2 Weeks of Homework and Announcements

Gr. 7 Homework and Announcements

2 Weeks – Monday, May 2^nd to Friday, May 6^th & 

Monday, May 9^th to Friday, May 13^th

Week One:

Math  - Mr. Hannem is continuing the work on the Cartesian Plane that I introduced last week.  Besides the booklet work, please complete the following IXL.com assignments as far as you can go.  Gr. 7 Cartesian Plane P.1, P.2, P.3, P.4

Social Studies – The Greece Project is up on the blog and students have received hard copies.  The due date for this is Monday, May 9^th.  Mr. Hannem will be marking these projects and putting the marks in students achieve.

Science:  Mr. Kuchma finishing his Science Lab

English – Spelling and Vocabulary Test #5 – Friday, May 6^th morning

Spelling and Vocabulary Test #5

Propaganda (noun) – wrong information that is spread to cause people to believe things that are not true The Nazi propaganda told the German people that Jews were inferior to them.	Plagiarism (noun) – To claim thoughts or works of another author as one’s own. The White Hatter talked about plagiarism from off the internet could get you kicked out of school.
Bibliography (noun) – A list of source materials that are used or consulted for essays, thesis, etc. His bibliography was included at the end of his essay.	Cite (verb) - to quote from an authority You need to cite your sources in your essay.
Heretic (noun) – a professed believer who says something that goes against the established Church doctrine Jesus was accused of being a heretic.	Resentment (noun) – bitterness caused by hurt feelings Resentment can make you feel miserable.
Miraculous (adj.) – performed by or involving a supernatural power. The feeding of the 5,000 was miraculous.	Infuriate (adj.) – To be consumed with anger. Don’t infuriate your parents by forgetting your chores.
Expository (adj) – writing that explains a subject Christina wrote an expository essay on the Ancient Spartans.	Omit –(verb) to leave something out Question 5 was omitted on the test.

Week Two:

The Talent Chapel is on Wednesday, May 11th from 12:35 to 1:50 - Parents are invited to attend.  

English:  Descriptive Writing

Social Studies:  Presenting/Showing Greece Projects

Math:  Continuing Cartesian Plane – maybe starting Translations/Rotations 

Greece Project

Greece Project

Due:  Monday, May 9^th

As we conclude this chapter on the ancient Greek civilization, we have come to realize that we have only touched the surface of all there is to learn about this fascinating culture.  Therefore, I want you to pick one topic from ancient Greece and research it.  Then I want you to create some sort of visual project .  It could be a model, powerpoint, video, picture, display...... whatever creative idea you have.  If you don’t want to do a visual project, I am perfectly happy to have you write a 500 word essay. 

Here are some suggestions for topics: 

People:   Pericles, Socrates, Plato, Hannibal, Augustus, Alexander the Great, 

Topics:  The Minoans: Knossos, Crete, and the Minotaur, Slavery in the Ancient World ,The Phoenicians, Greek Theatre,  Democracy in Ancient Greece ,The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece, The Original Olympics, Greek Mythology, Sparta: the warrior's life, Education, Athens

Here is a good place to go for information: Ancient Greece for Middle School 

Here is how you will be evaluated: 

Visual

Appearance (not sloppy or rushed – aesthetically pleasing)	/5
Apparent Effort (how much time and work was put into it)	/5
Content (does it connect well to your topic and is it accurate)	/10
TOTAL	/20

Essay: 

Format – title underlined, name, proper font, spacing, double spaced	/5
Bibliography/Citations (you must include a list of all the websites, books, articles, etc you used in your research)	/5
Introduction ( introduces main ideas and captures the reader’s interest)	/5
Body (develops the main ideas and flows from topic to topic)	/5
Conclusion (concludes the essay with a summary of main ideas and leaves reader with a strong impression)	/5
Content (information is accurate and on topic – clear and relevant)	/10
TOTAL	/35

The Dog of Pompeii

https://www.quia.com/quiz/4178908.html?AP_rand=1481748233

Monday, April 25th to Thursday, April 28th

Grade 7 Homework

Monday, April 25^nd to Thursday, April 28^th

Announcements: 

Supper at Robideaus Tuesday night :  KCC Youth at 7:00.  Yes, we will go to the bottle depot. We will not be having supper at my house until I return from Mexico.  (Next time will be May 17^th)

Thursday, April 28^th is a half-day – dismissal at noon so the teachers can have a professional development time and then there is no school on the 29^th as there is a Christian Home Educators Conference at the school.

Readathon:  Congratulations and thank you students and families!! The grade 7 class sure raised a lot of money for the tuition assistance program and cleaned up with lots of prizes.  We won a PIZZA PARTY!! The class didn’t want to waste any time on celebrating so we will be having this pizza on Monday, April 25^th.  It will be delivered at 11:30.  We also won an ICE CREAM PARTY which will be on Friday, May 6^th at the end of the day. 

