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Mrs. Thalken's Language Arts
Homework due November 9-13
Monday, Nov. 9
Detective Story due – attach all drafts & framework
Bring Fahrenheit 451 to class
Vocab – Root Words 2/4 definitions (levitate, alliteration,
deliverance, epilogue, magnum, mandate, mediocre, memoir, juvenile, lavatory,
deluge)
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Read Fahrenheit 451 pg 3-19
Vocab – Root Words 2/4 Contextual Sentences
EIC #13
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Read Fahrenheit 451 pg 19-32
Vocab – Root Words 2/4 test
Thursday, Nov. 12
Read Fahrenheit 451 pg 32-48
Vocab – Root Words 2/5 definitions (premonition, neurosis,
nomenclature, innovate, innumerable, synonym, pendulum, orthopedic,
appendage, demote, immortality)
Friday, Nov. 13
Grammar test over prepositional phrases
Read Fahrenheit 451 pg 48-68
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Mrs. Messmer's 7th Grade Language Arts Class
Week of November 9-13 (Work Folders Due Fri. 11/13)
(Attention Parents: ** items -- must be present in homework portfolio)
Monday 11/9
**Vocab -- Unit 9 pgs. 98-100 & write sentences**
**Grammar -- HM Textbook pgs. 22-23
**Composition -- "Imagine you were cursed like Rip Van Winkle & slept for 20
years. Describe the world in which you awake."
Lit - Read 1/3 of chosen Mystery --
Tuesday -- 11/10
**Vocab -- pg. 102 & list synonyms**
**Grammar -- HM TXT. pgs. 24-25 (#6-30 evens)
**Comp -- Subjects in a series -- finish assignment from class
Literature -- Read 2/3 of Mystery
Wed. 11/11
V- Vocabulary Review
**G - HM pgs. 26-27 (#'s 6-16)
**C - Proofread & Revise (must have revised draft in folder with proofreading
marks & revisions) Published copy must be typed, Double spaced
**L - Finish Mystery
Thurs. 11/12
V- Vocab test unit 9
** G- HM txt. Conjuctions pg. 30 (#13-30 - odds)
**C- "If you were a character in Clue who would you be & why" 5 sentence
paragraph
**L- Complete Mystery report
Friday. 11/13
G: Combining sentences HM pg 32 (#5-12 in class)
C: Write a "Who am I clues"
L: Clue Mysteries
Obtain a copy of "Disney's A Christmas Carol: Based on the new movie from
Walt Disney Pictures" or Bring $6.00 and I will provide your copy by
November 13th
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Ms. Griffin's Assignments
Week of November 2-6
Mon. 11-6 Vocabulary- unit 6:11-20 pg.69 nos.2,5,6,7,8,10,14,16,17,18
pg. 70 nos.3,5,7,8,10,12,13,14,15,17
Grammar-handout: progressive forms of verbs (based on
text pgs. 159-160)
Comprehension: handout Reading for Meaning 28 "A Mexican
Festival"/MS 2:5 "Cause and Effect"
Literature: The People of Sparks study guide ch. 22
"Discoveries"
Tues. 11-7 Vocabulary- unit 6:11-20 pg 68 nos.1,2,3,5,9,10,14,15,18,19
Grammar- progressive verb forms; identifying and writing
handout based ontext pages 159-160
Comprehension: handout Editor-in-Chief "Biking Home"
/ Sentence Combining "First and New"
Literature: The People of Sparks chapter 23 "Getting Ready for
War /Third Town Meeting"
Wed: 11-8 Vocabulary-unit 6:11-20 write original contextual sentences
Grammar- review and practice identifying tenses and forms
verbs. Handout based on pgs 151-160 in text
Comprehension-handout Reading for Meaning 29 "How a Dog Learns" /
Multiple Skills 2:6 "Fact amd Opinion"
Literature- The People of Sparks quiz over part 2
Thurs: 11-9 Vocabulary handout> complete analogies, make word
associations;complete sentences; discuss the part of speech
Grammar-handout: identifying and writing transitive and
intransitive verbs based on pgs 161-162 in text
Comprehension-handout Editor-in-Chief "The Erth's Seasons"/
Sentence Combining "Island Talk"
Literature-The People of Sparks chapter 24-5 "What Torren Planned
Dread at the Last Minute"
Fri. 10-30 Vocabulary unit 6:11-20 Quiz: spelling, definition, usage,
synonyms and antonyms
Grammar-handout identifying and writing transivie/intransitive
verbs based on pgs 161-161 in text
Comprehension-handout Reading for Meaning "Oats"
/ Multiple Skills 2:7 "Drawing Conclusions"
Literature- The People of Sparks chapter 26 "The Weapon"
