Assignments for Week 4/6/20-4/10/20

Reading and Writing Assignments for the Week of 4/6/20-4/10/20

Monday 4/6/20

  1. Read Chapter 5 of The Face on the Milk Carton (text link https://www.bookscool.com/en/The-Face-on-the-Milk-Carton-432410/1 ). After reading the chapter, answer the chapter question on a Google document and submit to Google classroom. Remember to answer each question with complete sentences for full credit.

    1. Use RACEES to answer this question. Explain what the following quote means as it relates to what has been happening in the book: “Up here it was the world crashing in; downstairs nobody had heard a sound” (Cooney, 4). Note: I used the Internet page number for the citation, and you should use this quote as your E when you are writing your response.

      1. R - restate the question (turn the question into an opening sentence)

      2. A - answer all parts (usually combined with R)

      3. C - claim (how you would answer the question without saying “I think”)

      4. E - evidence (quote with citation)

      5. E - explain (explain how the quote supports your claim)

      6. S - summary statement

  2. Login to vocabulary.com and practice the unit 20 words for your quiz on Friday.

  3. Based on your Starter Diagnostic on quill.org from last week, I have individually assigned you another set of grammar practice activities that will help you improve on your areas of weakness. You will work on these newly assigned activities this week, and make sure they are all completed by Friday.

Tuesday 4/7/20

  1. Read Chapter 6 of The Face on the Milk Carton (text link https://www.bookscool.com/en/The-Face-on-the-Milk-Carton-432410/1 ). After reading the chapter, answer the chapter questions on a Google document and submit to Google classroom. Please write in complete sentences.

    1. How do Janie’s parents react to her driving to the football game? How do you think your parents will react when you start driving? Answer this question with at least 3 sentences.

    2. Why is Janie scared of going to college? Answer this question with at least 2 sentences.

    3. Why is it ironic that Janie’s English teacher asks her on her paper if she is having an identity crisis because of the way she spelled her name? (Hint: Ironic in this situation means having the opposite impact on a situation than what was intended.) Answer this question with at least 1 sentence.

    4. Why is it ironic that Janie’s friend Jason asks her about her “terrible history” when she says she has to ask her mom about going to the mall? (Hint: Ironic in this situation means having the opposite impact on a situation than what was intended.) Answer this question with at least 1 sentence.

  2. Practice unit 20 on vocabulary.com.

  3. Work on your individually assigned grammar practice activities on quill.org.

Wednesday 4/8/20

  1. Read Chapter 7 of The Face on the Milk Carton (text link https://www.bookscool.com/en/The-Face-on-the-Milk-Carton-432410/1 ). After reading the chapter, answer the chapter questions on a Google document and submit to Google classroom. Remember to answer each question with complete sentences for full credit.

    1. Use RACEES to answer this question. Explain how the following quote is an example of foreshadowing: “Janie opened the door to the attic stairs. Cold drafts, like winter coming, sifted down on her face like dust” (Cooney, 5). Note: I used the Internet page number for the citation, and you should use this quote as your E when you are writing your response.

  2. Practice unit 20 on vocabulary.com.

  3. Work on your individually assigned grammar practice activities on quill.org.

Thursday 4/9/20

  1. Read Chapter 8 of The Face on the Milk Carton (text link https://www.bookscool.com/en/The-Face-on-the-Milk-Carton-432410/1 ). After reading the chapter, answer the chapter questions on a Google document and submit to Google classroom. Please write in complete sentences.

    1. Why is Janie being so rude to her parents that night over dinner? Answer this question with at least 1 complete sentence.

    2. Summarize Janie’s flashback about shopping with at least 3 sentences.

    3. What three questions does Janie finally ask her parents at the end of this chapter? Answer this question with at least 1 complete sentence.

  2. Practice unit 20 on vocabulary.com.

  3. Work on your individually assigned grammar practice activities on quill.org.

Friday 4/10/20

  1. Read Chapter 9 of The Face on the Milk Carton (text link https://www.bookscool.com/en/The-Face-on-the-Milk-Carton-432410/1 ). After reading the chapter, answer the chapter questions on a Google document and submit to Google classroom. Remember to answer each question with complete sentences for full credit.

    1. In this chapter, a lot comes out into the open. Summarize Hannah’s story and how it connects to Janie’s story with at least 5 complete sentences.

  2. Complete the vocab quiz for unit 20 that I sent to you this morning through your email.

  3. Make sure you have completed your individualized grammar practice activities for this week on quill.org.

  4. Listen to the next episode of The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel (Audio link: https://www.marspatel.com/?page_id=2 ) We are on Season 1 Episode 4 and it is about 15 minutes long.

    1. After listening to the podcast, answer the following questions with complete sentences on a Google doc and submit your answer on Google classroom.

      1. How is being on the island affecting each of the characters? (JP, Toothpick, Mars, Caddie) Be specific and use complete sentences.