5A English Language Arts and Social Studies Assignments

Write a poem of at least ten lines that uses two types of figurative language or literary devices in it, like hyperbole and alliteration, or similes and proverbs.

 

Due Friday.

Complete the conclusion to your Brown vs. Board of Education research paper.

Work on body paragraph 3 of your Brown vs. Board of Education research paper.

Complete body paragraph one for your research paper.

Find at least two pieces of textual evidence that will be appropriate to use in body paragraph one of your research paper.

Complete an introductory statement for your first body paragraph with an appropriate transition word.

Complete your introductory paragraph using the outline provided to you.

Write the introductory statement to your introductory paragraph for your research paper.

Complete the introductory paragraph for your research report.

Using the information learned in class this week, take notes on the Brown vs. Board of Education documents that you think would help you complete the three body paragraphs for your essay and summarize them.

Using the information learned in class this week, take notes on the Brown vs. Board of Education documents that you think would help you complete the three body paragraphs for your essay and summarize your notes.

Using the information learned in class today, take notes on the Brown vs. Board of Education documents that you think would help you complete the three body paragraphs for your essay and summarize your notes.

Summarize at least four pages of your Study Island Cornell notes.

 

Study Island Topics To Do:
Conjunctions
Editing
Events
Figurative Language

Summarize at least four pages of your Study Island Cornell notes.

 

Summarize at least four pages of your Study Island Cornell notes.

Summarize at least four pages of your Study Island Cornell notes.

 

Study Island Topics To Do:

Academic and Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Compare and Contrast in Informational Texts

Compare and Contrast in Literature

Capitalization

Continue yesterday’s homework and complete the “L” section of your KWL chart by developing a short research summary.

Study Island: Compare and Contrast Informational Texts, Conduct Research, Capitalization

Continue to work on your KWL chart by completing research on the five W’s you developed yesterday. A short research summary in your L column will be due Monday.

Complete the “W” section of your KWL chart by writing down five questions you have about Brown vs. Board of Education.

Make a KWL chart. Complete the K column with at least three things you know about Brown vs. Board of Education.

Begin work on a research project about Brown vs. Board of Education. Ask family or mentors what they knew about the topic, or do some minor research online and write down what you learned.

Create word maps for “renovation” and “vindicate.” For renovation, give four examples of renovations. For vindicate, give four examples of times someone could be vindicated or things that could be vindicated.

 

Example: renovation – new bathroom counters
vindicate – winning a lawsuit

Practice for the AZMerit by answering the questions from “Emma / I Discovered a Spider” to be reviewed on Monday.

Review your vocabulary words using your flash cards to help prepare for a short quiz tomorrow.

Complete at least 2 MyPath lesson to prepare for the NWEA assessment tomorrow.

Complete at least two MyPath lessons to help prepare for the NWEA assessment tomorrow.

Complete at least three Study Island topics.

Make the final changes to your persuasive argument to turn in tomorrow.

Read your essay out loud to yourself and circle at least three areas that need to be revised tomorrow.

Explain the task, purpose, and audience of "Tribute to a Dog." What type of writing is it? Why did he write it? For whom did he write it?

Find an example of an advertisement, describe it, and explain which persuasive appeal it uses.

Study Island: Task, Purpose, and Audience

Groups of dolphins are called “pods.” “Pod” is a collective noun that refers to a group of something. Find three other types of collective nouns for animal groups and explain what they are.

Choose one of the vocabulary words from today and create a poster that shows the word, definition, and a detailed picture of the word’s meaning, along with a sentence using the word.

No homework due to testing.

Study Island: Organize Ideas with 70% or higher.

Study Island: Organize Ideas with 70% or higher.

Choose three of the questions you wrote down during the reports today and research the answers to them. Prepare a two to three sentence answer for each question.

Study Island: Introduce and Conclude Topics with 70% or higher.

Study Island: Introduce and Conclude Topics with 70% or higher.

Continue to work on adding detail to your how-to.

Project: This week, you will begin working on an explanatory essay that will give detailed directions on how to complete something. The goal of this project will be to have your essay peer reviewed and then read out loud to someone who will perform the directions as they are written.

 

Tonight:  Begin brainstorming ideas of something you could explain to another student. Make a list of at least three ideas and write down the supplies you will need for each idea in order to demonstrate the how-to. (Remember: No peanut butter and jelly!)

 

 

Do three nice things for someone and work on Study Island's "Point of View" lesson.

No homework due to substitute.

Do three nice things for someone.

