HW from 11/15/12

Due on 11/27/12:


* Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday with your family!

* You ARE still responsible for pleasure reading for Reading Log over the break: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

* Have your grade card signed and return it to me if you have not already done so.  Have your parents call me if they have any questions at all about your grade or your progress in class.  I'm very proud of all of you!

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/13/12

Due on 11/15/12:

* Have your grade card signed and return it to me on Thursday.  Have your parents call me if they have any questions at all about your grade or your progress in class.  I'm very proud of all of you!

* Find out from your parents if you have a copy of the book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris in your home.  Send me an email before 5 p.m. Wednesday letting me know if you do or do not.  (I need an email from you either way.)

* Complete the work for CW #7.  Do the underlining in colored pencils or pens on the original handout, then do the copywork on a separate sheet of paper.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/8/12

Due on 11/13/12:

* Revise the "red copy" (D1 graded by me and returned today) of your character sketch.  Utilizing the suggestions on your paper and the feedback on the grading rubrick, revise your description.   I will email you a copy of the revised grading rubrick for D2 so that you will know how you will be graded.

NOTE: Your D2 should follow the same standard format we use on all typewritten papers.  The length does not matter except that it must be longer than one but not more than four pages (i.e. there must be a page with a 1 and a page with a 2 on it, but there may not be a page with a 5 on it.)

* Also be prepared to turn in on Tuesday the homework that was completed for today: the handout translating the Bible verses about John the Baptist from past tense to present tense and your two corrected translations to third person point of view (Put Me In the Zoo and "love" verses).  This is three exercises all together.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/6/12

Due on 11/8/12:

* Complete handout (emailed to you) translating Bible verses from past tense to present tense.  (You may copy and paste into a word processing document and make the changes there, or you may write it out by hand.)

* Correct the homework we went over yesterday, where you attempted to translate to third person point if view (Put Me In the Zoo and verses).

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 11/8: Joel S.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/1/12

Due on 11/6/12:
 
* Complete the "Put Him in the Zoo" handout, changing the bottom section to third person point of view.  I will email you a copy of the handout so you can cut and paste into a new document make the changes on the computer if you'd like.  Of course, you may write it out by hand if you prefer.

* Translate the following Bible verse (I Corinithians 13:1-13, NIV84) to third person point of view.  You will only need to change some of the parts, as some are already in third person point of view.

(Again, you may cut and paste into a new document to make the changes on the computer if you'd like, or you may write it out by hand.  Please have all 13 verses, even though some don't need to be changed because they're already in third person point of view.)

13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹² Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.
 
ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joel S.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/30/12

 Due on 11/1/12:
 
* Using the paper I wrote about my grandmother as a model, write a character description.  The person may be real or fictional, but you must have created the person if he or she isn't real (in other words, don't write a description of a person in a book or movie), and the character must be human (in other words, don't describe an animal). Be sure your character sketch includes each of the 7 ways we've discussed to enhance description!

NOTE:  The format for the paper is as follows: 
- double-spaced word processing document
- standard 1-inch margins
- 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman)
- standard 5-space indentations for paragraphs
- do not skip an extra line between paragraphs
- a header with your name and the title "Character Sketch" in the right-hand corner
- a footer with a page number in the middle of the bottom of the page
- at least two full pages, typed according to the above parameters
* Complete your take-home test according to the directions on the envelope. 

ALSO:
* No reading required for Reading Log until November 1. 

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/25/12

 Due on 10/30/12:
 
* Using the paper I wrote about my grandmother as a model, write your character description.  Be sure your character sketch includes each of the 7 ways we've discussed to enhance description!

NOTE:  The format for the paper is as follows: 
- double-spaced word processing document
- standard 1-inch margins
- Arial or Times New Roman font
- standard 5-space indentations for paragraphs
- do not skip an extra line between paragraphs
- header with your name and the title "Character Sketch" in the right-hand corner
- footer with a page number in the middle of the bottom
- at least two full pages, typed according to the above parameters

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.  Also be sure you are prepared to properly apply the grammar lessons we have had so far, particularly how to correct/avoid run-on sentences and sentence fragments and how to correctly punctuate dialogue.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.  Your Reading Log is due, signed by your parent, on Tuesday!

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.