HW for Monday, July 18th

1. News Journal #6
2. Reading Response (personal reading book)
3. Check "Back to Business" answers s(p. 40-42)
4. Activity 7b (p. 39): Use dictionary to study vocabulary words

HW for Wednesday, July 13th

1. Timed Reading (p. 36-37) + Comprehension Questions (p. 38) (12 minutes)
2. Activity 5 (p. 38)
3. Reading Practice ("flowers" article from class)

Homework for Monday, July 11th

1. News Journal #5
2. Choose a new extensive reading book; read to p. 15 and answer questions (handout)
3. Speed Reading ("Weddings") + questions 1-5

Homework for Wednesday, July 6th

1. News Journal #4
--Go to "Words in the News", click on a title, preview it, and if you like the story, start reading.
Note: the definitions for many of the words are below the article!!!!!

2. Study for the test.


DON'T FORGET: BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY.

HW for Wednesday, June 29th

1. Vocabulary Handout (use dictionary to review words in Part One)

2. Internet Article (you do not have to do this!!! This link was disabled--broken). Sorry about that!

3. Activity B, (p. 33) (write your answers)

Josh's Book Report Letter

Dear Students,

I'd like to tell you about a very good book that I have recently finished. It's called "Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep." In case your wondering, an "android" is a robot (machine) that looks just like a human. The author of the book is Philip K. Dick. The book has has about 250 pages. This book was so good that I finished it in one week!

There are three main characters in the book. The "hero" and most important character in the story is Rick Deckard. He is a "bounty hunter." A bounty hunter is like a police officer. The job of a bounty hunter is to find and kill androids (robot humans) living on earth. Another important character in the book is Rachel Rosen. She is an android. However, she looks just like a beautiful woman, and she is smarter than most humans. The last important character is J.R. Isodore. He has a very good heart, but he is not very smart. He becomes friend with three of the androids in the story because he doesn't have any human friends. Rick Deckard is my favorite character. He is very brave, and he always seems to have good luck. I also like him because towards the end of the book, he starts to realize that killing androids might be wrong.

My favorite part of the book is when Rick Deckard is taken to jail by an android police officer. While he's in jail, he meets another bounty hunter who works for the android police officer (he doesn't know the police officer is an android). The police officer tells Deckard that the bounty hunter is also an android even though he isn't. In the end, the bounty hunter saves Deckard from the android police officer.

I think that level 3 students would enjoy this book. It has lots of action, and it describes a lot of interesting technology that didn't exist when the book was published (in 1968!) but that we have today. For example, in the book, people talk on video phones where you can see the person you are talking to. We have this today with technology like Skype. Finally, the book has a good message. If you want to know the message, you'll have to read the book!

Sincerely,

Your teacher, Josh

HW for Monday, June 27th

1. News Journal #2
Go to News Stories in English. Choose a story. Start News Journal #3.
Students: Please PRINT and STAPLE your article to your journal!!!!

2. Preview Poem Questions(Activity A, 1-5, p. 26)
**Remember: when you preview the questions, try to remember as many of questions as possible. This way you can look for the answers to the questions as you read.
3. Read the poem (p. 25)
4. Answer the questions (A, 1-5, p. 26)