Homework for the Week of 10/3/11

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Spelling Words Read to the end of Chapter 2 Mara Kym's: 3 paragraphs (a total of 21 sentences at least ) and a thesis sentence Ancient Civ read Mespotamia assigned pages, write a sentence per paragraph	Spelling Words Read to the end of Chapter 2 Mara Kym's: 3 paragraphs (a total of 28 sentences at least ) and a thesis sentence Ancient Civ read Mesopotamia assigned pages, write a sentence per paragraph	Entire rough draft of 1900-1910 essay. 7 paragraphs. Minimum of one page typed 12 font Read The Jungle, add character attributes to your list. Keep a log of plot as it unfolds. Be well!!
Tuesday	Spelling Test Spelling Practice Test Kym's Class: Comment on all the blogs. Malachi: Brainstorm ideas for why we should get money from Rex foundation. Practice for typing test Today Finish chapter 3 Mara	Math Practice A Spelling Test Spelling Practice Test Kym's Class: Comment on all the blogs. Practice for typing test Today Finish chapter 3 Mara	Kym's Class: Comment on all the blogsPractice for typing test Today Current Event Presentation
Wednesday	Kym's Class: Introduction to 5 paragraph essay Ancient Civ. define vocab words, study for quiz Lesson 29	Kym's Class: Introduction to 5 paragraph essay Ancient Civ. define vocab words, study for quiz Lesson 8	Kym's Class: Rewrite of 7 paragraph essay US Hist. read handouts about social workers, prepare a short class presentation. 3.1 37-42, 49-64, 67, 68, 72-74, 79-84,
Thursday	Journal: If you went to sleep in your bed, and could wake up anywhere, where would you want to wake up? Kym's Class: Conclusion to 5 paragraph essay Math. Chapter 30	Journal: If you went to sleep in your bed, and could wake up anywhere, where would you want to wake up? Kym's Class: Conclusion to 5 paragraph essay Math. Chapter 9	Book Chapter: 500 words minimum. Newsletter three Kym's Class-1/3 rough draft of music piece. Have at least 1 essay ready to publish.
		Kym's Class: Make sure all essay is typed and corrected in blog post, find picture, title, make link's to where each information came from.	Kym's Class: Make sure all essay is typed and corrected in blog post, find picture, title, make link's to where each information came from. 3.2. 28-30, 35, 36, 43-45, 51-56, 60-62, 66-69, 76-78

Homework for the Week of 9/26/11

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Spelling Homework Kym's Class--Intro and Conclusion for Sumer. Practice for typing test on Monday.	Spelling Homework Lesson 3 Kym- Introduction and conclusion for Sumer. Practice for Typing Test.	Science Writeup Quiz 3 Chapter Review Even Numbers Test 2 Happens Today. Study. Kym's Class--Finish 7 paragraph essay. Intro for new 7 paragraph essay. Practice for typing test on Monday.
Tuesday	Spelling Practice Test Spelling Test Persuasive Speech Lesson 25 Kym's class post a comment on each blog	Spelling Practice Test Spelling Test Persuasive Speech Lesson 4 Kym's class post a comment on each blog	Current Event Persuasive Speech Kym's class post a comment on each blog and send invites to all other students in upper grade. Send an invite to SalmonCreekteacher@gmail.com
Wednesday	Test 5 Finish Chapter 1 Mara	Lesson 5 Finish Chapter 1 Mara
Thursday	Journal Tell me about the best book you have ever read. Gather information and bring it to Kym's class on your Ancient Civilization Lesson 26 Math Mara to the bottom of Page 20	Journal Tell me about the best book you have ever read. Gather information and bring it to Kym's class on your Ancient Civilization Lesson 6 Math Mara to the bottom of page 20	Chapter 3 book. Free write
Next Week			Finish old 7 paragraph essay. Be ready to post Monday after my final edit.

