Section 1 - Practice for commas and usage, Monday and Tuesday respectively.

Lit - If not yet completed, take your AR test by Friday, May 25.

Religion test on chapter 15.

Social Studies - Read all of lesson 3 on World War II in chapter 7.

Religion - Begin reading chapter 15 on Confirmation. Prepare for a test on Friday.

Literature - We will finish watching Julius Caesar and have our "review" on Thursday.

LA - Final punctuation review on Friday.

Religion - Chapter 14 test on Friday.

Play at Seattle Children's Theater tomorrow - 9:30 departure

Eighth Graders - Link for Google docs http://school.olfatima.org/gdocs

All LA classes - be sure your couplet or poem is ready for the lab.

Religion - Chapter 14 test on Friday.

LA Sections 1 & 2 - Continue punctuation sheet if not completed in class.

Worksheets on lesson 3, chapter 6 in Washington State history.

LA - Section 1 - Couplets if not completed in class

Sections 2 & 3 Concrete, 5 W's, and accrostic for 7th. Couplets for 8th

Religion - Test on Chapter 13

Lit - Shakespeare due

Lit - Complete Shakespeare terms and character sheets by Friday.

Social Studies - Venn diagram tonight on the illegality of alcohol and marijuana. Due Wed.

Typed answers to questions on page 145 due Thurs.

Religion test on chapter 13 on Friday.

Lit - Read Act V and the Epilogue of Julius Caesar

Social Studies - Complete lesson 1 of chapter 6. Type side two of the worksheet as directed in class.

Religion - Plan "mock-up" for your card. Read pages 144-145 of book. Chapter 13 test on Friday.

Lit - Revise compare and contrast as re-directed in class today.

If incomplete, type your essay from Nisei Daughter.

Social studies test on chapter 5 on Thursday.

Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!

Section 3 & 2 - Complete comma worksheet if not finished in class. Have poem with terms ready to type.

Section 1 - Have persuasive with you to type in lab.

Lit - Compare and contrast of Portia and Calpurnia - First draft only!

Introduction (Paint a picture)

Write a thesis with three points to cover: similarity, similarity, difference or difference, difference, similarity

Find supporting quotes to insert.

Use present tense.

Prepare your selection for Shakespeare's birthday.

Props, costumes, background for Smartboard - whatever you come up with.

Lit - Read 33-44 for Julius Caesar. Have compare/contrast chart in class for Monday.

Social Studies - None

Religion - None

LA - Select the passage from Shakespeare that you want to recite. Print it out and bring it to class.

Section 1 - Finish up vocabulary sheet from class.

Lit - Complete Act 2 and review last night's reading.

Religion - Test on chapter 12 Friday. (No notes)

Sections 2 and 3 - Create another poem that includes a seagull. The poem might be about a seagull, the poem might use the seagull symbolically, or the poem might just include a seagull as a small part of a larger picture. One side of writing.

Lit - Read up to the middle of page 29, scene 1 of Act 2.

Religion - Read pages 130 - 131. Remember test is on Friday.

Welcome back!

Sections 2 and 3 - Write down the topic for your persuasive essay. Remember to consider issues that you know about. In addition, create a poem based on the guide lines in your books, 7th page 326-327 and 8th 356 -359.

Section 1 - Use your glossary of terms to incorporate 10 DIFFERENT poetic techniques in the poem written previously or in a new one. In addition, complete your "con" list of arguments for your persuasive.

Social Studies - Complete lesson 1 work for chapter 5.

Lit - Read Julius Caesar Act 1 again

Religion - pages 128-129 - Review these pages with information from www.weliveourfaith.com

Lit - Nisei Daughter test tomorrow. Know vocabulary.

Social Studies - Complete sheet on statehood issues.

Section 1 - LA Free verse poem typed, based on a picture.

Sections 2 & 3 - 26 copies front to back of well-edited article for magazine!

Lit - Complete Nisei Daughter by Wednesday when you will have a test on last chapters of book.

LA - Proofread your magazine pieces for publication.

Lit - Follow guide questions to write about your AR reading. Finalize by typing or writing on school paper. Parent signature required.
Last day for AR test

LA 3 & 2 Revise your magazine entries. Expanded moment helps elaborate.

Reconcilation at 1:00 on Friday.

Sections 3 & 2 - LA Revise the piece you typed in lab. Bring one hard copy. We will use this to begin layout for the magazine.

Use the worksheet given in class to write a paragraph on what would be worth fighting for if you were being subjected to a foreign force that did not allow your beliefs or traditions. You may also consider what is happening currently that you believe is worth fighting for - Afghanistan, health care, gun use.