Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

da Vinci Logo imageda Vinci Arts Middle School

Creative minds for
challenging times.

2508 NE Everett Street | Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 916-5356 | Fax: (503) 916-2721

May Homework

May 2013
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1
2
4
6   Due Today:
  ~ Mock Trial Permission Slip
7

 

 

8  

 

Due Today: Read up to pg. 61 in Fahrenheit 451. Up to 49:48 on AudioBook 2.

9 

 

 

10 Due Today:

 

 ~ Write-up of a criminal trial & write-up of a civil trial.  Make sure to use vocab words.

13 

 

 

14 
 COURTHOUSE FIELD TRIP 8:15-1pm(Remember to pack a lunch)

 

 

15  Late Opening
16 
17 
20 
21 
22
23
24 
Renaissance Thinker Bio
27
  NO SCHOOL

28
AM: Fahrenheit Project

 

PM: Mock Trial Questions

29
AM: Mock Trial Questions

 

PM: Fahrenheit Project

30 

Homework April 2013

 

April 2013
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 

 

2

Due Today:

~ Apostrophe re-do fixing test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

4 

Due Today:

 

 

 

 

~ Finish Independent Reading Book #3

 

 

 

 

5
Due Today:

~ Check your grades. Write your grades in your planner and a "to do" list to bring them up to what you want by next Thursday

~ Word Within A Word: Remember to bring Unit 7

 

8

 

9
Due Today: 

~ Vocab Week 7 work

(WWW Bring Units 1-6 notecards)

 

10 
Due Today:

~ Parts of Speech Practice (green sheet)

 

11 
Due Today:

 

 

 

 

~ Vocab Week 7 TEST

12 
NO SCHOOL:

Teacher Grading

15  Due Today:

~Reading 451: pg. 7-11 (stop where the ** is!) audiobook guide: 22:22-35:45 min.  Link: to Audiobook

 to Summary

 

 

SS: Group Crusades Presentations

16 Due Today:

Social Studies:

Self-Reflection on Group Work and Self-graded Rubric.

 

17 Due Today:

 

Reading: pgs 11-14 in 451. Audio 35:45-48:32

Summary of pages is on the website where I showed you in class.

Savage Main Page>Teaching and Learning RESOURCES (left side)>Fahrenheit 451

 

 

18 Due Today:

 

AM: pg 18 or 1:03:00 on audio book.And Answer questions in Orange Book! Questions can be found on Summary page!!

19 
Due Today:

Fahrenheit 451: Read to page 24 or 1:23:26 in audio.

22 
23 

24
Due Today:

~ Setting Paper

25
Due Today:

~ Grammer Practice work sheet (on subject and verbs)

26 
Due Today:

~ Character Paper

29 
Due Today:

~ Conflict Paper

30
Due Today:

~ Plot Paper

~ 4 person Character Sketch for Fahrenheit 451


 

 

Core Homework March!

March 2013
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 



1 Due Today:

~ Irony Test

~ New Vocab Words given.  WWW Unit 6 due.

STATE READING TEST 1st PERIOD
5  STATE READING TEST 1st PERIOD

6 STATE READING TEST 1st PERIOD

Due Today:

~AM: Read pgs. 36-37 in Hist. Alive and take notes like we practiced.

~ Vocab Week 6 Work due

7 Due Today:

~ Final Book Group.  Finsh Book, complete your job, plot chart.

8 Due Today:

~ Book Group Booklet Due.  Book Review completed

~ Vocab Test

11 
AM SS: Continue to research at home!
12 
AM SS: Make sure you're doing some research/rough draft writing at home!

13 
AM SS: Do you have enough research to write a good first draft??

Apostrophe Practice Paper due

14 
AM: Outline & Rough Draft for Feudalism Due. Peer Review Day & Conference

PM: Rough Draft of "Day in the Life" Paper

15 
AM: Peer Review day for Feudalism Project & Conference

Apostrophe Test

Have your Speech written on Notecards

Word Within a Word, Unit 7 due  (postponed until after break!)

