Wednesday, December 9th

Vocab Quizzes: 
Reading 1, 3 - Monday, December 13th
Reading 2 - Friday, December 18th

Tuesday, December 8th

Due Wednesday: Write 3-4 sentences explaining how you think coding and ELA could be related. 

Code.org Link

Thursday, December 3rd

Due Friday: Typed and printed copy of your sonnet. 

Due Monday: The quote wall lives! Bring in a quote on a note card. It must be related in some way to reading, writing, or creativity. 

Tuesday, December 1st

Due Thursday: Play performance. Be prepared! 

Due Friday: Sonnet

Monday, November 23rd

Tuesday - Vocab Quiz Reading 3 and 1
Wednesday - Vocab Quiz Reading 2

Tuesday, November 17th

Due Tuesday - LotF Final Paper

Monday, November 9th

Literature Logs due today! If you did not hand it in, please bring it in as soon as possible or it will not be graded. 

Monday, November 2nd

Reading 2 - Vocab quiz on Wednesday. 

Due Monday, November 9th - Literature log. 

The quarterly writing assessment will begin on Thursday, November 5th. 

October 28th, 2015

Due Friday - LotF Dessert

Vocab Quiz dates: 
Monday, November 2nd - Reading 1 and 3
Wednesday, November 4th - Reading 2

Tuesday, October 27th

Due Wednesday: LotF Entree. 

Friday, October 23rd

Due Tuesday: LotF Appetizer (you can begin repeating assignments now!)

October 21st, 2015

Due Friday: LotF dessert (note: FlipGrid is still not functioning, repeat a different assignment if necessary). 

Tuesday, October 20th

Due Wednesday: LotF Entree. 

Your 1st Quarter literature log is due on November 9th, so keep up with that outside reading book! 

October 16th, 2015

Due Tuesday: LotF Appetizer

Wednesday, October 14th

Due Friday: LotF Dessert

Wednesday, October 7th

This week, due to days out, the schedule will look different. 

On Wednesday, October, 14th, I will collect the following - 

The Appetizer, Entree, and Dessert for the week of 10/5-10/9. 

The Appetizer and Entree for next week. 

Vocab Quiz Schedule - 
Reading 3 - Wednesday, October 14th
Reading 1, 2 - Thursday, October 15th

Monday, October 5th

Due Wednesday: LotF Entree. 

Friday, October 2nd

Due Monday: LotF appetizer. 

Wednesday, September 30th

Due Friday: LotF Dessert

Due Friday: LA 3 only - Complete revisions for The Most Dangerous Game paragraph and turn it in on Google Classroom. 

Tuesday, September 29th

Due Wednesday: LotF Entree. 


Due Friday: LA 3 only - Complete revisions for The Most Dangerous Game paragraph and turn it in on Google Classroom. 

Due Friday: LA 3 only - Complete revisions for The Most Dangerous Game paragraph and turn it in on Google Classroom. 

Friday, September 18th

Due Monday for Reading 2 only - Hand in finished bios


Reading 1,2 - Vocabulary Quiz 1 is on Thursday, September 24th. 

Reading 3 - Vocabulary Quiz 1 is on Wednesday, September 23rd. 

Thursday, September 17th

Reading 1,2 - Vocabulary Quiz 1 is on Thursday, September 24th. 

Reading 3 - Vocabulary Quiz 1 is on Wednesday, September 23rd. 

Wednesday, September 16th

Due Thursday: Complete the remaining charts in your Most Dangerous Game packet. 

Tuesday, September 15th

Due Wednesday - Complete Rainsford 6-11 and Zaroff 9-13 if you did not finish it in class. 

Monday, September 14th

Due Tuesday: Finish the charts for Rainsford 3-5 and Zaroff 5-8 if you did not complete them in class. 

September 9th, 2015

Due Friday: Signed info sheet and summer literature logs. 

Due Monday: Outside reading book begins coming to class every day. 

September 8th, 2015

Due Friday - Signed information sheet

Friday, June 19th

Summer is nearly here! 

Before you leave for vacation...

Hand in your 8th grade letters in an addressed envelope. Please make sure I have these before the last day of school! 

