8-204 Ms. Villafane

7-204- finish your persuasive essay. Rewrite it on looseleaf paper.Please do not type it is not the final draft.

7-205- 1. What happened to Sam and Mary Lou? 2. What happened 110 years ago at Green lake? 3. Why does Trout want to hurt Kate? 4. Explain the following line "I've been wishing I I was dead for the last twenty years"? 5. How did Kate Barlow die ? 6. Why didn't ZigZag know the date?

8-206- Spelling worksheet---those students who did not complete their persuasive essays, must due so.

REMINDER--Bring your lunch for tomorrows trip. Also, bring 2 pens, SS's notebook, and you must dress in full uniform.

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7-204-read the next 2 chapters-1. What event results in a sorrowful mood in "Papa Who Wakes up tired in the dark? 2. Why does Esperanza feel so guilty and ashamed at the end of "Born Bad" 3. How does the author foreshadow an important aspect of Esperanza's future in "Born Bad"? 4. What does the fortune teller Elenita predict for Esperanxa? 5. How do you interpret this prediction?

7-205- define the following words- ladled, grotesque, writhing, parched,
1. What was Green Lake known as? 2. Who is Katherine Barlow? 3. Who is Trout Walker? 4. Describe Trout Walker? 5. Why did Mr. Sir not give Stanley water? 6. Who is Mary Lou? 7. What is Sam's cure for all sickness or health complications? 8. Why did the children not show up for school?

8-206- vocabulary sheet

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7th grade -- for those students who did not complete the work sheet for Ms. Lacapra please do so.

8th grade- you must type your persuasive essay. Due Wednesday

Reminder- For those students whop still own homework assignments please complete them and hand them in fro ALL teachers.

7-204--Reminder we need caperones for our trip on Thursday

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All Classes- Castle Learning

7-204-reminder --we need chaperones for our trip on 10/30/08

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7th grade- Castle Learning--www.castlelearning.com. all students are able to create a new passwords.

8th grade- write the 5th paragraph to your persuasive essay. Continue where we let off in class today just write today's date.

7-204- Reminder trip slips, picture money, candy sale money are all due. Also, we need chaperones for our trip on the 30th.

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all classes--using a Venn Diagram,compare and contrast the voting rights of 1965 and 2008. You can use the notes from today's lesson, prior knowledge, and the photograph we analyzed today.

7-204--reminder permission slips are due. Also, we need chaperones (3) for our trip.

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7-204- read pgs 46-55-voc chanclas, tamales, naphtha, merengue, temlbeque, authority

1. Explain the title (Chanclas) of the chapter?
2. Is esperanza justified in being so concerned about her shoes?
3. How does the author make the scene vivid with details about the setting? Look for examples in the chapter.
4. Why does the author have a chapter on hips?
5. What is Esperanza's first job? What are the pluses and minuses to the job?
6. How are the girls in the book treated ?

7-205-read chapters 18-20 voc- jabbed, cot, canteen, recede, condemned, canvas, unclasped

1. What did the Warden do to Armpit?
2. How did Caveman get hurt?
3. What does Caveman not like people to do?
4. What does Zero not know how to do? Why?
5. Why did Squid threatened Stanley?
6. What What was Stanley thankful for? Why?
7. What did Magnet take from the truck?
8. Explain the following statement "He was in the wrong place at the wrong time"
9. Why did Stanley blame himself for stealing the sack of seeds?
10. What did the Warden do to Mr. Sir? Why? What was the result?

8-206-- NYS test prep Jan. 2005- in notebook

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finish reading chapter 6 and complete chapter assessment

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7-204- the following questions are based on the pgs read in class-House on Mango Street-pgs 28-42
1. Who are the outsiders to Esperanza's neighborhood?
2. What happens to Angel Vargas?
3. Why don't any neighbors pay attention to the Vargas kids?
4. Why is Alicia afraid of fathers?
5. What is nice and appealing to Esperanza about the lemon,red,and pale blue (formerly white) shoes given to her?
6. Why don't the girls complain when Lucy's mother throws the shoes away?

7-205- vocabulary define and write in sentences-- fossilized, sprawled, barren
Questions
1. Describe the relationship between caveman, X-ray, ZigZag, Squid, and Magnet?
2. Why do you think the boys must do nothing except dig holes?
3. Explain the following--pg 57 "My no good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great- great- grandfather" Why does Caveman feel this why?
4. Why is Mr. Pendenski worried about the boys future?

8-206
using the graphic organizer, arrange your main idea in order from most important to least important

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All Classes- Using the "Migrant Mother" photograph, write a letter to the photographer Dorothea Lange informing her of your reactions to the photograph. Be sure to use details from the photo to explain your reactions.

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7-204--For those students who did not receive both S.S sheets, check Ms. Blacks website for the questions you need to answer.

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7-204-I. Vocabulary-define and write voc. words in sentences
boarded, temporary, barrettes, rosettes, gutters, marimbas, raggedy, lopsided,

II. Answer each question in complete sentences

1. What is distinctive about Cathy?
2. What does "the neighborhood getting bad mean"?
3. What is Esperanza's attitude toward her name?
4. Who are Lucy and Rachel?
5. How do Nenny and Esperanza laugh? How does the author tell you?
6.How does Cathy react to Lucy and Rachel?

III.read pgs 21-27

1, How di you know in the chapter the storyteller is a child?
2. Is there any humor in the chapter?

8th grade complete the entire January 2006 test prep booklet in your notebook. Make sure you provid the reason for your answer choice

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>Reminder-7th grade coninue to fill in the character analysis chart while reading your novels.

7-204 Reminder

1. For those students who still need to bring in $10.00 lunch application fee
2. Candy Sale money

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7th grade-- write 3 reasons why you agree or disagree with "Should 13-year -olds be allowed to drive?

8th grade-comlpete the January 2005 test booklet

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7-204---read pgs 3-20 in the novel The House on Mango Street -- answer the questions given in class
REMINDER-- Religion test tomorrow

7-205--read chapters 3-4 in the novel Holes-answer questions given in class

8-206- complete pgs 6-12 in the NYS booklet- do not write in test booklet record your answers in your notebook

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7th grade---your homework is the sheet Ms. LaCapra handed out due tomorrow.

8th grade--2 reading handouts-use the 3 step method to answer the questions

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7-204--Religion-- Who was St. Francis od Assisi?

What did he do to become a saint?

8th grade- 1} Using the notes written in class and from the reading you are to draw conclusion about the character. The Governess.

2} How can you relate the title of the text "Justice For All " to the main idea of the story.

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