Weekend Homework!

Due Monday:
- 2nd Draft of Character Analysis with revisions, including suggestions/comments from peer-review letter
- Invention Convention: Biomimicry Idea...What's the problem? What's a solution from nature? Who are you working with?

Due Tuesday:
- Sci Fi Reading Assignment #4

8th Graders:
By now for your 8th grade portfolio you should have turned in...
- I am Poem
- Speech
- Business Card
- Job Shadow Reflection
Coming up:
- 1st Thank You Letter due May 5

7th Graders:
- Turn in Marine Biology Paper work!
- Jefferson Dancers May 5th

Homework Update April 28, 2010

***Note*** Rough draft for Character Analysis is now due FRIDAY!, not Thurs.

Due Thursday: Reard articles on Food Deserts & Village Gardens. Come prepared and on-time to school for trip to Jean's Farm

Due Friday: Rough draft of Character Analysis

Due Monday: Idea for Invention Convention

Due Tuesday: Sci Fi Assignment #4

Service Learning: Last day to turn in reflections is JUNE 2nd! This means all service reflections, for each trimester. The Celebration day is June 9th. Only students who have all service done for the whole year will attend. Let's make sure we get those service projects/reflections done!

Homework Update April 27, 2010

Due Thursday:
- Rough draft of character analysis paper.

Due Tuesday:
- Reading Assignment #4

Tomorrow: Grade-level Marine Bio meetings
On Thursday: Jean's Farm
On Friday: Panoramic Picture for Middle School

April 26 Homework Update

Midterm reports are due tomorrow. If you have not turned in your wildlife tours reflection and/or an additional service reflection, you will receive a midterm in Service Learning.

Due Tuesday:

- outline of Character Analysis essay

- Sci Fi Reading Assignment #3

- Complete map assignment if you didn't finish in class

Homework Update April 23, 2010

Due Monday:
- Graphic organzier for Character Analysis paper for The Hunger Games: complete the front side and up to 'supporting paragraphs' on the back
- Rough draft of introductory paragraph. Make sure you include a hook, you establish context (What is the book? Who is the Author? What is the book about?), and your thesis statement.

Due Tuesday:
- Sci Fi Assignment #3...remember, you are now answering from a new set of questions

MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK BEFORE MIDTERMS ON TUESDAY! You were given a list of missing assignments. Make sure you get those in on Monday.

All service reflections are due on June 2nd!

April 20 Homework

Tomorrow: Late Start, 10:45am

Due Wednesday:
- Service-learning reflection (community, school, or class)
- It's no electricity day tomorrow! Make a list of all the things you use tonight that run on electricity.

Due Friday:
- Wildlife Tour reflection...I have a template with questions that you should follow.

Due Tuesday, April 27:
- Sci Fi reading assignment #3

8th Grade Portfolio:
- I am poem (if not turned in already)
- Business card
- Job Shadow reflection (Due Monday April 26)

Weekend Homework

Due Monday:
- Wildlife Tours 'cheat-sheet'

Due Tuesday:
- Sci Fi Assignment #2

Due Wednesday:
- School based service reflection due

Homework update April 14th

Due Thursday:
'Finding solutions for Brownsfield' article

Due Friday:
Final draft of animal story
These will be great to have with us at Wildlife Tours on April 22nd in case you need a little time-filler with a group.

Due Tuesday, April 20th:
#2 Sci Fi reading assignment
...We had great discussions yesterday about our novels. Apparently we are bigger fans of science fiction than we had originally thought!

Field Study tomorrow!

April 13 Homework Update

Due Tuesday:
- 1st Sci Fi novel assignment.

Due Thursday:
- Looking for Solutions in Brownsfields article assignment. Please encourage your student to check with me if they are having difficulty finding an article.

April 9 Homework Update

Due Monday:
Discussion Web for '4 Sustainable Questions' article

Due Tuesday:
1st Sci Fi novel reading assignment

Late assignments:
2nd draft of animal story
urban planning vocab visual


8th graders should already have turned in:
- 2nd draft of speech
- draft of I Am Poem

Homework update

Due Friday:
- 2nd draft of your animal story
- 8th grade speeches - second draft
- short paragraph on the 'livability' of our Hawthorne section
- urban planning vocab sheet

Due Tuesday:
- 1st Sci Fi reading assignment

Homework Update April 6, 2010

Due Wednesday:
- Conference business card (can be completed on computer or by hand on index card)
- 6th Grade to Whitebird dance performance
- Rough Draft of 8th grade i am poem

Due Friday:
- 8th grade speeches

Due Tues April 13th:
- Week 1 Reading Assignment for Sci Fi

Homework Update April 5, 2010

Due Tuesday:
- 'Urban planning' definition
- YOU MUST BRING A BOOK TO READ FOR THE OAKS TEST
- Class spelling bee

Wednesday:
- Spelling Bee at morning meeting
- 6th to WhiteBird

April 2 Homework Update

Due Monday:
Final History Alive Assignment
(1/2 page typed on a topic of your choosing from middle ages or renaissance)

- Bring in photos for tech class (thumb drive, cd, camera)

- Spelling bee (final bee is on Wednesday at MM)

- Rough draft of animal story is due on Monday

Homework Update April 1st

Due Friday:
- Rough Draft of Wildlife Tour animal story
- 'Animated' poem (late as of Wednesday)
- Rough Draft of 8th grade speech (late as of Wednesday)

Due Monday:
- bring in images on a CD or jump drive next week for their tech class
- Final draft of Animal story
- Science Fiction book in possession (this cannot be fantasy; must have utopia/dystopia theme or involve an alternate society). I will email out a list of suggestions with Friday's email.

Due Wednesday, April 7
- Final draft of 8th Grade Speech

April 20 or 21 - Job Shadow day for 8th graders