Thursday, February 28, 2013

Thursday Homework

Review for the Unit 5 Hawaii quiz
Write one page of notes to use on the quiz.
Do the vocabulary exercise on page 79

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wednesday Homework

  1. Do the vocabulary exercise on page 74
  2. Read page 75-76
  3. Write a sentence that explains the idea for each topic in bold
  4. Try the questions on page 77

Tuesday Homework

Read pages 71-72, do exercises on page 73.
If you were absent you will need to research about an island: Lanai, Nihau, or Molokai and make a poster.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Monday Homework

Go back and re-read any parts of pages 98-145 The Third Person and The Third Lesson that you felt confused about.

Continue reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven pages 146-178 for Monday March 4th.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Weekend Homework

Read The Five People You Meet in Heaven pages 98-145 and answer the questions I gave you in class.

Thursday Homework

Read pages 67-68 in Panorama. Try to underline the main idea for each paragraph.
Answer the questions on page 69.

Start reading pages 98-144 in The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
The reading questions are due Monday 25 February.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Wednesday Homework

  1. Review Reading tests
  2. Answer the film questions on the photocopy I gave in class today. Click here if you don't have it.
  3. Choose new five words from The Five People You Meet in Heaven and write sentences that show the meaning.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Weekend Homework

Read: The Five People You Meet in Heaven  up to page 97. Click here for the word list and questions.

Answer the questions on paper and bring them to class Wednesday Feb 20th. Monday is a holiday and on Tuesday, you will have a substitute teacher, who will show you the first part of the movie.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Reading Skills Test Friday

Friday, there will be a skills test. This is a test of your general reading ability. You can not do anything special to prepare for this. It will ask about main ideas, vocabulary, details, and inferences.

Keep reading :The Five People You Meet in Heaven  Try to be to page 95 by  Tuesday February 19th.
Remember Monday is a holiday!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Reading Quiz on Thursday!!! Skills Test on Friday!


Homework:
Page 63-64.  From the "Wrap It Up"questions on page 64, choose one to answer on paper.

Unit 4 American Culture readings and vocabulary quiz this Thursday!
As usual you can use one page of notes for the reading part.

Here are the quiz words that are worth 20% of the points. Use the crossword puzzle to review.

Page 50
contemporary
confident
symbol

Page 54
construction
extend
isolated

Page 58
generation
technique
concept
evolve
pattern

Friday, we will have a general test of your reading ability. This is a test that you can not study for, but you can show your skills in finding main ideas, understanding new vocabulary, finding details, and making inferences.  If you want some extra reading  and listening practice try this link

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Tuesday Homework

Read about American Folk Art pages 59-61. Take notes to use on the test Friday.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Monday Homework

Hi, I hope you had a good lesson with Anna.

The homework is to finish reading about the American South and answer the questions pages 55-57.
Choose five vocabulary words from page 54 and write sentences that show the meaning.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Weekend homework

Read The Five People You Meet in Heaven  pages 55-79. Use the vocabulary list to help you. Click here to get the list.

The reading questions are:

Why do you think Eddie joins the army?  What are the good and bad sides of being a soldier?
Who is the second person Eddie meets in heaven? Why is Eddie surprised?
What happens to Eddie and the other soldiers?
What skill does Eddie have that helps them escape?
What does Eddie see in the burning hut (little house) ?

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Wednesday Homework

Read page 51-52 and write the main idea for each paragraph. Answer the questions on page 53.

Reading Questions for The Five People You Meet in Heaven pages 45-55 due.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Tuesday homework

Start reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven pages 45-55. The questions are due Thursday. If you were absent, click here for the vocabulary and questions.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Monday Homework

Main Ideas photocopy 1 , 2 , 3
Continue reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven up to page 55 and answer questions by Thursday.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Weeekend homework

Read The Five People You Meet in Heaven up to page 44. Answer the questions on the photocopy I gave you in class. If you lost it, click here for questions  and click here for vocabulary.