English:  Spelling and Vocabulary Test #5 on Thursday morning. 

Propaganda (noun) – wrong information that is spread to cause people to believe things that are not true The Nazi propaganda told the German people that Jews were inferior to them.	Plagiarism (noun) – To claim thoughts or works of another author as one’s own. The White Hatter talked about plagiarism from off the internet could get you kicked out of school.
Bibliography (noun) – A list of source materials that are used or consulted for essays, thesis, etc. His bibliography was included at the end of his essay.	Cite/site/sight (verb/noun/noun) 1) cite - to quote from an authority 2) site - physical location 3) sight - refers to vision. You need to cite your sources in your essay. You go camping at a campsite. The sun can blind your sight.
Heretic (noun) – a professed believer who says something that goes against the established Church doctrine Jesus was accused of being a heretic.	Resentment (noun) – bitterness caused by hurt feelings Resentment can make you feel miserable.
Miraculous (adj.) – performed by or involving a supernatural power. The feeding of the 5,000 was miraculous.	Infuriate (adj.) – To be consumed with anger. Don’t infuriate your parents by forgetting your chores.
Expository (adj) – writing that explains a subject Christina wrote an expository essay on the Ancient Spartans.	Omit –(verb) to leave something out Question 5 was omitted on the test.

Expository Writing Assignment

Expository Writing

·        Writing that explains or gives information on a subject

·        Written to teach or inform

·        Requires strong organization and transitional words

Assignment: 

Write a “how to” paragraph that gives instruction on how to do something.

Brainstormed topics:

How to achieve world domination	How to avoid doing chores
How to make scrambled eggs	How to avoid veggies
How to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse	How to stay alive
How to make an Expository Paragraph	How to milk a cow 101
How to become a super hero	How to have a chicken farm
How to survive eating a Caroline Reaper	How to write an encouragement note
How to make rocket shoes	How to raise a hippo
How to make nacho cheese so it’s not too spicy	How to make a grilled cheese sandwich
	How to tail whip
How to play video games without getting caught	How to bake cookies
	How to fall asleep
How to smuggle candy into the movie theatre	How to be a better singer
How to eat potatoes	How to write a book
How to avoid hugs	How to eat raw eggs
How to talk to Jesus	How to be fashionable

Please accompany your finished writing product with an illustration. (worth 5 marks) These will be going up on the back bulletin board.  :)

Tips: ·        Do NOT number your steps. ·        Use transitions such as; “First of all”, “secondly”, “then”, etc. ·        Select your vocabulary purposefully. ·        Edit! ·        Present your best

Homework and Announcements April 18th to 22nd

Grade 7 Homework Sheet

 Monday, April 18^th to Friday, April 22^nd

Relate Youth –Small groups this Tuesday.  Girls at the Robideaus starting at 7:00 and Boys at the church at 7:00.

READATHON:  Prizes will be announced this week!  Good job everyone on supporting the school so that families who desire Christian education can receive it !

White Hatter Presentation:  As per Mr. Kelly’s email, grades 6 – 9 will be going to Immaculata on Tuesday morning (bus leaving 8:30ish) We will return at approximately 11:30.  The Parent Presentation is at 6:30 that evening.  I have seen this presentation before and it is excellent and relevant to what our kids are facing in the culture today in regards to technology.

Running Club:  Every Tuesday from 11:35 until 12:10.  (Unfortunately our Chapel times run into the Thursday times.)

Global Citizenship Program:  You will be receiving a separate email explaining my involvement in this program and the dates I will be away. 

Weekly Challenge: How did your “Mr. Shesky exercises” every day go?  Do you feel that your core muscles are getting strengthened?  Why stop after this week?  Keep going!  This week is a Prayer Challenge.  You can choose to, either write a prayer list and keep it beside your bed to pray every night before you go to sleep, or you can discipline yourself to consciously stop and pray as things come up.  Eg.  A friend says they aren’t feeling well.  You stop and pray for them right then. (Either out loud right then or silently) Please bring in your prayer list next Monday to show if you choose that one.  I won’t read the list, I just want to verify you had one.

Social Studies:  All 4 Check Up’s from Chapter 6 need to be completed by the end of today (Monday).  

Math: The results of last week’s Math quiz was not as good as we need it to be in order to move on to the next concept so we will continue to work on Adding and Subtracting Integers this week.  Please have Grade7 C.1 (Integer Addition and Subtraction Rules) and Gr. 7 C.3 (Add and subtract integers) done to Mastery by Wednesday.  We will have another Integer quiz on Friday. 

 

English:  Your “How to....” Expository Writing Paragraph is due on Friday.  These will be displayed on the back bulletin board, so do your best!