Homework 1/22/08

Review for the test

Homework Pages 127-138 in your Grammar Books

In your Grammar books students are asked to complete chapter 6. This chapter will focus on prepositions.

Model Essay For Research Report

Research Essay Model found on pages R64-R65. On these pages you will find a point by point break down of the basics in a box check list and rubric.

The Writing Process/Building Blocks of Good Writing

Students can find a detailed break down of the writing process located on pages R32-R35 in their McDougal Littell Text Book. Students can also look at the building blocks of good writing located on pages R36-R40.

Students are encouraged to read and apply what they have read to their research essays.

Transitions

Transitions are words and phrases that show the connections between details. Clear transitions help show how ideas relate to each other.

Kinds of Transitions

Time Sequence: first, second, always, then, next, later, soon, before

Spatial order:

Research Report Writing

On pages R51-R54 in your text their is a handy guide that will help you as you begin and finish your research essays.

Writing a Thesis Statement

A thesis statement in a research report defines the main idea, or overall purpose, of your report. A clear one sentence answer to your main question will result in a good thesis statement.

Homework 1/7-1/10

All students are given the opportunity to either correct their research essays or complete them and turn them in by Tuesday/Wednesday of next week. This will be your last opportunity to complete and turn in your vacation homework. I strongly urge all students to complete this essay.

Classwork 1/7/08-1/10/08

All Language Arts Students must complete lesson 21 in their Measuring Up text book. This assignment covers 6 of the areas that you will be tested on in a few weeks. Students must complete the revising assignment(Explain Why California Ia An Important State)on pages 176-178. After completing the writing assignment please read "Why the Honor Code Matters" on page 179 and answer all the questions on page 180 after completing this activity please continue and read "A Great Hobby" on page 181 and answer all the questions on pages 182-183.

List of Expository Essays

All Language Arts Students Should Have By Now Completed the Following Expository Essays

1)How to Make Essay
2)Guide to Parents or Teen Drivers
3)Discuss an invention that can be good or harmful
4)Discussion of Teens and HIV/AIDS
5)Should students clean their school
6)Are celebrities paid too much money for the work they do?
7)Student response to the KKK letter
8)Somebody Blew Up America (Some Classes) Respond to this poem.
9)Response to Anne Frank Question regarding living in Germany during Nazi Rule
10)Write your own suspense story based on the text book story "The Dinner Party" (Some Classes)
11)Essay about how you got your name.
12)Write an essay about the most valuable thing that you own that was not bought.
13) Research essay on the Current Housing Crisis

Classwork 1/7/08

Language Arts Students: All language arts students will focus on Lesson 21 in the measuring up text. On pages 175-183 students will focus on CAS WS 8.1.6. this standard focuses on revising skills. On page 175 students are asked to copy down these four questions: Does organization match my purpose? Does one idea follow the other logically? Should I rearrange the ideas to make them flow more smoothly? Are all the ideas on the topic? Should any information be cut because it is off topic?