Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Read the first four pages of Book VIII in the Odyssey.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Study map of Great Britain: seas and countries which make it up. Work on the final draft of your Call of the Wild paper, due Monday. Write two paragraphs: one describing Dr. Jekyll and one describing Mr. Hyde. Include descriptions from the text. These paragraphs will become part of your report mobile, which is due Wednesday, November 7.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Work on the final draft of your Animal Farm paper, due Monday. Work on your short story or story mobile project, due next Wednesday, November 7.
October 30 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Finish Book VII in the Odyssey. Write a paragraph(s) summarizing Book VII.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Study map of Great Britain: seas and countries which make it up. Finish the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper. Finish reading the last chapter of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Begin thinking about the elements that will be included in your mobile book report: setting, characters, the who-what-when-where-why of the story.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Finish the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper. Begin work on your short story project, due next Wednesday.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Study map of Great Britain: seas and countries which make it up. Finish the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper. Finish reading the last chapter of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Begin thinking about the elements that will be included in your mobile book report: setting, characters, the who-what-when-where-why of the story.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Finish the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper. Begin work on your short story project, due next Wednesday.
October 29 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Read pp. 81-84 in the Odyssey.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Study map of Great Britain: seas and countries which make it up. If you have not yet finished the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper, do so. Read pp. 67-76 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. If you have not yet finished the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper, do so. Read the short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Be ready for a quiz in the morning.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Study map of Great Britain: seas and countries which make it up. If you have not yet finished the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper, do so. Read pp. 67-76 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. If you have not yet finished the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper, do so. Read the short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Be ready for a quiz in the morning.
October 25 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Find a quote for your Odyssey drawing. Those of you who have not yet turned in your notebooks must do so tomorrow (Friday).
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Those of you who have not yet turned in your notebooks must do so tomorrow (Friday). Work on the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper (due Monday).
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Those of you who have not yet turned in your notebooks must do so tomorrow (Friday). Work on the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper (due Monday).
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Those of you who have not yet turned in your notebooks must do so tomorrow (Friday). Work on the rough draft of your Call of the Wild paper (due Monday).
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Those of you who have not yet turned in your notebooks must do so tomorrow (Friday). Work on the rough draft of your Animal Farm paper (due Monday).
October 24 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Write a paragraph summarizing Book 5 in the Odyssey.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Before you read the last chapter of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, write a paragraph telling how you think the book might end and why you think that.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Write a paragraph comparing (find at least one similarity) and contrasting (find at least two differences) "The Open Boat" (American author) with ONE of the Russian stories we've read: "The Bet" OR "God Sees the Truth But Waits" OR "An Honest Thief".
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Before you read the last chapter of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, write a paragraph telling how you think the book might end and why you think that.
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Write a paragraph comparing (find at least one similarity) and contrasting (find at least two differences) "The Open Boat" (American author) with ONE of the Russian stories we've read: "The Bet" OR "God Sees the Truth But Waits" OR "An Honest Thief".
October 23 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Read pp. 66-69 of the Odyssey aloud.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Read pp. 58 through 66, "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences, restating the questions:
1. What caused Lanyon to become mortally ill?
2. Why did Jekyll want to reveal his transformation to Dr. Lanyon?
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Finish reading "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready for a short quiz on your reading.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. Read pp. 58 through 66, "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences, restating the questions:
1. What caused Lanyon to become mortally ill?
2. Why did Jekyll want to reveal his transformation to Dr. Lanyon?
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Finish reading "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready for a short quiz on your reading.
October 22 homework
Grade 6 - Study flashcards. Study map of Greece: seas and neighboring countries. Read pp. 57-59 of the Odyssey aloud.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. If you have not already finished your article on the U.S.S. Maine, do so. Read pp. 46 through 57 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences, restating the questions:
1. Why does Poole believe that his master has been murdered?
2. What is the evidence that a troubled person had lived in the room where Hyde was found dead?
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Read pp. 1-10 of "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready for a short quiz on your reading in the morning.
Grade 7 - Study flashcards. If you have not already finished your article on the U.S.S. Maine, do so. Read pp. 46 through 57 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences, restating the questions:
1. Why does Poole believe that his master has been murdered?
2. What is the evidence that a troubled person had lived in the room where Hyde was found dead?
Grade 8 - Study flashcards. Study map of Russia: seas and neighboring countries. Read pp. 1-10 of "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready for a short quiz on your reading in the morning.
Grade Eight notebook sequence
Grade 8
- Notebook rubric in a page protector
- Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade 8
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School
- After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 8" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
- Time line in a page protector
- "The Successful Student" in a page protector
- "Class preparedness"/"Study Question" and "Entry Assignment" rubrics in a page protector
- "Independent study"/"Poster" rubrics in a page protector
- Divider labeled "Literature"
- "Elements of Fiction and Literary Terms" handout: to date defined through "characterization"
- Outline done in class on short stories with sections to date:
Short story
Irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Tragic irony
Situational irony - October 19 paragraphs done in class for "An Honest Thief"
- October 18 study questions for “An Honest Thief”
- October 17-18: Margin sheet(s) for "An Honest Thief"
- October 17: Study questions answered in class for “God Sees the Truth But Waits” plus vocabulary: troika, samovar
- October 16: Margin sheet for “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
- October 16: Study questions answered in class for “The Bet”
- October 15: Margin sheet for “The Bet”
- October 11: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 10
- October 10: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 9
- October 9: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 8
- October 4: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 6
- October 2: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 5
- October 1: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 4
- September 17 paragraph: Why do we study classical literature?
