Monday 1/4 Create a doc titled "Journal" in your English 7 folder. Write for 10 min. about an event over holiday break or a New Year's resolution. Always date your entries. Read "I Am a Native of North America" on pg. 204 of textbook. Answer questions 1-4 on pg. 209 in new doc titled "I Am a Native of North America.
Upcoming Due Dates: Journals due each Friday. "The Cremation of Sam McGee" quiz Friday.
Tuesday 1/5 Journal topic: "In six years I will be..."
Finish questions 1-4 on pg. 209. Review pg. 302 in textbook (Maslow's Theory of Motivation and Human Needs). Create your own pyramid in "Basic Needs" doc.
Wednesday 1/6 Journal topic: What would you do if you were locked in the mall overnight?
Read "No Gumption" on pg. 266 and complete one short essay response (1-4) from the link below.
"No Gumption" essay choices
Homework: short essay response to "No Gumption" if not completed in class.
Thursday 1/7 Journal topic: Describe what you were like as a 4th grader then imagine what you will be like as a 9th grader.
Read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" on pg. 284. Complete Comprehension questions 1-3 and Literary Analysis questions 1 and 2 on pg. 288. Vocab. to know for quiz: cremation, whimper, and loathed.
Friday 1/8 Journal topic: Invent a monster and describe it. Where does it live? What does it eat? How does it act?
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" quiz. Read "Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says" on pg. 278. Complete Comprehension questions 1 and 2 and Literary Analysis question 1 on pg. 282. Create list of motivations for different activities.
Upcoming Due Dates: Journals due each Friday. "The Cremation of Sam McGee" quiz Friday.
Tuesday 1/5 Journal topic: "In six years I will be..."
Finish questions 1-4 on pg. 209. Review pg. 302 in textbook (Maslow's Theory of Motivation and Human Needs). Create your own pyramid in "Basic Needs" doc.
Wednesday 1/6 Journal topic: What would you do if you were locked in the mall overnight?
Read "No Gumption" on pg. 266 and complete one short essay response (1-4) from the link below.
"No Gumption" essay choices
Homework: short essay response to "No Gumption" if not completed in class.
Thursday 1/7 Journal topic: Describe what you were like as a 4th grader then imagine what you will be like as a 9th grader.
Read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" on pg. 284. Complete Comprehension questions 1-3 and Literary Analysis questions 1 and 2 on pg. 288. Vocab. to know for quiz: cremation, whimper, and loathed.
Friday 1/8 Journal topic: Invent a monster and describe it. Where does it live? What does it eat? How does it act?
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" quiz. Read "Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says" on pg. 278. Complete Comprehension questions 1 and 2 and Literary Analysis question 1 on pg. 282. Create list of motivations for different activities.