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NOTICE: Students must bring all necessary books to class including their assignment notebook / hall pass. Beginning Monday, October 29th. students will not be permitted to leave class for any reason without a signed hall pass.
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THIRD QUARTER begins on MARCH 31, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE POLICY FOR LATE WORK WILL BE IN EFFECT ALL QUARTER. 100% on the due date, 60& on day 2 and 20% on day 3, no credit will be given after day 3.
Homework week of March 31 - Apr 4
Mon - Grammar Ch 8 Exercises 9, 11, 23 & 14 ODDS with Definitions
Tues - The Coalwood Way Ch 13 Writing Assignment (1 in each category)
Wed - Grammar Ch 8 Posttest 1 -- #1-25
Thurs - Study for Ch 8 Grammar Test
Fri - The Coalwood Way Ch 14 Writing Asssignment (1 Writer's Workshop and 2 Mountaineer Morality)
Homework week of Apr 7 - 11
Mon - The Coalwood Way Ch 15 writing Assignment (1) WW and (2) FC 5th period will be responsible for Ch 15 AND 16 on Tuesday
Tues - Writing Assignment Ch 16 (2) WW and (1) FC
Wed - Writing Assignment CH 17 (1) WW, (1) FC and (1) MM
Thurs - Writing Assignment CH 18 (1) WW, (1) FC & (1) MM
Fri - Writing Assignment CH 19 (1) WW, (1) FC & (1) MM
Reminder the Coalwood Way Folders/Binders will be graded for completeness after Chapter 21. You should have all of your handouts and handwritten or typewritten assignments in the folder/binder
Homework Week of 14 - 18
Monday - In class - read The Coalwood Way chapter 20 -- writing assignment is due Wednesday, 4/16
Tuesday - SAT 10s Be on time and alert!
Wednesday - SAT 10s in the morning
Vocabulary - Unit 11 - Synonyms and antonyms
Thursday - Unit 11 Vocab Choosing the Right Word
Friday - STUDY for Spelling and Vocabulary test UNIT 11 AND make sure that your Coalwood Way Binder/Folder up-to-date (CH 10-21) as I will collect and grade it next Friday
HOMEWORK Week of April 21-25
Monday - Vocab UNIT 12 synonyms and antonyms
Begin Chapter 21 of The Coalwood Way
Tuesday - RETREAT
Wednesday - UNIT 12 Choosing the Right Word and begin Chapter 22 of The Coalwood Way
Thursday - UNIT 12 STUDY for spelling and vocabulary test
Friday - Complete all The Coalwood Way Worksheets for chapters 21 through 23 and turn in your binder/folder on Monday
HOMEWORK Week of April 28 - May 2
MONDAY - Catch up on make-up and late work. No late work accepted after NOON on Wednesday!!!!
Tuesday - The Coalwood Way Ch 22 (2nd Period) Ch 23 (5th Period)
NOTEBOOKS DUE ON WEDNESDAY & vocab Unit 13 Synonyms and Antonyms ---
Wednesday - The Coalwood Way Ch 23 - Notes are to be taken on the worksheet and you are to choose 6 to answer in completely on a separate sheet of paper. Unit 13 Vocab Choosing the Right Word
Thursday - Study for Vocab Unit 13 TEST RESCHEDULED for Monday, May 5th due to the majority of students being out of class for fieldtrips and competitions.
Friday - The Coalwood Way Ch 24- Notes are to be taken on the worksheet and you are to choose 6 to answer completely on a separate sheet of paper.
STUDY FOR VOCAB UNIT 13 TEST!!!!! Bring vocabulary books to class on Monday to be graded.
We will be reading at a quicker pace beginning Tuesday, April 29th.
HOMEWORK Week of May 5 - May 9
Monday - Finish Chapter 23 and 24 (due last Thursday and Friday)
Tuesday - Finish Ch 23 and 24 and review your notes from class today (chapter 25 and 1st half of chapter 26) No additional assignments. PLEASE NOTE that your notes from Chapters 25 and 26 will be collected after the quiz on Thursday. The quiz will cover chapters 21-26.
Wednesday - Review your work from chapters 25-26 for Quiz tomorrow.
