801 Homework

Homework for the week of 2/5

ELA

1. Complete all of the Common Lit by Friday

2. Work on the exit project

3. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready

1. Study for the Constitution test

2. Study for the midterm. Create a midterm study log. Due Friday

Homework for the week of 5/30

study for 40 minutes every single weekday. You must keep a log of what you studied, where you studied, how long you studied, and how you studied. I want you to get this log signed every single day

Homework for the week of 5/22

1. Work on your presentations.

2. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Thursday. It will be about dropping the atomic bomb during WWII. This will count as our WWII test if the class is knowledgeable about the topic

ELA

1. Prepare for your Macbeth presentations. They will begin next week.

2. Start to study for your regents. I want you to study for 40 minutes every single weekday. You must keep a log of what you studied, where you studied, how long you studied, and how you studied. I want you to get this log signed every single day.

HW for the week of 5/15

1. Work on WWII Project

2. Was the U.S. justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Explain. Due Friday

ELA

1. Research the impact of loss of sleep on humans. What happens if you do not sleep for 1 day? 1 week? 1 month? Due Friday

2. Would you fight for Macbeth or Malcolm? Explain. Due Friday

3. Continue with your summaries

4. Book reports are due on Friday

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Homework for the week of 5/8

ELA All due on Friday

1. Answer the analysis questions #1, 2, 5 on page 112

2. Complete the writing assignment #2 on page 112

3. Continue with your daily summaries.

1. Read and outline the WWII chapter Due Friday

2. Work on your WWII project (will be discussed in class)

Opt Out H.W. for the week of 5/1

-All due on Friday

SS: DBQ. You will get this in class on Monday

ELA: create a “how to” book teaching other 8^th graders to write an argumentative essay. You must include the following topics: How to write a thesis statement, how to organize the essay, how to cite evidence, how to analyze, how to write a counterclaim, how to use transition words, and how to write the conclusion

Homework for the week of 4/24

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1. How did the video we saw in class on Monday impact your understanding of the play? Do you agree with the portrayal of the characters? Due Friday

2. Continue writing your summaries Due Friday

3. Contrast the reference of birds throughout the parts that we have read. What birds were mentioned? What connotation do they have? Due Friday

4. Interview 4 adults in your life. Explain the play so far. Ask them who they think is responsible for the death of the king. Create a chart detailing your answers. Due Friday

5. Watch 3 different Ted Talks (ones that we have not seen yet). Write down what the speakers do that make them interesting. Due Friday

6. Bring in an outline for your exit project speech on Friday.

1. Be ready to present your oral presentations next Monday

2. Read and outline chapter 23 by Friday.

3. Create a chart detailing the long and short term causes of the Great Depression. Your chart should include a description of each cause. Due Monday 5/1

Homework for the week of 4/19

1. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on the 1920's on Thursday. I expect you to be familiar with the following terms and ideas: Prosperity-Prohibition, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz age, Leisure time (automobile culture, sports, motion pictures, literature) , Social and racial tensions, Rise of middle class , Government protection of business, Tariffs and international trade Consumer economy, Increase in the use of credit, Agrarian to industrial, Disparity of wealth; rise of poor and unemployed, New production methods (assembly lines) Return to isolationism

Come to class with at least 3 questions ready

2. Your exit project paper is due on Friday

3. Complete any worksheets given in class by Monday

ELA

1. Every day we read Macbeth I expect you to write a ½ page summary on what we read. I also want to you pick 1 quote from what we read and explain it (this is not part of your summary). This will be due on every Friday

2. Answer assigned questions -you will learn more about this on Wednesday

801 Homework for the week of 4/3

1. Read and outline the chapter on the 1920's due Monday 4/10

2. Complete the DBQ by Friday

3. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Wednesday. The topic will be about our access to media. Please gather research for and against social media, television, movies, radio, etc. Also come prepared with at least 3 questions that you would like to discuss

ELA

1. How was the supernatural viewed during Shakespeare's time?

2. Read and summarize the pages on historical background of Macbeth and clans in your Macbeth book. Due Friday

3. Complete the Common lit assignment by Friday

Opt out H.W. all h.w. due Friday

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1. Complete 1 I ready lesson

2. Choose a Robert Frost poem that we have not read in class or on commonlit. "Explode" the poem. Due Friday

3. Which themes are present in the poem you chose? Explain

4. Complete all Commonlit assignments (except the ones for Wednesday)

1. How did the role of women change in the 1920's?

2. Would you want to live in the 1920's? Explain

801 Homework for the week of 3/20/17

1. Work on STEM project Due Monday 3/27

2. Study for the WWI test on Wednesday

3. Work on the exit project

ELA

1. Complete all of the Common lit assignments

2. Write a 3 paragraph biography on Frost

3. Copy/Print themes in Frost poetry due Wednesday

801 Homework for the week of 3/13/17

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1. Complete an I Ready lesson

