Extra Credit Opportunities

I hope everyone has a wonderful, fun, and safe Spring Break!  You do not have any official homework over the break, but I would like for everyone to read every day.  Setting aside 30 minutes to an hour each day to read can significantly improve your reading skills, simply by the exposure to new vocabulary and concepts.  There is also an extra credit assignment, should you choose to complete it.  They are different for sixth and eighth grades.

6th Grade 3^rd Quarter Extra Credit Opportunity

Due Monday, March 24 (A Day) and Tuesday, March 25 (B Day). 

I will NOT accept the assignment after those two dates.

“Beware the Ides of March!”

This is a famous saying from . . . well, I’ll let you figure it out!  For 50 extra credit points (added into your grade where points are needed, not added on top), write a one-page response that explains the following:

1.      The origin of the quote

2.      Who wrote the quote

3.      Who said the quote

4.      Why the quote is famous and/or significant

5.      What the quote means

If you turn in anything that was clearly copied off the Internet, it will be counted as plagiarism and you will not receive credit.  You should use the Internet as a source, but you should put all of the information in your own words and cite where you found the information.

 

8^th Grade Extra Credit Opportunity for the 3^rd Quarter

Due Tuesday, March 25, 2014

I will NOT accept it after that date!

Put those writing skills to good use!  Write an essay persuading me to give you 50 extra points in the gradebook.  You will receive the 50 points (whether I agree or not) as long as you follow all of the rules of an essay (Introduction, thesis, topic sentences, etc.).  You may either type your essay or write it by hand.  If you type it, please make it 12 point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced.  If you handwrite it, please keep it neat!

3A/4A/5B/6B - your handout on mood, tone, and imagery (the movie handout) is due next class.

2A - If you did not turn in your response for "Nadia the Willful," please turn it in tomorrow!

8th Grade - Your assignment for "Clean Sweep" is due next class.  Make sure you use evidence from the text to write your paragraphs.  Also, if you did not turn in your Essay Smart essay, do so ASAP so that you can receive a grade for it.  Email it to me or print it and hand it in (with your score attached).

CGAs are near!  6th Grade A day - you will take your CGA on Friday.  6th Grade B day, you will take your CGA next Wednesday (3/12).  8th Grade - you will take your CGA on Monday.

I have a lot of grades to enter into the gradebook, but I have not been able to log in to the grade portal this weekend!  As soon as I can log in again, I will input the grades.  Going into the gradebook for 6th grade students are the quiz everyone took the week before last, work completed for "The Good Deed" (conflict), work completed for "The Dog of Pompeii" (theme), work completed for "Nadia the Willful" (conflict), the theme homework sheet, and bellringers.  Also, I have quite a few grades to enter that are late work or make-up work.  If you have not completed the work for "The Dog of Pompeii" or "Nadia the Willful" (or if you still have it and haven't turned it in), please turn them in ASAP.  For both stories, you were to explain what the theme of each story is.  For "The Dog of Pompeii," you should have also turned in the webs we completed while reading, and for "Nadia," you should have also turned in the questions completed while reading.

For my eighth graders, I have grades for the bellringers, textbooks brought to class, the last couple of grammar practices, the reader's workshop, and the Essay Smart Essay.  There are still a couple of people who have not turned in the Essay Smart essay.  Make sure you email the score to me!

This week and next week, you will take the CGA for the 3rd quarter.  Then we have Spring Break, the end of the 3rd quarter, and the FCAT not too long after that.  Please stay focused and ready to work each day.  Remember - there comes a time when you have to be accountable for your own work and learning.  If I assign work, it is for a reason; the assignments are meant to assist you in understanding and applying the concepts in order to help you succeed with the standards.  Be proactive by completing work on time and pay attention in class!