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Mrs. McNally
Team Aspire
Holland Middle School
tmcnally@crsd.org
Academic Homework- A research calendar can be found in our Google Classroom for Research
Monday, 1/6- Ensure that you have located one book source & that it is entered into Noodle Tools
Tuesday, 1/7- Read through one source & highlight key information
Wednesday, 1/8- Finish reading through other two sources & highlight key information
Thursday, 1/9- 6 notecards on Question One (Who/What was____?) due tomorrow
Friday, 1/10- All 12 notecards on Question One (Who/What was____?) are due Monday
Monday, 1/13- 5-6 notecards on questions 2 & 3 due tomorrow (Question 2- What were the effects of ___ on the time period? Question 3- What were specific, long-lasting effects of ___?)
Tuesday, 1/14- 11-12 notecards (in total) on questions 2 & 3 are due tomorrow
Wednesday, 1/15- your printed Works Cited page is due tomorrow if you did not complete it in class today; clean up, edit, & revise notecards so that they are clear and in a logical order. Sample categories for effects can be found in our Google classroom slides from today
Thursday, 1/16- Finish outlining paragraph one of our Research Outline (this document is found in our Google classroom); include a hook and closing sentence
Friday, 1/17- Finish outlining paragraph two of our Research Outline; include a topic sentence and a closing sentence
Tuesday, 1/21- Finish outlining paragraph three of our Research Outline; this should include a topic sentence and a closing sentence; Research outlines are due on Friday
Wednesday, 1/22 Clean up outline (edit, revise, check for gaps in research, make sure citations are correct); Research Outlines and revised Works Cited are due on Monday
Thursday, 1/23- Research outlines and revised Works Cited are due Monday; complete green editing sheet tonight
Friday, 1/24- Research outlines and revised Works Cited are due Monday
Click here to see a sample outline. Click here for the grading rubric.
Monday, 1/27- complete subject/predicate worksheet
Thursday, 1/30- subject predicate quiz is tomorrow; visit our Google Classroom for an extra review sheet and answer key
2/3 through 2/6- prepare for your research presentations; click here for the presentation rubric; sample presentations are in our Google Classroom
Monday, 2/10- read pages 1-42 of Tangerine by Wednesday; complete questions 1-12 of yellow packet
Tuesday, 2/11- ready pages 1-42 of Tangerine for tomorrow; complete questions 1-12 of yellow packet; comma quiz is on Thursday
Wednesday, 2/12- study for tomorrow's comma quiz; there is an extra practice sheet and answer key in our Google classroom
Thursday, 2/13- Read pages 42-77 for Wednesday, 2/19; take bulleted notes as you read
Tuesday, 2/18- Read pages 4-77 for tomorrow and take notes as you read; reading comprehension quiz on these pages is tomorrow; vocab is due on Friday
Wednesday, 2/19- read pages 77-89 and take notes as you read; vocab is due on Friday
Thursday, 2/20- vocab is due tomorrow; click here for the vocab chart
Friday, 2/21- read up to page 115 for Tuesday; work on paragraph 3 of argumentative essay
Monday, 2/24- read up to page 115 for tomorrow; work on paragraph 3 of argumentative essay
Tuesday, 2/25- argumentative essay is due tomorrow; outline, editing sheet, and grading rubric can be found in our Google classroom; vocab quiz is Thursday; read 115-151 for Friday
Wednesday, 2/26- vocab quiz is tomorrow; read 115-151 for Friday
Thursday, 2/27- read 115-151 for tomorrow; take bulleted notes as you read; quiz on these pages is tomorrow
Monday, 3/2- read pages 159-168; answer questions 32-34 in yellow packet
Tuesday, 3/3- read up to page 182; answer questions 35-37 in yellow packet
Wednesday, 3/4- read up to page 199; answer questions 38-39 in yellow packet (link is above if needed)
Thursday, 3/5- read 206-212 and take bulleted notes
Friday, 3/6- read pages 212-224 and take 8-12 bulleted notes; there will be a quiz on Tuesday on pages 203-237
Monday, 3/7- read pages 225-237 and take 8-12 bulleted notes; there will be a quiz tomorrow on pages 203-237
Honors Homework-A research calendar can be found in our Google Classroom for Research
Monday, 1/6- Ensure that you have located one book source & that it is entered into Noodle Tools
Tuesday, 1/7- Read through 2 sources & highlight key information
Wednesday, 1/8- Read through other 2 sources & highlight key information
Thursday, 1/9- 7 notecards on Question 1 (Who/What was ____?) are due tomorrow
Friday, 1/10- All 15 notecards on Question One (Who/What was ____?) are due Monday
Monday, 1/ 13- 6-7 notecards on questions 2 & 3 due tomorrow (Question 2- What were the effects of ___ on the time period? Question 3- What were specific, long-lasting effects of ___?)
Tuesday, 1/14- 15 notecards (in total) on questions 2 & 3 are due tomorrow
Wednesday, 1/15- printed Works Cited page is due tomorrow if you did not complete it in class today; clean up, edit, and revise notecards
Thursday, 1/16- Finish outlining paragraph one of Research Outline (this document is in our Google classroom)
Friday, 1/17- Finish outlining paragraph two of Research Outline
Tuesday, 1/21- Finish outlining paragraph three of Research outline - Research outlines due Friday
Wednesday, 1/22- Clean up research outline (check for flow of writing, gaps in research, proper citations, spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.) - Research outlines and revised Works Cited due Friday
Thursday, 1/23- Research outlines and revised Works Cited due tomorrow; Click here for the grading rubric; click here for a peer editing sheet; click here for a sample outline
Monday, 1/27- complete pink packet; quiz Thursday on subjects & predicates
Wednesday, 1/30- slides and notecards due on Tuesday
2/3 through 2/6- prepare for research presentations; click here for the research presentation rubric; sample presentations are in our Google Classroom
Monday, 2/10- period 1- read chapter 2 (October) by Wednesday
period 3- finish comma packet
Wednesday, 2/12- study for tomorrow's comma quiz; there is an extra practice sheet and answer key in our Google classroom
period 3- finish chapter 2 (October) by tomorrow
Thursday, 2/13- Read November and take notes on it
Tuesday, 2/18 & Wednesday, 2/19- read December and take notes for Thursday; vocab due Monday; vocab chart can be found in our Google classroom
Thursday, 2/20- December Analysis is due by midnight; those on the ski trip tonight can turn it in during RA tomorrow
Friday, 2/21- vocab is due Monday; read and take notes on January for Tuesday
Monday, 2/24- read and take notes on January for tomorrow; vocab quiz is Thursday
Wednesday, 2/26 & Thursday, 2/27- vocab quiz is Friday; read February for Friday
Week of 3/2/20
-Read March and take notes on this chapter for Tuesday, 3/3
-TDA on March will occur on Wednesday, 3/4
-pronoun quiz is Thursday for period 3; pronoun quiz is Friday for period 1; there is an extra pronoun practice sheet with answer key in our Google classroom
-Read April and take notes on this chapter for Friday, 3/6
Week of 3/10
-May and notes are due on Tuesday
-TDA on Wednesday
-June and notes are due on Friday
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