2. Complete the Commonlit assignments by Friday

3. Work on "Thank You Ma'am" assignment. Due Friday

1. Complete all parts of the WWI packet (due by Friday)

2. Gather research for Socratic Seminar on Wednesday (due Tuesday)

3. Essay due on Wednesday

4. Why was there a difference between the 14 Points and The Treaty of Versailles? Due Friday

5. Propaganda poster/song due on Friday

801 Homework for the week of 3/6

1. Complete "life in the Trenches" worksheet (in the WWI packet). Due Tuesday

2. Complete the WWI Timeline worksheet. Due Friday (you will have to copy the pictures and create your own timeline)

3. Complete the "Alike But Different" worksheet by Monday, March 13

4. Passage map "Warfare in WWI" by Tuesday

5. Complete the “Could WWI have been prevented” essay due on Friday

ELA

1. Complete 1 I ready lesson

2. Use the “explode a poem” questions to analyze“Love is Not All” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Due Wednesday

3. Write a list of themes presented in literature of the Harlem Renaissance

4. Read “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. Passage map the story. What does Mrs. Jones mean when she says that “shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet”? Why do you think Roger can’t say “thank you” to Mrs. Jones as he is leaving? What themes does the story express? How is the story similar to other things we have read by Hughes? Due Monday 3/13

5. Complete the Commonlit assignments. Due Friday

801 Homework for the week of 2/27

1. Review the following website to add the chart we will work on in class on 2/27

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/ world-war-i-history Due Wednesday 3/1

2. View the Power Points on weapons and trenches. Take notes. Due Wednesday 2/28

3. Read and outline the chapter on WWI due Friday

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1. Watch the video on Langston Hughes. Take notes. Due Wednesday 3/1

2. Be familiar with figurative language terms. There may be a quiz this week

3. Read chapter 4 of How to Read Literature Like A Professor (If It Is Square, It Is A Sonnet). Outline the chapter. Due Thursday 3/2

4. Complete the Commonlit assignments by Friday (Let's See What You're Made of is extra credit)

5. Complete one I Ready lesson

801 Homework for the week of 2/13

1. Complete the imperialism graphic organizer. Due Friday (but it will help you on the test on Thursday)

2. Bring in information on the Panama Canal for Tuesday. We will be discussing how the United States acquired the canal and the impact it had

3. Study for the imperialism test on Thursday

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1. Book Reports are due by Friday. Please remember that you knew about this for a while. The LOTF test and imperialism talk show were supposed to be last week. You should

have already prepared for them. They should not interfere with your h.w. or your book reports this week. I have been keeping track of your reading logs. Most of you have been

logging over 140 minutes of reading a week. You have been logging over 140 pages a week. In five weeks that would equal at least 3 books read. I look forward to reading your book

reports.

2. Complete 1 lesson in I Ready by 2/27

3. Complete the 2 commonlit assignments by Friday

4. Write a 3 paragraph biography on Zora Neale Hurston. Due Friday

801 Homework for the week of 2/6/17

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1. Our trial will be on Tuesday. Be prepared

2. Work on your essay

3. Complete 1 lesson in I Ready

4. Complete the Frederick Douglas assignment on Common Lit by Friday

5. Complete the poetry assignments on Common Lit by Monday 2/13

6. Study for the LOTF test on Thursday

1. We will present the talk shows on Wednesday.

2. If you were alive at this time would you be in favor of imperialism? Due Friday

3. Define yellow journalism. Due Friday

4. What role did yellow journalism play in the Spanish American War?

5. We will have a Socratic Seminar about the Spanish American War. Complete all worksheets associated with it. Bring in 1 page of research about the effects of the war. Due Thursday

801 Homework for the week of 1/30

ELA

1. Work on trial

2. Work on essay (see essay assignment for exact due dates)

3. Read the assigned articles on Commonlit.org. They are all due by Friday 1^st period. (They say different dates on the website). It is advisable to finish these early. They will help you with your essay

4. Complete a lesson in iready by Friday

1. Make a list of imperialistic countries during the age of imperialism. Make a list of countries that were impacted by imperialism. Due Wednesday

2. Complete assigned pages in the imperialism packet. Due Friday

3. Work on imperialism project (will be discussed in class on Monday)

801 Homework for the week of 1/23/17

1. Prepare for the midterm and DBQ

2. Read and outline chapter 20 Due 1/30

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1. Complete 1 lesson in i-ready. You should have a minimum of 5 complete lessons by Wednesday. This includes all of the lessons we did before the break

2. Complete the LOTF form. This will be posted on Monday. It is due by Friday 1^st period

3. You were asked to keep track of a symbol throughout the book. I will ask for at least 15 references of your chosen symbol by Friday. These should be on index cards and include the quote and chapter.