- Handout: “An Honest Thief”
- Handout: “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
- Handout: “The Bet”
- Handout: "Roman Reading"
- Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
- Divider labeled "Poetry"
- Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
- October 18 “An Honest Thief”
moor-cock
passport
tedious
humdrum
veritable
ennui
forlorn
tippling
wretched
dumb
edifying - October 15 “The Bet”
discrepancy
incongruity
a priori
philosophy
pluck
sirens
posterity
contempt - October 3 Animal Farm vocabulary:
pretext
blithely
breeches
gaiters
manifestly
knoll
dynamo
unintelligible
aloof
procure
articulate
cunning
tactic - Our character vocabulary to date:
respect
self-discipline
responsibility
honesty
integrity - Our Word of the Week to date:
benevolent
cajole
chasten
desecrate
digress
effervescent
- Divider labeled "Grammar"
- Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
- Grammar worksheet: 5/6
- Grammar worksheet: 3/4
- Grammar worksheet; 1/2
- Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
articles
nouns
pronouns
verbs
Grade Seven notebook sequence
Grade 7
I. Notebook rubric in a page protector
II. Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade 7
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School
a. After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 7" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
b. Time line in a page protector
c. "The Successful Student" in a page protector
d. Class preparedness/Study Question and Entry Assignment rubrics in a page protector
e. Independent study/Poster rubrics in a page protector
III. Divider labeled "Literature"
a. Outline done in class on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with sections to date:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novella
Thriller
Detective mystery
Allegory
b. October 18 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 6)
c. October 17 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 5)
d. October 16 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 4)
e. October 15 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 3)
f. October 11 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 2)
g. October 10 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 1)
h. October 10 paragraph written in class after studying the ‘thriller’ section of your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde outline
i. October 5 paragraph written in class after studying the Jack London part of your outline on Call of the Wild
j. October 4 study questions (The Call of the Wild Chap 7)
k. October 1 study questions (The Call of the Wild Chap 5)
l. Handout: Paragraph with missing words from opening paragraph of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
m. Call of the Wild outline done in class
n. Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
IV. Divider labeled "Poetry"
V. Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
a. October 18 Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
indifferent
gaunt
laden
baize
ruminate
benefactor
oration
eddy
carbuncle
insensible
sedulously
quaint
b. "America Becomes a World Power" vocabulary to date:
imperialism
annexation
monarchy
propaganda
editorial
headline
yellow journalism
c. October 11 assignment: Find five words from Chapter 2 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that you don’t understand and define them.
d. October 10 assignment: Find five words from Chapter 1 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that you don’t understand and define them.
e. October 3 assignment: Find five words you don’t understand from Chapter 6 of Call of the Wild and define them
f. September 26: Find five words you don’t understand from Chapter 3 of Call of the Wild and define them
g. Our character vocabulary to date:
respect
self-discipline
responsibility
honesty
integrity
h. Our Word of the Week to date:
benevolent
cajole
chasten
desecrate
digress
effervescent
VI. Divider labeled "Writing"
a. Keyword (it says "note", but it should be "word") outline handout in page protector
b. October 18th: Organizational Outline for your Call of the Wild paper
c. October 15th: List of sources for your Call of the Wild paper
d. October 8th: Topic for your Call of the Wild paper
e. Handout: Call of the Wild Research Paper
f. October 10 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian class system and priests
g. October 5 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian pharaohs and Menes
h. October 4 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian paper—papyrus
i. October 3 keyword outline (initialed by parent or guardian) and paragraph: B.C. and A.D.
j. October 2 keyword outline and paragraph: Semites
k. Notes taken in class: “Public Speaking”
VII. Divider labeled "Grammar"
a. Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
b. Grammar worksheet: 5/6
c. Grammar worksheet: 3/4
d. Grammar worksheet; 1/2
e. Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
articles
nouns
pronouns
verbs
VIII. Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
a. Latin worksheet ‘Let’s Practice’
b. Latin sounds list written in class
IX. Divider labeled "History"
a. October 18 obituary for José Marti
b. October 17 outline done in class on Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
c. Handout: Notes on Cuban War/ José Marti pp. 19 and 20
d. Handout: Analyzing a Political Cartoon p. 16
e. Handout: “The Annexation of Hawaii” pp. 15 and 14
f. September 24 keyword outline and paragraph: third paragraph of Klondike handout
g. September 18 paragraph: Choose one event or person on the timeline and write what you know about it
h. September 17 paragraph: Why do we study history?
