7th Grade:
VOCABULARY:
Unit 9
Compucards: DUE FRI 2/10
Spelling pretest MON 2/13
Workbook and sentences DUE THURS 2/16
Test: FRI 2/17
LITERATURE
Answer the following questions in full sentences(on notebook paper) for Roll
of Thunder, chapter 2: DUE WEDS 2/15
1. Tell why Papa comes home unexpectedly.
2. Describe Mr. Morrison.
3. Discuss Cassie's suspicion that Mr. Morrison has come to their home to do
more than work.
4. Review the trouble in the community.
5. Relate Mr. Logan's warning to his kids about the Wallace store.
previously assigned . . .
Answer the following questions in full sentences(on notebook paper) for Roll
of Thunder, chapter 1: DUE MON 2/13
1. Describe the Logan family members and relate their way of life.
2. Relate the treatment the Logan and Avery children receive by the bus
driver.
3. Tell what bad news TJ shares with the Logan children. Also, describe and
introduce Jeremy (who is he?).
4. Discuss why Little Msn refuses his textbook and why he is offended.
5. Relate how Mama resolved the problem of the offensive books.
Don't forget to get parent signatures each time you read!
WRITING:
Typed, first-draft of your 7 SLE paragraphs are DUE WEDS 2/22. Don't wait
until the last minute . . . try typing a paragraph a night!
SCIENCE:
Ch 6.1 workbook, Cornell notes, key terms: DUE TUES 2/14
6.1
• Describe how igneous rocks are formed
• Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed
• Describe how metamorphic rocks are formed
• What is the rock cycle?
• Where are most fossils found (type of rock)?
• What is a paleontologist?
• How are petrified fossils formed? IYOW
• Compare and contrast a mold and cast
• How does carbon film form?
• What kind of information do trace fossils provide?
• How can remains be preserved whole?
6.2
• Compare and contrast relative age and absolute age
• What is the law of superposition? IYOW
• Define intrusion
• Define extrusion
• How are faults used to determine the age of surrounding rocks?
• How does an unconformity occur?
• How do geologists use index fossils? IYOW
6.3
• Define atom
• Define element
• What is radioactive decay?
• How does radioactive decay help determine the age of a rock?
• Why is potassium-argon dating most useful for very old rocks?
• Why is carbon-14 dating used for dating plants and animals?
• How old is Earth?
6.4
• What is the geological time scale?
• Precambrian time accounts for what percentage of all time?
• Why do geologists further subdivide the Cenozoic Era into epochs?
• What were the major life forms during each of the following eras:
Paleozoic? Mesozoic? Cenozoic?
previously assigned . . .
Science Matters! See your handout for individual due dates
Find a current event related to science. Complete summary worksheet and be
ready to make a short oral presentation about your article. Follow the
instructions on the handout I gave you. Ask me in class this week if you
still have any questions . . .
*****************************************************************************
8th Grade:
WRITING:
Complete your outline and prepare your speech. First "draft" of your speech
DUE FRI 2/17--that means be prepared to practice and be timed. Official
speeches will start next week.
Research your persuasive speech topic; bring notes and printed articles to
class on TUES 2/14
previously assigned . . .
SCIENCE:
Continue to research your assigned planet or heavenly body. We will finish
Prezis on Thursday in class--you need to be ready to write/create your Prezi,
not continuing the research.
previously assigned . . .
Ch 23.3 WB, KT: DUE TUES 2/14
Ch 23.2 WB, KT, plus Ch 23.1 and 23.2 Cornell note questions (from text on
the last pg of these sections) DUE MON 2/13
Ch 23.1 workbook and key terms DUE THURS 2/9
Science Matters! see handout for your individual due dates
