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Assalamu Alaikom

There will be NO homework this week. Please study for your finals.

May Allah (SWT) bless you all and help you do well. :)

Sr. Haia Radwan

Thursday's Homework

Thursday's Homework
12/5/2013

 

 

6th Grade:

Review Worksheets: Vocabulary and Grammar on Compound Sentences
**Note** Quiz moved to Monday 12/9/2013

 

7th Grade:

Type the Rough Draft of the Expository Essay Due Friday

• Double Spaced
• Size 12 font
• Times New Roman

 

 

8th Grade:

Complete Workbook pages 125-127

Tuesday's Homework

Tuesday's Homework (Due Thursday)

 

**** Don't Forget Field Trip December 4th!!**** Wear your yellow t-shirts!
 

6th Grade:

Skills Practice Book pp. 63 and 69-70

 

 

7th Grade:

Type the Rough Draft of the Expository Essay

• Double Spaced
• Size 12 font
• Times New Roman

 

 

8th Grade:

Read "Flowers for Algernon" all the way until pp. 227

Do the questions on pp. 225 1-8

Tuesday's Homework

Tuesday's Homework

11/26/2013

6th Grade:

Spelling homework
Vocabulary Homework- Write 1 sentence for each word

7th Grade:

Quiz

Grammar: Verb Forms
Read Flowers For Algernon through page 211.

8th Grade:

Quiz
Grammar: Verb Forms

Monday's Homework

Monday's Homework

11/25/2013

6th Grade:

Spelling homework
Skills Practice Book pp. 61

7th Grade:

Test

Literature: The Scholarship Jacket
Literature Elements: 

• First-person point of view
• Making Inferences

Vocabulary: words from the lesson
Grammar: Verb Forms

8th Grade:

Test
Literature: The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Literature Elements: 

• Third-person omniscient point of view
• Third-person limited point of view
• Motivation
• To Infer

Vocabulary: words from the lesson
Grammar: Verb Forms

Thursday's Homework

11/21/2013

6th grade:

Lesson 4 Quiz

Reading Comprehension: "My Brother Martin"

Grammar: Capitalization

Spelling: Lesson 4

Vocabulary: Lesson 4

7th grade:

Workbook pp. 114-115

8th grade:

Workbook pp. 85-87

Wednesday's Homework

Wednesday's Homework

11/20/2013

6th grade:

Skills Practice Workbook pp. 58

7th grade:

Verb Forms worksheet

8th grade:

Verb Forms worksheet

TUESDAY'S HOMEWORK

11/19/2013

6th Grade:

Workbook pp. 52
Write the letter from pp. 113 (optional for bonus points on your folders)

7th Grade:

Analyze the Text pp. 189 questions 1-5

8th Grade:
Analyze the Text pp. 175 questions 1-5

MONDAY'S HOME WORK

MONDAY'S HOMEWORK

11/18/2013

6th Grade:

Selection questions pp. 113

Skills Practice workbook pp. 52

7th Grade:

Test Unit 1 (scroll down for study guide)

8th Grade:

Test Unit 1 (scroll down for study guide)

8th grade study guide

8^th Grade Unit 1 Test

Study Guide

The test will consist of a passage that students will read followed by comprehension questions and about the story and the literary elements. There will be words from the passage with latin roots, prefixes and suffixes to identify. Finally, there will be a grammar portion to the test involving correct punctuation and pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Literary Elements

·        Plot development (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) (pp. 30,37)

·        Conflict (pp. 28,51,67)

·        Sequence (pp. 67, 123)

·        Cause and Effect (pp. 115)

·        Suspense (pp.80)

·        Foreshadow (pp. 90)

·        Flashback (pp. 66)

While reading the plot, ask yourself the following questions:

·        What conflict do the characters face?

·        Where does the story take place?