i. Handout: Klondike
X. Divider labeled "Geography"
a. Cover sheet: Maps, Geography of the United States (in page protector)
b. Outline map of the United States (page protector)
c. USA Capitals map (page protector)
d. United States of America map (page protector)
e. USA: Physical (page protector)
f. USA: Average Precipitation and Temperature (page protector)
g. States and Capitals (page protector)
h. Outline done in class with the sections:
I. Pacific coast ranges
II. Intermountain Basin and Range
XI. Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures" handout (6 pages, signed and dated)
XII. Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
XIII. Divider labeled "Study Questions"
I. Notebook rubric in a page protector
II. Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade 7
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School
a. After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 7" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
b. Time line in a page protector
c. "The Successful Student" in a page protector
d. Class preparedness/Study Question and Entry Assignment rubrics in a page protector
e. Independent study/Poster rubrics in a page protector
III. Divider labeled "Literature"
a. Outline done in class on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with sections to date:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novella
Thriller
Detective mystery
Allegory
b. October 18 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 6)
c. October 17 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 5)
d. October 16 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 4)
e. October 15 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 3)
f. October 11 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 2)
g. October 10 study questions (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chap 1)
h. October 10 paragraph written in class after studying the ‘thriller’ section of your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde outline
i. October 5 paragraph written in class after studying the Jack London part of your outline on Call of the Wild
j. October 4 study questions (The Call of the Wild Chap 7)
k. October 1 study questions (The Call of the Wild Chap 5)
l. Handout: Paragraph with missing words from opening paragraph of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
m. Call of the Wild outline done in class
n. Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
IV. Divider labeled "Poetry"
V. Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
a. October 18 Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
indifferent
gaunt
laden
baize
ruminate
benefactor
oration
eddy
carbuncle
insensible
sedulously
quaint
b. "America Becomes a World Power" vocabulary to date:
imperialism
annexation
monarchy
propaganda
editorial
headline
yellow journalism
c. October 11 assignment: Find five words from Chapter 2 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that you don’t understand and define them.
d. October 10 assignment: Find five words from Chapter 1 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that you don’t understand and define them.
e. October 3 assignment: Find five words you don’t understand from Chapter 6 of Call of the Wild and define them
f. September 26: Find five words you don’t understand from Chapter 3 of Call of the Wild and define them
g. Our character vocabulary to date:
respect
self-discipline
responsibility
honesty
integrity
h. Our Word of the Week to date:
benevolent
cajole
chasten
desecrate
digress
effervescent
VI. Divider labeled "Writing"
a. Keyword (it says "note", but it should be "word") outline handout in page protector
b. October 18th: Organizational Outline for your Call of the Wild paper
c. October 15th: List of sources for your Call of the Wild paper
d. October 8th: Topic for your Call of the Wild paper
e. Handout: Call of the Wild Research Paper
f. October 10 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian class system and priests
g. October 5 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian pharaohs and Menes
h. October 4 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian paper—papyrus
i. October 3 keyword outline (initialed by parent or guardian) and paragraph: B.C. and A.D.
j. October 2 keyword outline and paragraph: Semites
k. Notes taken in class: “Public Speaking”
VII. Divider labeled "Grammar"
a. Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
b. Grammar worksheet: 5/6
c. Grammar worksheet: 3/4
d. Grammar worksheet; 1/2
e. Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
articles
nouns
pronouns
verbs
VIII. Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
a. Latin worksheet ‘Let’s Practice’
b. Latin sounds list written in class
IX. Divider labeled "History"
a. October 18 obituary for José Marti
b. October 17 outline done in class on Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
c. Handout: Notes on Cuban War/ José Marti pp. 19 and 20
d. Handout: Analyzing a Political Cartoon p. 16
e. Handout: “The Annexation of Hawaii” pp. 15 and 14
f. September 24 keyword outline and paragraph: third paragraph of Klondike handout
g. September 18 paragraph: Choose one event or person on the timeline and write what you know about it
h. September 17 paragraph: Why do we study history?
i. Handout: Klondike
X. Divider labeled "Geography"
a. Cover sheet: Maps, Geography of the United States (in page protector)
b. Outline map of the United States (page protector)
c. USA Capitals map (page protector)
d. United States of America map (page protector)
e. USA: Physical (page protector)
f. USA: Average Precipitation and Temperature (page protector)
g. States and Capitals (page protector)
h. Outline done in class with the sections:
I. Pacific coast ranges
II. Intermountain Basin and Range
XI. Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures" handout (6 pages, signed and dated)
XII. Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
XIII. Divider labeled "Study Questions"
Grade Six notebook sequence
Grade 6
- Notebook rubric in a page protector
- Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade 6
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School - After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 6" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
- Time line in a page protector
- "The Successful Student" in a page protector
- Class preparedness/Study Question and Entry Assignment rubrics in a page protector
- Independent study/Poster rubrics in a page protector
- Divider labeled "Literature"
- “Mighty Men” handout
- Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
- Divider labeled "Poetry"
- Old man and the sea drawing
- October 12 paragraph on themes in the Odyssey written in class after studying Odyssey notes.
- October 11 paragraph on the Epic Hero written in class after studying Odyssey notes.
- October 9 homework: What does Menelaus value more than his riches?
- October 5 drawing (in page protector): Your character or any ancient Greek person
- October 4 paragraph summarizing Book III in the Odyssey
- October 1 paragraph: What is Nestor’s opinion of Odysseus?
- September 26 paragraph: How did Penelope trick her suitors?
