It's Spirit Week in the Land of Cranbury! Please bring in money for the Helene Cody Foundation on Monday! Earn points for your grade by bringing in your change, dollar bills, and winter coats! Helene was an inspiration to all who knew her. She cared about people and was always involved in community service.

8th: Clip out 2 magazines advertisements. Identify advertising techniques in both ads. Staple to your definition chart.

7th: Read Ch. 7 & 8 in the Outsiders. First set of 30 notecards is due on Tuesday.

6th: Read the NY Times article and answer the questions on the back of the article. Look up the words you don't know and define them on the blank space on the question sheet. Read Ch. 2 in the chosen novel. February is Black History Month so let's raise awareness of the harmful effects of discrimination and prejudice in our lives.

8th: Reflection/reading of Section 5 in The Diary of Anne Frank is due tomorrow. "Project Description" is due for the propaganda project tomorrow. Must be printed out before coming to class.

7th: Ch. 5 & 6 in The Outsiders due tomorrow. 30 notecards due Tuesday, Feb 2.

Sentence Outline due Wednesday, Feb 4.

6th: Read Ch. 1 in your reading book (Watsons or Roll of Thunder)

Congratulations! Midterms are over!

8th: Anne Frank reflection chart #4 is due. "Propaganda Description" due on Friday.

7th: Thesis Statement is due tomorrow. 30 Notecards are due February 2. Follow format for notecards. Each card requires a source #, p. #, and heading. Ch. 5 & 6 in the Outsiders is due Friday.

6th: Complete the definitions worksheet (Civil Rights Video). Use the dictionary. Write as much as you can about the topic in the boxes.

8th: Anne Frank reflection chart #4 is due. "Propaganda Description" due on Friday.

7th: Thesis Statement is due Thursday. 30 Notecards are due February 2. Follow format for notecards. Each card requires a source #, p. #, and heading.

6th: Lessons 15 & 16 Vocab Quiz tomorrow. Writer's Journals will be assessed tomorrow. In a bright highlighter or marker, circle your favorite entry to share with me.

6, 7, and 8th: Vocabulary Chapter 17 is due tomorrow. Also, all Writer's Journal will be collected. At the end of this quarter, you must have at least 10 pages of writing in your journal! I know one of you is going to write "the great American novel" someday, so keep on WRITING!! :) In other words, when you receive your Pulitzer Prize, please don't forget to thank me ( on television ).

8th: Read the 4th section of Anne Frank. Complete the reflection chart.

7th: Locate 2 additional sources and create two more source cards. You need one book, one website, one online encyclopedia, and one magazine/newspaper article. Study for vocab. test on 15/16.

6th: No HW! Hope you enjoyed our Toga Party! Bring your vocabulary books to go over Lesson 16.

6th & 7th: Exam tomorrow. Prepare your pre-writing on an index card. Review.

8th: Read ahead in Anne Frank. Fill in the Reflection Chart for Sections 1, 2,3. Brainstorm for your propaganda projects.

8th: Complete the reading chart for Anne Frank. Work on the pre-writing chart for the midterm exam essay. Bring to class on Thursday for the exam.

7th: review the MLK Jr. vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz. Complete 2 index cards for Wax Museum sources, one book and one website required for tomorrow. Vocab 16 due tomorrow.

6th: Vocab 16 due tomorrow. Review for the mythology exam on Thursday.

TOGA PARTY FOR GRADE 6 ! FRI, JAN 22

Please note that only PEANUT FREE snacks are permissible for Friday's party! Thank you!

All grades: SSR Test is Tuesday! End of Quarter 2!

8th: Read ahead and fill in the reflection chart for Anne Frank's Diary (section 3)

7th: Review MLK Jr Vocabulary, be prepared for pop quiz on words on Tuesday. Complete "I have a dream" worksheet. Locate book source, complete book and website source cards by Wednesday.

6th: Pandora's Box project also due Tuesday.

8th: Read ahead in Anne Frank. Section 3 is due on Tuesday, Jan 19th.

7th: Study for the quiz on the "Frequently Confused Words" Read Ch. 3 in Outsiders by Tuesday. Four source cards for your biography (wax museum) paper are due on Wed. Jan 20. You must obtain a book source, and have it in class by Monday, January 26th.

6th: Continue to work on the Pandora's Box project.

8th: Read Section 2 in Anne Frank. A reading quiz will be held tomorrow.

7th: Read Ch. 1 & 2 in the Outsiders. Reading quiz tomorrow.

6th: Complete p. 354 in the Icarus & Deadalus story packet.

8th: continue reading in Anne Frank. Complete the attribute web with 6 adjectives to describe Anne. Don't forget to review the terms for the Holocaust Background Quiz. Thank you for your maturity today during the film. Everyone was very respectful. It was a difficult subject to learn about, scary too, but you all handled it.

7th: Vocabulary 15 is due tomorrow. Wax Museum selections and contracts are also due.

6th: Vocabulary 15 is due tomorrow. Study Frequently Confused Words for quiz tomorrow. Pandora's Box "topic" will be due Wednesday.

8th: see your Anne Frank reading chart. Section 1 is due.

7th: Read Ch. 1 in the Outsiders. Type your Cesar Chavez poem. Choose your Wax Museum person, and identify a book source, either at the library or online at Amazon/B&N, for your research.

6th: Pandora's Box Project is due Tuesday Jan 19th.

8th: See reading chart for Anne Frank. Visit the Anne Frank house online and answer the questions.

7th: Some students are scheduled for literary day tomorrow. Check your agendas. I would like to collect your Cesar Chavez experience poem.

6th: No HW!

* due to "photo day sessions", some students did not finish Learnia....... You may come to Rm. 64 at 7:30am on Friday morning to finish your open-ended responses if you did not finish today with the rest of the class.

6, 7, & 8th: Study for the Vocabulary Test 13/14

8th: begin reading "The Diary of Anne Frank". Reading schedule distributed: see due dates for sections of the story.
7th: complete your "Write Up" of your interview with an immigrant, it's due tomorrow!
Wax Museum
6th: p. 649 # 4, 5 finish reading "Perseus" in the textbook

8th: Holocaust Information Search and worksheet.

7th: Vocabulary 13/14 due tomorrow. Wax Museum Selection due Jan 11. Immigrant Interview Write Up: due Wed. Jan 6.

6th: Vocabulary 13/14 due tomorrow.