 

18 
BOOK AUCTIONS 1/3 Class

AM: Last Peer Review

19 

BOOK AUCTIONS 1/3 of class

AM: Finish up your project!

PM: FINAL DRAFT "Day in The Life Essay"

20 
BOOK AUCTIONS 1/3 of class

AM: FINAL DUE for Feudalism Project!!! Outline, Rough Draft, and Final Draft collected!

21
22 
25 
   SPRING   BREAK
26
  --------------------->
27
28 
29

Core Homework!!

February 2013
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 



1
        No School

 Teacher Grading Day

4  Due Today:

~ Irony Practice Sheet (Cartoons)

5

6  Due Today:

~ FINISH INDEPENDENT NOVEL - write about 1). Climax and 2). Conflict Resoltion

~Typed (anonymous) feedback for Mr. Ten Eyck: What went well? What did not? How can I fix that? What can Mr. Ten Eyck do to improve?

Due Today:

~  Typed Book Review for Indepedent Novel

BOOK GROUP MEETING  1/5 

get novel today and start reading!!

8   Due Today:

~ PaperBag Princess Mini-Essay.

New Vocab Words Given bring your vocab book!!

~ WWW Unit 5 Due

11 
 Due Today:

~ AM: Outline for "Paperbag Princess"

  PM: Outline for "Eye of the Beholder."

~AM ONLY: Question 5 Feudalism Role Play: What is loyalty?

12 
Due Today:

~ What was the irony of Monsters on Maple Street?  (PM: What is evidence of this?)

13 
Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 5 Work

~  WWW notecards due

~ Outline for "Monsters on Maple Street" Use your previous outlines to help you!

14
   VALENTINE'S DAY

BOOK GROUP MEETING  2/5

~ Read 1/4 of novel

~ Complete your Job & Clarifying Questions

~ COVER due with Illuminated Letter

15 
Due Today:

~ Vocab Test!!!

 ~ Apostrophe Practice paper

18 
  

  NO SCHOOL TODAY

   Presidents' Day

19 Due Today:

~ Turn Monsters on Maple Street Outline into a mini essay.


20  Late Opening

 

Due Today:

 

~ Complete Research on your assigned Prominent Black American.  Have written notes present

~ PM ONLY:  Be studying and Practicing your Map

 

 


21  Due Today:

~ PM ONLY: Practice Map Test - keep your score if you are happy with it!

BOOK GROUP MEETING  3/5

~ Read 1/2 of novel

~ Complete your Job & Clarifying Questions

~ Character page due (p.13)

 

22 
Due Today:

~ Final Draft of Paragraph for Black History Poster.  All graphics & headings  printed and in class

~ PM ONLY:  FINAL MAP TEST. 

25 

26
Due Today:

~  Final Monsters on Maple Street Essay

27
AM ONLY: Celebration of Knowledge: Feudalism!

28

BOOK GROUP MEETING  4/5

~ Read 3/4 of novel

~ Complete your Job & Clarifying Questions

~ Historical Accuracy Check Due (p. 14)

 

 

 WWW Unit 6 Due Today

 

 Week 6 Vocab Words wil be given today - bring your vocab books!

Core Homework!

<><><><><><><><><>
January 2013
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1
  

   NO SCHOOL

2
   Welcome Back!

Due Today:

~ Complete your independent novel, or have read 200 pages

 

3

4
Due Today:

~ Rough Draft of your personal thank you letter

7
Due Today:

~ Final draft of thank you letter, copied into your card (pen preferred or typed & glued in), and have address in class of person you are sending it to.

8

9 
Due Today:

~ Practice Map Test on Middle East.  Use map games to study.  Score can be kept as final if you do well!

10 

11 
Due Today:

~ Map Test on Middle East

14
Due Today:

~ Brainstorm details on Green Paper, for THREE of your writing topics for your "Everyday Hero" essay that have most potential.

15
Due Today:

~ PM ONLY: Muhammad Flow Chart

AM ONLY: Read page about your Pillar, Qur'an, Shari'ah or Jihad.