- Outline written in class about epic poems, epic heroes, and themes in the Odyssey
- Handout the Illustrated Odyssey
- Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
- October 1 assignment to find three words from pp. 27-28 in the Odyssey that you don’t understand and define them. If you did this on the same paper as your October 1 paragraph about Nestor, put a piece of paper here telling me that.
- Our character vocabulary to date:
respect
self-discipline
responsibility
honesty
integrity
courage - Our Word of the Week to date:
benevolent
cajole
chasten
desecrate
digress
effervescent
emulate - Divider labeled "Writing"
- October 24 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian death
- October 16-17 keyword outline and paragraph: Osiris, Isis, Horus and sacred animals
- October 10 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian class system and priests
- October 5 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian pharaohs and Menes
- October 4 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian paper—papyrus
- October 3 keyword outline (initialed by parent or guardian) and paragraph: B.C. and A.D.
- October 2 keyword outline and paragraph: Semites
- Keyword (it says "note", but it should be "word") outline handout in page protector
- Notes taken in class: “Public Speaking”
- Divider labeled "Grammar"
- Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
- Grammar worksheet: 5/6
- Grammar worksheet: 3/4
- Grammar worksheet; 1/2
- Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
articles
nouns
pronouns
verbs - Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
- Latin worksheet ‘Let’s Practice’ pp. 18-19
- Latin worksheet 'Let's Practice' pp. 11, 14
- Latin sounds list written in class
- Misc. Latin quizzes and entry assignments (anything left over)
- Divider labeled "History"
- September 27 paragraph: Mycenaean Age
- September 25 keyword outline and paragraph from “Greece, Ancient” handout
- September 24 paragraph: What was the reason for the Trojan War?
- September 18 paragraph: Choose one event or person on the timeline and write what you know about it
- Outline done in class on ancient Greek life with the following headings to date:
Ancient Greeks
Life wasn’t perfect - Four page handout: “Greece, Ancient”
- Divider labeled "Geography"
- Greece Outline Map (in page protector)
- Appendix A Student Map of Ancient Greece
- Map showing Pylos and Sparta (in page protector)
- Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures" handout (1 sheet, double-sided)
- Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
- Divider labeled "Study Questions"
This will help you with your notebooks
I'm getting ready to post the list of everything I expect to be in your notebooks. I'm posting separately for 6th, 7th and 8th. I'll often update the lists to reflect the latest assignments, so you'll always know what's expected. I'll put the latest assignment in green so you can easily identify what you have to add. I'll try to check your notebooks three times a quarter, and will cycle through them over the course of a week (I hope). Meanwhile, to address some concerns:
If you are missing an assignment, don't panic! Just do it. If you are w-a-y behind, start where you are and do one extra assignment a day until you're caught up.
If you are missing a handout, don't panic! Borrow a copy from a classmate or from me, and copy it.
If you have doodles or ripped papers or messy work, don't panic! Copy it over.
If you haven't completed your assignments in cursive, don't panic! As long as you're writing neatly, I'm going to be lenient until I get sample cursive sheets to you.
Meanwhile, look through your notebooks, check to see what's missing, and spruce them up.
If you are missing an assignment, don't panic! Just do it. If you are w-a-y behind, start where you are and do one extra assignment a day until you're caught up.
If you are missing a handout, don't panic! Borrow a copy from a classmate or from me, and copy it.
If you have doodles or ripped papers or messy work, don't panic! Copy it over.
If you haven't completed your assignments in cursive, don't panic! As long as you're writing neatly, I'm going to be lenient until I get sample cursive sheets to you.
Meanwhile, look through your notebooks, check to see what's missing, and spruce them up.
October 18 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards. Finish reading (!) the Illustrated Odyssey. Continue to study the location of the 7 seas surrounding Greece and its neighboring countries. Finish your drawing about the "old man of the sea".
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your Call of the Wild paper. Do a keyword outline on Jose Marti and write an obituary from it. Read Chapter 6 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon". Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your Call of the Wild paper. Do a keyword outline on Jose Marti and write an obituary from it. Read Chapter 6 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon". Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
- What happens to Dr. Lanyon?
- Is there any suggestion about what has caused his illness?
- Look up the word oxymoron. How is the title of this story an oxymoron?
- What did you think of the ending? Why do you think so?
October 17 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards. Read Books 11 through 16 in the Illustrated Odyssey. Continue to study the location of the 7 seas surrounding Greece on your map. Also study on your map the countries around modern Greece.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your paper. Read Chapter 5 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. Dr. Jekyll is a changed man when Utterson greets him in this chapter compared to the last time Utterson saw him. What accounts for this change?
2. What lesson do you think Jekyll has learned?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your paper. Read pp. 1-8 in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "An Honest Thief" and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the first part of the short story tomorrow. Finish your Russia map. Continue to study it. Be ready to identify all the seas and oceans around Russia.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your paper. Read Chapter 5 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. Dr. Jekyll is a changed man when Utterson greets him in this chapter compared to the last time Utterson saw him. What accounts for this change?
2. What lesson do you think Jekyll has learned?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Work on your keyword outlines (due Monday) for the body of your paper. Read pp. 1-8 in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "An Honest Thief" and take notes on a margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the first part of the short story tomorrow. Finish your Russia map. Continue to study it. Be ready to identify all the seas and oceans around Russia.
