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*Please note: the dates are the date the homework is assigned. The homework is due the next school day, unless otherwise noted. The assignment for that date is listed underneath the date.*
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6/7/2021
6/7/2021
Justice Journal Due (4 entries minimum)
6/4/2021
6/4/2021
Reading Log Due
6/1/2021-6/2/2021: Final iReady Diagnostic Assessment
6/1/2021-6/2/2021: Final iReady Diagnostic Assessment
5/28/2021-5/31/2021: Memorial Day Weekend (no school)
5/28/2021-5/31/2021: Memorial Day Weekend (no school)
5/26/2021
5/26/2021
Sketch the Setting Homework
5/21/2021-5/25/2021
5/21/2021-5/25/2021
Add entries to your Justice Journal (Due June 7)
5/20/2021
5/20/2021
Justice Journal (Due June 7)
5/12/2021: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
5/12/2021: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
5/7/2021
5/7/2021
Add 9 things to your reading log if not completed in class.
5/5/2021
5/5/2021
Complete the OPTIC strategy on page 30.
5/4/2021
5/4/2021
Create a comic strip/cartoon that depicts each of the events on the timeline of events that we created as a class.
Add 8 things to your reading log if not completed in class.
4/30/2021
4/30/2021
Chapter 3 Reading Comprehension Quiz
4/23/2021
4/23/2021
Finish classwork if not completed in class
4/22/2021
4/22/2021
Rules of the Bus Homework due 4/23/2021
4/19/2021
4/19/2021
Black History Quiz (open note)
4/16/2021
4/16/2021
Black History Museum Exhibit Project Due
4/6/2021
4/6/2021
"Black in Space" homework due on Friday (4/9)
13/27/2021-4/5/2021: Spring Break (no school)
13/27/2021-4/5/2021: Spring Break (no school)
3/23/2021-3/24/2021
3/23/2021-3/24/2021
Create your own "I Have a Dream" speech
3/22/2021
3/22/2021
"Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement were not All Men" homework due on 3/26
3/19/2021
3/19/2021
Work on Civil Rights Classwork
Reconstruction homework due
3/18/2021
3/18/2021
Work on classwork
Reconstruction homework due on 3/19
3/15/2021
3/15/2021
Reconstruction homework due on 3/19
Complete classwork (poem)
3/12/2021
3/12/2021
Native Americans in the Civil War reading comprehension questions due
30 minutes of iReady due
3/11/2021
3/11/2021
Complete poem
3/3/2021
3/3/2021
Civil War Story Due
2/13/2021-2/21/2021:Mid-winter Recess (no school)
2/13/2021-2/21/2021:Mid-winter Recess (no school)
2/11/2021
2/11/2021
Map Homework: create a map of your home or neighborhood. Your map must include: a title, legend/key, compass, and publication information (your name and the date)
2/10/2021
2/10/2021
Finish letter/journal entry from perspective of slave owner or slave, citing and responding to at least 2 slave codes (if not completed in class)
2/9/2021
2/9/2021
Found Materials Poem (due 2/10)
2/4/2021
2/4/2021
HIPPO Strategy Classwork (counts as a quiz grade)
2/2/2021
2/2/2021
Complete classwork (if not finished in class)
2/1/2021
2/1/2021
Timeline Homework (due 2/2)
1/29/2021
1/29/2021
What Does It Mean To Be A Storyteller Project Due
1/18/2021: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School)
1/18/2021: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School)
1/13/2021: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
1/13/2021: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
12/19/2020-1/3/2021: Winter Break (No School)
12/19/2020-1/3/2021: Winter Break (No School)
12/11/2020
12/11/2020
SIGNPOST PROJECT DUE!
12/10/2020
12/10/2020
Signpost Project--DUE TOMORROW!
12/9/2020: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
12/9/2020: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
12/8/2020
12/8/2020
Signpost Project
12/7/2020
12/7/2020
Signpost Project
Practice your poetic performance in front of a mirror!
12/1/2020-12/6/2020
12/1/2020-12/6/2020
Signpost Project
11/18/2020-11/22/2020: Thanksgiving Break
11/18/2020-11/22/2020: Thanksgiving Break
11/17/2020: 1/2 Day (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
11/17/2020: 1/2 Day (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
11/16/2020-11/17/2020
11/16/2020-11/17/2020
Signpost Project
Narrative Arc Project
11/13/2020-11/16/2020
11/13/2020-11/16/2020
Signpost Project
11/11/2020: Veteran's Day (no school)
11/11/2020: Veteran's Day (no school)
11/10/2020
11/10/2020
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words Quiz #3
11/6/2020
11/6/2020
The class will be broken up into different groups:
1 group will be responsible for defining difficult vocabulary terms from the text.
1 group will be responsible for background knowledge: they will have to locate another text that explains things the author assumed they already knew
1 group will be responsible for finding images/diagrams (or sketches) to help explain things the author thought they could visualize
1 group will create a list of signal words or rephrase/paraphrase confusing sentences
Please complete your assigned work.
