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Religion and ELA
Parents, my contact information for email is cmacri@stchristophersi.com
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Access to Websites:
Newsela - Log in to Clever with your school gmail. Tap on Newsela. No further log in will be needed.
Quizlet - Click link exported to you on Religion or ELA Classroom. Log in using your school gmail.
Razz - Open App on your iPad home screen. If accessing from another device, visit www.kidsa-z.com. Teacher user name is cmacri20 - tap on your name - use the password given to you - I have sent your password to you on your ELA Classroom.
Coach Digital - We saved this to the home screen of your iPad. If accessing from a different device visit www.coachdigital.com to sign in. Sign in using your first name (a few of you have a number after your first name). Use the password given to you - I have sent your password to you on your ELA Classroom.
*Remember, the Coach password and the Razz password are the same.
Common Lit - Materials and assignments will be exported to you on your ELA Classroom. Click on the assignment. If you are prompted to sign in, use your school gmail.
Freckle - The class code is macriv
Read Theory - Go to readtheory.org and use school gmail to log in.
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Assessments 1/18 - 1/21
Wednesday, 1/19 - Relgion Midterm
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Homework -
Friday, 1/14 - Assessments were returned today. Please look over with your child. Students, please return the Quarter 2 Reading Assessment.
Religion - Study for religion midterm which is on Wednesday, January 19th. For your convenience, I have posted both the study guide and the questions we went over today in your Religion Google Classroom.
Enjoy your long weekend....I'll see you Tuesday.
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Thursday, January 13th -
Religion - Finish answering the midterm review questions we started in class today.
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Wednesday, January 12th -
ELA - Read the story "Charles." Answer the multiple choice questions. DO NOT answer the Quick Write questions.
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Tuesday, January 11th -
ELA - Midterm Part Two tomorrow.
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Monday, January 10th -
Religion - Complete the chapter 8 note-taking guide questions that go with pages 88, 89, and 90. Highlight the corresponding text in your Sadlier text.
ELA - Midterm Part One tomorrow. Review literary elements vocabulary.
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Dear Families,
I wish you all the best in 2022. I want to take this opportunity to thank you so very much for your generous Christmas gifts as well as all of your good wishes. They are truly appreciated.
If you are absent, please check this site for homework - but also Google Classroom for classwork assignments. Thank you:)
Thursday, January 6th -
Complete Readworks assignment - posted in Google - "The Astronauts Wives Club"
Wednesday, January 5th - Prepare for religion midterm by creating a review sheet. Your review sheet is posted on this site on Mrs. Drivick's page.
Tuesday, January 4th -
Religion - Complete Chapter 7 note-taking guide - the questions that go with pages 78 & 79.
Monday, January 3rd -
Reading - Complete multiple choice questions that go with "Penguin Etiquette." Complete the justification sheet for numbers
4, 5, 7, & 8.
December 22nd -
I wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas. See you on January 3rd:)
Homework - The ELA Holiday Homework is posted above, at the very top of this page, under Documents. ELA Holiday Homework is also posted in ELA Classroom. A hard copy of questions and answer sheets was distributed in school. If you don't have this, it's fine. Complete online and share with me. Thank you.
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Assessments 12/20 - 12/22
Tuesday, 12/21 - Religion vocabulary quiz - words chapters 4-6.
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Homework
Tuesday, 12/21 -
Complete the reading of the passage "A Rite of Passage and Penguin Etiquette"
Monday, 12/20 -
Religion - Chapter 4-6 vocab quiz tomorrow.
Thursday, 12/16 -
Religion - Complete Chapter 6 Note-Taking Guide. Read the Advent section of the text which starts on page 277.
Tuesday, 12/14 -
There is no written homework tonight. Enjoy performing the Nativity.
Monday, 12/13 -
There is no written homework tonight. Finish defining vocabulary for religion and finish making the Quizlet. Start studying the religion words and the literature words I noted above in the assessments section.
Tuesday, 12/14 -
Study religion and literature words. Part 2 of reading test tomorrow. Religion vocabulary quiz Friday.
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Assessments 12/6 - 12/10
Wednesday & Thursday - Reading Assessment - Literature - Review Elements of Literature Document Posted November 19th - posted on Classroom under Literary and Poetry Terms
**postponed until next week
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Homework
Thursday, 12/9 -
ELA - Complete assignment on Google Classroom "The Wednesday Wars"
***I will collect your extended response essay tomorrow if you complete your final draft. All are due by Monday.
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Wenesday, 12/8 -
Readworks - "The Elves and the Shoemaker" The assignment is posted on ELA Classroom.