October 16 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards. Read Books 9 and 10 in the Illustrated Odyssey. Continue to study the location of the 7 seas surrounding Greece on your map.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Finish the organizational outline (due tomorrow) for your paper. Read Chapter 4 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. What is revealed about the levels of Victorian society in the first page of this chapter?
2. How is Hyde described as he kills Sir Danvers Carew? How does this image fit with the other physical descriptions Stevenson has given of Hyde?
3. As Utterson takes the police officer to arrest Hyde, Stevenson gives a vivid description of “the dismal quarter of Soho” where Hyde lives. What is the effect of this description on our mood? What is the effect of this description on our understanding of Hyde?
4. Why do you think that Utterson feels “a terror of the law and the law’s officers”?
5. Is there any significance in the fact that although Hyde’s specific facial features cannot be recognized, everyone remembers the sense of deformity he conveyed?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Finish the organizational outline (due tomorrow) for your paper. Finish Tolstoy's "God Sees the Truth but Waits" along with the notes on your margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the short story tomorrow.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Finish the organizational outline (due tomorrow) for your paper. Read Chapter 4 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. What is revealed about the levels of Victorian society in the first page of this chapter?
2. How is Hyde described as he kills Sir Danvers Carew? How does this image fit with the other physical descriptions Stevenson has given of Hyde?
3. As Utterson takes the police officer to arrest Hyde, Stevenson gives a vivid description of “the dismal quarter of Soho” where Hyde lives. What is the effect of this description on our mood? What is the effect of this description on our understanding of Hyde?
4. Why do you think that Utterson feels “a terror of the law and the law’s officers”?
5. Is there any significance in the fact that although Hyde’s specific facial features cannot be recognized, everyone remembers the sense of deformity he conveyed?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Finish the organizational outline (due tomorrow) for your paper. Finish Tolstoy's "God Sees the Truth but Waits" along with the notes on your margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the short story tomorrow.
October 15 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards. Read Books 6 through 8 Illustrated Odyssey. On the new Greek map, study the location of the 7 seas surrounding Greece. Continue working on your contribution to KXCS.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Read Chapter 3 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. How does Jekyll describe Lanyon? What does this suggest about Jekyll’s feelings about his own abilities?
2. What does Jekyll ask of Utterson at the end of the chapter? Why does Utterson have strong misgivings about this request?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Finish Chekov's "The Bet" along with the notes on your margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the short story tomorrow.
Grade 7 - Study your flashcards. Read Chapter 3 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Answer the following study questions (always in complete sentences):
1. How does Jekyll describe Lanyon? What does this suggest about Jekyll’s feelings about his own abilities?
2. What does Jekyll ask of Utterson at the end of the chapter? Why does Utterson have strong misgivings about this request?
Grade 8 - Study your flashcards. Finish Chekov's "The Bet" along with the notes on your margin sheet. Place both in the Literature section of your notebook. Be ready to write a few paragraphs on the short story tomorrow.
This Saturday: Help!!
Remember that this Saturday, October 14, I'll be at school and will have a help time from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to organize notebooks and check on missing assignments. I'll also have handwriting sample sheets for those of you who will be picking a cursive to practice. Come if you need help!
October 11 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards for a quiz tomorrow. "Teach" the "Themes in the Odyssey" part of your notes until you can orally present it three times without looking at your notes. Be ready to write a paragraph on the information tomorrow without looking at your notes. Read Books 4 and 5 in the Illustrated Odyssey. You have chosen one or more jobs at KXCS. Begin thinking about your contribution.
Grade 7 - Continue collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Use the MLA guideline handout to format your bibliography. Study your flashcards for a quiz tomorrow. Read Chapter 2 in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As you read, write down and define 5 words you don't know under the five vocabulary words you got from Chapter 1 (label each set of words according to the chapter you got them from). Continue to place this paper in the 'Vocabulary' part of your binder. As you read, also answer the following study questions on a separate piece of paper (which you will place in the 'Study Question' part of your binder):
Grade 7 - Continue collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Use the MLA guideline handout to format your bibliography. Study your flashcards for a quiz tomorrow. Read Chapter 2 in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As you read, write down and define 5 words you don't know under the five vocabulary words you got from Chapter 1 (label each set of words according to the chapter you got them from). Continue to place this paper in the 'Vocabulary' part of your binder. As you read, also answer the following study questions on a separate piece of paper (which you will place in the 'Study Question' part of your binder):
- Describe the reason that Dr. Lanyon became estranged from Dr. Jekyll. What does this indicate about Lanyon’s character?
- Why is Utterson so obsessed with images from Enfield’s story about Hyde that he cannot sleep?
- Once Utterson confronts Hyde, how does he feel toward him? What reasons does Utterson give for his feelings about Hyde?
- Why doesn’t Stevenson ever tell us what Hyde’s face looks like?
- Describe the appearance of the street and house in which Dr. Jekyll lives. What can we infer about Dr. Jekyll from this setting?
- In a complete sentence, write down one thing you like about this chapter.
