WEEKLY HOMEWORK

January 24-28, 2005

Parents and students: Please read the letter at the end of the homework list.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Religion	Study for Chapter 13 Creed Test. Be sure to know about your apostle and a Bible verse from the lesson	Read and study chapter 14 Creed notes. Memorize a Bible verse from the notes. Pick a saint from below.	Read and study Creed 14 notes. Memorize Bible Verse(s)	Read and study Creed 14 notes for a test Friday	Review
Spelling and Vocabulary	Study all words from chapters 7-9 for spelling and meaning for a test o n Thursday or Friday	Review all spelling rules and homonyms for test	Study flashcards; study for spelling, vocab, word usage, etc. Review all rules to date and all homonyms to date. .	Study flash cards for vocab	Review – especially rules and homonyms.
English 7	Complete pp. 167-170 in Workbook. Study about verbals. Work on revising composition – due on Friday	Review Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work pp. 171-174. Work on revising the history of St. Catherine’s paper	Study Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work. – pp. 175-178. Study for a test. Work on final revision of composition.	Review all grammar lessons and study for a test on verbals .	Review
Science	Read and take notes on Section III of Chapter 14	Read and take notes on Section IV of Chapter 14	Read and take notes on Section V of Chapter 14. Do the first part of the Chapter review	Complete Chapter Review and study for test.	Review .
Reading	Read second chapter of Johnny Tremaine	Study vocab and literary terms from class reading. Read Johnny Tremaine	Read. Study vocab and terms Read Johnny Tremaine	Read and study Read Johnny Tremaine	Read Johnny Tremaine
Spanish Music Art	Study vocabulary – test on Friday! Study music notes	Study	Study vocabulary Work on any assignments	Study Vocabulary	Study Vocabulary
Science Fair	Put the final touches on your display. Work on the presentation. Practice, practice, practice!	Put the final touches on your display. Work on the presentation. Practice, practice, practice!	Put the final touches on your display. Work on the presentation. Practice, practice, practice!	Put the final touches on your display. Work on the presentation. Practice, practice, practice!	DONE. Start planning for next year seventh grade!
Computer	TBA
English 6	Read information on pages 167-168 in the workbook and do the exercises. Work on the History of St. C composition. Revise well.	Review grammar. Complete class assigned grammar pages 169-170 Work on the History of St. C composition. Revise well.	Review Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work. WK pp. 171-172 Work on final revisions and begin proofreading and editing.	Study Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work pp. 173-174 Finalize composition.	Study chapter 8
English 8	Complete pp. 171-174 in Workbook. Study about verbals. Work on revising composition – due on Friday	Review Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work pp. 175-178. Work on revising the history of St. Catherine’s paper	Study Grammar lessons and complete any assigned work. – pp. 179-182. Study for a test. Work on final revision of composition.	Review all grammar lessons and study for a test on verbals .	Review

Spelling Rule: Re SPELLING RULES

• Write “ie” when the sound is long “e”, except after “c.” Exceptions: Seize, leisure, either, neither, weird.
• Write “ei” when the sound is not long “e”, especially when the sound long “a” Exceptions: friend, mischief, ancient, pie
• The only word ending in “-sede” is supersede. The only words ending in “–ceed” are exceed, proceed, and succeed. All other words with this sound end in “–cede.”
• When adding a prefix to a word, do not change the spelling of the word itself.
• When adding the suffix “-ness” or “-ly” to a word, do not change the spelling of the word itself. Exception: for most words that end in “y”, change the “y” to “I” before “-ly” or “-ness.”
• Drop the final silent “e” before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Exception: Keep the silent “e” in words ending in “ce” and “ge” before a suffix beginning with “a” or “o.”
• Keep the final “e” before a suffix beginning with a consonant. Exceptions: argument and truly.
• For words ending in “y” preceded by a consonant, change the “y” to “I” before any suffix that does not begin with “i.”
• Double the final consonant before adding “-ing, -ed, -er, or –est” to a one-syllable word that ends in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel. With a one-syllable word ending in a single consonant that is NOT preceded by a single vowel, do NOT double the consonant before adding “-ing, -ed, -er, or -est.”
• To form the plural of most nouns, add “-s.”
• Form the plural of nouns ending in “s, x, z, ch, or sh” by adding “-es” (Proper nouns follow this rule too!)
• Form the plural of nouns ending in “y” preceded by a consonant by changing the “y” to “i” and adding “-es.” Exception: With proper nouns, simply add “-s”
• Form the plural of nouns ending in “y” preceded by a vowel by adding “-s.”
• Form the plural of most nouns ending in “f” by adding “-s.” The plural of some nouns ending in “f” or “fe” is formed by changing the “f” to “v” and adding either “-s or -es.” Exceptions: Eskimos, silos.
• Form the plural of most musical terms ending in “o” by adding “-s.”
• To form the plural of some nouns ending in “o” preceded by a consonant, you may add either “-s” or “-es”
• The plural of a few nouns is formed in irregular ways.
• Form the plural of compound nouns consisting of a noun plus a modifier by making the modified noun plural.
• The plural of a few compound nouns is formed in irregular ways.
• Some nouns are the same in the singular and the plural.
• Form the plural of numerals, letters, signs, and words referred to as words by adding an apostrophe and “-s.”