Homework for the Week of 9/19/11

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Spelling Homework Investigation 2 Test 3 6 sentences on Sumer	Spelling Homework Multiplying Fractions 9 sentences on sumer	Science Write-up 2.5: 26-31, 38-40, 45, 46, 56-62, 66-68, 70, 75-78, 82-84, 88-90 personal essay
Tuesday	Spelling Practice Test Spelling Test Current Event	Spelling Practice Test Spelling Test Current Event	2.6: 16, 26-28, 38-49, 44-46, 53, 54, 71-73, 81-83, 86, 87, 91-93, 98-101.
Wednesday	Kym's class 2nd paragraph on Sumer-6 sentences Math: Lesson 22 Ancient Civ. define vocab. words	Kym's class 2nd paragraph on Sumer-9 sentences Math: Lesson 1 Ancient Civ. define vocab. words	2.7 19, 20, 27-29, 36-38, 43-47, 53-60, 64-66, 71, 72, 79-81 Kym's class 2nd paragraph on Sumer- personal essay US Hist. read The Jungle chapt 2
Thursday	Journal: Where would you like to go on a long fieldtrip? Persuasive Speech Notes Lesson 23 Kym's Class-3rd body paragraph of your Sumer essay.	Journal: Where would you like to go on a long field trip? Persuasive Speech Notes Lesson 2 Kym's Class-3rd body paragraph of your Sumer essay.	Chapter 2 Newsletter issue 2 Persuasive Speech Notes 2.8: 27-30, 37, 38, 40-55, 59-61, 63, 68-70, 75-78 Kym's Class-free write 1/2 page typed.
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Missing Work 9/8/11

Missing Work
Student	Assignment
Alisha	Lesson 36
Emi
Jonathan
Kaliana
Lenin	Lesson 11, Lesson 14
Maddy
Malachi	Lesson 35
Presley

Homework for the Week of 9/12/11

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Spelling Homework Lesson 17	Spelling Homework	Science Writeup 1.7 14-22, 32-34, 41-43 QUIZ 3
Tuesday	Spelling Practice Test. And real test Notes for Speech Lesson 18	Spelling Practice Test. And real test Subtract Fractions Notes for Speech	Notes for Speech 2.1 Read lesson and do problems: 20-22, 27-30, 41-43, 48, 49, 57-62, 69-71, 73-79
Wednesday	Lesson 19		2.2 51-59, 68, 69, 73-75 2.3 33-35, 47-49, 55-58, 65-67, 71-73
Thursday	Journal Entry "What do you want to build as a school project? Why?" Deliver Speech	Journal Entry "What do you want to build as a school project? Why?" Deliver Speech	Chapter One Book Deliver Speech 2.4: 22-29, 36-41, 42-46 even, 56-69, 75-77, 81-83
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Homework for the Week of 9/5/2011

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday		Standards Test	1.2 19, 31-33, 37-39, 43-45, 49-51, 54-63, 73-75, 84-87, 91-93. 1.3 33-35, 39-42, 47-57, 67-69, 74-77. Quiz One
Tuesday	Lesson 14 Jabberwocky Poem	Fractions, decimals & percentages Jabberwocky Poem	1.4 32, 33, 43–48, 55, 56, 59, 63, 66, 67, 71–73, 80–82, 89–91
Wednesday	Malachi: Finish addition page in little book. Lesson 15		1.6 11-26, 30-22, 42-44
Thursday	Two Minute Speech	Two Minute Speech Percentage Sheet Finished.	First Newsletter
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Homework for the Week of 8/29/11

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday	Find Artifact Lesson 11 All. Rough draft of 1st half of Gilgamesh story	Find Artifact Rough draft of 1st half of Gilgamesh story	Reading for Gail Rough draft of Legend
Thursday	Science Fair Ideas Lesson 12	Science Fair Ideas	Book Abstract Pre-Course test. Science Fair Ideas Math chapter 1.1 Problems: 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 64, 65, 66
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Missing Work 9/5/11

Missing Work
Student	Assignment
Alisha
Emi
Jonathan
Kaliana	Quiz 1
Lenin
Maddy
Malachi
Presley

Homework for the Week of June 6th

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday		Math- Lesson 92 Problems 2-4, 6, 8-13, 15, 18-22, 26-28	Final day for all yearbook pages.
Next Week	Summer	Summer	Summer

Homework for the Week of May 30th

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday			Final Draft of MWG due.  Lesson 102 Lesson Practice
Thursday	Drive	Drive	Drive
Next Week			Last Chance to Edit Year Book Pages.