Thursday - NO Additional homework
Friday - Vocabulary Unit 14 Test next TH
WEEK of May 12- May 16
MONDAY - Vocabulary Unit 14 Synonyms and Antonyms
TUESDAY - ELECTION DAY
WEDNESDAY - Review notes from Chapters 28 & 29
THURSDAY - Complete worksheets on Chapters 27-29
Study for Unit 14 QUIZ (Vocabulary)
FRIDAY - Complete The Coalwood Way make-up work. No earlier chapters accepted after Tuesday May 20th.
WEEK OF MAY 19 - May 23
Monday - 8th grade field trip --- Complete all Coalwood work through Chapter 29 and turn it in by tomorrow, Tuesday, May 20
TUESDAY - Chapter 32 The Coalwood Way in class.
HOMEWORK: Grammar - Chapter 14 - PUNCTUATION - END MARKS, COMMAS, SEMICOLONS and COLONS READ the chapter and learn the definitions. WRITE EACH SENTENCE COMPLETELY AND CORRECTLY #1 and #6 of each of the following exercises: exercise 2 page 340, exercise 3 page 341, exercise 4 page342, exercise 5 page 344, Exercise 6 page 346, exercise 7 page 348, exercise 8 page 350, exercise 9 page 351, exercise 10 page 352-353, exercise 11 page 354, exercise 12 page 363. You should have 22 sentences when you finish worth 1 point each.
PLEASE NOTE: you are responsible for knowing ALL definitions
LEARN the definitions as you read. READ THE DEFINITIONS before you attempt to complete the assignment.
WEDNESDAY -
TURN IN LITERATURE BOOKS TODAY!!!
HOMEWORK: Grammar - Chapter 14 POSTTEST 1 1-25, worth 1 point each. Write each sentence completely and correctly. Study as you complete the POSTTEST.
THURSDAY - CLASS - Chapter 14 Test
HOMEWORK: Grammar Chapter 15 - ITALICS, QUOTATION MARKS, APOSTROPHES & HYPHENS
Read the chapter and learn the definitions as you read. READ THE DEFINITIONS before you attempt to complete the assignment.
WRITE EACH SENTENCE COMPLETELY AND CORRECTLY. Do #1 and #6 in each of the following exercises: exercise 1 page 371, exercise 2 page 373-374, exercise 3 page 375, exercise 5 page 377, exercise 6 page 381, exercise 7 page 382 and exercise 8 page 382 and exercise 9 page 385 and exercise 10 page 386 do NOT require complete sentences. You should have 18 items worth 1 point each when this assignment is complete.
FRIDAY -
Homework chapter 15 POSTEST 1 - #1-#25, worth 1 point each. Study as you complete the posttest. MAJOR TEST worth 50 points ON TUESDAY.
THE COALWOOD WAY BONUS - (Final Exam, worth up to 20 points) IS DUE ON TUESDAY, MAY 31ST.
THE UNIT 15 VOCABULARY BONUS TEST, WORTH UP TO 40 POINTS, WILL BE GIVEN AFTER THE END-OF-YEAR LANGUAGE MECHANICS TEST DURING THE FINAL EXAM PERIOD.
WEEK of May 26 - May 30
MONDAY - MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY - TEST on pages 393-396 on TUESDAY.
UPDATED Tuesday, May 27 at 4:19 p.m.
TUESDAY - TEST on Pages 393-396. This test is open book and was started in class today. It is to be finished for homework. It is worth 50 points for the current quarter and has been assigned to help prepare students for the end-of-year language mechanics posttest (which is not part of their English 8 grade).
Study chapters 13, 14 and 15 for end-of-year English language mechanics test to be given during the final exam period. 2nd. period test will be on WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th. and 3rd. period test will be on THURSDAY, MAY 29th.
GRAMMAR BOOKS WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE DAY OF YOUR FINAL.
BONUS WORK:
Vocabulary books will be collected and graded on the day of your "final". The Bonus vocabulary teat for Unit 16 includes spelling and vocabulary and will be administered during the "final exam" period.
The Coalwood Way final was given to students last week for BONUS and is due on the day of their final.
Chapter 15 - Grammar Bonus - Complete 1&6 for each of the 10 exercises. Rewrite the complete, corrected sentences and turn in for bonus on the day of your "final".