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Hi everyone,

We reviewed prepositions again and some of the sentences from your homework last week.  

Remember this capitalization rule:   Ann Forman, governor   (or)  Governor Ann Forman

Capitalize a title if it immediately precedes the name, but doesn’t have a comma separating it.

We also began writing a paragraph with descriptive words.  We took a simple sentence, “She/He is nice” and began developing descriptive words to explain why someone is nice.  Check out the writing sample I sent home, “My baby sister is the picture of health.”

We started your homework - do the best you can since we didn’t get to cover everything deeply.

Homework:

All Grades:

• Finish writing your descriptive paragraph, “She/He is nice.”
• Read the handout, Commas (Eight Basic Uses)
• Complete pp. pp. 585, 587, 597 of Easy Grammar; Turn in Thursday, Feb. 4th
• Complete pp. 10, 12, 18 of Capitalization & Punctuation - Turn in Thursday, Feb. 4th
• We will complete pp. 601-605 of Easy Grammar  on Thursday, February 4th in class.  Don’t complete them at home.
• Review this document on articles:
• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/591/01/
• Review this document on commas:
• http://www.writing-savvy.org/comma-rules.html
• Practice again the Speller only for this Quizlet:  https://quizlet.com/22127273/easy-grammar-plus-prepositions-flash-cards/

• America the Beautiful  6th-8th Grade
  Gwen Hood, teacher
  
  
  Homework due Thursday, February 4, 2016
  
  
  Note: I will give extra credit each week to those who complete all questions for the assigned lessons in the Lesson Review.
  
  
  All grades:
  • Complete the open book test on Units 16-18.
  
  
  • Read Lessons 96-100 in America the Beautiful Part II (disregard the activities listed at the end of each lesson).
  
  
  • In Maps of America the Beautiful, complete:  Lesson 96 on Map 23, Lesson 97 on Map 23, Lesson 98 on Map 6, Lesson 99 on Map 3 and Lesson 100 on Map 2.
  
  
  • In We The People, read page 113-119.
  
  
  • Answer the following questions in your Lesson Review workbook:
  • Lesson 96, numbers 1-5  (p. 51 in Lesson Review)
  • Lesson 97, numbers 1-5 (p. 52)
  • Lesson 98, numbers 1,2 and 4 (p.52)
  • Lesson 99, numbers 1, 3 and 4 (p.53)
  • Lesson 100, numbers 1-4 (p.53)

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American History:

 Must look through each photo and read all accompanying information before Thursday. 

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Homework due Thursday, January 28, 2016

Note: I will give extra credit each week to those who complete all questions for the assigned lessons in the Lesson Review.

All grades:

• Read Lessons 91-95 in America the Beautiful Part II (disregard the activities listed at the end of each lesson).

• In Maps of America the Beautiful, complete:  Lesson 91 on Map 20, Lesson 92 on Map 3, Map 22, Lesson 94 on Map 2 and Lesson 95 on Map 4.

• In We The People, read page 100-107 and 110-112.

• Remember to be studying for the year-end (end of school year) states test. You will have to fill in a blank map of the United States with the name of each state, the name of its capital and the postal abbreviation – all spelled and capitalized correctly.

• Define the following:

1. union
2. conservative

• Answer the following questions in your Lesson Review workbook:

• Lesson 91, numbers 3 and 4 (p. 49)
• Lesson 92, numbers 1-3 (p. 49)
• Lesson 93, numbers  1 and 3 (p. 50)
• Lesson 94, number 1 (p. 50)
• Lesson 95, numbers 1 and 2 (p. 51)

7th and 8th graders:

• Read Jeremiah 22:3. Write one paragraph in your notebook about the way that God wants us to treat strangers, aliens or immigrants.

Just a reminder!

Write a minimum of six facts about each of your assigned states, including the name of the capital. Pictures/displays are welcome, but not required. You will present each of your states in class on indicated dates.

