Mrs. Kim's 7th Grade Core

Week of February 13 - 17

2012-02-12T17:56:00.000-08:00

Literature: Vocab. Pictures for 115- 123: dour, prowess, haughty, dilettantes, hapless, crescendo, garrison, emblazoned, cacophony

Language Arts: LN 160 B and 232 All

History: Who was Prince Shotoku? 5-7 sentences

Bonus: What is a pagoda?

Week of February 6 - 10

2012-02-05T16:57:00.003-08:00

Literature: Vocab. Pictures for 108- 114: petulant, imperious, regalia, morbid, impassable, deposed, capricious

Language Arts: LN 157 A

History: What were some of the Chinese discoveries and inventions between 200-1400 (Tang and Song dynasties)? List 10 or more.
Chapter 17 Test - This Friday (notes are available in this website under Important Information)

Bonus: What is alchemy?

Week of January 30 - February 3

2012-01-27T15:42:00.000-08:00

Literature: Vocab. Pictures for 101- 107: oblique, sepulchral, brazen, boisterous, croon, incongruous, waned

Language Arts: Memorize the selected long poem for Friday

History: Why did the center of Chinese civilization shift from the north to south?

Bonus: What happened when population increased and commerce grew?

Art Docent Friday

2012-01-26T08:02:00.000-08:00

Don't wear anything nice on Friday. We're doing African Art, which involves permanent ink. Thanks! :)

Week of January 23 - 27

2012-01-22T14:50:00.000-08:00

Literature: Vocab. Pictures for 92- 100: cajole, fain, irreverently, begrudged, ascendancy, beckoned, disemboweled, primordial, prostrate

Vocab. Test #81-100 Friday

Language Arts: Memorize the selected short poem for Wednesday

History: China broke apart into separate kingdoms during the Han dynasty in 220. How and why did this happen? (3 or more reasons)

Bonus: What is a bureaucracy?

Week of January 16 - 20

2012-01-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

Literature: Nightingale quiz ch. 2 & 3 – Weds. Vocab. Pictures for 86- 91: injunction, fomenting, solemnly, minstrel, injunction, aloof

Language Arts: LN pg. 154 All

History: How did griots help preserve the West African culture? (5-7 sentences), Ch.15 Test Friday

Bonus: What is a balafon?

Week of January 9 - 12

2012-01-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

Lit. - Pictures for vocab. #81-85 insurrection, cloistered emperor, abdicate, woe, samurai

L.A. - LN pg 147 All

History - How did Ghana become wealthy? (5-7 sent.)

Week of December 19 - 22

2011-12-16T15:49:00.000-08:00

Congratulations Core 1!!! You won the food drive!!! You are #1 in giving to the less fortunate people. Thank you so much for your generous donations to the food bank.

Literature: Anne Frank - Due Wednesday

Language Arts: No Homework

History: No Homework

Week of December 12 - 16

2011-12-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Literature: Study for Vocab. Test 61-80 Weds. words are online

Language Arts: pg. 139A, 143A

History: Sahara, Sahel, and Savanna... how are they different?

Bonus: What is the difference between woodland forest and rain forest?

Week of December 5 - 9

2011-12-02T10:09:00.000-08:00

Literature: Pictures for vocab. #75-80 patronage, grouses, furbelow, prospectus, impudent, beseech

Language Arts: pg. 133B, 136A

History: Chapter 11 Test Wednesday - see History Notes under Important Info.

Bonus: What is a Shah?

Week of November 28- December 2

2011-11-21T13:43:00.000-08:00

Literature: Pictures for vocab. #68-74 diphtheria, reproachful, clandestine, imploring, fatuous, divan, brusquely

Language Arts: pg. 128 A. 130 A

History: Please summarize the three Crusades in 12 sentences or more.

Bonus: What two important shrines stand near each other in Jerusalem?

Week of November 21-22

2011-11-19T15:10:00.000-08:00

No Homework this week. Happy Thanksgiving. :)

Week of November 14 -18

2011-11-11T11:34:00.000-08:00

Literature: Pictures for vocab. #61-67: incendiary, pedantic, delousing, industrious, Gestapo, Swastika, capitulate

Language Arts: Chapter 4 Take Home Test - Submit Wednesday

History: Describe the city of Baghdad in 5 or more sentences.

Bonus: Abbasid - member of a Muslim ruling family descended from Abbas, an ________of ____________.

Fatimid dynasty - Muslim ruling family in Egypt and North Africa that was descended from Fatimah, _______________ _________________.

Week of November 7 -11

2011-11-04T09:07:00.000-07:00

Literature: Study for Vocab. Test #41-60 Wednesday

Language Arts: L.N. pg. 97 A and B

History: What is Jihad? Explain in five or more sentences.

Bonus: Shari’ah means ______________________________________________________________.

Shari’ah is a collection of __________________________ _____________________.

Week of October 31 - Nov. 4

2011-10-28T15:47:00.000-07:00

Literature: Draw pictures, Vocab. #54-60 ingenious, enthralled, obstinate, gibes, rendezvous, fuhrer, saboteur

Language Arts: L.N. pg 94 A & B

History: Who was Muhammad? Explain in ten or more sentences.

Bonus: Caliph is a ______ taken by ______ rulers who claimed __________ authority to _________.

Week of October 24 - 28

2011-10-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Literature: Draw pictures, Vocab. #47-53 gaudy, cinema, oasis, prominent, fascists, chattels, hypochondria

Language Arts: Take Home Test Ch. 3

History: Explain why the Arabian Peninsula was ideal for the spread of goods and idea.

