Weekend Homework for 6th AND 8th

6th Grade:  B day students received a homework assignment for the weekend (A day students will receive this assignment tomorrow).  Students should answer two of the following prompts in a paragraph form (one for each).  Paragraphs should contain support from the text, such as what was reviewed in class.  If you did not get a chance to write down all of the quotes you might need to answer the questions, search online for the audio version of The Giver and write down what you hear.  You can listen to it on YouTube, for example.  You may be able to find the text online, but it will most likely be a sample only, since the text is still recently copyrighted. 

The prompts are: 1.  What caused the elders to choose Jonas for Receiver of Memory?  2.  Why is the rule, "You may lie," significant for Jonas?  3.  Explain how the Receiver of Memory's dwelling is different from the ones Jonas knows.

8th Grade:  Your homework for this weekend is to create a "Wanted" poster for Mr. Hyde from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  You should include your illustration for what Mr. Hyde might look like, making sure to think about the descriptions in the text.  You can easily find the novella online since it is an older book.  Just search for it and read back over what we have covered if you can't remember.  Your poster should also include what Mr. Hyde is "wanted" for, a written description of him, perhaps a description of where he might be found, and a reward.  Make it pretty!

6th Grade:  We are continuing to read The Giver, by Lois Lowry.  Today (or tomorrow for those of you that have me on B days) we read Chapters 8 and 9.  We worked on the vocabulary assignment in our journals, and unfortunately did not get to the other assignment for today.  Next class, we will read some more, but we will also be talking about how to use support from the text in your writing.  You will most likely have homework next class.  For tonight, no homework.

8th Grade:  We just started reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.  Tomorrow, we will read some more and we will continue to work on our "field guides" in our journals.  Come to class ready to read this difficult, but engaging, text!

6th Grade:
Today, we continued reading The Giver (through about Chapter 5) and began working on a compare and contrast chart for the community in the novel and Jacksonville. We will work on this again next class, so your only homework is to read as much as you can!

8th Grade:
Today, we will take a District Timed Writing prompt to serve as a baseline for writing. We will also continue to work on the assignment for the story, "The Ransom of Red Chief," by O. Henry. No homework except to read!

Hooray...Testing is over! (for now)

On Thursday, September 5-6, we took notes on plot and the plot mountain, so be sure to get those notes from a friend or when you come back. We then read “The School Play” (starts on page 32 in the Literature book) and drew a plot mountain in our journals. Each mountain should show one event from the exposition of the story, at least three events from the rising action, one climax, one falling action event, and one resolution.

Homework (due Monday, 9/9 and Tuesday 9/10):

Put this in your folders so that you have it with you when you come to class.
• Pick a novel you have already read (one you have finished, not one you are reading now).
• In a paragraph, explain what the climax of the novel is and why you believe that is the climax. Your paragraphs should contain evidence from the text and should explain your thoughts fully.

Just a reminder that everyone should bring a folder with paper and bellringers to class every day, and 3-subject notebooks should be left in the class.