4. Which LOTF character best represents you. Please explain. Due Wednesday

5. http://play.textadventures.co.uk/Play.aspx?id=lvqcp2emde_tjim6hh_deq Follow this link to take a simulation quiz. Record your results Due Wednesday

801 homework for the week of 1/17

1. Create vocabulary flash cards (will be explained on Tuesday) due Friday

2. Study for progressive test

3. Work on chapter songs (will be discussed in class) due Friday

4. Create 5 multiple choice questions for each chapter. You cannot use questions that were already given on a test

5. Study for midterm on January 23

ELA

1. Complete the rest of the vocabulary assignments due Friday

2. Complete the Form for chapter 4-6 (this will be put up on Tuesday) it is due on Friday at 7 PM

3. Complete the commonlit assignments (please there are 4 articles. Please check common lit for due dates)

4. Complete an i-ready lesson

801 Homework for the week of 1/9/17

1. Complete assigned worksheets (will be discussed on Monday)

2. Start to study for the midterm on January 23

3. Complete the assignment on the Triangle Fire on commonlit.org by Wednesday

4. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Wednesday on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Gather at least 2 pages of research on the topic. Due Tuesday. Write 3 questions that you would like discussed during the seminar (on an index card. Due Tuesday)

ELA

1. Complete 1 lesson in i-ready by Friday

2. Book reports are due Friday

3. Create an interactive map of the island. You can make it 3-d if you wish. More information will be given in class. This will count as a quiz grade. Due 1/17/17

4. Complete the vocabulary assignment for chapters 6-12

5. Complete the chapters 1-3 form due Friday

Homework for the week of January 3, 2017

1. Read chapter 19, complete the form by Monday January 9 7 A.M.

2. Watch the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory video. There will be a form for this next week

3. Complete the progressives worksheets that will be handed out in class. Due dates will be announced in class

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1. Sign up for a commonlit account. Go to commonlit.org and use the code QLR87. Read the assigned article and complete the questions by 1/6/17

2. Watch the video How to Understand Power. Complete the think portion of the video. Record your answers. Due Friday 1/6/17

3. Complete 1 lesson in i-ready by Friday

4. Read through the symbolism power point. Take notes. Due Wednesday 1/4/17

5. Complete the vocabulary assignment for chapters 1 and 2 by Thursday January 5. Complete the assignment for chapters 3-5 by Monday January 9

Homework for the week of 12/19

1. Research Carrie Chapman Catt. Does the movie accurately portray this suffragist? Due Thursday

2. Describe the various methods used by suffragists in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Due Thursday

3. Research Alice Paul. What is her most outstanding character trait? Explain. Due Wednesday

4. Pick 1 event from the movie. Look for a newspaper article about the event. For what paper was the article written? When was it written? How does it compare with the movie event? Due Thursday

ELA

1. Read and passage map President Obama's speech located in the Power section due Wednesday

2. Prepare for the debate on Wednesday

3. Complete 1 new lesson in i-ready by Friday

Homework for the week of 12/12

1. Complete the U.S. immigration maps assignment (pages 107-110 in the immigration packet) due Friday

2. Look at the graph “Factors Affecting Immigration”. How does this show the role of push and pull factors in immigration? Due Thursday

3. Work on your immigration project (presentations are Wednesday)

4. Finish immigration DBQ (we will start it on Friday, it is due by December 23)

ELA

1. Complete 45 minutes of i-ready instruction by Friday

2. Your final debate essay is due Wednesday

3. Create a debate resume (this will be discussed in class) due 12/19

4. Prepare for the debate

Homework for the week of 12/5/16

ELA

1. I am collecting the Indian's Night essay on Monday

2. Bring in research for our new debate on Tuesday. You should have extensive research

3. Create a do's and don’ts list for rebuttal. You are to attach a list of places where you found your research. Due Wednesday

