Work on book reports due Tues Oct 1!!!! Do NOT wait until Monday night to start your book report! This is not an assignment that can be completed in one evening!

Homework due Thurs 9/26: Write the final draft of your 5 paragraph persuasive essay. The topic is: Should the Patrick Henry poster be taken down off the walls of PS 34? Why or why not? If yes, what should replace it? Write your essay in the form of a letter to Ms. Myrlak.

Book report due next Tues, Oct 1.

Homework due Wed 9/25: Literature p.116, Check Your Comprehension #1-4 and Critical Thinking #1-6

Homework due Tues 9/24: Write a first draft of a 5 paragraph persuasive essay. Topic: Should the Patrick Henry poster be taken down off the walls of PS 34? Why or why not? If yes, what should replace it?

No homework due on Mon 9/23. Use your time over the weekend to work on one of the three following assignments: 1) Persuasive Essay -- Should schools require a "C" average or better for participation in sports, etc. This is due the next time you have computers. 2) Persuasive Essay -- Should we take down the Patrick Henry Poster? First draft due Tuesday. 3) Book report due October 1.

Homework due Fri 9/19: Study for quiz. Write 5 sentences on this topic: Should the Patrick Henry poster at our school be taken down? Use the ORRIA format.

Homework due Thurs 9/19: Literature, p. 20. Using the Word Bank.

Homework due Wed 9/18: Literature book, p. 19. Check Your Comprehension 1-4 + Critical Thinking 1-6

Homework due Tues 9/17: Choose a book for your book report (due Oct 1) and get book report notice letter signed by your parents.

No homework due Mon 9/16. The next book report is due October 1. Pick out a book and start reading this weekend.

Homework for Fri 9/13 -- Complete 2 book report forms. Study for tomorrow's quiz on the POD's and "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh."

No homework due Thurs 9/12. You should use this time to work on the 2 book reports due on Friday (see the entry on 9/4 for more info on this assignment.) REMEMBER: I am not permitted to accept late book reports. If you fail to turn in your reports on Fri, you get a zero for this assignment. This is Ms. Myrlak's directive.

Homework due Wed 9/11 -- Complete 1st draft of 5 paragraph persuasive essay. Topic: Should schools require students to maintain a "C" average for participation in sports, clubs, etc.?

Homework due Tues 9/10 -- Literature book, p.9 Using the Word Bank #1-4 & Build Grammar Skills #1-5

No homework due on Mon 9/9. However, you have 2 book reports due on 9/13. If you haven't finished them yet, you should use your time this weekend working on that assignment. (see 9/4 entry below for more information on this assignment.)

Welcome Back Students!

Homework due Fri 9/6: Write a letter back to Mr. Porter

Assignment due Fri 9/13: Complete 2 book report forms. (This assignment was given out to you at the end of last school year. You were supposed to read 2 books over the summer.) See Mr. Porter for the book report forms. You MUST choose 2 books from the following list:
Just As Long As We're Together by Judy Blume
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Babysitting is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis
Holes by Louis Sachar
Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Otherwise Known As Shelia the Great by Judy Blume
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Maniac Magee by Eloise Greenfield
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
Harry Potter (any of the books in the series) by JK Rowling

Will you have homework on the first day of school from Mr. Porter? The answer is YES! I just created it today and will have it ready for you on Thursday. I'm excited about school this year and I hope you are too.