Homework for Kym's Class

7th Rewrite Autobiography incorporating changes I suggested.  Add photos etc.  Be ready to post on Tuesday. (Remember we can post an expunged version if you like and I will consider not posting if it is too private.)

3rd and 5th Write a rough draft of your report for class.  Jonathan and Lennin 1 3/4 pages Presley 2 pages.  Alicia 1 1/2 pages.  Malachi 1 page.

Homework for the Week of May 23

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday	Spelling	Spelling
Wednesday	Spelling	Spelling	Lesson 101 EXCEPT problems 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 21, 23, 27, 30
Thursday	Journal Spelling Test Current Events LHBW Ch 11	Journal Spelling Test Current Events LHBW Ch 11 Lesson 87 EXCEPT problems 5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25	Journal Current Events Ann
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Ann's Assignment for the next two weeks. (CLASS ON MONDAY LAST TWO WEEKS)

Assignment for Thursday, May 26.

Across, Chapter 17, Lesson 2, 460-63; Chapter 18, Lesson 1

Julius Caesar, 140-65.


A writing assignment on Julius Caesar will be due Monday, June 6. Two pages, typed, double-spaced. A DRAFT WILL BE DUE MONDAY, MAY 30.

Pick a character in the play and describe events from his, or her, point of view.
I’d suggest Brutus, Cassius, or Mark Antony. You can do third-person narrative, but first person would probably be more fun. Remember that each person will have a different viewpoint and will see the events of the play differently. Refer to pages in the play to show the character’s thinking and experiences.

(You could do Portia or Caesar or Casca; but they are more minor characters and it would be hard to get two pages. Maybe do Portia AND Calpurnia. That might get you two pages and some discussion about what Shakespeare thought women’s lives were like.)



Assignment for Monday, May 30.

Across, Chapter 18, Lesson 2, pp. 

Julius Caesar, 166-199.

PRESENT A DRAFT OF YOUR WRITING ASSIGNMENT.

Homework for the Week of May 16th

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday		Lesson 82	KYM
Wednesday	Rough Draft Persuasive Spelling	Rough Draft Persuasive Spelling Lesson 83	Math Lesson 94 except 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 16, 22, 25, 28, 29
Thursday	Journal Spelling Test Current Events for those who have not done them LHBW Ch10	Journal Spelling Test Current Events for those who have not done them LHBW Ch10 Lesson 84 except 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 30	Journal Current Events for those who have not done them Ann Lesson Practice 96 except a-h. Lesson Practice 99 all Mixed Practice Lesson 99 EXCEPT 1-10
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7th Grade Homework--autobiography

Gather photos and artwork for this project.

•  Begin in class 2^nd week (May 10); finish as second week homework (Due May 17)
  

Write your rough draft one chapter at a time. Start with the chapter that feels easiest to you. Have printed copies of rough draft for me for 3^rd week class.

• 6) In Class 3^rd week (May 17)(while I review your rough drafts)
  

Insert photographs, artwork and other artifacts into your chapters where appropriate. Scan your illustrations into digital files to paste into your document.

I will give you suggestions on things to add or change to make your autobiography better.

Homework for the Week of May 9th

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday	Malachi, description of a dandelion		Math- Lesson 90 except 1, 9, 10, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30
Wednesday	Spelling	Spelling 80 Mixed Practice
Thursday	Journal Spelling Test POW- Anagram Octopus	Journal Spelling Test POW- Anagram Octopus	Journal POW- Anagram Octopus Investigation 9
Next Week			MWG III

Ann's Assignment for May 12th.

