocabulary quiz tomorrow on the word work dated 01/24.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Complete the conversion chart on p.241 of Impact Math.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Complete the concept web on the Battles of Lexington and Concord; work on INTERPRETING MAPS on p.115 and answer the questions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">01/28/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Use the six study words discussed in class in your own sentences. Also, in a paragraph, discuss a dream that you've had recently. What do you think it means?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - IMPACT p.251 #'s 1&2

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Section Assessment on p.116

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">01/31/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Bring vocabulary notebook. Share your own feelings about death and dying as a response to "Jed's Grandfather." Choose one: poem, short story, personal essay.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Complete the conversion sheet.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - The Declaration of Independence formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain. What were the three main ideas expressed on it. Find the answer on p.119.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/01/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Research about the history of Groundhog Day. Also, answer the questions on the worksheet for the narrative "Jed's Grandfather." Be ready for a QUIZ tomorrow.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Complete the conversion handout.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Read the Declaration of Independence on pp.122-125. Answer the Exploring the Document questions on these pages.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/04/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - book report

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Impact pages 247-248 #8 a-c and complete chart on page 24

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Ch4Sec2 Assessment questions 1-4 and work on online quiz at this website [|ONLINE QUIZ] type in keyword SC7HP4

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/07/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Create a two-column chart with PARTS OF SPEECH (NOUNS, PRONOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS, PREPOSITIONS) and WORDS FROM STORY in each column. Fill it in with the highlighted words on the narrative "Moon Soup."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Complete the chart on MAJOR BATTLES and CHALLENGES.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/08/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Review SURFACE AREA and METRIC CONVERSIONS for a UNIT TEST on Thursday.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - ONLINE QUIZ on Sections 1 - 3. Click the link dated 02/04. Be sure to self-check your answer as provided on the website.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/09/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Imagine you were one of the soldiers during that winter at Valley Forge. Write a letter home describing this experience and your impressions of the war.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/10/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Work on #'s 5-9 on page 2 of the paragraph review packet.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Ch4Sec3 Assessment questions 3, 4, & 5

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/15/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Study vocabulary of "The Necklace" - antechamber, artisan, exultant, garret,inscrutable, quay, stupefied, usurer

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">02/16/2011

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">ELA - Spelling and Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">MATH - Impact Math p.262-263 #'s 1-8

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">HISTORY - Ch4Sec4 Assessment Questions 1-4 (p.139)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- p.143

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Quiz Dates: 02/18 Ch4Sec1&2; 02/28 Ch4Sec3&4

03/04/2011

ELA - Click on this link to log on: [|SCANTRON ED-PERFORMANCE]

Then enter SITE ID provided in the classroom. Next, enter your STUDENT ID. Select READING and TAKE THE TEST.

MATH - Complete your take-home quiz.

HISTORY - Review for short quiz part 2 on Monday (Ch5Sec1&2 Key Terms).

04/07/2011

ELA - ITA tomorrow: BRING TWO SHARPENED #2 PENCILS. Those who have not done so, log on to SCANTRON ED-PERFORMANCE and complete the test.

MATH - IMPACT MATH p.280 #'s 2-3

HISTORY - 1. Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

2.Log on to [|go.hrw.com]. Type the keyword: SC7 CH5. Work on the activity CONVENTION LEADERS and get more ideas for your handbook project.

[|3. Click on this link and read the article to get more input for your project: ARTICLE ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION]

04/08/2011

ELA - SCANTRON ED PERFORMANCE

HISTORY - WORK ON YOUR PROJECT

04/09/2011

ELA - Complete the nonfiction booklet applying the SQ4R method in answering multiple-choice questions.

HISTORY -Answer the five questions given in class today.

04/14/2011

HISTORY - Fill out the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution. Then answer the two questions that follow: What sources gave American ideas for their 1st national government under the Articles of Confederation?

Describe four ways in which the US Constitution was different from the Articles of Confederation.

04/15/2011

ELA - Use your notes from the listening passage to compose a paragraph as your response to this question: Can we still save the rain forest? Discuss how we can use the rain forest in a sustainable way. Use details from the passage to support your answer.

MATH - Impact Math page 284 #'s 1-4

04/17/2011

ELA - Revise the 3 short responses you wrote for the nonfiction passage "Marian Wright Edelman."

04/18/2011

ELA - Complete the Fiction-Long Passages booklet. It will be graded both as a test and a homework. Highlight/Underline part/s in the passags where answers are found. Mark each with the question #.

MATH - Impact Math page 296 #5 and page 298 #'s 12-14

04/25/2011 - THIRD MARKING PERIOD ENDS TODAY

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff3500; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">ELA - FIRST PROJECT FOR THE FOURTH MARKING PERIOD

"THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE: 100 Years Later"

Objective: Create a booklet depicting the events surrounding the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster that happened 100 years ago on

March 25, 1911.

Number of Pages: 10

Pages 1-2 : __The Story of the Fire__ - Retell the story of the fire **in your own words**. Make sure that all the various elements of a narrative are evident in your own retelling of the story.

Pages 3-4: __Timeline of the Event__

Pages 5-6: __Pictures/Illustrations__

Pages 6-7: __Model of the 9th Floor__: Along with the picture of the model of the 9th floor is an explanation of what went wrong as shown on the model.

Pages 9-10: __Legacy of the Triangle Fire__ __ : __ page9 - Write about the different reforms and/or changes that were made regarding labor code and fire safety measures as a result of the disaster.

page10 - Write about your opinion on the acquittal of Max Blanc and Isaac Harris. If you were the judge who tried them what could have been your verdict? If this incident happened today, what do you think could have happened to the two owners of the factory?

__Front and Back Covers__: Decorate both with pictures/illustrations and the title.

Click on this link for resources:[|The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire]

DEADLINE: APRIL 4, 2011 (Monday)


 * MAY 2011 **

05/05/2011

MATH - Complete the math test practice booklet given out today.

HISTORY - Fill in the chart about the three branches of government.