Newspaper Project (for Mrs. Miller)
-check Homework site for weekly items
Title for newspaper (5 points) ________________
Editor(5)_________________________________
Date published (5) _________________________
Article (at least 3 paragraphs) about or related to:
Religion (15)______________
Yourself (15)_______________
Obituary of President/African American(15)____
Editorial about or related to:
Cobble’s Knot (15)________________
Science Crossword Puzzle (10)_______________
Advertisement/Cartoon about:
Junior Achievement (10)_______________
Math Word Problem (10)___________________
St. Mary School Parody (10)_________________
Spelling – lists 9-12 Wordsearch (10)__________
Vocabulary WW 9 Crossword Puzzle (10)______
Headlines (5)_____________________________
Bylines (5) ______________________________
Graphics(2 besides required items)(10)_________
Photo of Self (5)___________________________
Spelling/Capitalization/Grammar (20)_________
Work Cited - at least 5 (10) __________________
Total score _______________
Newspaper Project (for Ms. Imbus)
Article about or related to:
Religion (20) points____________________
Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Write an article about a person you know or a famous person that has
displayed one or more of the Gifts &/or Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Tell
which Gift or Fruit this person showed and how he or she showed it. This
must be at least 10 sentences.
Science Crossword Puzzle (15) points___________
(Matter, Physical/Chemical Changes, & Properties)
Use vocabulary words and definitions from Unit E: Chapter 1 & 2 to create a
crossword puzzle. You must have at least 20 clues.
Math Word Problem (15) points______________________
Create a 6-8 sentence word problem using at least two operations, including
multiplication and division. This word problem must have to do with one of
the themes of the month of February: Presidents Day, African-American
heritage, or Valentine’s Day. You also must include the answer somewhere in
your newspaper.
English Nouns Test – Tuesday, October 25, 2011
- Unit 2
- Review pages 82-86 and 89-94
- Recognize nouns – person, place, thing, idea, feeling or emotion
- Common and Proper Nouns – state/Ohio, school/St. Mary
- Singular and Plural Nouns – dog/dogs, deer/deer, mouse/mice,
wife/wives, dish/dishes
- Review the 9 rules for pluralizing words
- Possessive Nouns – If a noun doesn’t end in s, and an apostrophe and
an s.
girl – girl’s
men – men’s
If a noun ends in s, and an apostrophe.
foxes – foxes’
English Sentences Test Study Guide - test Friday, Sept. 23rd
Review Unit 1 in English book.
Use pages 53-62 to practice any of the following.
Know and be able to label the 2 parts of a sentence - Subject and Predicate
Mrs. Miller’s class is learning about sentences.
Subject Predicate
Know and be able to label Complete Subjects and Predicates
Mrs. Miller’s class is learning about sentences.
Complete Subject Complete Predicate
Know and be able to label Simple Subjects and Predicates
Mrs. Miller’s class is learning about sentences.
Simple Subject - class
Mrs. Miller’s class is learning about sentences.
Simple Predicate - is learning
Know 4 kinds of sentences
We are learning about sentences. Declarative
Are we learning about sentences? Interrogative
Learn about sentences. Imperative
I’ve learned about sentences! Exclamatory
Know conjunctions
and - joins together – Subjects and predicates make sentences.
Subjects are important, and predicates are important.
but – shows contrast – Subjects are first, but sometimes predicates are first.
or – shows choice – Sentences can be long or short.
Sentences can have two, three, four, or many more words in them.
Be able to recognize and correct Run-on sentences.
We have learned about sentences we are trying to find the subjects and
predicates.
Corrected:
We have learned about sentences. We are trying to find the subjects and
predicates.
or
We have learned about sentences, and we are trying to find the subjects and
predicates.
