Homework -- 5/29

8th Grade Project: Some 8th graders have revisions; these must be brought in on Monday, 6/1. Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Assigned today: Due Monday, 6/1, read chs. 14, 15, & 16 in Lyddie (25 pp.). Be ready for quiz. Write a quotation or passage for each chapter in L.A. journal. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Monday, 6/1, complete graphing of Wump family. Also, review for unit test in Math's Mate. 8th Grade: Due Monday, 6/1, review for unit test in Math's Mate. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: For Monday, 6/1, study for quiz on "Sequence of Key Events of the 19th Century." Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Lyddie and L.A. journal
• Math binder with Math's Mates for review
• Social Studies - 19th century timeline

Periodic Table Basics

Homework -- 5/28

Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Assigned today: Due Friday, May 29, read chs. 12 and 13 in Lyddie (20 pp.). Be ready for quiz. Write a quotation or passage for each chapter in L.A. journal. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Friday, 5/29, finish reading the handout on Lowell and answer questions 1-5 (see handout). For Monday, 6/1, study for quiz on "Sequence of Key Events of the 19th Century." Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Friday, 5/29, answer questions 1-6, "Period Table Basics." Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 5/29, translation sheet (15 sentences). 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Lyddie and L.A. journal
• Social Studies - 1) reading handout on Lowell, 2) questions handout, 3) 19th century timeline
• Science - "Periodic Table Basics" handout

Lowell Reading Questions

Questions to answer from Lowell reading, pp. 39-56 (handout): 1. What were some ways (name 3) that the owners of the Lowell Mills minimized competition (that is, make competition less of an issue) among the other mill companies they controlled? 2. Why did the owners do this? 3. What other aspects of life in Lowell appealed to the "Mill Girls"? 4. Look at the timetable on p. 41. Why do you think the work day was so tightly organized around the clock? (Also read pp. 50-51.) 5. Read pp. 52-56:

• a) Why did the owners cut wages beginning in the mid-1830s?
• b) How did the managers treat workers who went on strike?
• c) Summarize how the members of LFLRA tried to change the work day to only ten hours?

Homework -- 5/27

Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: Due thursday, May 28, read chs. 9, 10, 11 in Lyddie (24 pp.). Be ready for quiz. Write a quotation or passage for each chapter in L.A. journal. Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Math's Mate Term 3, Sheet 8. this is preparation for unit test next week. 8th: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Math's Mate Term 2, Sheet 8. this is preparation for unit test next week. Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Bohr diagrams (both sides of page). Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Thursday, May 28, write 10 sentences with vocabulary words. 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Math's Mate
• Lyddie and L.A. journal
• Science - "Chemical bonds/Periodic Table Basics" handout

Homework -- 5/26

8th Grade Independent Project - All elements as final copies are due tomorrow, Wednesday 5/27. (Use sketch handout to guide you.) Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Assigned today: For tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27, have independent reading book with you. In-house essay writing test Wednesday a.m. (no technology is scheduled). Due thursday, May 28, read chs. 9, 10, 11 in Lyddie (24 pp.). Be ready for quiz. Write a quotation or passage for each chapter in L.A. journal. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Math's Mate Term 3, Sheet 8. this is preparation for unit test next week. 8th Grade: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Math's Mate Term 2, Sheet 8. this is preparation for unit test next week. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Thursday, May 28, complete Bohr diagrams (both sides of page). Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Technology

• The Yearbook Assignment is due next Wednesday, 5/27.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Math's Mate
• Lyddie and L.A. journal
• Science - "Chemical bonds/Periodic Table Basics" handout
• 8th Gr Ind. Project. - handouts showing elements and layout for display board