4. Work on your debate

1. Work on immigration project

2. Compare and contrast immigration before and after 1870. Due Friday

3. Test on Monday

Homework for the week of 11/28

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1. Group Leaders: Please assign one of the following topics to each member of your group: What is an argument? (week 2); Value statement (week 3); Value structure and value criterion (week 6); Refutation (week 7); Debating values (week 10); Clash of the values (week 13). You can give 1 topic to more than 1 person but all topics must be covered. Don't forget to assign yourself a topic. This is to be done before Monday afternoon. Please email me once you have assigned the topics. If you are not a group leader please let your leader know about this assignment. I am posting this on Saturday- you may be able to get a headstart on the assignment

2. Go to LD overview. Click on LD lessons. Find the lesson you were assigned. Take notes on the lesson (this includes the written part and the video part). Be thorough- you will be teaching your group on Wednesday

3. Prepare for the debate on Thursday

4. Watch the debate example located in the helpful video section. Take notes on the debate (flow). This is due Friday

5. Create a list of 2 questions that you think the opposing side will ask you in your debate. Create 2 questions you might ask in your debate. Due Wednesday

1. Define laissez faire. Due Tuesday

2. Why was the industrial age also known as the "Gilded Age" due Wednesday

3. Create a list of at least 10 inventions from the industrial age. Which of these inventions do you think was the most important? Explain. Due Friday

4. Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Wednesday. We will be discussing everything from this unit. Create a list of at least 3 questions that you would like discussed during the debate. Due Wednesday

5. Read the Tweed and Nast link. Answer the questions on the link. Due Tuesday

H.W. for the week of 11/21

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1. Prepare for Tuesday's debate

2. Watch Julian Treasure's 5 ways to listen better. Complete the GF by Wednesday 9PM

3. Watch Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation. Complete the GF by Wednesday 9PM

1. What is social Darwinism? How does it apply to this unit? Due Wednesday

2. Are monopolies fair? Due Wednesday

3. What was a goal of the Sherman Anti Trust act? Due Wednesday

4. Were unions needed in the late 1800's? Explain. Due Wednesday

4. Watch the Boss Tweed video. Did he impact NYC in a positive or negative way? Explain due 11/29

5. Create a graphic organizer showing the positive and negative aspects of urban living in the late 1800's due 11/29

Homework for the week of 11/14

Don't be fooled by the list. I expect you to work on your book reports. I will be collected 3 weeks worth of reading logs on Friday 11/4, 11/11/ 11/18)

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1. Watch Understanding the teenage brain, how to talk so people listen and dare to disagree. Complete the forms for the talks. Due Wednesday (Brain) and Friday (talk and disagree)

2. We will be beginning our next round of debates. The topics will be announced on Monday. Teams will be picked on Monday. Bring in extensive research on Wednesday

3. Book reports are due on Friday

1. Read chapter 18. Complete the chapter 18 form by Wednesday

2. Read and annotate the article on Robber Barons by 11/21

Homework for the week of 11/7

1. Our first debate will take place on Thursday. Make sure you are prepared. We will only work on this for 1 period on Monday.

2. Read through your given page in The Book of Bad Arguments (look at your name on the debate list). Take copious notes. Due Tuesday. Your notes will count as a quiz grade

3. Watch "What Makes A Word Real" and "Body Language". Complete the Google Forms for those videos. Due Wednesday 9:30 PM

4. Book reports are due November 18

5. Essay (that will be discussed in class) due 11/18

1. Prepare for Tuesday's four chair debate. You will be receiving a test grade for this debate

2. Complete the debate Google Form (this will be up on Tuesday). Due Friday 9 PM

Homework for the week of 10/31

1. Complete the LD overview form by Wednesday 9:30 P.M.

2. Reconstruction essay due on Tuesday

3. Create a reading timeline in your reader's notebook. I will explain this on Monday. It is due on Friday

4. Each group must fill in the 1^st debate form by Wednesday 9:30. This will not be up until Wednesday morning. I only want 1 form per group. You should make sure that your group has handed it in.

5. Prepare for our first debate

1. Complete Westward Expansion packet by Friday

2. Complete the Parent Teacher Conference form by Tuesday 5 PM

3. Fill out the high school process Google Form due Wednesday 9:30

Homework for the week of 10/22

ELA

1. We will present our plays on Tuesday. Make sure your group has 1 extra script for me

2. Study for unit 1 test on Thursday

3. Our next unit will focus on debate. Fill out the pre unit Google form. Due Friday 5 p.m.

1. Study for the test

2. Read chapter 17. Complete the Google Form due Friday

Homework for the week of 10/17

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1. Complete the story elements graphic organizer for the Tell Tale Heart, The Black Cat, Lamb to the Slaughter, and A Rose For Emily due 10/28. You will get this in class this week

