Mrs. Smith - Homework Page

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4/30/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete spelling worksheet p. 83. Study for spelling test on Wednesday. 4/27/12 Please read for 30 minutes each night. Continue working on your myths.  4/26/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Continue working on your origin myth - focus on vividly describing the setting and your gods; add dialogue. 4/25/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete spelling worksheet. 4/24/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Write your own origin myth. Explain how something came to be - 2 paragraphs.  4/23/12  Please read for 30 minutes. Complete myth worksheet - Myth - Museum of the Mind 4/12/12 Please read for 30 minutes.  4/11/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete your two poems. 4/10/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete first draft of "I'm Somebody". 3/15/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Bring in your library book. Final drafts of essays are due at the beginning of class. 3/14/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for poetry terms test!! 3/13/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for poetry terms test on Thursday. Complete first draft of writing prompt. 3/12/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for poetry terms test on Thursday. 3/8/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for MCAS vocabulary and strategy quiz tomorrow. 3/7/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for MCAS vocabulary/short open-response and multiple choice quiz on Friday (please note it is changed from Wednesday to Friday). 3/6/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Study for MCAS vocabulary/short open-response and multiple choice quiz on Friday (please note it is changed from Wednesday to Friday). 3/5/12 Please read for 30 minutes.  Study for MCAS vocabulary/short open-response and multiple choice quiz on Wednesday.  2/15/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Two completed essays are due. Complete one peace poem for class tomorrow. 2/14/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete your rough draft of your essay. 2/13/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete paragraphs three and four of your essay. 2/9/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete a detailed web for another prompt of your choice. 2/8/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Write the conclusion of your essay. Entire rough draft should be finished. 2/7/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete paragraphs 3 and 4 of your essay. 1/19/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete words to own worksheet. 1/18/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete writing assinment for "A Mason-Dixon Memory" by Clifton Davis 1/17/12 Please read for 30  minutes. Complete idiom worksheet. 1/12/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Write two column notes for poetry terms. 1/11/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete Free Verse worksheet. All Science essays are due! 1/9/12 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete paragraphs four and five of your science essay (rough draft). 12/8/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete verb worksheet - both sides. 12/7/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete worksheet on Catastrophic Verbs. 12/6/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete verb worksheet page 15. 12/5/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete verb worksheet.  All essays are due!! 12/1/11 Please read for 30 minutes. All first drafts of essays are due. We will continue editing and revising tomorow. 11/30/11 Please read for 30 minues.  Finish your first draft - five paragraphs. We will be revising and editing tomorrow! 11/29/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Write the first three paragraphs of your essay - the introduction and two body paragraphs.  11/28/11 Please read for 30 minutes.  Complete worksheet on ambi/amphi. Finish graphic organizer on zoos, if not finished. 11/21/11 Please read for 30 minutes.  Brainstorm and list as many words as you can think of that describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Thanksgiving. 11/18/11 Please read for 30 minutes each night. 11/03/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete first draft of your five paragraph essay. 10/28/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Write first 3 paragraphs of your 5 paragraph essay (first draft). We will work on paragraph four and your conclusion on Monday. Please be prepared! 10/27/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete prefix worksheet on kilo, mill, and milli. Skip part C. 10/26/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Return Robert Frost permission slip and $5.00 if you have not done so. 10/25/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Return Robert Frost permission slip and $5.00 if you have not done so. 10/24/11  Please read for 30 minutes. Morphemes worksheet on cent/centi  prefixes - skip part C.  10/21/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Room 231 (optional - we will start in class on Monday) Write down your ideas on this question - "Should schools assign homework?" 10/20/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Return walk-a-thon permission slips and Robert Frost permission slip with $5.00, if you have not already done so. Thank-you! 10/19/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete morphemes worksheet (pg. #54).  Field trip tomorrow - October 20th to Lowell Cemetery. Please wear sneakers, proper jacket or raincoat, and bring a lunch (if you don't take school lunch). 10/18/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete morphemes worksheet (pg. #53). Turn in permission slip and money ($5.00) for Robert Frost field trip, if you have not done so. Thank-you! 10/17/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete morphemes worksheet (pg. # 52). 10/14/11 Please read for 30 minutes each day. 10/13/11 Please read for 30 minutes.  Turn in Robert Frost field trip slip and money ($5.00) as soon as possible please.  10/12/11 Please read for 30 minutes. Complete demi, hemi, semi worksheet. 10/11/11  Please read for 30 minutes. Write one paragraph (6-8) sentences about a time something was difficult for you but you persevered - you did not give up.  Also, please improve your Lighthouse Ad if your grade was under an 80. 10/07/11  Please read for 30 minutes each day.  Have a great weekend!! 10/06/11 Please read for 30 minutes.  Complete deca/deci worksheet.  Use a dictionary if necessary for Part B on page 16.  Do not do Part C number 2.  Thank-you! 10/5/11 Read for 30 minutes. Final draft of five paragraph essay due at the beginning of class. Please bring in your  library book.  10/4/11 Read for 30 minutes. First draft of five paragrah essay due at the beginning of class. 9/29/11  Read for 30 minutes.  Study for prefix quiz. 9/23/11  Read for 30 minutes each day please.  Lighthouse ad due Tuesday.