Poems about ..... you guessed it-----LICE

The Seekers of Lice
by Arthur Rimbaud Translated by Jeremy Harding
When the boy's head, full of raw torment, Longs for hazy dreams to swarm in white, Two charming older sisters come to his bed With slender fingers and silvery nails. They sit him at a casement window, thrown Open on a mass of flowers basking in blue air, And run the fine, intimidating witchcraft Of their fingers through his dew-dank hair. He listens to their diffident, sing-song breath, Smelling of elongated honey off the rose, Broken now and then by a hiss: saliva sucked Back from the lip, or a longing to be kissed. He hears their dark eyelashes start in the sweet- Smelling silence and, through his grey listlessness, The crackle of small lice dying, beneath The imperious nails of their soft, electric fingers. The wine of Torpor wells up in him then — Near on trance, a harmonica-sigh — And in their slow caress he feels The endless ebb and flow of a desire to cry.

homework for week of 12/17/07

Middle School Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of 12/17/07


Humanities
1. On an 8 ½ by 11 piece of paper, copy the chart on page 83. Make this chart fill up the page. Under each of the 4 sections, write important information about the topic from the chapter reading we’ve done and from the website.

2. Go to the section on the website called Gods, Demons and Monsters. Under Explore there are many gods and goddesses listed. Choose 4 gods and 4 goddesses. Make a small poster or chart with the name of the god/goddess and his/her powers and responsibilities.

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
Due in second block this week.

Language Arts
6th grade
1. Finish reading The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Thursday, Dec. 20th.
2. Final memoirs are due on Thursday, Dec. 20th.

7th grade
1. Test on Wordly Wise unit 5 this Friday, Dec. 21st.
2. Final memoirs are due on Wed., Dec. 19th.

8th grade
1. Finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Monday, January 7th.
2. Complete and turn in all the vocabulary pages by this Thursday, Dec. 20th.
3. On a separate sheet of paper, THOROUGHLY answer questions 1, 2, 3, and 4 on page 22 of your packet.

Homework for week of 12/10/07

Middle School Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of December 10, 2007
History

1. Read chapter 4 “What the Sumerians Believed and What They Knew”.
2. We will assign specific questions in class that you will do for homework.
Due second block this week.
3. Go to http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/
Go to Geography and under that go to Story. Read the story of Gilgamesh.

Language Arts
Sixth Grade
1. Memoirs:
• The rest of your rough draft is due by Thursday, Dec. 13th at the latest.
• The final memoir is due Friday, Dec. 21st.
• Other elements needed:
• An attractive cover, with the title and your name. Note format:
Simon’s First Agility Trial
by
Elena Dillon
Notice that BY IS NOT CAPITALIZED AND THERE IS NO COMMA
Of course, you will space it out on the page.
• The title page needs the title, the author, your grade level, and the date.
• The dedication page needs a dedication only, but it still needs to look good.
• We’ll work on the author page in class on Tues and/or Thurs. If you have a photo you want to use, put it on your zip drive. If not, we’ll take a photo in class.

2. Read to page 148 in The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Thursday, Dec. 13th. A writing activity will be assigned in class.

Seventh Grade
1. Memoirs:
• You will receive your rough drafts back by Wednesday, Dec. 12th. The final memoir is due Wednesday, Dec. 19th.
• Other elements needed:
• An attractive cover, with the title and your name. Note format:
Simon’s First Agility Trial
by
Elena Dillon
Notice that BY IS NOT CAPITALIZED AND THERE IS NO COMMA
Of course, you will space it out on the page.

• The title page needs the title, the author, your grade level, and the date.
• The dedication page needs a dedication only, but it still needs to look good.
• We’ll work on the author page in class on Wed. and/or Friday. If you have a photo you want to use, put it on your zip drive. If not, we’ll take a photo in class.

2. Inside Writing Skills---do pronouns, pages 103 to 108, by Friday, Dec. 14th. We’ll go it in class on Wednesday.

Eighth Grade
1. Read to page 212 in To Kill a Mockingbird by Friday, Dec. 14th.
2. Each person will take an element of the novel to illustrate for a bulletin board. To be decided in class and due on Thursday, Dec. 13th.
3. Complete the vocabulary sections in your packet through chapter 21 by Friday, Dec. 14th.

Harper Lee

Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird







click here for a link to a short biography

Homework for week of 12/3/07

Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of December 3, 2007


History
1. Read chapter 3, “Land and Goods in Ancient Sumer”. We’ll begin in class this week, and specific pages and questions will be assigned and due the second block.

2. Complete 4 pages of your Mesopotamia timeline, using the timeline entry sheet given to you in class last week. Each page needs an illustration using colored pencils.
Due the second block


Language Arts
6 th grade
1. Read chapter 4 in The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Tuesday, Dec. 4th.
2. Further reading will be assigned in class on Tuesday.

7th grade
1. Wordly Wise unit 5----due Wed., Dec. 5th.
2. Complete the entire rough draft of your memoir. Remember, you must turn in the previous drafts with Elena’s comments plus your memoir plan. Due Friday, Dec. 7th.
3. We will begin Night after winter break. Next week, you will be assigned a literary log letter on the book you’re currently reading. Be sure to check in with Elena about your current book this week.

8th grade
1. Read to pg. 155 in To Kill a Mockingbird by Thursday, Dec. 6th.
2. Do vocabulary for chapters 12-14 (pg. 17 of your packet) by Friday, Dec. 7th.
3. Read to pg. 190 by Monday, Dec. 13th.
4. Write a literary log to a Synergy teacher or other staff member, choosing from the following topics:

a. Choose a character from the book to whom you can most relate. It might be someone who is like you, someone who reminds you of someone, or it can simply be a character you find interesting. Using QUOTES and examples from the novel, write about that character.
b. Compare and/or contrast 2 characters in the novel. Using QUOTES and examples from the novel, write about these 2 characters and their relationships.
Due on Friday, Dec. 7th. Turn it in to Elena first, and then you’ll give it to the teacher.

Final Memoir Expectations

Gary Soto
author of the memoir "One Last Time"

For a link to Gary Soto's "official web site",
click here





Expectations for Your Final Memoir

*Has a clearly organized sequence from beginning to end
*Uses dialogue effectively and appropriately
*Uses active, not passive, writing to develop the memoir
*Rewrites using suggestions made about the rough drafts
*Is well proofread for spelling
*Uses correct punctuation and capitalization
*Is neatly written or word processed (size 10 to 12, using Times New Roman or similar font)
*Has a well-designed cover, title page and dedication page and
author biography (we'll go over this one in class)