Due 1/28: Montana - Anna

                Nebraska - Andrew and Jared

                Nevada - Lydia and Timothy

Grammar:

From Mitzi:

Hi everyone, I’m enjoying your writing in our class. All of you really focused during that journaling exercise. Sean wrote over 160 words in those 7 minutes, but I think I’m going to have to ask questions about the video game he is playing. All of you wrote over 50 words which allows me to get to know you better. By the way, you ALL passed the Preposition Test. I thought you would. I helped students on about 3 of the sentences, but overall, they all completed the test themselves. We corrected another paragraph together today. I rushed through part of your homework assignment at the end of class. If you need additional help, please call me. Next week, we’ll go back to our Winston Grammar cards and maybe Bingo again just for review. Homework: Review: Read the following: http://www.eltweb.com/punctuation-rules-handout/ All Grades: Complete pp. pp. 571 - 579 of Easy Grammar - Turn in Thursday, January 28th Complete pp. 4, 5, 7, 9 of Capitalization & Punctuation - Turn in Thursday, January 28th Review this document on articles: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/591/01/ Review this document on prepositions: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/ Practice again the Speller only for this Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/22127273/easy-grammar-plus-prepositions-flash-cards/ 

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I love you! I'm proud of you! You make me smile!

Grammar:

Hi guys,

I gave you pages 2 and 3 of Capitalization and Punctuation which should also be completed.  I apologize for not listing it on my homework email, but I hope you know they should be completed regardless.

If you have trouble recognizing nouns and verbs, try this website for practice:

http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.htm

I forgot to send your Preposition Test home with you, but I think I mentioned in class that I wanted to have you take it this Thursday anyway.  Review your list of prepositions and make sure you know how to find nouns and verbs.

Here’s a practice test for all of you.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz1.htm

• Complete pp. 19, 33, 37, 39 of Easy Grammar - Turn in Thursday, January 21st
• Complete Preposition Test (p. 71) - Turn in Thursday, January 21st
• Practice the Speller only for this Quizlet:  https://quizlet.com/22127273/easy-grammar-plus-prepositions-flash-cards/

Thanks guys,

Mitzi

American History:

Note: I will give extra credit each week to those who complete all questions for the assigned lessons in the Lesson Review.

All grades:

• Complete open book test on Units 11-13.

• Remember to be studying as you go for the year-end (end of school year) states test. You will have to fill in a blank map of the United States with the name of each state, the name of its capital and the postal abbreviation – all spelled and capitalized correctly.

• Read Lessons 86-90 in America the Beautiful Part II (disregard the activities listed at the end of each lesson).

• Complete the assignments for Lesson 86 on Map 21, Lesson 87 on Map 2, Lesson 88 on Map 3 in Maps of America the Beautiful

• Define the following:

• literate
• segregation
• armistice
• copyright
• pious
• theological

• Answer the following questions in your Lesson Review workbook:
• Lesson 86, numbers 1-3 and 5  (p. 46 in Lesson Review)
• Lesson 87,  numbers 1 and 2 (p. 47)

• Lesson 88, numbers 1- 5 (p.47)
• Lesson 89, numbers 1, 4 and 5 (p.48)
• Lesson 90, numbers 1 and 5 (p.48)

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• Write at least two paragraphs about one of the following industrialists/ financiers of the Gilded Age:  Andrew Carnegie, Richard Warren Sears (and Alvah Curtis Roebuck), Aaron Montgomery Ward, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, or William Waldorf Astor. You will need to use resources other than the textbook. You do not need to cite your resources. Please…. no Wikipedia!

• Remember to be studying as you go for the year-end (end of school year) states test. You will have to fill in a blank map of the United States with the name of each state, the name of its capital and the postal abbreviation – all spelled and capitalized correctly.

• Read Lessons 81-85 in America the Beautiful Part II (disregard the activities listed at the end of each lesson).

• Complete the assignments for Lesson 77 on Map 3 (I missed this last assignment), Lesson 81 on Map 20, Lesson 82 on Map 2 and Lesson 84 on Map 3  in Maps of America the Beautiful

• No reading in We The People this week.

• Answer the following questions in your Lesson Review workbook:
   Lesson 81, numbers 1, 2 and 4  (p. 43 in Lesson Review)
  • Lesson 82, numbers 1,2, and 5 (p. 44)
• Lesson 83, numbers 1- 5 (p.44)
• Lesson 84, numbers 1, 3, 4 and 5 (p.45)
• Lesson 85, numbers 1 and 5 (p.45)
  
  
  GRAMMAR
  
  
  • Complete pp. 15, 21, 25, 29 of Easy Grammar
  • Practice the Speller only for this Quizlet:  https://quizlet.com/22127273/easy-grammar-plus-prepositions-flash-cards/
  • Take SAT Grammar: Identify sentence errors test 1 online test:  http://www.majortests.com/sat/grammar.php    If you achieve a score better than 7/15 on this SAT Grammar test, you probably shouldn’t take this grammar class.