Team Pride Assignments: Language Arts & Social Studies 11/14/14

Homework Expectations

The primary purpose of homework is practice, an extension of the day’s work, time to work on long-term projects or an investigation of something for class discussion, not introduction of a new skill. Students should be able to complete it independently. If unable to complete an assignment independently, please notify your teacher. 7th—8th grade teachers work together as a team to plan for approximately one hour nightly, unless a student opts to take on extra courses or enrichment, such as language, algebra, music, band, etc.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/14/14

Language Arts:

We started reading The Outsiders today. For those of you who want to listen to chapter 1 again, here is a link: http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=ZnpxREu For the full text of the book, following this link: http://www.mrclements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/S.E.-Hinton-The-Outsiders-Full-Text.pdf Make sure to follow along in the text. This will help you see vocabulary words in context, and identify unfamiliar words in print.
Independent reading journals will be checked on Thursday, November 20th. Read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and identify two literary devices.

Social Studies:

Thinkcerca.com article due Friday, November 21.