Tuesday, 12/7 -
Good afternoon - I sent an email today with some information about Confirmation. Please review. We will give more information as we recieve it. Thank you.
ELA - Complete the first draft of your "Who Are You Today, Maria?" and "The Watcher" extended response essay.
Monday, 12/6 -
There is no new homework tonight. Be sure to have your draft
for the work you did over the weekend in school (assignment listed below)
Thursday 12/2 -
ELA -
Complete first draft of extended response essay "Margaret's Story" and "Inheritance of Tools." Please refer to the outline we created and the theme statements we crafted in school. Complete in your ELA notebook.
Homework 11/29 - 12/3
Wednesday, Dec 1 -
Answer question posted on Google Classroom for story "Inheritance of Tools."
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Tuesday, 11/30 -
Choose one of the short response questions answered in class today. Revise and edit and write on loose leaf with a heading. To be collected. **The two questions are posted on Google Classroom. The passage "Margaret's Story" is posted as well.
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Monday, 11/29
Religion - Chapter 5 NTG #s 1-4. Be sure to highlight the corresponding text in the religion textbook.
ELA - Reread "Margaret's Story." Annotate a minimum of 5 words for vocabulary.__________________________________________________________
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Assessment Schedule 11/21 - 11/23
Tuesday, 11/13 - Religion Chapter 4 Test
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Homework
Wednesday, 11/24 -
Use story "Excerpt from 'Who Are You Today, Maria?' from Call Me Maria" to answer Story Elements questions. The document to answer the questions is on GC - the same doc as we worked on for "The Watcher."
Happy Thanksgiving!!! Have a restful and fun weekend.
Tuesday, 11/23 -
Use story "Excerpt from The Watcher" to answer Story Elements
questions (exported on Google - started in class today)
Monday, 11/22 -
Religion - Chapter 4 Test tomorrow.
Friday, 11/19 -
ELA - In ELA notebook, copy and answer three questions from your "Response to Literary Text" export. Answer based on the story "Eleven."
Thursday, 11/18 -
Religion - Read text p 48. Complete Chapter 4 Assessment p 49. Use space right in the book to answer #9-10.
Wednesday, 11/17 -
ELA - Good copy of your "The Yellow Wallpaper" passage analysis is due tomorrow. It is to be done on loose leaf with a full heading. Please be neat.
Religion - Complete Note-Taking Guide #s 11-13
Tuesday, 11/16 -
ELA - Complete your SOAPSTone Graphic Organizer. We will illustrate tomorrow - please bring in any extra crayons, pencils, etx you might like to use.
Monday, 11/15 -
ELA - Complete first draft of passage analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper."
We will start revising tomorrow. Follow the format of the exemplar I gave you on Classroom. This must be done on looseleaf with a heading. Do not do on iPad. Thank you.
Friday, 11/12 -
ELA - Reread story "The Yellow Wallpaper." We will be writing a passage analysis next week. As you read, highlight and name 5 literary devices the author uses. Examples - irony, imagery, characterization. Use your literary terms handout on Google Classroom if you need help.
Wednesday, 11/10 -
There is no homework due Friday.
Tuesday, 11/9 - Answer Google question which is posted on your ELA Classroom.
Monday, 11/8 -
Religion - Chapter 4 NTG #s 1 - 5. For the ones that are notes, read over and highlight the corresponding material in your textbook.
Reading - Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" from "She didn't know I was in the room..." to "Sometimes I think thre are a great many women behind...." and answer the question posted on Google Classroom.
Thursday, November 4th -
Good luck tomorrow on your TACHS exam. I'm very proud of each of you and know you will do your best!
Reading - Answer in your ELA notebook based on "The Yellow Wallpaper."
1)What is the setting of the story "The Yellow Wallpaper"? Include time, place, and historical/social conditions.
2)In what ways does the setting create mood or atmosphere?
3) So far, how is the setting affecting the main character?
Wednesday, November 3rd -
Reading - Answer based on "The Yellow Wallpaper." Complete in your ELA notebook:
1)The story is told in first person. Why is this effective?
