HW from Thursday, 12/14/17

Due on Tuesday, 1/2/18

Happy holidays! I will not see you again until Christmas and New Year’s have passed! Enjoy the break. You have no written homework over the holiday. Please do continue with the following over break, however:

1) Have someone silently read over your Scripture memory card for your second memory verse while you read it aloud from the handout or Bible you copied it from. Then switch and check again. Be sure it is word-for-word correct before you begin memorizing it using the card!

You will need to be ready to recite it during our second week back in January. If you have not yet recited your first verse for a grade, be ready to do so the day we return as well.

Continue to review/recite your first Scripture memory verse daily. You want to keep it in your mind so that you do not forget it. You will be called on to recite it on random days for a classwork/homework grade throughout the rest of the year.

2) Figure out a plan for sharing your gift for Christmas. Be sure to do so!

3) Continue to read for pleasure over the holiday break, and record all minutes read on your Reading Log. (You may also record minutes read in the Mark Rodriguez book, if you decide to read ahead.) The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break).

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break).

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

Please be ready to do the opening on any day!                                                           

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28

HW from Tuesday, 12/12/17

Due on Thursday, 12/14/17

1) Choose your new verse for your next class opening. Write your verse essay, using my sample essay  as a model. You need to be prepared to turn the essay in to me on Thursday. (This is different than what I told you in class. I'm sorry. I've changed my mind!) There will be a schedule for the openings to occur after Christmas on Thursday's homework blog entry.

2) Make a Scripture memory card for the other memory verse from the handout and begin memorizing it. You will need to be ready to recite it by our second week back in January. If you have not yet recited your first verse for a grade, be ready to do so in class this Thursday.

3) Print out another copy of your corrected first-person thankfulness essay (you wrote on the first one when you changed it to second-person in class) and print out your second-person thankfulness essay, which was graded and proofread by me for Tuesday's class. Print beautful, edited copies of both points of view and staple them to the top of your stack, with the final first-person essay on the very top. Bring this stack to class on Thursday.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break).

+ Make your bed! :)
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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):
Please be ready to do the opening on any day!

For Th, 12/14: Caleb (CWA); Ivy (CWB

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28

HW from Thursday, 12/7/17

Due on AND BEFORE Tuesday, 12/12/17

1) Type up the changes you made in class today to the D2 of your thankfulness essay (changing it to second person point of view), then save it as “Thankfulness Essay – D3” and email it to me before the weekend. Be sure that both your name and the name of the assignment are in the subject line of your email.

2) Make the corrections to the D2 of your descriptive setting (returned today). Save the final copy as D3. Print a lovely copy (still double-spaced), staple it on top of the graded stack, and bring the whole stack to class on Tuesday.

3) Make the corrections to the D2 of your favorite season essay (returned today). Save the final copy as D3. Print a lovely copy (still double-spaced), staple it on top of the graded stack, and bring the whole stack to class on Tuesday.

4) Continue to memorize your Scripture memory verse, using the “Guidelines for Memorization” handout I gave you. Practice reciting it out loud, word for word! You must be ready to recite it for a grade next Tuesday.

5) Be sure you have read up to page 98 in Mark’s journal. Feel free to continue reading ahead, as you will be required to read some of the journal over Christmas break. You may count the minutes you spend reading Mark’s journal on your reading log if you are struggling to find time to get all your reading done.

6) If you would like, you may go ahead and make your next Scripture memory card, using the opposite verse (from the handout) of the one you’ve already memorized. You will make a card and begin memorizing your second verse over the Christmas holiday.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break). 

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

Please be ready to do the opening on any day!

For Tu, 12/12: Cassie (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 12/14: Caleb (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28 

HW from Tuesday, 12/5/17

Due on Thursday, 12/7/17

1) Complete the second draft (D2) of your thankfulness essay, using the things I pointed out in the edited copy I returned to you yesterday. Call it “Thankfulness Essay, D2.” Print out a copy of it (still double-spaced) and bring all notes/charts/drafts to class on Thursday.

2) Continue to memorize your Scripture memory verse, using the Guidelines for Memorization handout I gave you. Practice reciting it out loud, word for word. You must be ready to recite it for a grade at any time beginning next week.

3) Read pages 73-98 in Mark’s journal. Continue to notice the different types and styles of writing—and other ways of expressing oneself—that he uses in his journal entries.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break). 

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

Please be ready to do the opening on any day!

For Th, 12/7: Maddie (CWA); William (CWB)

For Tu, 12/12: Cassie (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 12/14: Caleb (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28 

HW from Thursday, 11/30/17

Due on AND BEFORE Tuesday, 12/5/17

1) I would suggest you print this page of assignments and check off each one as you do it so you can be sure you have completed everything.

2) Type up your completed thankfulness essay, using our guidelines for typed compositions. (See right sidebar. Call it “Thankfulness Essay, D1.”) Once you have proofread it carefully and are sure it is as perfect as you can make it, email it to me before the weekend. (I will print it and grade it before we return on Tuesday, and I need time to do that.)

3) Continue to memorize your Scripture memory verse, using the Guidelines for Memorization handout I gave you. Practice reciting it out loud, word for word. You must be ready to recite it for a grade at any time beginning next week.

4) Complete Copywork #8 to turn in on Tuesday.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The December Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 1/2/18 (the day we return from Christmas break). 

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

Please be ready to do the opening on any day!

For Tu, 12/5: Evan (CWA); Lillianna (CWB)

For Th, 12/7: Maddie (CWA); William (CWB)

For Tu, 12/12: Cassie (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 12/14: Caleb (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28 

HW from Tuesday, 11/28/17

Due on Thursday, 11/30/17

1) Your signed Reading Log for November is due on Thursday. Have it ready to turn in, HDBS (hot-dog-bun style), when you arrive.

2) Complete all the blanks and numbered lists of items on the essay planning worksheet for the thankfulness essay. You do not need to write out the sentences unless you want to, but you must have settled on your three points, and have listed at least specifics for each of those three points.

3) Be sure you have made the scripture memory card for the verse you're memorizing first and bring it to show me in class on Thursday. Continue to memorize the verse for recitation beginning next week.

4) Be sure you have read pages 50-72 in the Mark Rodriguez book. As you read, notice how the tone of Mark’s journaling changes and matures as he gets older. Write down as many different ways of journaling (styles of writing, points of view, subjects, etc.) as you can think of that Mark demonstrates in his writing. Be sure to have this list and the book with you in class on Thursday.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The November Reading Log will be due on Thursday, 11/30/17. 

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

Please be ready to do the opening on any day!

For Th, 11/30: Robertson (CWA); Caitlin (CWB)

For Tu, 12/5: Evan (CWA); Lillianna (CWB)

For Th, 12/7: Maddie (CWA); William (CWB)

For Tu, 12/12: Cassie (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 12/14: Caleb (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28