Thursday, February 4, 2016

MR. RICE’S CLASS HOMEWORK WEEK OF 2/1/2016




MR. RICE’S CLASS
Homework week of 2/1/2016



THREE WORKSHEETS ARE DUE ON MONDAY 2/8/2016:
The diagram packet, the Predicate Nominatives practice quiz, and the Predicate Adjective quiz is all due AT THE END OF THE PERIOD on Monday, the 8th. You will receive these worksheets in class on Thursday, 2/4/16. These worksheets go toward your homework grade. Make sure you complete them!


On Wednesday, 2/10/16, you will have a quiz on objects (direct and indirect) and predicate nouns/adjectives. 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 12/1




 Anne Frank essays are due Monday 12/7. Please use the rubric given out in class to edit your essay to near perfection.


Friday, October 30, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEKEND OF 10/30

PARENTS: Please remind your students to use their notes and study guides to complete their take home tests. Please remind them that their take home test is due on Monday, and to remember to bring it to class with them.

STUDENTS: Good luck on your take home test. Use your study guides!!!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 10/13/15




TUESDAY NIGHT: Study your participle study guides. You will be able to make corrections for additional points on the participle quiz, but the corrections will be made in class WITHOUT the study guide, so STUDY HARD! You will have until Friday to turn in your corrections. Quizzes will be handed back Wednesday. 

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/ 28


THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT IS FOR PARENTS:
Please ask your student to show you their organizers, T- charts, and learning journals, and ask them to explain how they are learning to write a piece of publishable work. Thank you! 


Thursday, September 17, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/14

Study for quiz on Gerunds. Use your learning journals and your study guide to study for the quiz. The quiz is on Monday, 9/21.


PARENTS HOMEWORK: Please ask your students to show you their learning journals. Ask them why they wrote what they wrote in their learning journals, and ask them to explain to you what they learned.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

WEEK OF 5/4





HERE’s WHAT’s GOING ON IN MR. RICE’s CLASS, WEEK OF 5/4 – 5/8


Period 1: IN CLASS – Pick 5 lottery review.

Periods 2 and 5: IN CLASS – Pick 5 lottery review pages 97 – 98, 163 – 165, 168 – 169.


Periods 3, 4, and 6: IN CLASS – continue to brainstorm creative problem solutions for video project.

Monday, April 13, 2015

IT'S PSSA TIME! Week of 4/13





PSSA TIP of the DAY
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Study hard and always put forth your best effort when trying to ACHIEVE your GOALS.






Tuesday, March 24, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 3/23




7th GRADE: Vocabulary Test 14 is on Wednesday. Vocabulary list 15 is due Monday 3/30. Adverbs puzzle and worksheet due Thursday 3/6.

7th Grade HONORS and ACADEMIC: Vocabulary Test 14 is on Wednesday. Vocabulary list 15 is due Monday 3/30. Modifiers Study Guide up to # 40 due Thursday 3/6.

8th GRADE: Vocabulary Test 13 is on Wednesday. Vocabulary list 14 is due Monday 3/30. Adjectives Packet due Friday 3/21.

Monday, March 16, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 3/16




7th GRADE


Monday and Tuesday Night: Study for Vocab Quiz 13. Quiz is on Wednesday, 3/18.
            HONORS and ACADEMIC: Continue to work on preposition lessons
            ENGLISH: Continue to work on narratives and questions.

Tuesday Night: (in class) complete Supah Challange and  (in class and homework) Page 329, #s 15 - 40 for Friday 3/20.

Wednesday Night: Vocabulary List 14 due Monday, March 23rd. Vocab Quiz 14 is on Wednesday, 3/25.




8th GRADE

Tuesday Night: Preposition Lesson and Activities due Monday 3/23. Study for Vocab Quiz 12 for Wednesday.

Monday, March 9, 2015

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 3/9

7th Grade:
MONDAY NIGHT: Complete Vocabulary Worksheet 12 for Tuesday, 3/10. Study for Vocabulary Quiz 12. The quiz is Wednesday, 3/11.





8th Grade:
MONDAY NIGHT:
Complete Vocabulary Worksheet 12 for Tuesday, 3/10. Study for Vocabulary Quiz 12. The quiz is Wednesday, 3/11.

Friday, November 14, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 11/17 - 11/22



8th GRADE:

Transitions Packet #2
More About Writing packet,
and
The Lady or The Tiger packet

all due Monday 11/24

7th GRADE:

Semester Study Guide due Friday 11/21
Artistic Explorations packet due Monday 11/24
Literary Explorations packet due Monday 11/24

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 11/11



8th GRADE

The following assignments are due Monday, 11/17

- Writing Packet # 1
- Rough draft of essay
- Transitions packet
- Tell-Tale Heart packet and double entry journal

7th GRADE

Due Wendesday 11/12 - Vocabulary List 8
Thursday 11/13 - Vocabulary Quiz 8
Due Friday 11/14 - Reading Packet ("Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto and "A Crush" by Cynthia Rylant)

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK of 10/14 - 10/17






8th Grade Academic
Vocabulary Packet # 6 due Wednesday, October 22nd.
Study for Possessive Forms quiz on Friday, October 17th.