Grade 8 - Continue collecting sources (due Monday) for your paper. Use the MLA guideline handout to format your bibliography. Study your flashcards for a quiz tomorrow. "Teach" your "Russian History influenced the writing of Animal Farm" handout, sections 11-12 about Stalin and his reign of terror. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes. Read Chapter 10 in Animal Farm and answer the following study questions:
- Describe conditions at Animal Farm after several years had passed.
- What increases had taken place?
- What became of the promises Snowball had once made the animals.
- What terrifying thing startled the animals?
- What became of the Seven Commandments?
- How was the third commandment ignored?
- What conclusion can you draw about the results of Animalism?
October 10 homework
Grade 6 - Study your flashcards. "Teach" the Epic Hero part of your notes until you can orally present it three times without looking at your notes. If you need a reminder of how to do this, review your "Successful Student" handout. Be ready to write a paragraph on the Epic Hero tomorrow without looking at your notes. Start writing your dialogue or program part for the radio.
Grade 7 - Continue collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Study your flashcards. Read Chapter 1 in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As you read, write down and define 5 words you don't know. Place this paper in the 'Vocabulary' part of your binder. As you read, also answer the following study questions on a separate piece of paper (which you will place in the 'Study Question' part of your binder):
1. What deceit was used on the animals regarding rations?
2. Describe the Spontaneous Demonstration.
3. What was Squealer’s explanation of what had happened to Boxer?
4. What did the pigs plan?
Grade 7 - Continue collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Study your flashcards. Read Chapter 1 in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As you read, write down and define 5 words you don't know. Place this paper in the 'Vocabulary' part of your binder. As you read, also answer the following study questions on a separate piece of paper (which you will place in the 'Study Question' part of your binder):
- What is Mr. Utterson’s relationship to Mr. Enfield? How are the two men alike, different?
- Compare and contrast the description of the building and door used by Mr. Hyde and Enfield’s description of him. How does Stevenson seem to be using setting to convey a sense of the man?
- What is the story of Cain and Abel? What does it mean that Mr. Utterson says he inclines to Cain’s heresy in his dealings with others?
- Although both Utterson and Enfield protest that they prefer to mind their own business, both men actively seek to help others. Describe Enfield’s reaction to Hyde’s collision with the little girl. What does this say about basic assumptions of how a gentleman should act in Victorian London?
1. What deceit was used on the animals regarding rations?
2. Describe the Spontaneous Demonstration.
3. What was Squealer’s explanation of what had happened to Boxer?
4. What did the pigs plan?
October 9 homework
Grade 6 - Bring your 3 x 5 cards to class tomorrow. Read pp. 36-38 aloud in the Odyssey. Write a paragraph answering the following study question: What does Menelaus value more than his riches? (p. 38).
Grade 7 - Start collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Study your Latin sounds flashcards. Find a quart-size sealable baggie to keep The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in. "Teach" the 3rd section of the notes you took in class on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde about thrillers. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes.
Grade 8 -Start collecting sources (due Monday) for your paper. Study your Latin sounds flashcards. "Teach" your "Russian History influenced the writing of Animal Farm" handout, sections 6-7. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes. Read Chapter 8 in Animal Farm and answer the following study questions:
Grade 7 - Start collecting sources (due Monday) for your Klondike paper. Study your Latin sounds flashcards. Find a quart-size sealable baggie to keep The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in. "Teach" the 3rd section of the notes you took in class on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde about thrillers. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes.
Grade 8 -Start collecting sources (due Monday) for your paper. Study your Latin sounds flashcards. "Teach" your "Russian History influenced the writing of Animal Farm" handout, sections 6-7. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes. Read Chapter 8 in Animal Farm and answer the following study questions:
1. What purpose is served by the production figures Squealer reads to the animals?
2. How is Napoleon becoming more and more like a typical dictator?
October 8 homework
Grade 6 - Boy, did you luck out! I didn't see you today, so no homework!
Grade 7 - Study Latin sounds flashcards. Make sure you know them.
Grade 8 - Study Latin sounds flashcards. Make sure you know them.
"Teach" your "Russian History influenced the writing of Animal Farm" handout, sections 3-5. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes.
Finish reading Animal Farm Chap VII.
Grade 7 - Study Latin sounds flashcards. Make sure you know them.
Grade 8 - Study Latin sounds flashcards. Make sure you know them.
"Teach" your "Russian History influenced the writing of Animal Farm" handout, sections 3-5. Be ready to write about it without looking at your notes.
Finish reading Animal Farm Chap VII.
About late work
I know that the unexpected arises, and there are times when you will not be able to get your work in on time. You do not need to tell me what the reason is. You do need to turn it in as soon as possible without me asking you for it. Since all the assignments are listed here, you should have no problem knowing what homework assignments are missing. More of a problem is making up whatever work you missed in class. Please contact a classmate whom you feel will give you good information about class. If that's not possible, ask me before school or after school, and I will help catch you up.
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
October 4 homework
Grade 6 - If you have not already done so, finish reading Book III in the Odyssey. Write a paragraph summarizing Book III. Draw a picture (on unlined paper) of your assigned character. If you don't yet know enough about the character to draw him or her, choose any Greek character to draw.
