Lynx Team Homework, Week of 10-5-15
Language Arts-- Contact Dawn.Parrish@sccpss.com for more info.
ALL HOMEWORK IS THE SAME FOR REGULAR CONTENT AND ADVANCED CONTENT, EXCEPT FOR THE
AMOUNT OF READING TIME PER NIGHT AND THE NUMBER OF WORDS. (REGULAR CONTENT READS 20;
ADVANCED CONTENT READS 30.)
MONDAY
NIGHT
TUESDAY
NIGHT
WEDNESDAY
NIGHT
THURSDAY
NIGHT
FRIDAY NIGHT –
SUNDAY NIGHT
READ 25/30
MINS.
PSL.
CHOOSE A
DIFFERENT
PROJECT OFF
CHOICE
BOARD FOR
VOCABULARY
HOMEWORK.
DUE
THURSDAY.
READ 25/30
MINS.
PSL.
WORK ON
VOCABULAR
Y PROJECT.
FINISH
VOCABULARY
PROJECT.
READ 25/30.
PSL.
JOURNAL
TOPIC #5. PUT
IN A
COMPOSITION
NOTEBOOK.
READ 25/30.
PSL.
STUDY FOR
VOCAB TEST
TOMORROW
IF YOU DO ALL
YOUR READING
THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK, YOU
HAVE NO
WEEKEND
HOMEWORK.
LOG DUE ON
MONDAY WITH
100/150 SIGNED
MINUTES.
TEXT
STRUCTURE
WORKSHEET.
JOURNAL TOPIC #5- IN A 4-6 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH, WRITE A RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION USING THE RACE STRATEGY. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO QUOTE EVIDENCE FROM A TEXT
WHEN ANSWERING A QUESTION WITH YOUR OPINION?
JOURNALS WITH TOPICS 1-5 WILL BE DUE ON OCTOBER 8TH. PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR JOURNAL
TOPICS. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE IT DOWN WITH THEIR HOMEWORK SCHEDULE EACH
WEEK.
V9 WORDS-- 1. OBJECTIVE – STATING SOMETHING WITHOUT OPINION. USING FACTS ONLY.
 2. SUBJECTIVE – STATING SOMETHING WITH OPINION AND PERSONAL FEELILNGS.
 3. LITERAL– THE ACTUAL MEANING.
 4. FIGURATIVE– NOT LITERAL. USING FIGURES OF SPEECH.
 5. CONCRETE – THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE SENSES. YOU CAN SEE, TOUCH, HEAR, ETC.
 6. BIAS– NOT SEEING THINGS OBJECTIVELY. PREJUDICE.
 7. QUANTITATIVE– DATA ESTIMATED OR COUNTED BY NUMBERS.
 8. QUALITATIVE– DATA ESTIMATED BY OBSERVATIONS
CHOICE BOARD FOR VOCABULARY PROJECTS IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DOCUMENT!!!
Math—Contact Carolyn.tabanico@sccpss.com for more info!
Homework:
Monday … Journal Writing #8
Tuesday…Study Guide
Wednesday…None
Thursday…Journal Writing #9
Friday …Journal Writing #10
Journals are due on Tuesday October 13th.
Social Studies—Contact jeffrey.irwin@sccpss.com for more info.
Tuesday: Study your "foldable" on key economic terms
Wednesday: GOFAR testing: no homework
Thursday: Complete foldable according to Mr. Irwin's instructions and study for quiz on Key
Economic Terms which will be tomorrow (Friday)
Science~~Contact kathleen.todd@sccpss.com for more info.
Study your notes every night.
Study for the Plate Tectonics test on Friday.
Rock Cycle essays are due on FRIDAY. 10 points off each day it is late!
Mrs. Parrish’s CHOICE BOARD is below…
Use any resource available at
home to find one synonym of
each of your words. Also, draw a
picture that represents each
word/synonym pair.
Create a chart with your
findings.
Create a game using all of your
***Short Story: Write a story using each of the
vocabulary words. Make sure the
game can be played by other
vocabulary words. Underline the Vocabulary
students.
words. Make sure that the examples use the
Write the vocabulary words and
definitions on flashcards. Use to
the cards to study.
Create a matching vocabulary test for
all of your weekly vocabulary words.
The test must be designed in a 2
column format.
words correctly!
Rhyme: Write a poem, rap, or song that uses all of the
vocabulary words. Underline the Vocab. words. Make
sure that the examples use the words correctly! It must
show that you know what the words mean!
Comic strip: Create a comic
Create sentences using your
strip that shows a story using
vocabulary words. (One sentence per
each of your vocabulary words.
word, please.) The sentences need to
Underline the Vocabulary
be about an important historical
words.
figure. Underline your vocabulary
word, and mark your person in
history with a highlighter.
Create a flip book that includes your vocabulary words
and correct definitions for each.