2) Throughout the story, we never learn the narrator's name. Why do you think this is?
Tuesday, November 2nd -
Religion - Chapter 3 Test tomorrow.
Reading - Complete Bigfoot passage and turn in. If you export to Notability, reattach to Classroom and submit. Annotate for vocabulary, number whenever the question refers you to lines in the text, and answer the multiple choice questions.
Monday, November 1st -
Complete Readworks "Ronald Reagan's Proclamation of Women's History Month." The assignment is posted on ELA Google Classroom.
**Your zoom link for my class tomorrow will be posted in your ELA Classroom. See you at 11am :)
Friday, October 29th -
*Reading tests were handed back. Please look over and return to school on Monday.
In your ELA notebook, please define the following words:
eligible
ancestral
association
matriarchal
patriarchal
piazza
interminable
skulking
advocate
engrossing
atrocious
congenial
felicity
scoff
inherent
chintz
bulbous
inharmonious
arbor
flamboyant
suffrage
***Use Oxford Learner's Dictionary. Write the word and the definition.
Homework
Thursday, 10/28 - There is no written homework for tonight. Read for 1/2 hour.
Tuesday, 10/26
Reading - Complete mult choice questions for the passage "Bicycle" For each question that refers yoy to specific lines, go back and number/highlight/reread the lines before answering.
Monday, 10/25 -
Religion - Read text page 35. Complete NTG #s 8 & 9.
ELA - At the end of each paragraph, write a sentence telling what the central idea of the paragraph is.
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Friday, 10/22 -
Religion Chapter 2 Assessment returned today. Please look over, especially the essay. Return the assessment on Monday.
ELA - Annotate "Bicycle" article for vocabulary. Read the article and circle a minimum of 5 words and give the definition. Use the Oxford Learner's Dictionary for your definitions. Write each definition as close to the word you circled as possible. **If you don't have 5 words to circle, find roots or prefixes instead.
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Assessments 10/18 - 10/22
Reading test Thursday. It will cover reading passages and poems along with the literary devices we've been working with in class. Please review theme, tone/mood, character traits, personification, symbolism, imagery, repetition, allusion, hyperbole, onomatopoeia.
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Homework
Thursday, 10/21 - Due Monday
Annotate "Bicycles" passage -minumum of 5 words circled and defined. If you don't have any words that you don't know, find roots, prefixes, or suffixes and look up the meanings. The passage is on Googe Classroom (GC)
Wednesday, 10/20 -
Religion - Chapter 3 NTG #s 5 - 7
ELA Reading test tomorrow - review terms listed above.
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Tuesday, 10/19 -
Review terms listed above for your reading test on Thursday.
Religion - Compete NTG for Chapter 3 - #s 1-3.
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Monday, 10/18 -
ELA - Formative on"Escape" and "invitation" The Formataive is on your ELA Classroom stream.
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Friday, 10/15 - Reading - Complete your short response "invitation" to hand in (if you have not already handed it in).
Readworks - Complete assignment in ELA Googe Classroom - "An Unexpected Trip. "
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Assessments 10/12 - 10/15
Wednesday, 10/13 - Religion Chapter 2
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Thursday, 10/14 -
ELA -
Complete Quick Write Short Response on poem "invitation." The poem is on Classroom. The handout for writng was given in class today.
Wednesday, 10/13 -
ELA - Complete Coach pages 70-72. Annotate the poem for literary devices and answer the multiple choice questions.
Razz - You were given a password today. Log in and compete the assessment which can be found by clicking "reading" at the bottom of the page.
The teacher user name is cmacri20 - click your name - put in your password - complete the assessment. I have sent you your password to your ELA Classroom.
Tuesday, 10/12
Religion - Chapter 2 Test tomorrow. Study NTG and the highlighted text.
Friday, 10/8
Assessments were returned today. Bring back on Monday. Corrections on Reading Vocabulary Quiz - Poetry Elements and Devices (summer words). For any question that is incorrect, write the word and the definition 1x.
ELA - Readworks - Assignment on Google Classroom
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Assessments 10/4 - 10/8
Friday, 10/8
Religion Chapter 2 Test (postponed)
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Homework Thursday, 10/7
ELA - Reading - Newsela article (Elephants). Log in via Clever with school email. Read the article BEFORE opening and taking the quiz.