7th Grade Honors English
Tuesday Night - Study for tomorrow's Vocabulary quiz
Wednesday Night - Vocabulary packet 5 due Wednesday, October 22nd.
Thursday Night - Text page 287, #s 8 - 21
Friday Night - Text page 318, #s 1 - 16

7th Grade Standard English (periods 3 & 4)


PERIOD 4  - Tuesday night text pages 37 - 38, #s 1 - 21
THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT, MUST BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY.
We will check for correctness on Wednesday.

(Periods 3 & 4)
Tuesday Night - Study for tomorrow's Vocabulary quiz
Wednesday Night - Vocabulary packet 5 due Wednesday, October 22nd.
Thursday Night - page 318, #s 1 - 16 in text.
Friday Night - Pages 58 - 59, #s 1 - 5, 19 - 32

7th Grade Academic English
Tuesday Night - Study for tomorrow's Vocabulary quiz
Wednesday Night - Vocabulary packet 5 due Wednesday, October 22nd.
Thursday Night - page 318, #s 1 - 16 in text.
Friday Night - Page 287 #s 8 - 21






Tuesday, October 7, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 10/6 - 10/10/14



7th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH - Tuesday Night: page 83 #s 25-32. Wednesday Night: Vocabulary Packet 5 due Wednesday, October 15th. Thursday Night: Possessive Nouns Worksheet. Friday Night: page 317 #s 1 - 4.



7th GRADE ENGLISH - Tuesday Night: page 83 #s 17 - 24. Wednesday Night: Vocab packet 5 due Wednesday, October 15th. Thursday Night: Page 89, #s 25 - 34, 45 - 54. Friday Night: Page 317, #s 1 - 4.


7th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Tuesday Night: page 83 #s 17 - 24. Wednesday Night: Vocab packet 5 due Wednesday, October 15th. Thursday Night: Possessive Nouns Worksheet. Friday Night: Page 317, #s 1 - 4.






8th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Nouns packet due Tuesday 10/21. Vocab packet 5 due October, 15th.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/29 - 10/3




ALL COURSES - Vocab packet 4 due Wednesday, 10/8.

ALL 7th GRADE COURSES - Page 316, #s 1 - 20 due Friday 10/3


Friday, September 19, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/15 - 9/19

ALL COURSES

NO WRITTEN HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND

Monday, September 8, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/8 - 9/12



Mr. Rice's English Class
crice@northschuylkill.net

8th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Monday (in class) Pages 37 - 39, # 1 - 24. Monday (for homework) Page 39 # 25 - 32. Tuesday (in class) #s 1 - 18 in sentence packet. Pg 68 1 - 16. (for homework) Subject/Predicate packet due Tuesday, 9/16. Wednesday (in class) vocabulary quiz #1. (for homework) Vocab packet 2 due Wednesday 9/17. No homework Thursday or Friday night.


7th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH - Monday (in class) page 74, #s 6 - 10, 18 - 30. (for homework) Page 75 #s 18 - 30. Tuesday (in class) compound nouns worksheet. Wednesday (in class) Vocabulary Quiz 1. (for homework) Vocabulary Packet 2 due Wednesday 9/17. No Homework Thursday or Friday night.


7th GRADE ENGLISH - Monday (in class) page 74 - 75, #s 6 - 10, 18 - 30. (for homework) page 74 - 75, #s 11 - 17 (identify ONLY compound nouns, not collective). Tuesday (in class) compound nouns worksheet. Wednesday (in class) vocabulary quiz 1. (for homework) vocabulary packet 2 due Wednesday, 11/17. No homework Thursday or Friday night.


7th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Monday (in class) page 74 - 75, #s 6 - 10, 18 - 30. (for homework) page 74 - 75, #s 11 - 17 (identify ONLY compound nouns, not collective). Tuesday (in class) compound nouns worksheet. Wednesday (in class) vocabulary quiz 1. (for homework) vocabulary packet 2 due Wednesday, 11/17. No homework Thursday or Friday night.



Friday, August 29, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 9/2 - 9/5



8th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Vocabulary Exercises I - VI due Monday, 9/8

7th GRADE HONORS ENGLISH - In class Tuesday: textbook page 41 #s 1 - 19. For homework Tuesday night: page 42 #10 - 28. Study for nouns quiz on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday in class/for homework: Vocab exercises 1 through 6, due Monday. Vocab quiz one is on Monday 9/8.

7th GRADE ACADEMIC ENGLISH - Tuesday in class: textbook page 33 # 1 - 16. Textbook page 44 #s 11 - 16. For homework Tuesday night: page 42 #10 - 28. Study for nouns quiz on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday in class/for homework: Vocab exercises 1 through 6, due Monday. Vocab quiz one is on Monday 9/8.

7th GRADE ENGLISH - Tuesday in class: textbook page 33 #s 1 - 16. Textbook page 46 #s 1 - 10. Tuesday night for homework: Study for nouns quiz on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday in class/for homework: Vocabulary exercise 1 -3, & 5. Vocab quiz is on Monday 9/8.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

HOMEWORK WEEK OF 8/25 - 8/29

ALL COURSES:

Review information on nouns, subjects, and how subjects work in relation to predicates. A quiz on this information will be given on Wednesday 9/3.