Monday, January 26, 2015

HOMEWORK!

1. Respond to question: How did weather impact the plot of the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
Use specific examples to support your answer.  (write answer in Grammar and Mechanics Notebook).

2. Finish the back of your homework Quiz Chapters 4 and 5. Do your BEST work.

3. Test on Wednesday, January 28th.

Try the Spark Notes link!!!!! Click on Skip Over Navigation. It should help you!

Friday, January 23, 2015

HOMEWORK!

Now that you have read Chapters 4 and 5, complete the take-home quiz, Quiz Chapters 4 & 5. Do just the front of the page. Write short answers in complete sentences in your best printing or handwriting.

DO NOT DO THE BACK THAT BEGINS WITH # 4.

Actively Study for your Vocabulary Test on Tuesday, January 27th.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Excellent Job With The Annotating And Summarizing! Homework Below!

1. Make sure you have read and understood Chapter 4 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

2. Answer Questions on "What Do You Know?' for Chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 5 is only 10 pages.

3. Answer in complete sentences. Don't make the same careless mistakes that you made on Chapters 1-3. Put time into your answers.

4. Actively Study the Vocabulary Words in Section 1-3. Test on Tuesday, January 27th.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

HOMEWORK

Read the article passed out today in class. Remember, this is "nonfiction" and in no way reflects my opinions.  In keeping with the strategies behind "close reading" use your pen or colored pencil to annotate the paragraphs as best you can. Circle, underline, insert question marks and write your own understanding of this article. We will go over it in class tomorrow.

Write 5-8 sentences in your Vocabulary Notebook citing evidence from the article  to support your understanding.

Do the best you can!

Friday, January 16, 2015

Homework

1. Finish reading Chapter 3.

2. Write 5 Main Ideas.

3. Find 3 examples of figurative language.

4. Write 5 NEW words and definitions and parts of speech.

5. Read Chapter 4.

6. In Vocabulary Notebook write a 5-8 sentence paragraph summarizing Chapter 4.

7. Have your test signed.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

HOMEWORK BELOW

1. READ CHAPTER 3 FROM PAGE 31-41.

2. WRITE 5 MAIN IDEAS.

3. FIND 3 EXAMPLES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

4. FIND 5 WORDS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND WRITE THE DEFINITIONS AS WELL.

5. HAVE YOUR TEST SIGNED.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

HOMEWORK!

1. Read Chapter 2

2. Write in complete sentences the 5 (or more) most important ideas from the chapter.

3. Write 3 examples of figurative language ( simile, metaphor, alliteration, idiom,personification, or hyperbole).

4. Write 3 words you have NEVER seen before.

*********Do all this in Vocabulary Notebook.