11/4/2020
11/4/2020
Found Materials Poem Revisions due.
11/3/2020: Election Day (no school)
11/3/2020: Election Day (no school)
11/2/2020
11/2/2020
Found Materials Poem Revisions due 11/4/2020 at 3:10 p.m.
Independently reread pages 173-196
10/30/2020
10/30/2020
Reread pages 173-196 in The Crossover.
10/29/2020
10/29/2020
Reread pages 151-172 in The Crossover
Complete Found Materials Poem
10/28/2020
10/28/2020
Reread pages 135-150
Complete Found Materials poem (if not already completed). DUE: 10/30
10/27/2020
10/27/2020
Please complete your Found Materials poem if it isn't completed in class. DUE: 10/30
10/26/2020
10/26/2020
Students will watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4TquYwHU1M
Using some of the same ideas as the poet (Dea Chappell), students will create their own poems in response to the question “what does it mean to be an American?”
DUE: 10/27
10/23/2020
10/23/2020
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words Quiz 2
Draw what you described for the exit ticket.
10/21/2020: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
10/21/2020: Professional Development Day (1/2 Day of School)
8 Gold, please complete the independent reading survey.
10/19/2020
10/19/2020
Students will practice the OPTIC strategy on The Block by Romare Bearden and Children’s Games by Pieter Bruegel. Students will be directed to use the OPTIC strategy resources posted on Google Classroom.
10/16/2020
10/16/2020
Look for sign posts in The Crossover (note: tough questions may be harder to find in the book); look for sign posts in your daily lives at home!
10/15/2020
10/15/2020
Complete the Focusing Question Task (Assessment 7) and the self-evaluation if not completed in class.
10/14/2020
10/14/2020
Please read “Second Person” (pg. 114-115) for a fluent reading exercise. Use Handout 1A to complete the Fluency Homework for this poem.
10/12/2020: Columbus Day (no school)
10/12/2020: Columbus Day (no school)
10/8/2020 (due on October 13)
10/8/2020 (due on October 13)
Please read the other article from class (the one that you didn't read), and write a letter to the writer of both articles, Jasmyn Wimbish. In your letter, you should react to to the similarities and/or differences that you noticed between the two articles. Be sure to use evidence (quotes) from the articles to support your claims!
Some questions to consider:
What are the similarities and differences in how male/female players are described in the articles?
Why do you think there are these similarities and differences?
What message does the word choice/differences in how men and women are described send to the readers?
Are the descriptions fair? To whom? Why or why not?
If you don’t think the descriptions are fair, what changes should/could be made so men and women are described fairly?
The articles (click on the name of the article below to be taken to the article online)
10/2/2020
10/2/2020
Independently reread (reread on your own) "Basketball Rule #1" (page 20), "JB & I" (page 23), and "Sundays After Church" (page 50), annotating for metaphors and/or smilies.
Complete Handout 1A (Fluency Homework) and Camscan it to Ms. Mattern by 10/5/2020.
Please read up to page 62 and complete 3 Somebody Wanted But So summaries of what you read by 10/6/2020.
Quiz Monday (10/5). Please see the "Projects and Assessments" tab for more information about the quiz.
9/28/2020: Yom Kippur (no school)
9/28/2020: Yom Kippur (no school)
9/25/2020-9/28/2020
9/25/2020-9/28/2020
Continue working on the COVID-19 Time Capsule Project (Due 9/29/2020). Please finish your introduction and conclusion. Please also edit your project, using the rubric to guide you.
There will be a quiz on 10/2. Please see the "Projects and Assessments" tab for more information about the quiz.
9/24/2020
9/24/2020
If not finished in class, please complete a #SWBS (someone, wanted, but, so) summary of what we read in class today.
9/21/2020
9/21/2020
Continue working on the COVID-19 Time Capsule Project (Due 9/29/2020). Please finish adding your artifacts and begin writing your introduction.
9/18/2020-9/20/2020
9/18/2020-9/20/2020
Finish Zine Project (Due 9/23/2020)
9/17/2020
9/17/2020
Take the Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words Quiz 1. The quiz is located under the "Enrichment Tab." Please scroll down to the bottom of the page. Note: this is an "open note" quiz.
Continue working on the COVID-19 Time Capsule Project (Due 9/29/2020). PLEASE TRY TO ADD 1 ARTIFACT TO YOUR TIME CAPSULE PROJECT.
9/16/2020--Teacher Work Day: 1/2 Day
9/16/2020--Teacher Work Day: 1/2 Day
9/10/2020-9/16/2020
9/10/2020-9/16/2020
Work on COVID-19 Time Capsule Project (Due 9/29/2020)
PLEASE TRY TO ADD 1-2 ARTIFACTS EACH NIGHT!
9/9/2020
9/9/2020
SING Worksheet (Click on the name of assignment to view the assignment; please complete and submit on Google Classroom)
9/8/2020
9/8/2020
If not completed in class, finish creating your name poem!
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