Vocabuary

·        Latin Roots (pp. 121)

Grammar

·        Using correct punctuation

·        Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (pp. 104)

List of Types of Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns

I                       Me                   My, Mine

You                  you                  your, yours

He, she, it        him, her, it       his, hers, its

Plural Personal Pronouns

We                   us                    Our, Ours

You                  You                  Your, Yours

They                them                their, theirs

Masculine                   Feminine                     Neuter

He                                She                              It

Him                              Her                              It

His                               Her, Hers                     Its

Himself                        Herself                                    Itself

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Anybody                      either                           neither             one

Anyone                        everybody                    nobody                        somebody

Anything                      everyone                     no one                         someone

Each                            everything                   nothing                        something

Plural Indefinite Pronoun

Both                             few                              many                           several

7th grade study guide

7^th Grade Unit 1 Test

Study Guide

The test will consist of a passage that students will read followed by comprehension questions and about the story and the literary elements. There will be words from the passage with latin roots, prefixes and suffixes to identify. Finally, there will be a grammar portion to the test involving correct punctuation and pronoun-antecedent agreement.

I’ve included page numbers to where these items could be found in the textbook. This is for reference only, and should not be the only pages that students should study. Students should also use their notes from the interactive handbook.

Literary Elements

·        Plot development (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

(pp. 28,30,35,67)

·        Setting (pp. 28,30,47,123)

·        Sequence in plot (pp. 47, 103)

·        Cause and Effect (pp. 123)

·        Making Inferences (pp. 66)

·        Suspense and Foreshadow (pp. 76.)

·        Flashback

While reading the plot, ask yourself the following questions:

·        What conflict do the characters face?

·        Where does the story take place?

Vocabuary

·        Latin Roots (pp. 44, 94)

·        Prefixes (pp. 74)

·        Suffixes (pp. 131)

Grammar

·        Using correct punctuation (pp.64)

·        Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (pp. 95)

List of Types of Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns

I                       Me                   My, Mine

You                  you                  your, yours

He, she, it        him, her, it       his, hers, its

Plural Personal Pronouns

We                   us                    Our, Ours

You                  You                  Your, Yours

They                them                their, theirs

Masculine                   Feminine                     Neuter

He                                She                              It

Him                              Her                              It

His                               Her, Hers                     Its

Himself                        Herself                                    Itself

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Anybody                      either                           neither             one

Anyone                        everybody                    nobody                        somebody

Anything                      everyone                     no one                         someone

Each                            everything                   nothing                        something

Plural Indefinite Pronoun

Both                             few                              many                           several

MONDAY'S HOMEWORK

11/18/2013

6th Grade:

Selection questions pp. 113

Skills Practice workbook pp. 52

7th Grade:

Test Unit 1 (study guide was given to students)

8th Grade:

Test Unit 1 (study guide was given to students)

Thursday's Homework

THURSDAY'S HOMEWORK

11/14/2013

-NO QUIZ THIS WEEK-

6th grade

Vocabulary Words Lesson 4:

Write one sentence for each word

7th grade
Complete the Reading Comprehension Worksheet

There is a Test on Unit 1 on Tuesday 11/19/2013

8th grade

Expository Essay Due (Typed, size 11 or 12 font, double-spaced)

There is a Test on Unit 1 on Tuesday 11/19/2013

Wednesday's Homework

Wednesday's Homework

11/13/13

6th grade:

1-Re-write the spelling words
2- Skills Practice book pp. 55

7th grade:

1- Review Worksheet for Practice Test tomorrow
2- Complete the literary elements review words

8th grade:

1- Review the literary elements for tomorrow's Practice Test.
2- Revise and Polish the expository essay (due Friday: typed, size 11 or 12 font, double-spaced)

Tuesday's Homework

Tuesday's Homework

11/12/13

6th grade:

1-Re-write the spelling words

2- Complete the Biography Outlines on pp. 23 of the skills practice workbook

7th grade:

Write the third paragraph of the expository essay

8th grade:

1- Revise and Polish the expository essay (due Friday: typed, size 11 or 12 font, double-spaced)

2- Spelling- Lesson 9 (due tomorrow)

Thursday's Homework- Friday Quiz

Friday is Quiz Day

6th grade:

