Homework

Homework  Week of September 6th-9th
Tuesday Vocabulary  homing  transversing  ricochets  vulnerable  parallel  
raspy  manslaughter  lunge  unobstructed  accessory
Textbook  Lean On Me  Questions
1.  What advice does the speaker give to people who may need to borrow 
something?
2.  What should you do if you do not feel strong?
3.  Do we all need someone to lean on?  Why or Why not?
4.  What is an important part of friendship?
5.  How did music help the writer?
Wednesday-PSSA Coachbook-  


Homework  Week of September 26th-30th
Vocabulary- sneer  antics  sullenness  CPR  chaos  stiffle  disclosed  
hysterically  monologue  unruly
Monday-  Read Scaffolding and do board questions
Tuesday-  Begin reading Justin Lebo- Start questions
Wednesday- Chapter 2 Test DUE  Begin Ch.3  Do pages       for homework.
Thursday-  Study vocabulary
Friday-  Vocabulary Quiz and Definitions

Homework October 3rd-7th
Monday-Vocabulary Words
accommodate  awkward  metallic  scavenge  anxiety  canopy  reassure  audible  
conspirator  rummage
Monday- Read Barrio Boy
Tuesday- Do Barrio Boy questions  Read Star Fix
Wednesday- Chapter 3
Thursday- Study Vocabulary
friday- vocabulary Quiz

Homework October 10th-14th
Monday- Columbus Day No School
Tuesday- vocabulary  extend  resemble  vain  humid  remote (n)  commit 
quitch  deceit  ridiculous  fate
Read "Oliver Hyde's Dishcloth Concert" and do questions
Wednesday- PSSA Chapter 3
Thursday- Study Vocabulary
Friday- vocabulary quiz

Homework October 24tj-28th
vocabulary words  scuff  dense  dimension  melodramatic  sanctuary  merely  
deranged  poised  tempt  ration
Monday Begin reading "Winter Hibiscus"
Tuesday- continuer with "Winter Hibiscus" and begin questions
Wednesday- Coach Book  Begin Ch. 5 Identifying Central Ideas in Text
Thursday- Read Swallowing Stones
Friday- vocabulary quiz and Swallowing Stones

Homework November 14th-18th
Monday- Finish reading "Tell-Tale Heart" and do board questions
Tuesday- Begin reading "The Monkey's Paw" and copy board questions
Finish for homework
Wednesday - No School P/T Conferences
Thursday- Read "Freak the Mighty"
Friday- Vocabulary defintions and Quiz

Homework November 21st-23rd
Monday- Begin reading "The Monkey's Paw" and do questions for homework
Tuesday- Go over questions  Read 'The Monster Mash"  and do questions for 
homework
Wednesday-  Go over questions and read "Freak the Mighty"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

WORK ON YOUR CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD PROJECT

Week of November 29th-December 2nd
Vocabulary words- triumph  imperfection  spina bifida  grotesque  
unvanquished  consequence  fiend  buckle (v)  duplex  empathy
Tuesday- Read Duffy's Jacket and do questions
Wednesday- do Vocabulary Definitions, Read Freak the Mighty
Thursday- Study Vocabulary Read Freak the Mighty
Friday- Vocabulary quiz Read Freak the Mighty

Week of December 12th-16th
Monday- Read "Highway Man" and do questions
Tuesday- Do Vocabulary-Must use FREAK THE MIGHTY BOOK
abacus  boats  kazoo  gruel  foozle  knight  reading  zoo  lagoon  critters
Wednesday-  Read FREAK
Thursday-  Read FREAK
Friday-    POSTERS AND PROJECTS DUE
Vocabulary Quiz and Novel

Week of December 19th-23rd
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD PROJECTS, PAPERS, AND FOOD DAYS
ALL PROJECTS SHOULD ALREADY BE TURNED IN...YOU ARE LATE
PAPERS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY  DECEMBER 22ND
FOOD SCHEDULE
PERIOD 1-  TUESDAY
PERIOD 2- TUESDAY
PERIOD 3- WEDNESDAY
PERIOD 4- WEDNESDAY
PERIOD 5- TUESDAY
PERIOD 7- WEDNESDAY
PLEASE MARK ALL CONTAINERS WITH YOUR NAME AND CLASS PERIOD.  REMEMBER- THIS 
IS A SAMPLE SIZE AMOUNT YOU WILL BE SHARING WITH CLASSMATES IF YOU CHOOSE TO 
BRING IN FOOD.  

