Homework -- 1/16

Language Arts Assigned today: For Tuesday, 1/20, write a 5-10 minute reflection on your experience today at the Martin Luther King Charter School of Excellence. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, you will no longer be able to borrow a calculator from Jane. Everyone must have their own calculators, so if your has been lost, you must buy a new one over the weekend. Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None (Moving Straight Ahead). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/20, continue Daily Cloud Journal: record daily barometric pressure (and all other categories). Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Daily Cloud Journal

Comprehension Questions: “Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus”

Name: 

Date:

“Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus” by Gordon Korman

Comprehension Questions

Directions:

• First, complete reading “Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus” for pleasure as a reader.
• Next, read each question carefully. Answer all parts of the question.
• Use white, lined paper or type your responses.
• Answer all questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. Write in complete sentences.
• Edit your writing for English conventions.

1. Writers say that they write from their own experiences. Upon what experience did Gordon Korman base “Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus”?

2. Writers sometimes use a device called a “flashback.” Did Gordon Korman use a flashback in “Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus”? If your answer is “Yes,” how do you know he used a flashback?

3. Where does this story begin? Where does it end? Where else does the story take place?

4. Describe the relationship that the brothers Chase and Warren have with each other. Include supporting evidence from the story itself.

5. Choose two words to describe what kind of person Chase is OR what kind of person Warren is. Support your choices with evidence from the story itself.

6. What difficult decision did Warren make in this story? Do you agree or disagree with that decision? Why or why not?

7. Quote a sentence or two from the story that you would like the class to discuss. Also, give the page on which the quote can be found.

Homework -- 1/15

Language Arts Assigned today: For Friday, 1/16, Complete Comprehension Questions ("Hamish MacTavish is Eating a Bus") according to all directions. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, you will no longer be able to borrow a calculator from Jane. Everyone must have their own calculators, so if your has been lost, you must buy a new one over the weekend. Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 1/16, do problems 1,2 and 1.3 on pp. 8-11 (handout): 1) All is to be well-organized; 2) All computations to be shown; 3) All answers on separate, lined paper. (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due Friday, 1/16, do #14-20, p. 72. (Moving Straight Ahead). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: Due Friday, 1/16, answer questions 1-4, "Clouds in a Bottle." Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• L.A. book: From One Experience to Another
• L.A. handout: Comprehension Questions for "Hamish MacTavish is Eating a Bus"
• Science experiment handout: "Clouds in a Bottle"
• 7th grade: Math handout
• 8th grade: Math book, Moving Straight Ahead, 4 sheets of 4-quadrant graph paper.

homework - 1/14

Language Arts Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: For Thursday, 1/15, Complete Vocabulary Form ("Hamish MacTavish is Eating a Bus") according to all directions. Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, you will no longer be able to borrow a calculator from Jane. Everyone must have their own calculators, so if your has been lost, you must buy a new one over the weekend. Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Friday, 1/16, answer questions 1-4, "Clouds in a Bottle." Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete Take-Home Quiz. Other Assigned today: Thursday, 1/15, bring some non-perishable food item to donate to the "Food for Families" food drive for the food pantry at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Springfield. Especially desired items include: condiments (ketchup, mayo, abodo and other spices), dried piteon peas or beans, baking and cake mixes, peanut butter and jelly, all types of dry pastas, canned goods. Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete sections I and II of 8th Grade Project Proposal (typed). Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• L.A. book: From One Experience to Another
• L.A. handout: "Vocabulary in Context"
• Science experiment handout: "Clouds in a Bottle"
• 8th graders only: Spanish take-home quiz

Homework -- 1/13

Language Arts Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: For Thursday, 1/15, Complete Vocabulary Form ("Hamish MacTavish is Eating a Bus") according to all directions. Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, you will no longer be able to borrow a calculator from Jane. Everyone must have their own calculators, so if your has been lost, you must buy a new one over the weekend. Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due tomorrow, Wednesday 1/14, write and decorate a thank you card to Sister Clare. Add at least one specific element that interested you. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: No Daily Cloud Journal for tomorrow. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete Take-Home Quiz. Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: Wednesday 1/14, bring some non-perishable food item to donate to the "Food for Families" food drive for the food pantry at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Springfield. Especially desired items include: condiments (ketchup, mayo, abodo and other spices), dried piteon peas or beans, baking and cake mixes, peanut butter and jelly, all types of dry pastas, canned goods. Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete sections I and II of 8th Grade Project Proposal (typed).

Vocabulary in Context: “Hamish MacTavish Is Eating a Bus”

Name: Date: Vocabulary in Context:

“Hamish MacTavish Is Eating a Bus”

Directions:

· Write the dictionary definitions for the underlined words in the sentences below. Use the definition that best fits the word’s use in the sentence—its context.

· Read the story “Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus” for pleasure.

· Last, write one 10-minute LA journal entry that includes responses to the following:

First, choose two words to describe what kind of person Chase is. Support your choices with evidence from the story.

Second, choose two words to describe what kind of person Warren is. Support your choices with evidence from the story.

1. “I mean nobody could eat the differential of a bus.”

2. “It says here that he cuts the chassis of the bus into bite-sized pieces with a hacksaw . . .”

3. “I’d expect my agent to cut a monster deal, with a big signing bonus . . .”

4. “What kind of TV endorsements does Hamish have?” Amanda asked dubiously.”

5. “There must have been some kind of media blackout in Scotland.”

6. “The two brothers said, “We have irreconcilable differences.”

7. “He has probably struggled a little to reach his goal—imperceptibly at first, . . .”

Homework -- 1/12

Language Arts Assigned today: For Thursday, 1/15, Complete Vocabulary Form ("Hamish MacTavish is Eating a Bus") according to all directions. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, you will no longer be able to borrow a calculator from Jane. Everyone must have their own calculators, so if your has been lost, you must buy a new one over the weekend. Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Tuesday, 1/13, problem 1.1 (2 designs for A & B, 1 design for C) in Covering and Surrounding. 8th Grade: Due Tuesday, 1/13, do problems 1-12 on page 70. In addition, for each set of problems, explain your strategy for solving the problems in that set. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/13, entriy in Daily Cloud Journal. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Read ch. 5, "Pobre Ana." 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: Tomorrow, Tuesday 1/13, we will visit the Leverett Peace Pagoda. Dress warmly. Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete sections I and II of 8th Grade Project Proposal (typed).

Buddhist Stories Assignment

Choose 1 of the following options for the Buddhist stories you heard in class on Friday, 1/9:

1) Retell the story in writing, with sufficient detail. Edit for spelling and grammar.

2) Write a reflection about one of the stories, in which you consider the meaning or lesson of the story. What do you take away from the story? Use specific events in the story to make your point. Edit for spelling and grammar.

3) Choose 1 scene from one of the stories to illustrate, with details from this scene. Use 3/4 of blank paper for the drawing. Then write why you chose to illustrate this particular scene. Edit for spelling and grammar.

This assignment is due Monday, 1/12