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Mrs. Linda Olender
Team Atlantis English teacher
SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
216 ADDISON ROAD, GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT,     06033
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Welcome to Mrs. Olender's English webpage! This website will tell you about your English assignments throughout the school year.

Smith Middle School has a website you can access for updated school information. Parents, students and staff can access this information by clicking on the SMS Info Site link in the Community Destinations Section of our Copernicus Portal. They can also go to this site directly at www.glastonburyus.org/schools/smith

CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS
SEE THE SUMMER READING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS AT THE END OF THIS WEBPAGE.  READ TWO BOOKS AND COMPLETE TWO GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS BY THE FIRST DAY OF 8TH GRADE!
Week of June 9

 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, June 9, 2008

 Review for Taming test

 Review for Taming test

Due Tuesday, June 10, 2008

 Review for Taming test

 Review for Taming test

Due Wednesday, June 11, 2008

 Period 1 test:  Taming

 Review for Taming test

Due Thursday, June 12, 2008

 

 Period 6 test: Taming

Period 8 test: Taming

Due Friday, June 13, 2008

 Period 5 test: Taming

 

Due Monday, June 16, 2008

 

 Period 2 test: Taming

 

 

Week of June 2 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, June 2, 2008

 Nothing due today

 Nothing due today

Due Tuesday, June 3, 2008

 Vocabulary 1 - 10

 Vocabulary 1 - 10

Due Wednesday, June 4, 2008

 Vocabulary 11 - 20

 Vocabulary 11 - 20

Due Thursday, June 5, 2008

 

 

Due Friday, June 6, 2008

 

 

 

Week of May 26

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, May 26, 2008

 

 

Due Tuesday, May 27, 2008

 Vocabulary 1 - 10

 Vocabulary 1 - 10

Due Wednesday, May 28, 2008

 Vocabulary 11 - 20

 Vocabulary 11 - 20

Due Thursday, May 29, 2008

 

 

Due Friday, May 30, 2008

 

 

 

Week of May 19

 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, May 19, 2008

 Rough draft - sensory detail poem

 Select 7 sensory details

Due Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Read:  Creation of Man, Coming of Evil, The Great Flood; complete all questions

Rough draft due - sensory detail poem

Due Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Hand in the rough draft and final draft - sensory detail poem

Hand in the rough draft and final draft - sensory detail poem.

Read "The Coming of Man" and answer the questions

Due Thursday, May 22, 2008

 

Due Friday, May 23, 2008

 Test - Greek Myths

Test - Greek Myths

Week of May 12

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, May 12, 2008

 Nothing due today

 Nothing due today

Due Tuesday, May 13, 2008

 Test- Lilies

 Nothing due today

Due Wednesday, May 14, 2008

 Vocabulary 1 - 7

 Test - Lilies

Due Thursday, May 15, 2008

Vocabulary 8 - 14

Complete The Creation and The Golden Age  questions

 Vocabulary 1 - 7

Due Friday, May 16, 2008

Complete questions for The War in Heaven 

 Vocabulary 8 - 14

Complete questions for The Creation 

The Golden Age - question #1 only 

 

Week of May 5 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, May 5, 2008

 Chapter 12

pp. 169-174  #3, 4, 5

pp. 174-6  #1, 2

pp. 176-180  #1, 2

 Chapter 11

pp. 160-164  #2, 3

pp. 164-168 #1 OR #2

Due Tuesday, May 6, 2008

 Chapter 13

pp. 180-192

Skip "icy calm"

Do #1, 2, 3

pp. 193-5  #1

 Chapter 12

pp. 169-174 #3 & #5

pp. 174-176  #1 & #2

PP. 176-179  #2

Due Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Chapter 14 #1,2,4

Chapter 15 #1, 2, 3 (5 examples each category)

 Chapter 13

pp. 180-192

#1 OR #2

#3

Due Thursday, May 8, 2008

Look over the review sheet; Lilies test on Monday

 Chapter 13 pp. 196-199

#1 or #2 AND #3

Chapter 14 pp. 199-205

#1 and #2

Due Friday, May 9, 2008

 Nothing due today

 Nothing due today

 

Week of April 28

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, April 28, 2008

 Lilies

Chapter 8 pp. 116-122

Choose ONE question

Vocabulary 16-21

 Vocabulary 16-21

Due Tuesday, April 29, 2008

 Read pp. 122-130

Answer questions 1 and 2 for this section

 Read Ch. 7

Answer ONE question:

1 or 2 or 3

Due Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 Read Chapter 9

7 examples of "hardships" the Luthers endure because they are hiding Roy Luther's death.

 Read Chapter 8

pp. 116-122

Choose one question; support with two examples.

Due Thursday, May 1, 2008

 Read Chapter 10

pp.142-152 - #1

pp. 152-157- #1 and #2

Read Chapter 8

pp. 122-130

Question #1 and #2

Due Friday, May 2, 2008

 Read Chapter 11

Answer all questions.

Bullet your answers.

 Chapter 10

Read pp. 142- 152

List 6 suspense details from these 10 pages:  2 from the beginning, 2 from the middle, and 2 from the end.

 

 

Week of April 21

 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, April 21, 2008

 

 

Due Tuesday, April 22, 2008

 Lilies -Read Chapter 5

pp. 61-64 #1 and #3

pp. 64-66 #1

pp. 66-70 #2 and #3

 Lilies - Read pp. 41-48

Answer #3 and #4

Due Wednesday, April 23, 2008

 Lilies

pp. 70-75 - #1

pp. 75-77 - #1, #2

Lilies

pp. 53-60 #1, #4

Due Thursday, April 24, 2008

 Lilies

pp. 86-90 #1, 2,5

pp. 90-96 #1 or #2

 Lilies

pp. 66-70 #2, #3

pp. 70-75 #1

pp. 75-77 #1

Due Friday, April 25, 2008

Vocabulary 11-15

Lilies

Read Chapter 7

Answer one question: 1,2, or 3; answer the Devola question

Vocabulary 11-15

Lilies

Read Chapter 6

pp. 78-86 #1

pp. 86-90 #2

pp. 90-96 #1 OR #2

 

Week of April 7

 

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, April 7, 2008

Graphic organizer

First draft

Second draft (Times New Roman #12; double-spaced)

Graphic organizer

First draft

Second draft (Times New Roman #12; double-spaced)

Due Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Chapter 2- pp. 14-20

Questions 1 & 2 (5 "anchors")

Vocabulary 1 - 5

 Chapter 1- pp. 3-13

1. Devola paragraph

2. Character questions - one item per character

Due Wednesday, April 9, 2008

 Chapter 2 -pp. 21-35

Question 3 - 5 items

Question 4 - 2 items

Question 5 - 2 items

 Vocabulary 1-5

Due Thursday, April 10, 2008

 Vocabulary 6-10

Read Chapter 3; write one anchor; write a paragraph about the anchor.

 Read pp. 21-35 

Write one anchor for each:  Mary Call, Romey, Ima Dean, and Devola

Due Friday, April 11, 2008

 Chapter 4

Questions:

pp. 49-53 #1 and #2

pp. 53-60 #1 and #4

 Vocabulary 6-10

Chapter 2 -

#4 - 2 anchors

#5 - 2 anchors

 

Week of March 31

Period 1 & 5

Periods 2,6,8

Due Monday, March 31, 2008

 

 Story plan due today

Due Tuesday, April 1, 2008

 First draft due today