Class 5 ELA Homework
Homework Week of 5/13/24
"House Divided" Think Questions are due Wednesday, 5/15.
Homework Week of 4/29/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday 5/4.
Homework Week of 4/22/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday 4/28.
Share your reading and writing diagnostic reports with your parents and get your cover letter signed and returned by Friday, 4/26.
Complete the Think Questions for "The Poison Tree" by Wednesday, 4/24.
Your StudySync Media Contest Entry is due Friday, 4/26.
Your StudySync Media Contest Release is due Friday 4/26. You can earn 5 points extra credit for turning this in on 4/26.
Game Day is Thursday 4/25!
Homework Week of 4/15/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 4/21.
Your StudySync Media Contest Entry is due Friday, 4/26.
Complete the Think Questions for "Ode to Thanks" by Tuesday, 4/16.
Complete the written response to "Born Worker" by Friday, 4/19.
Your ode is due Friday, 4/19. Choose a topic and write an ode according to what you learned from the video posted in Google Classroom as well as what we discussed about Pablo Neruda's "Ode to Thanks."
Homework Week of 4/8/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 4/14.
Your StudySync Media Contest Entry is due Friday, 4/26.
Homework Week of 4/1/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 4/7.
Your StudySync Media Contest Entry is due Friday, 4/26.
Please work on deciding what project you want to complete for the StudySync Media Contest. Fill out the Google Question by Friday, 4/5.
Homework Week of 3/25/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 3/31.
The "Little Women" Think Questions are due Wednesday, 3/27.
We will take a quiz on "Little Women" on Friday, 3/29. Be sure to re-read the selection by Friday so you are prepared for the quiz.
Homework Week of 3/11/24
Complete 2 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Friday, 3/15
Homework Week of 3/4/24
Complete 3 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 3/9.
The "Mother to Son" Think Questions are due Wednesday, 3/6 by the end of the class period. We will be working on them in class.
Homework Week of 2/26/24
Complete 3 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 3/3.
The entire class period was given on Thursday 2/29 to work on the first read assignment for "A Celebration of Grandfathers." That is what students were directed to work on during the class period. When you have it finished and turned in, please email me and I will update PowerSchool.
Homework Week of 2/19/24
Complete 3 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 2/25.
The Think Questions for "Abuela Invents the Zero" are due Wednesday, 2/21.
We will take a quiz on "Abuela Invents the Zero" in class on Friday, 2/23.
Homework Week of 2/12/24
Complete 3 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 2/18.
The Think Questions for "Abuela Invents the Zero" are due Wednesday, 2/21.
Homework Week of 2/5/24
Complete the Think Questions (1-3) for "Dear Miss Breed." These questions are due Wednesday.
Complete 3 fifteen minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 1/11.
Homework Week of 1/29/24
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 2/4.
Your entry for the Holocaust Art and Writing Contest is due Wednesday, 1/31. **If you are going on the field trip on 1/31, your work is due no later than 2/1.
Homework Week of 1/22
On Monday, 1/22 an assessment will open on Membean. This assessment will be open for 72 hours this week. This is your Membean assignment for the week.
Your Holocaust Art and Writing Contest entry is due in class on Wednesday 1/31. You will be showcasing your work to other classmates during class on 1/31.
Homework Week of 1/15
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean Vocabulary by Sunday, 1/21.
Complete Think Questions 1 - 3 based on Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech. Your work is due Friday, 1/19.
Homework Week of 1/8
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean Vocabulary.
Be sure to have read the following sections Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl :
pp. 1 - 21
pp. 50 - 74
pp. 89 - 106
pp. 186 - 193 and 195 - 211
These text sections have related timeline pages posted on Google Classroom.
Finish reading pp. 244 - 259 and 264 - 268 by Wednesday, 1/10.
Homework Week of 12/18
Read Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl pp. 50 - 74 by Tuesday, 12/19.
Homework Week of 12/11
Complete 3 15 minute Membean sessions by Sunday, 12/17.
Read through P. 21 in Anne Frank: The diary of a Young Girl by Monday, 12/18.
Homework Week of 12/4
Complete 3 15 minute Membean sessions by Sunday, 12/10.
Homework Week of 11/27
Complete 3 15 minute Membean sessions by Sunday, 12/3.
Complete the Think Questions for "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" by Wednesday, 11/29.
Homework Week of 11/13
Complete 3 15 minute Membean sessions by Sunday, 11/19 - Class time will be given for this entire week. All students should be able to achieve this goal.
Complete the Think Questions for "Running Out of Time" by Friday, 11/17.