16 
Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 3 work

 

17 

18 
Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 3 test

21 

    NO SCHOOL

 

22 
Due Today:

~ Rough Draft of Hero Essay

~AM ONLY: Islamic Mosaic Due

23 

24 

Due Today:

~ Final Draft (and all papers) of Hero Essay

~ Have Finished 1/2 of your independent novel (Quiz on novel will be given today)

 

25 

~ WWW Unit 4 Due (Vocab Week 4, new words will be given today)

28 

29

Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 4 work due. (WWW Notecards due)

30

 Due Today:

~ PM: Islam Cube

31 

Due Today:

~ Vocab Test!

~AM: Islam Cube Due

~Have finished 3/4 of your independent novel

LAST DAY OF QUARTER 2

(final day to turn in late or missing work)

HOMEWORK

December 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3 Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 1 test

4 Due Today:

~ Bookmark for book auction.  Score on scoring guide before turning in!

5 Due Today:

~ BookGroups #4:

 - Read 3/4 book

 - Complete your job

 - Found Poem

6 Due Today:

AM: If you have not turned in your SS questions get them in!!!

PM ONLY:

~ Social Studies Homework, read sections 6.4 & 6.5 in textbook and answer questions

7 Due Today:

~ Vocab Week 2 work

~ Notecards for speech for book auctions present in class.

10 Due Today:

AM ONLY: Rebuilding Portland: Map and Questions

~ 1/3 Class Book Auction Speech

~  VOCAB TEST 2

11 Due Today:

~ 1/3 Class Book Auctions Speech


12 Due Today:

~ FINAL Book Group:

 - Finish book!

 - Complete your job

 - Plot Chart


13 Due Today:

~ 1/3 Class Book Auctions Speech

~ FINAL BOOKLET FOR BOOK GROUPS (including book review and self assessment)


14   Due Today:

PM ONLY:  Byzantine Travel Brochure

AM: Byzantine Travel Brochure  

CLASS POTLUCK!

AM: 9:45-10:45

PM: 1:45-2:45

17 
    WINTER
18 
     BREAK!!! 
19 
   ONLY   HOMEWORK
20 
   READ READ READ
21 
   READ READ READ
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
31 


 

November

November 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 


1

No Homework due today ...

 ... awe, isn't Ms. Savage SO nice!

   :-)

Due Today:

~ Have finished 3/4 of your 3rd book for the quarter (or be 150 pages in from where you started on 10/18)  Along with this section of the reading, practice the Literary Luminary job, where you choose 5-7 quotes or sections you liked.

~ HOMONYMS QUIZ - Week 1 words

5 Due Today:

~ ALL research done and speech prepared for your campaign debate

6  Due Today:

~ Have finished your 3rd book for the quarter (or be 200 pages in from where you started on 10/18)


7  

BOOK GROUP MEETING #1 (Book Assigned today)

.

8 
Last Day of Quater 1

Last day for all late or missing work!!

 

9 

  NO SCHOOL

(Teacher grading)

12 
   NO SCHOOL

Veterns' Day

13 

Due Today:

~ Goal Setting Letter

14 

BOOK GROUP MEETING #2

Due Today:

~ Have read 1/4 of your novel, complete your book group job.

~ Parent Form for Conferences

15 

Due Today:

~ Rome Reading from textbook and Notes

Conferences 5-8pm

16 
19 
Conferences All Day and Evening
20 
Conferences All Day
21 
  No School

22 
   No School

 Thanksgiving

23 
   No School
26 

27

Due Today:

~ Rome Final Project

AM ONLY:
~ read p. 61 & 62 in social studies book and answer 3 questions

28 

BOOK GROUP MEETING #3

Due Today:

~ Have read 1/2 of your novel, complete your book group job.


29 

Due Today:

AM ONLY:

~ read p. 63 in textbook and answer questions

30

Due Today:

~ Vocab Work Week 1 due

PM ONLY:
~ read p. 62 & 63 in social studies book and answer questions