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Link to Mr. Rackmales blog with homework assignments

Kids in class: Ricky Howard, Mike McDonald, Debra Glick, Zach Mackenzie, Charles Mills and Dakota Rhodes 1/11 STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM!!!! 1/10 review #6, study guide there are copies of sparknotes version of Catcher In The Rye and Hamlet for everyone in Sheli's room as well as a sentence diagramming packet to study with 1/9 complete two reviews passed out in class today 1/6 review # 4 1/5 review # 3 1/4 review # 2 1/3 make sure to finish The Wild Things if they haven't already - complete "reading check" questions for "Harrison Bergeron" and "for study and discussion" the book is in Tom's room story is on page 167 also complete and turn in 2 paragraph essay for The Wild Things if they haven't already 12/22 Finish The Wild Things over break and write a two paragraph essay answering the following question - What does The Wild Things tell us about childhood and growing up? 12/21 through chapter 25 in The Wild Things 12/20 through chapter 22 in The Wild Things also Mike needs to work on his Character Analysis for Hamlet - due after break but it's crucial that he does it I have a copy if he lost his - 12/19 through chapter 20 in The Wild Things 12/16 read through chapter 16 in The Wild Things for Monday 12/14 read through chapter 10 in The Wild Things, can practice for their Hamlet performance on Friday, work on their children's book project for The Wild Things 12/13 read through chapter 7 in The Wild Things and work on final performance for Hamlet (performance on Friday) 12/12 they started reading The Wild Things today and should be through chapter 2 for tomorrow's class 12/9 their final Hamlet performance is on 12/16 - they can be practicing for it - they can finish their SSR response from class today - 12/8 They are all in groups working on performing a scene in Hamlet. They need to write down what their character wants in the scene and what the main emotion is that they are conveying 12/7 Choose two characters from the play and for each one write one sentence explaining what he/she wants (Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, Ophelia, Barnardo, Rosencrantz, Ghost, Gildenstern, Polonius) 12/6 none unless they didn't finish either of the "Rice Paddies" activities from class 12/5 they can finish their NYTimes article response from class today and finish "Rice Paddies and Math Tests" from class today 12/2 none! 12/1 they need a book for SSR, they can work on the extra credit project, finish their Rich & Poor paragraph from class 11/29 they can finish their SSR response from today, for extra credit they can film a scene from Hamlet that includes dialogue and a soundtrack - they can also finish the Act 2 activity they did in class today (explain the "spying" that takes place at the beginning and end of Act 2 Scene 2) 11/28 they need to finish their NYTimes article response if they didn't in class and work on their comic strips for Hamlet 11/18 Keep working on memorizing the soliloquy!!! 11/17 For next Tuesday students need to present the soliloquy they have been working on memorizing - ("To be or not to be...") They have three options for presenting - in front of the class for an A+, in front of Tom for a B+ or written for C+ - extra credit if they present in front of the class before Tuesday - 11/16 keep working on memorization... 11/15 students should try to memorize the first four lines of the soliloquy we read today in class - also finish SSR response if they didn't in class *Dakota did not do his* 11/14 students need to start memorizing the soliloquy from class today and bring in reading for SSR tomorrow 11/8 students need to study their vocab for the quiz on Thursday... finish SSR response if they haven't already and classwork on characterization 11/7 bring in a book for SSR - review psat 2 vocab list on quizlet...finish NYTimes response questions if they didn't in class 11/4 students need to complete one paragraph - either about a similarity or a difference between two of the heroes on the handout they received in class today - also finish SSR response if they didn't in class... 11/3 students should be looking at Quizlet and studying the vocabulary on the psat voc 2 list... (link is below in a previous assignment) they also need to come to class tomorrow with a theme for "Spirited Away" the short film they're watching 11/1 students need to finish their SSR response from today if they didn't in class... and list three attributes of the protagonist film that are heroic - Mike is behind and really needs to work on his english assignments when possible 10/31 students need a book for SSR, work on their "I would be sad if..." paragraph, finish their NYTimes comment if they didn't in class, and "I would be happy if..." paragraph 10/28 need to finish their SSR response if they didn't in class today 10/25 students need to study for their quiz/test tomorrow!! They should be studying from the book as well as the last couple of classwork activities they've done on the book 10/24 Finish Catcher! open book quiz/test on Wednesday There will be questions pertaining to the last couple of chapters in Catcher so the book needs to be finished before the quiz Wednesday! finish technology article activity - answer any of the 5 questions... 10/21 Students need to finish Catcher. Mike, Zack and Debra need to finish correcting their second quiz and turn it in for credit. Finish any incomplete classwork. 10/20 students should finish their SSR response from today and keep working on their texting worksheets for Catcher in the Rye 10/19 students should be through chapter 24 in Catcher, they need to re-submit their vocab quiz that was returned to them with the correct answers for half credit, they can be working on "Treating Holden" and the Poetry Creativity activity - [|www.loc.gov./poetry/180] is the link for that... their comic strips are due Friday as well 10/18 can work on "Treating Holden" activity, comic strip, finish SSR response if they didn't in class...they will have an OPEN NOTE TEST soon so they can make sure their notebooks are organized as well 10/17 should be through chapter 20 in Catcher. Email NYTimes response if they didn't finish in class 10/13 Students need to study for the vocab quiz tomorrow. The lists are on Quizlet. The quiz will be on the list Psat10 and PsatVoc2. All of the words in list one and and the first two words in list two. Most of them did pretty poorly on the first quiz so they really need to study. (they can also use the first quiz that was corrected to study from if they don't have their laptops) They also need to bring in an SSR book for tomorrow. 10/6 Students should be through chapter 19 for Tuesday's class. If they can access the internet they should also study the next group of vocabulary words on Quizlet. The list is called PSATVOC2. There will be a quiz next week sometime. 10/5 Students should be through chapter 18 by tomorrow's class

