Middle School Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of January 27th, 2009
History
1. Reading on Judaism will be assigned in class. Due dates TBA.
2. Eighth graders will have some work on Obama’s inauguration speech. To be explained in class.
Language Arts
6th grade
1. Test on Wordly Wise 5 on Thursday, Jan. 29th.
2. Short story reading will be assigned in class on Thursday.
7th grade
1. Complete Wordly Wise 7---due on Wednesday, Jan. 28th.
2. Short story reading will be assigned in class on Wednesday, Jan. 28th and due on Friday, Jan 30th.
3. Apostrophe test will be on Wednesday, Feb. 4th. The test will require you to:
*recognize whether an apostrophe is used correctly or not in sentences
*Add apostrophes to words in sentences.
*Write down specific rules for using apostrophes.
*Write your own sentences, using specific rules given to you.
Use your two corrected apostrophe assignments, the workbook section on apostrophes in your Inside Writing book, and the rules section in this book.
4. Short story homework will be assigned over the weekend and due on Wed., Feb. 4th.
8th grade
1. Write a literary log to a partner about your favorite character so far in Twelfth Night. Write about how Shakespeare shows what this character is like through his/her actions, the way s/he speaks, his/her relationships with others, and anything else you notice. You must use quotes from the play. Due Monday, Feb. 2nd. Do a Google image search for an image of this character. Print it out and bring it on Monday.
2. There is an assignment on the blog about Twelfth Night. Due on Friday, Jan. 30th.
Be sure to do the entire assignment. Write down who you think the characters are on a notecard and bring to class.
3. Begin taking notes on your first 8th grade project source. You may use note cards, paper, or the computer. Do not use both sides of cards or paper. Ten note cards or the equivalent are due this Friday, Jan. 30th. Remember to take notes by topic and /or sub topic and include the source and page number o
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