Assignments for December 8 due December 15
Fix It Week 14
Vocabulary pg 13
Using Spurgeon devotional (Song of Solomon), write an essay. Include introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion. Make a title. Type, double space.

Reminder: 2nd book report due January 12.

Assignments for December 1 (due 12-8-09)
Fix It Week 13
Vocabulary worksheet pg 12 (Keep reviewing past vocab as well!)
Write an essay using Charles Spurgeon's devotional "Waiting on the Lord" handed out in class.

Assignments for November 17, 2009
Fix It Week 12
Vocab sheet pg 11 Keep reviewing vocab words. Go to Quia and take 1st Quarter quiz if you haven't done that yet.
Finish up Conclusion worksheets started in class, pg 39-40 and then do pg 41-42.
There will be a test over thesis statements, transitions, intros and conclusions on Dec. 1
Reminder: You should have started reading your second book; book report due January 12.
Take the opportunity over break to catch up on any missing work.

Assignments November 10
Fix-it Week 11
Vocabulary pg 10 Quia review
Finish Exercise 7 and complete Exercise 8 Chapter 5
Read Chapter 6-- Conclusions

November 3 Assignment

Fix-it Week 10
Vocabulary worksheet pg 9
Quia Review past words and then take Quiz--1st Quarter
Read Introduction handouts
Using the 4 essays handed out in class, choose 1 each day to mark with examples of the techniques we have studied so far: essay type, introduction type, thesis statement, topic sentences, examples of SEE... Turn these in on Tuesday.

1st Book REport was due this week.

Assignments October 27

Fix-It Week 9
Vocabulary: Latin Numbers Handout, Review at Quia website
Vocabulary Quiz at Quia: Week 1-8 Quiz Review
Elegant Essay worksheet pg 24


Book Review Due November 3

Assignment October 13
Vocabulary Roots Week 8 Review at Quia
Fix-It Week 8, Define Bold words
Finish Worksheet "Body Paragraphs" pg 20
Grammar worksheet, Irregular Verbs
work on reading Book Choice and Report using "Story Sequence Model" Due 11-4-09

No Class next week, October 20

Assignment Week 7 (October 6)
Complete worksheet pg 19 "Body Paragraphs"
Week 7 Fix-It, handwriting, bold word defined, corrections made
Week 7 Vocabulary Remeber to go to Quia for regular review

Week 6 Assignment

Vocabulary week 6 - Make a list of 5-10 words that use the roots in them. Do this for all 8 roots in week 6.
Fix-it Week 6
Comma Exercise 1 - handed out in class. You can go to Grammar Bytes link for online help. Turn in worksheet on Tuesday.
Finish work sheet for Thesis Sentences.

I am still missing many book selections for the first half of the semester. Please report your book selection title to me this week!

Week 5 Assignment

Assignment: Vocab. pg 5 Don't forget to go to Quia for review and quizzes.
Fix-It Week 5, handwrite and define BOLD words.
Using a writing assignment from any other class, rewrite and use all 6 sentence openers. Make sure to mark them by putting the number in brackets next to the sentence. Example: (1)The cat chased the mouse. 1 for subject/verb sentence. Turn in on Tuesday. Please turn in your book selection name if you haven't done that.

Week 4

Sense writing from handout in class.
Fix it and vocabulary

Week 3 Assignments

Fix-it Week 3 Don't forget to define 'bold' words. Turn in on Tuesday
Vocabulary: pg. 3 Sign into Quia --see link. Enter class code JHC438. Complete Quiz and then do review of vocab week 3
Essay: Write an essay about the SAT Essay and whether it is a true assessment of writing skill. Give yourself 25 minutes to complete using the information you learned from the DVD. Turn in on Tuesday.

Week 2 Assignment

Daily: Each day rewrite a section of Fix-It pg 2 on notebook paper with corrections. Watch for spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, etc. Turn in all pg 2 sections on Tuesday.
Complete Vocab. page 2 and then review daily. Quiz on Tuesday (covering pg 1-2)

Do a 25 minute timed essay from SAT prompt handout. Due on Tuesday. Check out College Board website for more practice information.

week 1

Do 1 section of Fix it everyday. Practice vocabulary everyday.