Read Chapter 14, Lessons 1 & 2, pp. 362-81

In Julius Caesar, read pages 78-107.

Writing assignment:

Write a paragraph explaining the importance of exploration to the small kingdom of Portugal. What did the Portuguese gain by these voyages? What resources did they need in order to accomplish these amazing travels? How important do you think Prince Henry’s influence was?

Re-post of Current Event Guidelines.

Here are the guidelines for the current event assignment that will be due on Thursday, every two weeks.

Current Events

In place of having Problem of the Week some weeks, we will be doing Current Events. For this assignment, you will pick out a current news article from a newspaper, magazine, or reputable online source. If you don't know what a reputable online source is come see me and I will tell you. Using this article you will create a two to four minute oral presentation, as well as a brief written summery. Your summery should be about the following length. Third Grade: A few sentences to a paragraph. Fifth Grade: Paragraph to half a page. Seventh Grade: Half a page to a full page. This can be typed. I would prefer this to be typed. At some point it may become mandatory that you type this.

These current event reports will be introduced on Monday. They will be due on Thursday. You can pick any sort of event, from world news to local events. Your written and oral reports should include the following elements.

Everyone

• Title of article
• Location of event. Be able to locate on map.
• What happened? What is the article about?

Fifth and Seventh

• Why is this article important? Why did the news agency choose to run this article?
• Does this event affect us here in Salmon Creek? Could it? How?

• Is there a bias? Does the person writing the article have a point of view or an opinion?
• What more do you want to know?

Seventh

• If you had written this article what would you have changed?

For Week the 2nd Homework of May

Day	3rd	5th	7th
Monday
Tuesday	Spelling	Spelling Lesson 76 Mixed Practice, except problems 3, 7, 12, 13, 16, 18, 26, 27, 29, 30	Yearbook Pages
Wednesday	Spelling	Spelling Lesson 77 1-3, 5, 7-11, 14-16, 21-29
Thursday	Journal Spelling Test Current Event	Journal Spelling Test Current Event	Journal Current Event Lesson 84 Mixed Practice except 1, 5, 12, 13, 16, 26-30
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Othello Plot Summary

William Shakespeare's Othello or The Moor of Venice. (Othello is a famous soldier who serves the Duke of Venice. He is from north Africa and has African features, apparently including a dark skin. The action takes place in Venice, but location apparently changes later to the island of Cyprus.)

The play opens with Iago (Yago or ee-yago) talking to his friend Roderigo. Roderigo complains that he has given Iago a lot of money. He is upset to hear that Othello has married the woman he is in love with, Desdemona. Iago says that he hates Othello because he gave the job of second-in-command to Cassio instead of him, while he serves Othello as a subordinate officer. Iago encourages Roderigo to tell Desdemona's father Brabantio that his daughter has run off with an African.

Brabantio, very upset, tries to get the Duke to annul the marriage. He accuses Othello of using witchcraft to win Desdemona, but, when Desdemona is brought in, she explains that she loves Othello. The Duke advises Brabantio to get over his anger. Othello is sent off on a military mission, because the Turkish fleet is threatening an attack on Cyprus. He leaves Iago in charge. Iago's wife Emilia is to look after Desdemona.

The Turkish fleet is shipwrecked in a storm and the Venetians are victorious. Othello happily comes to Cyprus with his wife. Iago plots to make Othello think that Desdemona is in love with Cassio. Another reason that he hates Othello is that Iago believes Othello may have seduced his wife Emilia.

Iago gets Cassio drunk and sends Roderigo and others to get him into a fight. In the brawl, Cassio stabs a man who dies. The uproar brings out Othello who reproaches Cassio and demotes him from his military position. Iago suggests to Cassio that he ask Desdemona to ask Othello to forgive him. She agrees to help.

