Henri Matisse

Yesterday, the story "Pigcasso Meets Mootisse" was shared with you. Do some research on your own and post 5 facts about Matisse on the blog over the next week. Ideas for information include: where was he from? when did he live? what style of art was he most famous for? What are some facts about his personal life? etc.

Homework Week of 16 November -20 November

This week our homework plan will be a bit different. First, there is no puzzle of the week this week. We are beginning a different instructional strategy for daily math, and we will have an opportunity to cover some of the higher level problem solving practice within this structure. Additionally, vocabulary for this week is a review test over the first 10 lessons. Finally, no current events for the week. Students will be receiving a handout regarding specific assignments for our art history unit through the course of the week. The assignments are web-dependent, but if students do not have internet access at home, they may have time in class to complete the work, but the students need to notify me and set up times. Homework for the week: Read 20 minutes daily. Study vocabulary list. Complete Picasso assignments as listed on sheet. (post response here on blog or write out answer) Write a summary of Pablo Picasso's life or create a timeline of important events. Vocabulary List: abandon shrewd numerous strategy continuous temporary distribute cautious miniature treacherous obstacle aggressive longitude luxurious overwhelm emigrate hospitality persecute fatigue accomplish capacity apparent czar patriot regent colonist democracy tyrant conquistador latitude

Tell Me About Picasso

Your homework for this week is to visit some websites and find some information about Picasso. Share your favorite facts about Picasso, please!

Homework for the week of 9 November through 13 November

This week's homework assignments are as follows: Read 20 minutes daily. Study vocabulary. Puzzle of the Week. Current events summary. Writing Prompt. All assignments will be due on Friday. Additionally, the research probe is also due on Friday. We have been working on this assignment in class, but if students need to work on it at home as well that is permissible. Vocabulary List: 1. accomplish 2. apparent 3. capacity 4. civilian 5. conceal 6. duplicate 7. keen 8. provoke 9. spurt 10. undoing 11. vast 12.withdraw Writing Prompt: Compare and contrast the movie and book “Inkheart”. For your graphic organizer, create a Venn Diagram with at least five items in each of the three sections of the diagram. After you have your plan, write a rough draft of your compare and contrast. Your essay should be comprised of three paragraphs. The first paragraph should focus on the similarities between the book and the movie. The second paragraph should focus on the differences between the book and the movie. The final paragraph should be your explanation of which you preferred and why. Please turn in your graphic organizer, rough draft, and final copy on Friday. Puzzle of the Week: Gen's father always lets her keep the change she finds stuck between the cushions of the couch. Last week, she found ten coins worth $1.19. Her father wanted to exchange the coins for a $1.00 bill, but Gen couldn't give him exactly $1.00 in change. One of the coins was a half dollar (which Gen woldn't trade anyway because she collectes them). What were the other 9 coins? Now write two of your own coin puzzlers.

Homework for the Week of 2 November - 6 November

We will be getting back into the swing of things this week! Students need to practice vocabulary words, complete their puzzle of the week, summarize a current events article(I would rather them write a paragraph about the story than bring in the article itself), and complete the homework writing prompt. All assignments will be due on Friday. Vocabulary List: 1. blemish 2. blunt 3. capable 4. conclude 5. detect 6. fatigue 7. festive 8. hospitality 9. nomad 10. persecute 11. supreme 12. transport Students need to be able to spell, define, use words in a sentence appropriately, and identify each word's part of speech. The writing prompt for this week is, "After he takes your lunch money, a bully warns you that he’ll hurt you if you tell anyone. Since you don’t believe in fighting to solve problems, what other actions might you take?" Students should go through the writing process, to include planning, drafting, editing and revising, and finally creating a published piece. Students may type their final copy, and should include all elements of the process.