Today is Sunday, 26 May 2013.

I. 10th Grade: Unit 5: Animals Nobody Loves

1. Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Text page 81, and workbook page 5, 52, 53.
2. Homework: complete worksheet on Subject-Verb Agreement for 1 homework point.
3. Work on your animal research report: See page 86 in your text book and page 59 in your workbook for research area ideas .
4. Review pages 84 through 88 in your text for style and organization tips.
5. Do page 57 in your workbook for practice.
6. Write a report on your animal. Due Wednesday, May 29th for 5 homework points
7. Week 7 vocabulary: natural, instinct, environment, personality, consume, predator, appetite, crocodile. rescue, domestic, wild, traits, camouflage, techniques, penetrating

II. 11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters and Unit 6: I'll Never Forget

1. Grammar page 100 in text, and page 63, 64 and 65 in workbook.
2. Homework: complete worksheet on Subject-Verb Agreement for 1 homework point.
3. In your text on page 101 is the memoir by Ali Salim, A Lesson Learned. Read the memoir and discuss the effectiveness of Ali's style and organization in his writing.
4. Work on your Life on a timeline activity. Here is an example of my Lifeline, done several years ago.
   
5. Based on one of the events on your "Lifeline" you will write a memoir. This is due by Wednesday, 29 May 2013, and will be worth 5 homework points.
6. Here are week 6 vocabulary words: severe, determined, prevail, balance, focus, rewarding, confidence, reassurance, obstacle, coincide. There will be a quiz on these words next week, Wednesday, 29 May 2013.

Today is Thursday, 23 May 2013.

I. 10th Grade: Unit 5: Animals Nobody Loves

1. Work on your animal research report: See page 86 in your text book and page 59 in your workbook for research area ideas .
2. Review pages 84 through 88 in your text for style and organization tips.
3. Do page 57 in your workbook for practice.
4. Write a report on your animal. Due Wednesday, May 29th for 5 homework points
5. Week 7 vocabulary: natural, instinct, environment, personality, consume, predator, appetite, crocodile. rescue, domestic, wild, traits, camouflage, techniques, penetrating 

II. 11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters and Unit 6: I'll Never Forget

1. In your text on page 101 is the memoir by Ali Salim, A Lesson Learned. Read the memoir and discuss the effectiveness of Ali's style and organization in his writing.
2. Work on your Life on a timeline activity. Here is an example of my Lifeline, done several years ago.
   
3. Based on one of the events on your "Lifeline" you will write a memoir.  This is due by Wednesday, 29 May 2013, and will be worth 5 homework points. 
4. Here are week 6 vocabulary words: severe, determined, prevail, balance, focus, rewarding, confidence, reassurance, obstacle, coincide. There will be a quiz on these words next week, Wednesday, 29 May 2013.

Today is Wednesday, 22 May 2013.

I. 10th Grade: Unit 5: Animals Nobody Loves

1. Begin work on your animal report:  See page 86 in your text book and page 59 in your workbook for beginning ideas.
2. Get the Animal Report worksheet and begin finding information on an animal you do not love.
3. We will work on how to write a report using your information.  See pages 84 through 88 for style and organization tips.
4. Do page 57 in your workbook for practice.
5. Quiz on Week 5 vocabulary: handsome, athletic, articulate, wear, where, stares, and stairs, disgusting, powerful, dangerous, attack, survive, creature, amazing. Click here to go to SpellingCity.com to study your words.

II. 11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters and Unit 6: I'll Never Forget

1. In your text on page 101 is the memoir by Ali Salim, A Lesson Learned. Read the memoir and react to it in your journal by recreating the table on page 102 of your text in your journal with your responses.
2. Work on your Life on a timeline activity to prepare for your memoir writing Thursday.  Here is an example of my Lifeline, done several years ago.
   
3. Here are week 6 vocabulary words: severe, determined, prevail, balance, focus, rewarding, confidence, reassurance, obstacle, coincide. There will be a quiz on these words next week, Wednesday, 29 May 2013.

Today is Tuesday, 21 May 2013.

I. 10th Grade: Unit 5: Animals Nobody Loves

1. Your worksheet for We Bought A Zoo will be due today.
2. Read about the shark on page 82
3. Practice your Week 5 vocabulary: handsome, athletic, articulate, wear, where, stares, and stairs, disgusting, powerful, dangerous, attack, survive, creature, amazing. Click here to go to SpellingCity.com to study your words. There will be a quiz on Wednesday, 22 May 2013.

II. 11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters and Unit 6: I'll Never Forget

1. This is a work day, and while I am at the 10th Grade field trip you will:
1. Work on your E-CART
2. Finish your We Bought A Zoo work sheet
3. Finish your simile
4. Finish your Eyewitness Report
5. Quiz on your vocabulary words for Week 5: demolished, debris, flatten, subside, normal, rumble, siren, basement, explode, noisy, fear. Click here to go to SpellingCity.com to study your words.There will be a quiz on Today, 21 May 2013.

Today is Monday, 20 May 2013.

I. 10th Grade: Unit 5: Animals Nobody Loves

1. Your worksheet for We Bought A Zoo will be due on Tuesday.
2. Practice your Week 5 vocabulary: handsome, athletic, audacious, articulate, wear, where, stares, and stairs, disgusting, powerful, dangerous, attack, survive, creature, amazing. Click here to go to SpellingCity.com to study your words. There will be a quiz on Tuesday, 21 May 2013.

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II. 11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters and Unite 6: I'll Never Forget

1. This is a work day, and while I am at the 10th Grade field trip you will:
1. Work on your E-CART
2. Finish your We Bought A Zoo work sheet
3. Finish your simile
4. Finish your Eyewitness Report
5. Practice your vocabulary words for Week 5's quiz : demolished, debris, flatten, subside, normal, rumble, siren, basement, explode, noisy, fear. Click here to go to SpellingCity.com to study your words. There will be a quiz on Tuesday, 21 May 2013.

 All of this will be checked on Tuesday, May 21 and NO LATER. Your work will not be counted if it is not turned in by Tuesday, May 21st