Next Iago begins to drop hints that he knows something about Cassio. He warns Othello to "beware of jealousy." He points out that Desdemona deceived her father to marry Othello. Believing in Iago's honesty, Othello begins to doubt his wife. Emilia notices that Desdemona drops her handkerchief (probably like a fancy embroidered linen scarf); she picks it up, because Iago has been begging her to get it for him.

Othello, tortured by doubts, demands proof of Desdemona's infidelity. Iago claims that he heard Cassio talking about her in his sleep. Then he claims to have seen Cassio with Desdemona's handkerchief, which was a present from Othello. Desdemona comes to Othello and asks him to forgive Cassio, which seems to confirm his jealous fears. He demands that she produce the handkerchief. Meanwhile Cassio has given the handkerchief to Bianca, a prostitute who is in love with him.

In the next scene, Iago goes further and tells Othello that Cassio has admitted having an affair with Desdemona. Othello becomes so enraged that he faints or has a fit.

Iago stokes Othello's jealousy more by having him watch a conversation between him and Cassio. Cassio is talking about Bianca and laughing about her, but Othello believes he is talking about Desdemona. Bianca comes in and waves the handkerchief at Cassio. Othello recognizes it. He is now determined to kill his wife. Iago suggests that he should strangle her in bed.

The Duke enters and Desdemona mentions Cassio to him. Othello is so furious that he strikes her, shocking everybody. Othello questions Emilia about Cassio and his wife, but she denies that anything is going on. Othello insults Desdemona, who is crushed by his anger.

Iago persuades Rogerigo to attack Cassio. Desdemona approaches Othello who brusquely tells her to go to her bedroom. Emilia is to be sent away. Desdemona asks Emilia whether she really believes there are married women who have affairs with other men. She would never do it. Emilia has another viewpoint: women have feelings too, and men who mess around should not expect faithfulness.

Roderigo attacks Cassio, but is badly wounded. Cassio is wounded by Iago, who runs off and then runs back and pretends to rescue Cassio by stabbing Roderigo! He accuses Bianca of being responsible for the whole plot.

Othello comes into the bedroom. Desdemona is asleep and he kisses her. She wakes up and pleads for her life, but he smothers her with a pillow. Emilia comes in and discovers the murder. She is horrified to learn that Othello's jealousy originated in "honest Iago." People come running when she screams and she denounces Iago: she was the one who gave him the handkerchief. Iago stabs her and runs off. Iago is brought back in and Cassio arrives to explain how Iago left the handkerchief in his room. Iago is to be punished, and so is Othello. But Othello has a hidden knife and stabs himself over Desdemona's body.

Othello's speech in which he explains to the Duke how Desdemona came to fall in love with him.


Her father loved me, oft invited me;
Still questioned me the story of my life
From year to year—the battles, sieges, fortunes
That I have passed.
I ran it through, even from my boyish days
To the very moment that he bade me tell it;
Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances
Of moving accidents by flood and field,
Of hair-breadth scapes in the imminent deadly breach,
Of being sold to slavery, of my redemption thence,
And portance* in my travel's history.                                    *behavior or actions
Wherein of antres* vast and deserts idle,                        *caves
Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven,
It was my hint* to speak—such was my process—                        *chance
And of the cannibals that each other eat
The Anthropophagi*, and men whose heads                 *(Greek)—human-eaters          
Do grow beneath their shoulders. These things to hear
Did Desdemona seriously incline;
But still the house affairs would draw her thence,
Which ever as she could with haste dispatch,
She'd come again, and with a greedy ear
Devour up my discourse. Which I observing
Took once a pliant* hour, and found good means            *convenient
To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart
That I would all my pilgrimage dilate,
Whereof by parcels she had something heard,
But not intentively. I did consent,
And often did beguile her of her tears*,            *made her cry
When I did speak of some distressful stroke
That my youth suffered. My story being done,
She gave me for my pains a world of sighs;
She swore 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange;
'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.
She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished
That heaven had made her such a man. She thanked me,
And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her,
I should but teach him how to tell my story,
And that would woo her. Upon this hint, I spake:
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her that she did pity them.