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9/30 students should be through chapter 16 in Catcher in the Rye for Monday - and Dylan just made me aware of the fact that Mike McDonald has accomodations and he's in this class. I was unaware he had accomodations until today.===== 9/29 students should be through chapter 14 in Catcher in the Rye...SSR journals will be collected tomorrow. They should have seven entries. 9/9,13, 16, 20,23,27 and 30...there will be a QUIZ TOMORROW on the vocab words... 9/27 - students should be through chapter 12 of Catcher in the Rye...there will be a QUIZ FRIDAY on the Quizlet vocab...SSR journal entries will be collected at the end of the week...complete SSR journal entry for today if they haven't already... 9/26 - Students need to read chapter 12 of Catcher in the Rye for Tuesday [|Link to Quizlet to study vocab words] If a teacher is giving the link to a kid they need to know this: http://quizlet.com/2911491/psat10-flash-cards/

9/23 The kids need to read chapters 10 and 11 for Monday. If you're reading to them Shelley you can have them take notes if you want...There will be a quiz next Thursday on the vocab they learned earlier this week...link above!

9/22 ZachM needs to finish his vocab worksheet from two days ago. He should be able to do it in the time he's with you today Shelley. Also - they need to be caught up through chapter 8 and complete any unfinished study guides or diagramming worksheets. (excluding today's)

9/21 The kids need to have chapter 8 read in Catcher in the Rye for tomorrow. Complete any unfinished classwork.

9/20 zm did not finish his classwork today and needs to for tomorrow's class. It's the vocab sheet. If he doesn't know the words he can look them up. He also needs to complete the study guide for chapters 6 and 7 of Catcher in the Rye. They will be having a quiz tomorrow. He should have a journal entry for today's SSR as well.

Sept. 19

9/19: Soundtrack para due tomorrow; bring SSR reading read chapters 5 and 6 for Catcher in the Rye for tomorrow

and make sure his paragraph for their soundrack project is done.

This is the link to Tom's homework site - I have copies of all of the classwork so if he claims to be missing anything when he goes through his notebook I can provide copies. He just needs to ask. @http://new.schoolnotes.com/xpages/view/123266/1