Make sure you have emptied out your portfolios - both 8th grade and your work from all your previous years in Jamestown! 

Thursday, June 11th

Macbeth test on Friday. 
8-1 and 8-3 - (Jeopardy Review Game Link)
8-2 - (Jeopardy Review Game Link)

Macbeth packets due Friday. 

Due Thursday, June 18th - Literature Logs

Monday, June 8th

Macbeth test on Friday (review on Thursday).

Macbeth packets due Friday (you will have a class on Tuesday to finish and revise your packet).

Reading A - Vocab quiz on Wednesday. 

Wednesday, June 3rd

No homework, off to DC!

Reading A - Vocab quiz on Wednesday, June 10th

Tuesday, June 2nd

Due Wednesday: Complete Macbeth packet for scenes we have read in class. 

Need a refresher on how to do the Macbeth homework? Watch this video to see me explain it.

Wednesday, May 27th

Due Monday: Complete Macbeth packet up to where we have read in class. 

Tuesday, May 26th

No homework tonight due to PARCC and Quarterly Writing Assessment.

Friday, May 22nd

Due Tuesday: Don't forget permission slips for Island Treasures and the form for DC. 

Wednesday, May 5th

Due Friday: Finish Macbeth comic strip. 

Friday: Reading A Vocab Quiz

Monday, May 18th

Due Wednesday: Complete any scenes in your packet that we have read together in class. 

Need a refresher on how to do the Macbeth homework? Watch this video to see me explain it.

Monday, May 11th

Due Tuesday: Collecting packets and grading them up to Act 3, Scene 3. 

Please go back and ensure that you have completed those scenes entirely and correctly, particularly that you have two quotes per scene. 

Due Tuesday: Finished Humane Society due. 

Friday, May 8th

No homework for Monday unless you have scenes to catch up on. 

Due Tuesday: Humane Society Essay

Wednesday, May 6th

Due Friday: Complete the Macbeth scenes in your packet that we have read in class. 

Due Friday: Completed Will Reynolds Essay. 

Need a refresher on how to do the Macbeth homework? Watch this video to see me explain it.

Monday, May 4th

Due Wednesday: Complete packet worksheets for scenes read in class on Tuesday. 
Reading A: Vocab quiz on Wednesday

Will Reynolds Essay due Friday, you may hand it in at any time before then.

Need a refresher on how to do the Macbeth homework? Watch this video to see me explain it.

Friday, May 1st

Due Monday: Complete packet worksheets for scenes read in class on Friday.
Reading: Remember to go into google drive and complete your Macbeth research activity. 

Start brainstorming for the Will Reynolds Essay!

Need a refresher on how to do the Macbeth homework? Watch this video to see me explain it.

Monday, April 27th

Due Friday:
If you have an odd packet - complete worksheets for all the odd scenes we have finished reading this week. 
If you have an even packet - complete worksheets for all the even scenes we have finished reading this week. 

If you need a review about how to complete your homework - here is a video from me explaining it! 

Due Monday: Finish your Macbeth Research Activity. (I will also be checking for completed scene worksheets from what we read on Friday).

Monday, April 13th

Final Night paper due at the end of the class on Wednesday or the beginning of class on Thursday.

Tuesday, April 7th

No homework this week. Review your rubric and be prepared to begin your Night paper on Friday. 

Verbal Homework Explanation! 

Wednesday, April 1st

Due Monday: Night homework sheet completed. 

If you have not gotten a literature log to me, please hand it in ASAP! 

Monday, March 30th

Due Wednesday: 3rd Quarter Literature log. 

Due Wednesday: Answer Night QotW: Why does Elie refer to himself in the third person in the final line of the book?

Friday, March 27th

Due Monday: Night Quote Analysis


Due Wednesday, April 1st: 3rd Quarter Literature Log. 

Wednesday, March 24th

Due Friday: Discussion question


Reading B only: Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 3/27. I will check flashcards and sentences for those who did not finish in class (this is a homework grade!)

Monday, March 23rd

Due Wednesday: Answer Night question of the week.

