Cal Young Middle School - Homework and Announcements
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Caretakers to play - Periods 1 & 2
Language Arts:
Discuss "The Lottery"
hand in questions
Revise Color poems
work on laptops
continue to cut out colors
Social Studies:
Semester test -
hand in Constitution Notebooks
Language Arts:
Turn in your assigned book - The Giver
Homework due- write your ending to The Giver
see Friday, Jan 25th for details
CW - discuss cultures and their extremes
Pair-share: Read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Write a response to the following:
1.) List a major theme found in this story.
Be ready to share examples.
2.)How do you explain this event?
3.)According to the author, what does this say about
people?
Due Wednesday- partners will have a short time
to combine papers.
Social Studies:
Prepare for semester test - see overhead for
focus topics
Use your Constitution Notebook and books for
final preparations
Notebooks due tomorrow -
Test tomorrow
DFZ Assembly - see class schedule
Language Arts:
CW - correct/discuss comp ws "Waters
of Babylon"
HW - The Giver
We don't know for sure what happened as
The Giver ended. If you were to write the last
page of this novel how would you end it/explain
things/etc..?
Write 1/2 page minimum with Jonas and Gabrielle
as they head down that dark hill towards the
lights and sounds.
No short cuts are allowed (ex: "Cut!" the director yelled)
Due Monday (1-28)
Social Studies:
Group planning- see handout prompts
HW - take one prompt to work on over
the weekend. Have ideas written
down to present to your group on
Monday.
Due Monday: Extra Credit Storyboard
Tuesday: Semester history test
Consititutional Notebooks due
Language Arts:
CW - continue discussion of John's
adventure and vocabulary
-Comprehension ws - due at end of class
-Comparison chart due today
(John and Jonas)
HW- continue to find & clip colors for your
poem collage
Social Studies:
Finish discussion of Amendments
19-21-26-27
Analyze/discussion "What do our laws
show about our values?" What are our
values?
Groups formed - see the overhead for
group questions
**Test - Tuesday - (1-29)
Constitutions notebooks due then
**Extra credit storyboards - due Monday (1-28)
Language Arts:
Visitation from Sheldon counselors
-time to start thinking/planning next year
Bring your comparison chart to class tomorrow
It is due Thursday (Jonas and John chart)
Social Studies:
Review Amendments 13-14-15
Present Amendments 16 (Income Tax)
and Amendment 18 (Prohibition)
Discussion - What has America learned
from Prohibition? How do we apply lessons
to today's life?
Test - Tuesday (1-29)
Covers the Judicial Branch, Bill of Rights, and
significant amendments
Constitution Notebook due same day
Extra Credit - Storyboard due by Monday (1-28)
Language Arts:
Review/discuss "Waters of Babylon"
work on the comparison chart
of John and Jonas
HW - continue to complete the chart
due Wednesday
Social Studies:
Read/discuss Amendments 13-14-15
Creating American and We The People
Take Note:
Final Judicial Branch and B.O.R. test - Tuesday
January 29th - study small blocks of info each night
Constitution Notebooks - due day of the test
Extra Credit - Storybook - due Monday - January 28th
Newsclippings - overdue - bring tomorrow
Language Arts:
Work day - computers
Finish rough draft of color poem
Save & print two copies of your poem
Staple brainstormed list and one rough draft
together - turn in to me today
CW/Hw- use magazines to find colors
cut out - save all color samples/pics and
bring to class to create a color collage.
Bring mags to class tomorrow
Themes of The Giver:
see list on the overhead
start basic research and take simple notes
Social Studies:
Finish the Bill Thomas case
class votes on probation or detention center
Turn in two papers on the case
Judge's decision announced
Discuss the similarities & differences
between adult and juvenile court
H.O.- Living Bill of Rights ws
Do #1-3 as homework due tomorrow
Give each question two answers:
1.) list the number of the B.O.R.
2.)briefly explain the reason/problem/etc..