· Homonyms: accept (verb - to receive, to agree to) and except (preposition - with the exclusion of; but); advice (noun – recommendation for action); advise (verb – to recommend a course of action); affect (verb – to act upon; to change); effect (noun – result, consequence); already (adverb – previously); all ready (adjective – all prepared or in readiness); alter (verb – to change); altar (noun – a place of worship or sacrifice); altogether (adv. Completely); all together (adv. All in one place.); brake (noun – a device to stop a machine); break (verb – to fracture, to shatter); capital (noun – a city, the location of a government); capitol – noun – building, statehouse); Cloths (n – pieces of cloth material); clothes (n – wearing apparel); coarse ( adj – rough, crude, not fine); course (n – path of action, series of studies, or used in expression “of course”); complement (n – something that completes); compliment (v – to praise someone; n – praise from someone); council (n a group of people who meet together); councilor ( a member of a council); counsel (v. -to give advice, n – advice); counselor (one who advises); desert (n. – dry, barren, sandy region) desert (v. – to abandon, to leave); dessert (n. the final course of a meal); formally (with dignity, following strict rules or procedures); formerly ( previously, at an earlier date); hear (v. – to receive sounds through the ears); here (adv. – in this place); its (possessive of it); it’s – contraction of it is); lead (v. to go first, to be a leader); led (v. past of lead – went first); lead (a heavy metal {rhymes with red}); loose (adj. not tight); lose (v. to suffer loss); passed (v. went by); past (n. that which has gone by, prep. Beyond, adj. ended); peace ( quiet order and security); piece (a part of something); plain (adj. - unadorned, simple, common; noun – a flat area of land.); plane (noun – a flat surface, a tool, an airplane); principal (noun – head of a school; adj. – chief, main); principle (noun – a rule of conduct; a fundamental truth); quiet (adj. – still and peaceful; without noise); quite (adv. – wholly or entirely; to a great extent); shone (verb, past tense of sine – gleamed; glowed); shown (verb, past participle of show – revealed); stationary (adj. – in a fixed position); stationery (noun – writing paper); than (conjunction – used in a comparison); then (adverb – at that time); their (possessive form of they); there (adv. A place {also used to being a sentence}); they’re (contraction of they are); threw (verb, past of throw – hurled); through (prep.); to (prep); too (adv. – Also; more than enough); two (one plus one); weak (adj. – feeble, not strong); week (noun – seven days); weather (noun – the condition of the atmosphere); whether (conjunction – if ); who’s (contraction o f who is or who has); whose (possessive form of who); your (possessive form of you); ;you’re (contraction for you are),

Saints of the week:

St. Francis de Sales, St. Paul, St. Tiimothy, St. Titus, St. Angela Merici, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Fabian, St. Agnes

Bible Verses:

Choose a favorite from the Creed 13 notes.

Dear Students and Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful snow storm and have the driveways and walkways cleaned out!

The science fair for seventh and eighth grades will be on January 28. The judging will take place between 9 and 11. Parents will be able to visit from 11 to 1:30. Students will bring home their projects on that day, so please make arrangements if you have too large a project to carry home yourself. If the judging is completed on time, it may be possible to award winners at 1:30. This is tentative.

Students must make every effort to stay current with their work. Students can become overwhelmed after an absence or after missing work. It is important that missed work be made up immediately. It is the duty of the student to make arrangements after an absence to make up work as soon as they return to school. Except for extraordinary circumstances, work that is not completed by two weeks from the due date will not be accepted.

Parents should be aware that students have a writing assignment every night Monday through Thursday. Usually we spend two weeks on an assignment, so a finished writing project is due every two weeks. Last week students worked on choosing topics and creating KWL charts (what I Know, what I Want to know, and what I Learned). This involved a little research and notetaking (onto the chart). This week we will be drafting and revising. The final work is done (with all the parts of the process!) on Friday, January 21. Remember to work the process!

Our next writing assignment (beginning NEXT WEEK is a 300 word essay on What is Important to Me. It is for a contest. I thought you might like some time to think about it.

Enjoy your week. The weather is supposed to be cold, so dress appropriately! I hope you had fun playing in the snow!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Schickler