Week of January 3rd-6th.
Tuesday-Read and discuss "FREAK"
Wednesday- Finish novel Begin novel test
Thursday- Friday  Watch movie and comlete Venn Diagram  movie vs.book

Week of January 9th-13th
Monday-finish movie and work on novel exam
Tuesday=-Novel Test
Wednesday- CoachBook Chapter 5 Pgs.123-125
Thursday- Literature Circles
Friday- Same as Thursday

Week of January 17th-20th
Tuesday- Quarterly Exam  Dark and Stormy Night Unit
Wednesday-  PSSA Coachbook Chapter 5 Test and Begin Ch.6
Thursday-  Literature Circles  "Touching Spirit Bear"
Friday-  Same as Thursday

Week of January 23rd-27th
Monday- Read and discuss "Earth Giant"  do board questions
Tuesday- Begin to read and discuss "Anteaus" Finish reading for homework
Wednesday- "Antaeus" quiz  and PSSA Coachbook Ch.6
Thursday_ Literature Circles-  "Touching Spirit Bear"
Friday- Vocabulary Quiz
tlingit  rivulets  deliberately  convulsion  gunwale  skiff  wry  caulking  
bedroll  at.oow

Week of February 6th-10th
sparse  winced  gorged (v)  sapling  stuporous  sprawled  spawn  deposition  
trawler  hypnotic
Monday- Finish summary and illustrations for "Touching Spirit Bear"
Tuesday- Presentations
Wednesday PSSA Coachbook Open-Ended Questions
Thursday- Begin SPEAK
Friday- SPEAK

Week of February 13th-17th NO VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK DUE 2-24-12
obscene  abstinence  idiot savant  fascist  thespian  predator  
indoctrination  morph  potpourri  paparazzi  synchonized   inspiration  
expiration  flounder  blather  interim  drone  ecology  steroid  irony
Monday PSSA Coachbook Pgs. 278-284
Tuesday-Open Ended question  Homework Pgs. 290-293
Wedneday- Practice Test (PSSA)
Thursday- Read and discuss SPEAK
Friday- NO SCHOOL

Week of February 27th-March 2nd
Monday- Practice PSSA Pretest
Tuesday-Practice test (4sight or PSSA)
Wednesday-same
Thursday- Speak Novel
Friday- Speak Novel

Week of March 5th - 9th
PSSA PREP ON MONDAY  TUESDAY  WEDNESDAY
Vocabulary words  tenacious  dominant  suffragettes  delinquency  perverts  
database  recessive  incriminate  graffiti  dormancy  profoundly  bichon 
frise  quantum physics  identured servitude  shards  genetics  muse  ciao  
detonate  mural

Remainder of March  PSSA READING and MATH

Week of April 2nd-4th
Reading and discussing SPEAK

BREAK April 5th-10th

April 11th-13th
Read Speak and work on comprehension questions

April 16th-20th
PSSA Writing Tests
Thursday- SPEAK Novel TEST
Friday- SPEAK 

April 23rd-25th  PSSA SCIENCE TEST
SPEAK
Thursday- TEXTBOOK  New Unit
Friday- SAME


April 3th-May 4th
Vocabulary words Definitions and Quiz Friday May 4th
content reckon  disgrace  hood  tennis shoe  slouch mugged  stocky  rarity  
grudge  suspicious  boozehound  conformity  contempt  the cooler  doggedly  
elude  exploit  groggy  guardian
Monday- Read Unconquered Textbook pgs. 288-289 and Board Questions
Tuesday- Begin Reading play Pgs. 339-357 HOLDING OUT
Wednesday-Read and discuss "The Outsiders"
Thursday- SAME
Friday- Vocabulary quiz  and "The Outsiders"