2. Complete the questions in the Google Form for A Rose For Emily due 10/24 7 p.m.

3. Use your list of 20 schools from last week to complete the following assignment. Narrow the list to 15 schools. They should be NYC public schools. At least 10 have to be schools that do not require the SHSAT. Write the name of each school on a separate index card (on the unlined side). On the lined side write the following: how long it will take you to get to this school, where you fall in the priority list, whether or not you meet the eligibility requirements, and what you have to do to get into this school. Due Friday

1. Complete the reconstruction plan packet. Add your own plan to the graphic organizer on the last page. Due 10/25

2. Work on your Reconstruction essay. The prompt is "was reconstruction successful". This week you should have the argumentative outline filled out (due Friday). This can be found in the writing folder. You should also gather your evidence this week. I will not collect your evidence however you should do it this week so you will not be overwhelmed next week.

Homework for the week of 10/11

ELA

Book reports are due on Friday

If you bring in a copy of Lamb to The Slaughter by Roald Dahl on Tuesday you will get extra credit

1. Create the foldable by Thursday

2. Bring in a copy of Walt Whitman's O Captain My Captain by Friday

3. Watch the Cinderella Story Elements video. Complete the assessment at the end. Bring in your results

4. Review characterization. Define direct characterization, indirect characterization, static character, dynamic character and conflict due Thursday

5. Complete the characterization chart for the narrator of The Black Cat due Friday

1. Create a list of 20 public schools that interest you Due Friday

2. Complete the high school expectation form Due Wednesday (yes I know we don't have school, but it is due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday)

3. Fill out the reconstruction Google Form by Sunday 5 p.m. Some questions can't be filled out until Thursday

4. Next week we will be writing an argumentative essay. The prompt will be Was Reconstruction successful. I suggest that you start to gather information for it.

5. Complete the "How Effective Was Reconstruction?" activity. Draw the scale in your notebook. Write the name of the documents in the appropriate spot. Answer the question when you are done (I will explain this on Tuesday). Due 10/17

Homework for the week of 10/3

ELA

1. Work on book reports. 3 book reports are due by 10/14

2. Find 5 public high schools in the Bronx with graduation rates over 80% due Friday

3. Find 5 high schools in other boroughs in which you are #1 on their admissions priority list due Friday

4. Read and annotate The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Due 10/11

1. Read the Reconstruction chapter in the ss textbook. Outline the chapter due 10/11

2. Look through the resources in the Civil War folder. We will be using these resources next week

Homework for the week of 9/26

ELA

1. Reread the Tell Tale Heart using the link in the insanity folder. Complete the activities that accompany the story due Friday

2. How does Poe’s use of first-person point of view affect the way information is conveyed in “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Do you think it makes the story better? Due Friday

3. Prepare for trial

4. What type of school (small medium or large) is best suited for your? Explain due Friday

5. Complete the high school directory scavenger hunt

Due Friday

1. How did Walt Whitman capture the feelings of the Civil War in his poems? Due Friday

2. Civil War presentations will be Wednesday

3. Study for the test

Homework for the week of 9/19

1. Read and annotate the Draft Riot reading due Wednesday

2. Create a battle graphic organizer. It should be on one piece of paper (or PowerPoint, prezi, info-graphic). It should include a battle won by the north, a battle won by the south, a battle lost by the south and a battle lost by the north. In total you should have 4 battles. For each battle you should include the dates, the location, the leaders involved and at least 2 other important pieces of information of your choice. Due 9/26

3. Why did both sides think they were going to win the Battle of Bull Run? Due Friday

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1. What is the legal definition of insanity? Is someone who is legally insane responsible for their actions? Due Friday

2. Would you want the type of love that the narrator had for Annabel Lee? Explain. Due Friday

3. Complete the Google form for Annabel Lee. Due Friday

4. 6 word memoir essay due Friday

Homework for the week of 9/13

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1. Work on Dream Within a Dream essay due 9/19

2. Do you agree with Stephen King's point of view (based on what we read in class)? Why? Use details from the essay to support your answer. Due Friday

3. Read The Lake, The Raven and Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. Look up any words that you do not understand (due 9/15)

3. You are expected to be familiar with figurative language (especially metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery and symbolism). We will be discussing these terms in class.

4. Election Project

1. Read and outline the chapter on the Civil War. Due Friday

2. Watch the Gettysburg video. How was the Gettysburg Address different from expectations? What was the purpose?

3. Create a venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between a Union and Confederate soldier's daily life. Due 9/19

4. Watch the video on total war. What is total war? Was it justified? Due 9/19

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