Quiz- Reading Comprehension My Brother Martin-I Have a Dream Speech + Vocabulary

Grammar quiz on Adjectives

Spelling Quiz

7th grade:

Quiz- Reading Comprehension stories: 

Narrative Poem- Casey at the Bat with literary elements

Teleplay- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street with literary elements

Grammar Quiz- Understanding Pronouns

8th grade:

Quiz- Reading Comprehension:

The Hitchhiker with literary elements

Grammar Quiz- Understanding Pronouns

Wednesday's Homework

Wednesday's Homework

11/6/2013

6th grade

Workbook pp. 43-44
Bring something in about taking a stand for the concept board

7th grade

Pronoun-antecedent worksheet

8th grade

Pronoun-antecedent worksheet

Tuesday's Homework

Tuesday's Homework

11/5/2013

6th grade

Adjectives Worksheet

7th grade

Reading book pp. 153 questions 1-8

8th grade

Spelling pp. 40-42

Monday's Homework

Monday's Homework

11/4/2013

6th grade

Skills Practice pp. 45-46 on adjectives

7th grade
Reading book pp. 137  questions 1-6

Spelling- complete pp. 34-39 (started in class, finish at home)

8th grade

Complete the 2nd draft of the expository essays

Wednesday's Homework

Wednesday's Homework

6th Grade

Spelling words: write each word once in cursive and once in print
Skills Practice book: pp. 33-34
Vocabulary: (For those who DID NOT do it)- write 1 sentence for each word

7th Grade

Spelling Quiz: Lesson 5

Literature Quiz:  An American Childhood

                             Literary Elements: Cause and Effect and Setting

8th Grade

Reading Quiz: The Tell-Tale Heart

                         Literary Elements: Suspense and Narrator's Reliability

Tuesday Homework

Homework

10/29/2013

6th grade:

Spelling words, write them once in print and once in cursive
Vocabulary words: Write one sentence for each word.

7th grade:

Spelling pp. 30-31

Vocabulary in Reading textbook pp. 131

8th grade:

Interactive Reader Workbook pp. 65-67

Friday Quizzes

Friday's Quizzes

10/24/2013

8th grade:

Literature Quiz on Clean Sweep (pp. 38 in Interactive Reader Workbook)

Literary Elements: - Plot and Subplot Internal 

                                 - External Conflicts

Grammar Quiz:  Verb Tenses

                    Past Progressive, Present Progressive, Future Progressive

                    Past Perfect, Present Perfect, Future Perfect

7th grade:

Literature Quiz on Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (pp.38 in Interactive Reader Workbook)

Literary Elements: -Suspense

                                - Foreshadow

6th grade:

Reading & Vocabulary Quiz on Ghandi (pp.52 in Reading book)

Grammar quiz: Types of Sentences:

                           - Simple Sentence

                           - Compound Sentence

                           - Complex Sentence

                           - Compound Complex Sentence

Spelling Quiz: This week's spelling words

Homework - Wednesday - 10/23/2013

Homework

Wednesday 

10/23/2013

8th Grade:

Present Progressive Verb tenses worksheet

7th Grade:

Interactive Reader Workbooks pp. 59-61

6th Grade:

Workbook pp. 27-28

Homework 

Tuesday 10/22/13

8th grade

1- Pp.. 54-55 in the Interactive Reader workbook

2- Complete the Grammar Worksheets on Verb Tenses

7th grade

1- Complete the vocabulary sentences

2- Continue reading through the rest of the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi pp. 54-58 in the Interactive  Reader Workbook

6th grade

Complete the Skills Practice workbook practice pp. 15-16 on suffixes -or and -ance

Complete pg. 25 in the Skills Practice workbook- spelling words

Monday's Homework

HOMEWORK

Monday 10/21/2013

6th Grade:
Skills Practice workbook pages 17, 18, and the top of page 19.

7th Grade:
Finish reading Rikki Tikki Tavi through page 50.
There will be a short quiz tomorrow

8th Grade:
Complete the comprehension questions 1-8 at the end of the story Clean Sweep.