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7th and 8th Girls' Literature - Archive (through 3rd Quarter)

7th Literature - Archive (4th Quarter)

 

Assignments for March 18th-20th – DUE Monday, March 23rd

Read chapter 24 of The Red Keep (p. 309 Surprise and Flight)

Read chapter 25 of The Red Keep (p. 328 Peace at the Castle)

Write a summary of each chapter on loose-leaf paper.


Copy the poem Daffodils on loose leaf paper in your best handwriting with NO mistakes.

Recite the poem to a family member (yes, it can be a sibling!). On the back of the paper you copied the poem on, ask your family member to write a brief comment about how you did (have them sign it too!)

 

Assignments for March 23rd-27th – DUE Friday, March 27th

Finish reading The Red Keep, chapters 26-28 (p. 341-370)

Write 5 discussion questions on loose-leaf paper and provide the answers to them. Remember to stay away from factual questions that only require 1 or 2 word answers. Come up with the kind of questions that we discuss when we read aloud in class. Your answers to these questions should require at least a couple sentences or more to answer completely.

Suggestion: have paper and a pen/pencil with you so you can write down your question ideas as you read, note the page number so you can look back at the text as you are trying to formulate and answer your questions.


Guided Commentary Corrections (blue notebooks will be available for pickup at the Church on Monday, March 23rd from 9:00a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)

 

Assignments (3/30-4/1) – DUE Monday, April 6th

Write an essay to answer the following question (3 well-written paragraphs on loose-leaf paper. Remember to skip lines):

Who had a better death? Odo or Ralph? Explain your answer.

New poem – “Solitude” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Read the poem several times, look up any words you don’t know. Write an essay to explain what you think the poem is about.

 

END OF 3RD QUARTER

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BEGINNING OF 4TH QUARTER

 

Assignments for April 20th - 24th

The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly is in your box. Try to read 3-4 chapters per week. While you read, you are encouraged to write 2-3 discussion questions per chapter. Remember, not simple fact questions but thinking questions like we have discussed all year in class together. Keep paper/pen with you when you read.

After you read The Broken Note, watch this short video: The Story of the Krakow Heynal

If you would like to download an audio version of the book you may, but be sure to check with a parent first. (We use the Audible version in class).

If you do use an audiobook, be sure you are following along with your book as you listen.
 

 

Assignments for April 27th - May 1st

Answer Trumpeter comprehension questions for chapters 1 and 2.

Read chapters 3 and 4 of Trumpeter.

-Write 2 good discussion question per chapter and have them available to share and discuss during our Zoom class on Thursday.

-Remember, not simple fact questions but thinking questions like we have discussed all year in class together.

-Keep paper/pen with you when you read.

Also, write down 3 qualities/traits that you think the trumpeters of Krakow would need to possess. We will discuss these in our Zoom class as well, be prepared to share!

 

Assignments for May 4th - 8th