Homework Week of 11/6
The Think questions for "The Bells" are due Wednesday, 11/8.
Complete 3 15 minute Membean sessions by Sunday, 11/12. - This will be your first Membean score for T2
Your A Night to Remember project is due Thursday, 11/9. **If you draw a diagram for one of your projects, please be sure to at least go over your drawing in pen. Please don't leave plain pencil on your work.
Homework Week of 10/30
Your A Night to Remember project is due Thursday, 11/9.
We will take the quiz on "The Tell-Tale Heart" on Friday, 11/3.
Your Membean Pseudoword is due Thursday, 11/2.
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean vocabulary review by Sunday, 11/4.
Homework Week of 10/23
Chapters 9 and 10 Think Questions are due Tuesday, 10/24. We will take the quiz on Chapters 9 and 10 in class on 10/24.
Your Membean Pseudoword is due Thursday, 11/2.
The Think Questions for "The Tell-Tale Heart" are due Friday, 10/27. Please use the RACE method. That means that you will label R, A, C, E for each part of your thorough answer.
Your A Night to Remember project is due Thursday, 11/9.
We will take the quiz on "The Tell-Tale Heart" on Friday, 11/3.
Homework Week of 10/16
The Think Questions for Chapters 7 and 8 are due Tuesday, 10/17. We will take the quiz on these chapters on Tuesday, 10/17.
The 2 Common Lit assignments worked on in class on Monday, 10/16 are due Wednesday, 10/18.
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of vocabulary study on Membean by Sunday, 10/22.
Read Chapter 9 by Wednesday, 10/18.
Chapters 9 and 10 Think Questions are due Tuesday, 10/24. We will take the quiz on Chapters 9 and 10 in class on 10/24.
Homework Week of 10/9
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 10/15.
Finish Reading A Night to Remember Chapters 4, 5and 6 and complete the Think Questions for chapters 4, 5, and 6 by Tuesday, 10/10. We will take the quiz on Chapters 4, 5 and 6 on Tuesday, 10/10.
The Think Questions for "Futility the Wreck of the Titan" are available for extra credit (6 points). Please email if you turn in that assignment for extra credit.
Read Chapter 7 of A Night to Remember by Thursday. We will be reading chapter 8 in class on Thursday. The Think Questions are due Friday, 10/13.
We will take the quiz on Chapters 7 and 8 on Tuesday, 10/17.
Homework Week of 10/2
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 10/8.
Finish reading A Night to Remember Chapter 3 and complete the Think Questions for Chapter 3 by the start of class on Weds. 10/4. We will take a quiz on Chapter 3.
Finish reading A Night to Remember Chapter 4 by Thursday, 10/5.
The Think Questions for "Futility the Wreck of the Titan" are available for extra credit (6 points). Please email if you turn in that assignment for extra credit.
Finish Reading A Night to Remember Chapter 6 and complete the Think Questions for chapters 4, 5, and 6 by Tuesday, 10/10. We will take the quiz on Chapters 4, 5 and 6 on Tuesday, 10/10.
Homework Week 9/25
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 10/1.
Finish reading through Chapter 2 of A Night to Remember by Friday, 9/29. Complete Think Questions 2 - 5 in the Reading Guide and be prepared for a quiz on Chapters 1 and 2 in class on Friday, 9/29.
Get the iReady Results letter signed and returned by Friday, 9/29.
Extra Credit Opportunity - If you read and complete the Thin Questions for Futility: Wreck of the Titan, you can earn 5 points of extra credit. **Please email me to let me know if you have finished this assignment. That is the only way I'll know if you have done the work.
Homework Week of 9/18
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 9/24.
Homework Week of 9/11
Complete 3 15 minute sessions of Membean by Sunday, 9/17.
"Sorry, Wrong Number" Think Questions 1 - 5 are due Wednesday, 9/13. Be sure to label RACE for each answer.
Be sure to turn in your Close Read work for "Sorry, Wrong Number" when you are finished with your group discussion.
We will take the quiz on "Sorry, Wrong Number" in class on Friday, 9/15.
Homework Week of 9/4
Be sure to revise your Monkey's Paw First Read if it was returned in class today. It is due no later than Thursday, 9/7.
**As discussed in class, we are taking the quiz on "The Monkey's Paw" in class on Friday, 9/8.
Homework Week of 8/28
Finish reading Part 1 of "The Monkey's Paw" (through paragraph 66). Answer Think Question #1 using the Race Method we practiced last week. Due Tuesday, 8/30.
The rest of the Think Questions are due Friday, 9/1. Please continue using the RACE method as practiced in class.