Grade 7 - Study the first section of your notes in The Call of the Wild outline (about Jack London) until you can "teach" it without looking at your notes. Be ready tomorrow to present the information without looking at your notes.
Read Chapter 7 in The Call of the Wild. In complete sentences, answer the following study questions about Chapter 7:
1. London describes Buck’s dreams of the primitive man: “The salient thing of this other world seemed fear.” What does he mean by this? Why would that be true? Why isn’t Thornton’s world filled with fear?
2. Why is Buck intent on befriending the wolf? What makes him break off their travels to return to camp? What does this say about Buck’s place in the world?
3. What does Buck’s fight with the bear and the moose display about his embrace of the call? Why do you think London included them in the story? What predictions can you make about Buck’s future?
4. What does Buck learn from his slaughter of the Yeehats? Does this make his answering of the call harder or easier? Explain.
5. Does the book have a happy or sad ending? Explain your answer. What do you think London would say?
Grade 8 -
Study the first two sections of your Russian Revolution outline (about the Romanov family and Alexi) until you can "teach" it without looking at your notes. Be ready tomorrow to present the information without looking at your notes.
Read Chapter 6 in Animal Farm. In complete sentences, answer the following study questions about Chapter 6:
1. What problems arose regarding the construction of the windmill?
2. What animal was indispensable in the work?
3. What other problems arose?
4. What new policy did Napoleon start?
5. What silenced all objections?
6. What opinion did the outside world have?
7. What rumors were spread about business agreements?
8. What other resolution was violated?
9. What did Muriel read from the Seven Commandments?
10. How did Squealer clarify this?
11. What fate did the windmill suffer?
12. How did Napoleon account for the disaster?
13. What did Napoleon announce concerning the windmill?
Grade 7 - Study the first section of your notes in The Call of the Wild outline (about Jack London) until you can "teach" it without looking at your notes. Be ready tomorrow to present the information without looking at your notes.
Read Chapter 7 in The Call of the Wild. In complete sentences, answer the following study questions about Chapter 7:
1. London describes Buck’s dreams of the primitive man: “The salient thing of this other world seemed fear.” What does he mean by this? Why would that be true? Why isn’t Thornton’s world filled with fear?
2. Why is Buck intent on befriending the wolf? What makes him break off their travels to return to camp? What does this say about Buck’s place in the world?
3. What does Buck’s fight with the bear and the moose display about his embrace of the call? Why do you think London included them in the story? What predictions can you make about Buck’s future?
4. What does Buck learn from his slaughter of the Yeehats? Does this make his answering of the call harder or easier? Explain.
5. Does the book have a happy or sad ending? Explain your answer. What do you think London would say?
Grade 8 -
Study the first two sections of your Russian Revolution outline (about the Romanov family and Alexi) until you can "teach" it without looking at your notes. Be ready tomorrow to present the information without looking at your notes.
Read Chapter 6 in Animal Farm. In complete sentences, answer the following study questions about Chapter 6:
1. What problems arose regarding the construction of the windmill?
2. What animal was indispensable in the work?
3. What other problems arose?
4. What new policy did Napoleon start?
5. What silenced all objections?
6. What opinion did the outside world have?
7. What rumors were spread about business agreements?
8. What other resolution was violated?
9. What did Muriel read from the Seven Commandments?
10. How did Squealer clarify this?
11. What fate did the windmill suffer?
12. How did Napoleon account for the disaster?
13. What did Napoleon announce concerning the windmill?
If you know you're going to be absent
Please think twice about missing class, especially if you're having trouble keeping up. However, if you know you're going to be absent, please give me a couple days lead time to get your assignments together. Also please know that because it's difficult to know ahead of time exactly how far we'll get in a class, you may be responsible for extra assignments that I didn't give you ahead of time. I will leave it up to you to find out if you're missing anything.
October 3 homework
Grade 6 - Present your key word outline to a parent or guardian. Ask them to initial your outline after you present. Then write a paragraph from your outline.
Read pp. 32-33 in the Odyssey.
Grade 7 - Present your key word outline to a parent or guardian. Ask them to initial your outline after you present. Then write a paragraph from your outline.
Choose five words from Chapter 6 of Call of the Wild and define them.
Grade 8 - Present your key word outline to a parent or guardian. Ask them to initial your outline after you present. Then write a paragraph from your outline.
Define the following words, and write the page number they are found on in Chapter 5 of Animal Farm:
1. pretext
2. blithely
3. breeches
4. gaiters
5. manifestly
6. knoll
7. dynamo
8. unintelligible
9. aloof
10. procure
11. articulate
12. cunning
13. tactic
Read pp. 32-33 in the Odyssey.
Grade 7 - Present your key word outline to a parent or guardian. Ask them to initial your outline after you present. Then write a paragraph from your outline.
Choose five words from Chapter 6 of Call of the Wild and define them.
Grade 8 - Present your key word outline to a parent or guardian. Ask them to initial your outline after you present. Then write a paragraph from your outline.