Language Arts:
Work Day - Color Poems
24 lines minimum
Use sources
Get teacher help
Rough drafts due Wednesday
Wednesday will be computer time
to finish or start revisions
Social Studies:
CW - correct/discuss the B.O. R. crossword
puzzle
Juvenile Justice - The sentencing of Bill Thomas
Handout - listening guide/video
Decision sheet- decide what you would decide
for Billy? Explain.
Due Wednesdays both papers (see above)
HW - clip newspaper articles concerning B.O.R.
10 minimum - due Friday (1-18)
Language Arts:
The Giver-
Complete the list of color descriptions
Computers - extend color idioms and
layers of meaning
Compose your color poem - 24 lines minimum
Include s-m-p, higher level vocabulary and ADJs.
Completed rough draft due Wednesday
Social Studies:
Newspaper clippings - due Friday, Jan. 18th
get papers from me if needed
CW - study time then Crossword Puzzle
"Bill of Rights"
Due at end of class
Continue to study for upcoming test
**Extra Credit Book Report - the story board is due Jan. 23rd.**
Language Arts:
Review expectations of color brainstorming
Go beyond single work descriptions
Watch out for repetition
Use all the sound bites and stereotypes that fit
Add all the unique ideas that come from your
personal thinking
•Get approval from me regarding your list
HW- start the first 6 lines of your color poem
include s-m-p and rhyming
(start rough drafting your poem even if I have not
seen and approved your list)
**bring all work to class on Monday
CW - what can you see on a flat page in gray and white?
look over stereographic images
what does that tell you about vision and the brain?
Social Studies:
CW - correct "Looking Back - Appellate and Original Courts"
Turn in Constitution notebooks for scoring of pages 102-105
Notebooks will be given an interim assessment
They will be returned for revisions and then a final grade
HW- read the newspapers looking for stories that concern
Bill of Rights topics - clip and save to bring to school
Jan. 18th - articles due
CW - Future Fright - Bill of Rights video
Extra Credit Book Report - continue to work outside of class.
Get paper from me - use the classroom computers if needed
Due: Jan. 23rd
discussion and card survey
Language Arts:
Class analysis of color comments-
class discussion of color in our lives
Color lottery: students draw a color
Color poems - discuss examples on the
overhead
Step one: Brainstorm ideas and list them
-how does "color" taste? feel? sound?
smell? etc....
-what emotions does it evoke?
-how does it feel?
-what are some images you "see"
-does "color" have power? spirituality?
-etc.....
List 30 to 50 ideas-
don't judge or evaluate - just let the ideas flow
Show me your list for approval before you
continue to work on your poem
Social Studies:
Quiz - Bill of Rights
CW - newspaper articles re: B.O.R.
save collection of B.O.R articles iin
your Constitution Notebook.
Bring old newspapers to class for more
clipping.
Due Friday: ws 102-105 and "Looking Back-Judicial Branch"
Language Arts:
The Giver -
Class activity - color represents a variety
of emotions, feelings, and images
Small groups move to color posters (9)
Using post-its • describe what this color
-feels like
-says to you
-emotions
-certain images
Begin analysis of the group - continue tomorrow
Ws due today - study questions Chapters 1-7
Social Studies:
Tactics - due use for study time
Due this Friday - Bill of Rights - pg 102-105
and Looking Back - The Judicial Branch
HW - collect newspapers for clipping B.O.R articles
bring to class
CW - review of B.O.R. and details
?quiz time?
Language Arts:
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Class discussion on society, sameness, and
government
CW- quiz
correct in class
**finish reading novel if you have not**
HO- study questions - due tomorrow
Social Studies:
Extra Credit work due - Jan. 23rd
(war book with storyline pics and text)
Bill of Rights (BOR) ws 102-105
due Friday (1-11)
CW - "Tactics" by Marzano
demonstration of a memorizing technique
conceptualize the BOR - due tomorrow