QotW - Imagine yourself in Elie's place when he must make the choice between staying in the hospital or being evacuated. Do you think, not knowing what we know about the liberation two days later, you would have made the same choice? Why?

Reminder: 3rd Quarter Literature log is due Wednesday, April 1st. 

Friday, March 20th

Due Monday: Night Quote Analysis


Reminder: 3rd Quarter Literature log is due Wednesday, April 1st. 

Wednesday, March 18th

Due Friday: Discussion Question. 

The end of the quarter is coming! Keep up with your outside reading book for your literature log. 

Monday, March 16th

Due Wednesday: Night Wednesday Assignment (QotW)

QotW: Give two examples of dehumanization from the text. Why are these events dehumanizing?

Friday, March 13th

Due Monday: Night Quote Assignment


QotW: Give two examples of dehumanization from the text. Why are these events dehumanizing?

 

Wednesday, March 11th

Due Friday: Night Friday Assignment.

Reading B only - Vocabulary Quiz in Friday

Monday, March 9th

Due Wednesday: Night Wednesday homework assignment. 

QotW: Describe Elizer's religious beliefs. 

Reading B Only - Vocabulary Quiz on Friday

Friday, March 6th

Due Monday: Night quote analysis. 

Wednesday, March 4th

Due Friday: Completed weekly homework sheet for Night (Monday and Wednesday will be done in class, Friday is homework). 

QotW: Why don't the townspeople believe Moshe when he describes his experiences?

Monday, March 2nd

Due Tuesday: LA 1 and 3, Find an interesting quote about writing. Write it neatly on a notecard and put your initials on the back. 

Monday, February 23rd

Revised for Snow Delay and Testing: 

Due Thursday: 
LA 2 - Hand in your final project paragraph and be ready to present! 

Due Thursday:
LA 1 - Hand in your final project paragraph and be ready to present! 

Due Friday: Have your lexile/grade level book chosen and ready to share with Ms. Connelly by Friday. 

Wednesday, February 11th

Due Thursday - 

LA2 - If you are not finished with the book, finish reading and answering questions. 

All other groups - Choose a final character or event, choose a theme for each person in the group, divide up slides. 

Tuesday, February 10th

Due Wednesday - 
LA 1 - Pick character or event, pick themes, divide up slides. 
LA 2 - Group 1: Finish book and questions. Group 2: Finish chapter 13 and questions
LA 3 - Read appendix and answer question. 

Friday, February 6th

Due Monday - 

LA 1:  Finish book and complete all question sheets. 


LA 2: Read and complete questions through chapter 10 (all parts). 

LA 3: Read and complete questions through chapter 11, part 1. 

Reading B - Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday

Wednesday, February 4th

Due Friday - Two rhetorical appeals (six altogether to hand in). 

Tuesday, February 3rd

Due Wednesday - Four completed rhetorical appeals for this week. 

Thursday, January 29th

Due Monday - 
Completed rhetorical appeals for this week. 

Due Tuesday - 
Two rhetorical appeals. 

Monday, January 26th

Due Wednesday (Thursday if there is no school on Wednesday) - Two rhetorical appeals.

Friday, January 23rd

Due Monday: 

Two Rhetorical appeals

Monday is the very last day I will accept literature logs! 

Wednesday, January 21st

Due Friday:
Two rhetorical appeals (turn in six for the week)
Second quarter literature log
Reading A - last vocab quiz until 4th quarter! 

Tuesday, January 20th

Due Wednesday: Two rhetorical appeals.

Due Friday - Quarterly literature log

Friday, January 16th

Due Tuesday: Two Rhetorical Appeals

Literature logs due Friday, January 23rd.

Monday, January 12th

Due Wednesday: Two completed rhetorical appeals. 

Due Friday: Two completed rhetorical appeals. Hand in six to eight rhetorical appeals for the week. 

Friday, January 9th

Due Monday: Two completed rhetorical appeals.

Monday, January 5th

Due Friday - Six rhetorical appeals (+ 2 optional extra credit appeals). 

Please have the title and grade level/lexile of your quarterly reading book on Friday. 
Check with me before Friday if you are unsure about your book.