7th grade homework page (2015-2016)

9/7
ELA – Write spelling words 3xs each and vocabulary words 2xs each.

9/8
ELA – Write 10 sentences with each of the subject and object pronouns given today
[he, him, she, her, they, them, us, we, I, me]

9/9
social studies – #2a and 2b, p9 txtbk

9/10
social studies – p15 #1, 2 or 7 (note: posted late, board-written on time)

9/11
social studies – complete Diversity Infographic map, p13, with information
ELA – creative writing assignment #1 ” How was your summer?”

9/14
ELA – 3xs and 2xs
social studies – current events summaries due tomorrow

9/15
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

9/16
social studies – research and report: who was Zheng He?
ELA – no h/w

9/17
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST (note: late post, on board though on time)

9/18
social studies – chapter 1 TEST Monday

9/21
ELA – no h/w
social studies – complete your open-book chapter 1 TEST

9/22
SS – no homework
ELA – no homework

9/28
SS – no homework
ELA – no homework

9/29
ELA – 3xs and 2xs/language arts TEST tomorrow “pronouns”
SS – no homework

9/30
SS – p48 #1 (a,b), 2 (a,b)

10/1
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow
SS – no homework

10/02
ELA – creative writing assignment #3 “Write a song” Song must be your own, and it must contain at least one verse and one chorus
SS – p52 #1 (a,b), 2 (a,b)

10/05 no homework

10/06
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

10/7
no homework (note: late post)

10/8
ELA – study for spelling/vocabulary TEST
SS – Read chapter 3, section 4 (homework quiz) tomorrow

10/9
social studies – Chapter 2 TEST on Mon “European Conquistadors”

10/12
ELA – 2xs and 1x

10/13
no homework

10/14
social studies – have social studies test chapter 2 signed

10/15
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow (note: posted late)

10/16
ELA – creative writing assignment #5: “Write about your hobby/hobbies (in cursive). Write the first draft in print and then the second draft in cursive.”

10/19
ELA – language arts TEST tomorrow
“Pronouns – reflexive, indefinite”

10/20
ELA – no homework
social studies – no homework

10/26
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

10/27
social studies – create a map with colonial territories and a key
ELA – Linking verbs worksheet

10/28
No homework

10/30
ELA – creative writing assignment #6 “Imagine you own a country. Write a declaration of rights for its citizens” (at least 10)
(Remember rights mean things they cannot be prohibited from doing.)

11/2
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

11/3
ELA – language arts: helping and linking verbs worksheet, p64-p65

11/4 – 11/13
no homework

11/13
ELA – Wordly Wise book 7 #6E (worksheet) DUE 11/16
social studies – Explain why colonists were not originally racists

11//18
no homework

11/20
ELA – 1) study for spelling and vocabulary TEST 2) Re-do cursive handwriting assignment from class today

11/23
ELA – 3xs and 2xs
social studies – chapter 4 TEST tomorrow

11/24
no homework

11/25
social studies – Re: Chapter 5 Introduction “The Road to Revolution”
Answer:
When is it okay for children to go against their parents or must they always be? Give responses based on Islamic understanding and an outside of Islam perspective.
ELA – spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow

11/30
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

12/2
social studies – p149, #4-6
ELA – language arts TEST tomorrow “more verbs/verbs part 2”

12/8
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

12/09
ELA – study spelling and vocabulary word
social studies – Answer #1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, p161

12/11
social studies – study for TEST chapter 5 “Road to Revolution”
ELA – creative writing assignment #8: create five new words, write their meanings and use them in sentences

12/14 – 12/17
ELA & social studies – no homework (note: late post)

12/18
ELA – Wordly Wise book 7, lessons 12A and 12B (note: late post)

12/21
ELA – no homework

1/05
ELA – subject-verb agreement worksheet p93-p94 worksheet (note: late post)

1/07
ELA – Study for spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow/re-do “C”
from yesterday’s classwork assignment

1/08
ELA – creative writing assignment #9: write a response to this week’s reading selection
social studies – chapter 6 TEST Mon

1/11 – 1/15
no homework

1/14
ELA –  spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow

1/22
social studies – p209 #1 and 7 textbook
ELA – creative writing #10: Be more descriptive. Describe your Top 3 favorite foods

1/25
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

1/26
ELA – language arts, p99 #1-11 worksheet (note: late post)

1/27
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow
social studies – Answer #1a, #1b, and #4, p217 textbook

1/29
ELA – creative writing log #11:
Write a realistic fictional conversation between you and a celebrity where you are talking to him or her about Islam and he or she accepts (becomes Muslim).

2/1
social studies – TEST tomorrow chapter 7
ELA – Wordly Wise Book 7 #16A worksheet (note: late post)

2/2 – 2/3
no homework

2/4
ELA – spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow

2/22
social studies – current events

2/23
ELA – 3xs and 2xs, p62 “homophones” worksheet
social studies – write a written response to President Obama’s Feb 3 video of visiting a masjid

2/24
ELA – p190 – p191, #5 – 15 Wordly Wise worksheet

2/25
ELA – spelling and vocabulary TEST tomorrow and three paragraphs with topic sentences (note: late post)

2/26
creative writing log #12 – Create a computer video game using computer programming language. Use this website to help you: http://www.nanny.net/blog/10-ways-to-teach-young-kids-to-write-computer-programs/

3/2-3/3
ELA – study for tomorrow’s 20 question quarterly exam. Student should study all ELA material from 1/18 – 2/26 (including spelling, vocabulary, language arts lessons, reading comprehension stories, and creative writing assignments)

3/7
ELA – 2xs and 1x

3/8
No homework

3/10
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST

3/11
ELA – creative writing #13 “Record your experience being blindfolded for 10 minutes and moving about your home. Use an assistant. Have assistant sign your log.” (note: late post)

3/12
social studies – Read p317 – p319, answer p319 #1-2

3/16
social studies –
1) TEST chapter 9 on Friday 3/18 (note: late post)
2) War of 1812 historical marker spring break research project, due 3/28. See
post

3/30
ELA – 3xs and 2xs

3/31
ELA – spelling and vocabulary TEST on 4/1 (note: late post)

4/1
ELA – language arts TEST on 4/4, “homophones, part 2”

4/12
social studies – p354 #1,2,4 & 5 (note: late post)

4/13
ELA – Is Quran poetry? Cite your source (note: late post)

4/18
no homework

4/22
ELA – creative writing assignment #14: write about what you like about being a Muslim in English…and another language

4/25
social studies – write one paragraph using the prompt from p361 of the textbook [note: late post]

4/26
No homework

4/27 – 5/2
No homework

5/3
ELA – language arts TEST tomorrow “Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases”
social studies – current event summaries
[note: late post]

5/6
ELA – Creative writing assignment #15 (based on 6/7th grades’ reading comprehension class this week): Because communication can be non-verbal (sign language, gestures…communication means an exchange of information) your assignment is to draw or trace a picture where there is an obvious communication happening (without using words).

5/9
social studies – p400 #2a, 4-6 [note: late post]

5/10
ELA – p115 “abbreviations” worksheet

5/11
ELA – complete “Spring Day” poem
social studies – TEST tomorrow chapter 11

5/12
ELA – study for spelling and vocabulary TEST [note: late post]

5/13
ELA – creative writing #16
If you could have a conversation with an animal which one will it be? Why? Write a sample of what that conversation will be.

5/16
ELA – study new spelling and vocabulary words for a pretest tomorrow