Define the following words, and write the page number they are found on in Chapter 5 of Animal Farm:
1. pretext
2. blithely
3. breeches
4. gaiters
5. manifestly
6. knoll
7. dynamo
8. unintelligible
9. aloof
10. procure
11. articulate
12. cunning
13. tactic
Putting your notebooks together
For those of you who were not here Monday, or who are still not quite sure how you should be ordering your notebooks, here are the general guidelines. Tell me if you haven't received some of the handouts because you were absent.
1. Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade ___
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School
2. After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade ___" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
3. Time line in a page protector
4. "The Successful Student" in a page protector
5. Notebook rubric in a page protector
6. Class preparedness/Study Question_Entry Assignment rubrics in a page protector
7. Independent study/Poster rubrics in a page protector
8. Divider labeled "Literature"
9. Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
10. Divider labeled "Poetry"
11. Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
12. Divider labeled "Writing"
13. Key Word (it says "note", but it should be "word") Outline handout in page protector
14. Divider labeled "Grammar"
15. Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
16. Divider labeled "History"
17. Divider labeled "Geography"
18. Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures"
20. Xavier procedures handout
21. Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
22. Divider labeled "Study Assignments"
Phew! That's all for now!
1. Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
Name
Grade ___
2007-2008
Xavier Charter School
2. After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade ___" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
3. Time line in a page protector
4. "The Successful Student" in a page protector
5. Notebook rubric in a page protector
6. Class preparedness/Study Question_Entry Assignment rubrics in a page protector
7. Independent study/Poster rubrics in a page protector
8. Divider labeled "Literature"
9. Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector
10. Divider labeled "Poetry"
11. Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
12. Divider labeled "Writing"
13. Key Word (it says "note", but it should be "word") Outline handout in page protector
14. Divider labeled "Grammar"
15. Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
16. Divider labeled "History"
17. Divider labeled "Geography"
18. Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures"
20. Xavier procedures handout
21. Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
22. Divider labeled "Study Assignments"
Phew! That's all for now!
October 2 homework
Grade 6 - Read aloud pp. 30-31 in the Odyssey. Write paragraphs from the keyword outline you made in class.
Grade 7 - Read Chapter 6 in Call of the Wild. Write paragraphs from the keyword outline you made in class.
Grade 8 - Write paragraphs from the keyword outline you made in class. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences as you read Chapter 5 in Animal Farm:
1. Why does Mollie run away from the farm?
2. What changes have been made in the weekly meetings over the last year?
3. Explain the windmill controversy from Snowball’s point of view.
4. Explain the windmill controversy from Napoleon’s point of view.
5. What changes does Napoleon make after his dogs chase Snowball off the farm?
6. Why don’t the other animals protest Napoleon’s decisions?
7. How do the animals now arrange themselves when they enter the barn to receive their orders as compared to the description in Chapter 1?
8. What is the importance of the dogs accompanying Squealer when he comes to talk to the animals?
Grade 7 - Read Chapter 6 in Call of the Wild. Write paragraphs from the keyword outline you made in class.
Grade 8 - Write paragraphs from the keyword outline you made in class. Answer the following study questions in complete sentences as you read Chapter 5 in Animal Farm:
1. Why does Mollie run away from the farm?
2. What changes have been made in the weekly meetings over the last year?
3. Explain the windmill controversy from Snowball’s point of view.
4. Explain the windmill controversy from Napoleon’s point of view.
5. What changes does Napoleon make after his dogs chase Snowball off the farm?
6. Why don’t the other animals protest Napoleon’s decisions?
7. How do the animals now arrange themselves when they enter the barn to receive their orders as compared to the description in Chapter 1?
8. What is the importance of the dogs accompanying Squealer when he comes to talk to the animals?
October 1 homework
Grade 6 - Read aloud pp. 27-28 in the Odyssey. Find three words that you don't understand and define them. Study question (1 paragraph min.): What is Nestor's opinion of Odysseus? Hint: reread p. 26
Grade 7 - Read Chapter 5 of Call of the Wild.
Answer the study questions in complete sentences as you read:
1. After reading London's description of Hal and Charles at the beginning of the chapter, what do you think will happen to them?
2. What was Mercedes' reaction when experienced men went through her belongings to lighten the road? What does this say about her and her relationship with her husband and brother?
3. Why do you think London included these three characters in the book?
4. Why did Buck refuse to rise and lead the team?
Grade 8 - Read Chapter 4 in Animal Farm.
Answer the study questions in complete sentences as you read:
1. Describe the Battle of the Cowshed.
2. What was Snowball's part in this battle?
3. Where is Napoleon during the battle?
4. What is the significance of the gun's placement at the foot of the flagpole?
Grade 7 - Read Chapter 5 of Call of the Wild.
Answer the study questions in complete sentences as you read:
1. After reading London's description of Hal and Charles at the beginning of the chapter, what do you think will happen to them?
2. What was Mercedes' reaction when experienced men went through her belongings to lighten the road? What does this say about her and her relationship with her husband and brother?
3. Why do you think London included these three characters in the book?
4. Why did Buck refuse to rise and lead the team?
Grade 8 - Read Chapter 4 in Animal Farm.
Answer the study questions in complete sentences as you read:
1. Describe the Battle of the Cowshed.
2. What was Snowball's part in this battle?
3. Where is Napoleon during the battle?
4. What is the significance of the gun's placement at the foot of the flagpole?
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