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Homework Wednesday, 10/6
ELA -
Complete Coach pages 50-52. Annotate for vocabulary. Annotate for literary devices with a * - anything that helps you determine the theme. Complete multiple choice. At bottom of p 52, choose a theme from the universal theme handout.
Homework Tuesday, 10/5
Religion - Read text p 27 and complete NTG #s 8-13.
ELA - Complete short constructed response on shared theme. Do this on Classroom - I moved the post with the assignment to the top of the stream.
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Homework Monday, 10/4
ELA - Complete passage exported on Google Classroom.
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Homework Friday 10/1
Religion -
Compete Chapter 2 NTG #s 5-7
ELA -
Newsela - Log in through Clever. Complete Tiny Animals assignment. Follow the directions posted with the assignment.
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Assessments 9/27 - 10/1
Tuesday - ELA - Vocabulary Quiz summer poetry words
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Homework Thursday, 9/30
Religion Note-Taking Guide #4
ELA - Google Classroom "Winter Wheat"
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Homework Wednesday 9/29 -
Religion Note-Taking Guide Chapter 2 #s 1-3
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Homework Tuesday, 9/28 -
Coach pages 46-48
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Homework Monday, 9/27 -
Summer words vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Coach - use "Quick Write Short Constructed Response" graphic organizer to complete #11 on page 41. Do both the organizer and the completed paragraph on the reverse side.
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Homework Friday, 9/24
Coach 34-37 due Monday
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Assessments 9/27 - 10/1
ELA/Vocabulary - Quiz on summer words (Poetry Terms) on Tuesday.
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Homework -
Thursday, 9/23 - Coach pages 34-37
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Assessments 9/20-9/24
Thursday - Religion Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz
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Wednesday, September 22nd
Religion - Chapter 1 Quiz tomorrow
ELA - Complete character question: Describe one of Liam's character traits. Support with evidence from the text.
Complete question on Coach page 32 - Read Think it Through and be ready to discuss theme.
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Tuesday, September 21st
Religion - Sadlier page 19 Chapter 1 Review.
Students who owe summer ELA - print and bring in or share to my web address stated above.
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Monday, September 20th
If you have not joined Google Classroom for ELA and religion you must do so tonight.
ELA bztgort
Religion - upso2wx
I have met with each student who had a problem with passwords, etc.; therefore, tomorrow this will be considered missing homework.
Reading - Complete Coach pages 26-29. Annotate for 2 vocabualry words and 2 literary devices. Answer short response in 5-7 sentences.
Religion - Complete NTG (note-taking guide) #s 10-11.
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Friday, September 17th
Practice Coach Plus - Pages 14-17
Read poem and story. Answer multiple choice questions. Do not answer short response #11. Instead, use the space to answer this question: What lesson does each selection teach us about decision making?
**If you have not joined your Google Classrooms for ELA and religion, please do so over the weekend.
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Religion - upso2wx
Assessments Week of 9/13 - 9/17:
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz - Morpology Lesson 1 - Study notes
Thursday, September 16th
Annotate poem "The Road Not Taken" for 4 poetic devices. Use your summer vocabulary list to help you. On your poem, put a star next to the devices you find and write the name of it.
Wednesday, September 15th
Please join these two Google Classrooms with your school account:
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Religion - upso2wx
ELA - Quiz tomorrow - Morphology Lesson 1
Religion - Complete Note-Taking Guide Chapter 1 up to and including number 8.
Tuesday, September 14th
The Zoom link and back to school letter has been emailed. Grade 8 meets with Mrs. Macri at 6:20.
Religion - Read text page 14. Complete NTG #s 1-5. Highlight the text you used to answer questions.
Monday, September 13th
ELA - Vocabulary - Complete Morphology Lesson 1 Review handout
*Back to School Zoom meetings will be held on Tuesday, September 14th. Zoom links will be sent via email along with the Back to School letter attached. Grade 8 will meet with me, Mrs. Macri, at 6:20 p.m. Meeting time is limited to 20 minutes as there are many sessions scheduled so that parents may join each teacher with no conflicts among siblings. You are welcome to contact me via email if you would like any additional information or have any additional questions. The Back to School letter is very comprehensive.
Friday, September 10th
Assessments Next Week:
Thursday, ELA - Vocabulary - Morphology Lesson 1 - study notes on handout in your notebook
Thursday, September 9th
Study summer vocabulary words - poetry. Test date to be announced.