 

Get ahead of your peers by working on Study Island topics that haven't yet been assigned.

Finish the last of your creative story. It must be at least two pages (one page front and back).

Continue writing your story. It must be at least two pages (one page front and back).

Start writing your creative story. It must be at least two pages long (one page front and back).

Catch up on Study Island topics: Characters, Setting, Draw Inferences, Context Clues, Sentences, Main Idea and Details, Introduce and Conclude Topics, Organize Ideas, Support and Develop Topics.

Read your essay out loud to yourself. Continue developing and editing your body paragraphs, then begin your conclusion so that an almost-complete essay is ready for peer review on Monday.

Using the thesis statement created in class, develop at least two body paragraphs for your research paper.

Read your introductory paragraph out loud and then edit it by using a thesaurus by replacing some of your words with new, stronger vocabulary.

Decide which topic you are going to research and, using information learned today, begin to develop an introductory paragraph for your paper. Remember that the introduction should get the reader’s attention by being interesting while also providing a hint of what your paper will be about.

Brainstorm ideas for a research paper. Prepare a list of at least five topics you would be interested in researching.

Continue your acrostic project. Due Friday, September 20, 2019.

 

Complete the Study Island “Context Clues” and “Main Idea and Details” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 27, 2019.

Continue your acrostic project. Due Friday, September 20, 2019.

 

Complete the Study Island “Context Clues” and “Main Idea and Details” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 27, 2019.

Project: Use the letters of your first name to learn new words. Make an acrostic by finding new words that start with those letters. Include the definition and a small picture to show the meaning. Due Friday, September 20, 2019.

 

Complete the Study Island “Context Clues” and “Main Idea and Details” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 27, 2019.

Continue your colony creation:
• Complete the final work on your colony creation by creating a timeline of at least five major events that have occurred in your colony between its creation in 1700 until 1750.

 

Complete the Study Island “Sentences” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 20, 2019.

 

Do three nice things for someone.

Continue your colony creation:
• Explain your relationship with at least three other colonies in your area. For example, are you friendly? Do you trade? Are you enemies? Do you use them for money, defense, or help?

 

Complete the Study Island “Sentences” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 20, 2019.

Continue your colony creation:
• Explain where you came from (what country – it can be made up or real)
• Explain why you left your country
• Explain how you deal with natives in your area, such as using them for trade, attacking them, being friendly with them, etc.

 

Complete the Study Island “Sentences” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 20, 2019.

This week, you will be creating your own colony that takes place in eastern American in the year 1700, meaning everything you include in your colony must have existed at that time (that means no internet, electricity, etc.). Every requirement should be completed on either blank or lined 8.5x11 paper. Your colony portfolio will be due on Monday, September 16, 2019. Today’s requirements are:
• Name your colony
• Design a flag for your colony
• Draw a map of your colony and label at least four major buildings.

 

Complete the Study Island “Sentences” practice with 70% or higher by Friday, September 20, 2019.
 

Finish your poster and prepare for your presentation.

Continue working on your poster.

Pretend you need to design a main character for a video game. Create a poster using the character you’ve designed to help sell the game. Include: the name of the game, a hand-drawn picture of the character, five of the character’s traits, a description of the setting of the game (including time, place, and sensory language descriptions), and a short summary describing what the point of the game is.

Start working on the research for your informational poster. The poster needs to be done on plain 8.5"x11" paper (no lined paper).

 

You need:

- five facts about it (including what it is)

- causes

- symptoms

- treatments

Choose a phobia that you want to research for your informational poster. What is the phobia called? What does it mean?

Create a poster with your poem written on it, along with illustrations that help highlight the meaning of your poem.

No homework due to NWEA testing.

No homework due to NWEA testing.

No homework due to substitute.

Research the lyrics to one of your favorite songs and describe the rhyme scheme.

Use the elements of plot to describe the plot of a movie, TV show, or book you've recently seen or read.

Describe the elements of plot.

Use 3 different vocabulary words to write a 3rd person POV story about something suspenseful.

Pick three of the vocabulary words learned today and include them in a creative short story.

In your own words, explain what you think the central conflict was in “The Ravine.” Is it internal or external? Support your answer with details from the text.

Review last week's terms by explaining what they mean in your own words: inference, trait, motivation, character, and character development.

Use sensory language write 1/2 of a page describing one of your favorite places. Remember to include all five senses.

Create a missing person poster for one of the characters from "The Ravine." Include a picture and provide supporting details from the text that highlight traits about the character.