Bonus: Caravan is a group of people ______ for mutual _____, often with pack animals such as _____.

Week of October 17 - 21

2011-10-15T16:39:00.000-07:00

Literature: Draw pictures, Vocab. #41-46 degradation, peonies, satchel, annex, wrought, poignantly

Language Arts: LN pg 62, 64, and 67

History: Study for History Test Chapter 5 & 6. Use the Practice Test to study.

Bonus: liturgy is a _______ rite (worship, ritual) of __________ _________.

Week of October 10 - 14

2011-10-08T17:15:00.000-07:00

Literature: Draw pictures, Vocab. #37-40 virtuous, compulsory, unobtrusively, unperceived, study for Vocab. Test #1-40. All 40 words are online under Important.

Language Arts: pg 59 A and B

History: What three events led to the conflict between East and West? Please Explain.

Bonus: Schism is a ______ ______ in a church or religious _______. (Find the answer from Ch. 6)

Oct. Newsletter Correction

2011-10-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

October 21st Friday History Test has been moved to October 19th Wednesday.
There is no school on the 21st.

Week of October 3 - 7

2011-09-30T09:38:00.001-07:00

Literature: Vocab. #28-36 pictures for: hostler, casement, loathsome, consolation, cunningly, metaphor, scuttle, thoroughfare, staunchest

Language Arts: pg 46 A, and pg 48 A #1-10, Study for Chapter 2 Grammar Test Friday

History: What three key events contributed to the decline of Feudalism?

Bonus: Habeas Corpus is the principle that _______ ______ cannot be held in ______ without the consent of a __________. (Find the answer from Ch. 5)

Week of September 26- 30

2011-09-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

Lit: Vocab. #21-27 pictures for: galleon, moor, claret, rapier, cobbles, plaiting, wicket

Language Arts: pg 41B, pg43 A #1-10

History: How did guilds provide help and protection for the people? Study for Chapter 4 Test Friday

Bonus: Commerce is the _________ and ___________ of _____________. (Find the answer from Ch. 4)

Week of September 19 - 23

2011-09-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

Literature: Vocab. #13-20 draw matching pictures: bridle, hilt, pyre, noose, skulk, sheath, linden, lament

Study for Vocab. Test Friday (spelling and match definition) all 20 words. ALL 20 WORDS ARE POSTED UNDER IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Language Arts: pg 38 #1-10 and B

History: Read “The History of Halloween” article (from class on Monday) and write 1-2 summary paragraph/s.

Bonus: Share one Family Halloween tradition.

Please do Lit. HW in Lit journal, LA HW in LA journal, and History HW in History journal. Stay organized.

Week of September 12 - September 16

2011-09-10T11:45:00.000-07:00

Literature: (draw pictures) Vocab. #7-12 fen, palisade, mere, flagon, burnished, runes

Language Arts: Language Network pg 24 #1-10, pg 27 A #1-10 Study for Chapter 1 Grammar Test

History: How did the Roman Catholic Church influence the daily lives of the people during Middle Ages? Please explain.

Bonus: Francis of Assisi was ___________________________________

Remember: Do all of your HW in your journals and bring the journals to Core every day.

ART DOCENT HELP NEEDED

2011-09-08T15:56:00.000-07:00

Our first training will be on Friday, September 23rd from 12-1 in room 62 on Redwood's campus. Please contact: me@jeanskamra.com and cc skim@saratogausd.org.
Please we need your help, especially from Core 2.

Week of 9/6 - 9/9

2011-09-03T11:45:00.000-07:00

Literature: Finish Vocab. #1-6 waif, ring-giver, mead, thanes, eddy, retainer (...will be explained in class)

Language Arts: Language Network pg 17 A#1-10, pg 20 A #1-10 and B #1-5

History: Which would you rather be, a monarch or a noble? Please include these words in your answer: fiefs, vassals, and knights.

Study for History Test Ch.1 (Reasons for the Fall) and Ch. 2 (Feudalism) – Friday 9/9

Bonus: Hierarchy is a system of _____ people into _____, with those of higher ____ having more _____ and _____. (Look for the answers in your text book.)

Remember: Do all of your HW in your journals and bring the journals to Core every day.

History HW in History journal...L.A. HW in L.A. journal....Lit. HW in Lit journal....

Week of 8/29 -9/2

2011-08-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

Literature: None

L.A.: Language Network pg. 9 A#1-10, and pg 11 A#1-10
          (Write in your journal.)

History: Roman Empire collapsed around 500 C.E. Pick one of the reasons why and explain.

   Bonus Question: The end of the Roman Empire marks the end of the ____________ and the beginning of   the __________________.
   (Write in your journal.)

Week of 8/22 - 8/26

2011-08-10T10:42:00.001-07:00

Bring supplies by 8/29 or sooner
BTSN - Thursday 8/25
Picture Day - Friday 8/26
Get syllabus signed or emailed

Supply List

2011-08-10T10:40:00.003-07:00

Combination Lock

1 Binder (any size) with Dividers for Core only
1 Pocket Folder
3 Notebooks (Journals)
1 Box of Color Pencils
Pencils and Erasers
1 High Lighter (yellow preferred)
1 Post-It (2 7/8 X 2 7/8)
2 Glue Sticks
College Ruled Binder Paper
1 Pencil Sharpener with receptacle to catch shavings