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English HW: February 22, 2010

2010-02-22T10:49:00.004-05:00

* MUG STUDY: Teach an adult/sibling the skills we learned today.

* MUG QUIZ on FRIDAY

* MCAS PRACTICE: Twenty school days until the MCAS test!
Five-paragraph essay due Thursday (vomit, outline, drafts, final masterpiece):
Think about what a perfect day would be for you. What would you do? Where would you be? Who would be with you? In a well-developed composition, describe your perfect day and explain why it would be perfect for you.

* SUMMARY PRACTICE:
Choose your own news article, margin note, typed summary due Friday

Reminder:
Mrs. Smith and Mr. Hurley will be at an out-of-school conference on Wednesday. You will have class time on Wednesday to work on these assignments.

English HW: February 11, 2010

2010-02-11T12:10:00.003-05:00

* MUG STUDY: Teach an adult/sibling the skills we learned today.
* MUG QUIZ on FRIDAY
* Continue preparing your "Using the Right Word" PRE-TEST and POST-TEST
Typed final drafts due by 2:06 p.m. on Friday.

English HW: February 10, 2010

2010-02-10T12:36:00.001-05:00

* MUG STUDY: Teach an adult/sibling the skills we learned today.
* MUG QUIZ on FRIDAY
* Finish the grammar study exercises from yesterday

English HW: February 8, 2010

2010-02-08T19:17:00.003-05:00

* MUG STUDY: Teach an adult/sibling the skills we learned today.
* MUG QUIZ on FRIDAY
* SUMMARY PRACTICE: (Due tomorrow)
-- Read and margin note the Iron" article handed out in class today
-- Write and Type a summary for "Iron"

English Homework: February 3, 2010

2010-02-03T09:58:00.006-05:00

* MUG STUDY: Teach an adult/sibling the skills we learned today.
* MUG QUIZ on FRIDAY
* MCAS PRACTICE:
-- Write and type your "from Treasure Islands" response.
-- Complete the multiple choice questions
* SUMMARY PRACTICE:(Due Friday)
-- Choose and margin note your news article (6+ paragraphs)
-- Write a summary following instructions you've been given
* LOOSE ENDS:
-- Have you typed your "Acid Rain" and "Triangle Trade"
summaries? Be sure to submit your final copies to your
class folder.

English Homework: Tuesday, 11/10 & Wednesday, 11/11

2009-11-10T13:38:00.004-05:00

-- MUGS Week #9. Study, teach an adult. Quiz Thursday.
[This week's skills: pronoun-antecedent agreement; between vs. among; more comma splice practice; underlining names of ships, newspapers, books, paintings, aircraft; commas within dates, spelling, using numerals and words for LARGE numbers (millions, billions, trillions)]

-- Read 20+ minutes, log.

-- More assessments coming on elements of five-paragraph essays!

-- Five-paragraph EXPOSITORY (explain!) Essay
(Vomit, Outline, Drafts, Masterpiece)

Due Thursday 11/12, explore ONE of the three prompts below:

1. What qualities makes a best friend?

2. You're hiking in the woods with three friends. One falls, sprains ankle, can't walk. You're five miles from civilization. It's getting dark. How will you get everyone home safely?

3.Pick an aphorism (wise, sometimes witty advice about life). Explain what the aphorism means, with examples. To browse famous aphorisms, visit http://www.aphorisms-galore.info/

-- Margin Noting: "Other Fish to Fry" Due Thursday 11/12

REMEMBER: All evidence of your essay development is due when you walk into A101. Vomit! Outline! Drafts! Final Masterpiece! Make arrangements ahead of time to print all of your work. You may not use classtime to use the printer.

English Homework: Monday, November 9, 2009

2009-11-09T10:35:00.005-05:00

-- MUGS Week #9. Study, teach an adult. Quiz Thursday.
(new skills: pronoun-antecedent agreement, between vs. among, more comma splice practice)

-- Read 20+ minutes, log.

-- QUIZ: Scoring Guide (tomorrow, 11/10)

-- Five-paragraph EXPOSITORY (explain!) Essay
(Vomit, Outline, Drafts, Masterpiece)

Due Thursday, explore ONE of the three prompts below:

1. What qualities makes a best friend?

2. You're hiking in the woods with three friends. One falls, sprains ankle, can't walk. You're five miles from civilization. It's getting dark. How will you get everyone home safely?

3.Pick an aphorism (wise, sometimes witty advice about life). Explain what the aphorism means, with examples. To browse famous aphorisms, visit http://www.aphorisms-galore.info/

-- Start Margin Noting: "Other Fish to Fry"

English Homework: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

2009-11-03T08:46:00.005-05:00

-- MUGS Week #8. Study, teach an adult. Quiz Thursday.
(new skills: commas in dates, commas in a series, more semi-colons practice)

-- Read 20+ minutes, log.

-- Five-paragraph Essay(Vomit, Outline, Drafts, Masterpiece)

Due Thursday, defend ONE of the thesis statements below:

"Students at Ipswich Middle School should be required to wear school uniforms."

"Students at Ipswich Middle School should not be required to wear school uniforms."

English Homework: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

2009-10-28T10:35:00.005-04:00

* Reading 20+ minutes per evening. Update your log.

* Review today's MUG SHOT... teach an adult what you learned today.
(skills: parallelism, articles, using the right word, spelling)

* MUG SHOT QUIZ TOMORROW.

* Vocabulary: ZENITH and CLANDESTINE (antonyms)

* Vocabulary QUIZ on Friday

* Five-paragraph Essay: Due Thursday, October 29, 2009
(Vomit, Outline, Drafts, Final Masterpiece)
Be sure you experiment with one of the FIVE introduction techniques!

"Mrs. Forester wants to invite a celebrity to attend a special assembly and share wisdom with our school community. Which well-known celebrity would you nominate to speak at this special assembly? This celebrity should have a VALUABLE story (or stories!) to tell. Choose a celebrity whose experiences would affect I.M.S. students/teachers in a POSITIVE way. Be sure to defend your nomination with convincing reasons and details."

English Homework: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

2009-10-27T22:10:00.004-04:00

* Reading 20+ minutes per evening. Update your log.

* Review today's MUG SHOT... teach an adult what you learned today.
(today's skills: irregular verbs, capitalization, spelling)

* MUG SHOT QUIZ on Thursday.

* Vocabulary: ZENITH and CLANDESTINE (sentences)

* Vocabulary QUIZ on Friday

* Five-paragraph Essay: Due Thursday, October 29, 2009
(Vomit, Outline, Drafts, Final Masterpiece)

"Mrs. Forester wants to invite a celebrity to attend a special assembly and share wisdom with our school community. Which well-known celebrity would you nominate to speak at this special assembly? This celebrity should have a VALUABLE story (or stories!) to tell. Choose a celebrity whose experiences would affect I.M.S. students/teachers in a POSITIVE way. Be sure to defend your nomination with convincing reasons and details."