Honors English 7 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School) //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Class Name: Honors English 7 Instructor(s): Jaime Norris en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 06/01/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4342876 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Reread "There Will Come Soft Rains."  Highlight passages where the house and fire are personified (act, think, feel like a person). 
]]> Tue, 31 May 2016 11:48:28 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 06/01/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4333929 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ UPDATE: A second extra credit assignment is now available.  Students can pick it up in the classroom beginning after school on Thursday, May 26.
 
Extra credit is available.  It is an extra credit book portfolio and it is worth 60 extra credit points. It requires an AR quiz, completion of the new reading journal and a reflection.  The handouts are available in the classroom.
 
 

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 08:08:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/27/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4340932 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Grade sheets distributed in class today.  Please sign and return.
]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 08:06:19 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/26/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4337548 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Revise essay if you received C+ or below or Redo.  Highlight the changes you made on the final draft.
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Writing Prompt: Imagine you are the last person on Earth.  You have been on your own in your house surviving on canned food and bottled water.  After several months, you go outside to look around.  Describe your street.  What is different?  What has stayed the same?

Length: ¾- 1 page


]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 12:35:38 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/17/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4318869 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Work on book portfolio.  Remember, the book portfolio includes an AR quiz, reading log and one of the two options for book analysis.  Instructions for the book analysis options were sent home with students on Tuesday, May 3.
The two options are:
1. Book talk
2. 5-paragraph essay on the theme of the book
 
 
 
 

]]> Thu, 05 May 2016 07:53:21 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/11/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4324524 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Grade sheets distributed today.  Please sign and return.
]]> Tue, 10 May 2016 08:08:19 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/15/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4292428 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Finish book portfolio. 
]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:16:50 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/13/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4287235 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Read over grade sheet, sign and return.
]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:09:42 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/12/2016]]> //www.holmesms.org/homeworkItem4286008 //www.holmesms.org/apps/classes/692414/assignments/ Decide on a career topic to research.  Topics will be checked tomorrow.  See sheet distributed in class.
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