Hello 2026 Cohort!
The homework for classes from August 3 to 7 is below. Next to each assignment is the recommended amount of time to complete it with proper quality.
🚨🚨 If you did not present your PK last week, be prepared to present in the first class of the week.
PEAI Market
The middle school PEAI Market will be held this week. If you would like to participate please bring in a few dollars. All proceeds will go to charity.
Textbooks
Day ONE
Mon/Tue
Wordly Wise 3000, Book 7
Great Writing 5
Divergent
Day TWO
Thu/Fri
Wordly Wise 3000, Book 7
Understanding and Using English Grammar
myPerspectives
Lift 3
Aug. 3–4 //
Work Time: 80+ min.
JOURNAL (0 min.)
None
VOCABULARY (20+ min.)
Complete 4A–4D in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7.
Study for the quiz.
Quizlet Set: https://quizlet.com/305211466
WRITING (30+ min.)
Read "What is a Comparison Essay?" (pp. 98–99) in Great Writing 5.
Complete Activity 3 (pp. 102–105).
Re-read the Choosing Ceremony scene in Divergent (ch. 5).
Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:
What is Beatrice thinking during the ceremony?
List three specific visual details about the scene.
What makes this moment tense?
NOVEL (30+ min.)
Bring in a passport-sized personal photo, markers, colored pencils, cutouts, stickers, washi tape, etc. for a PIVergent-themed activity in class.
Read chapters 16–20 in Divergent.
Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:
What is Tris’s ranking after the first stage of training?
What is the most likely reason that Edward was attacked with a butter knife?
What happens in the initiation ritual that Uriah invites Tris to?
After Four injects an initiate with a serum, how does he or she end the hallucination?
Why does Four delete the results of Tris’s second simulation?
Tests
Vocabulary Quiz (multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, antonym)
Lesson 4 (WW 3000 Book 7)
Novel Quiz (multiple choice, short answer)
Divergent (ch. 16–20)
Aug. 6–7 //
Work Time: 65+ min.
VOCABULARY (20+ min.)
Complete 4E in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7.
Study for the quiz.
GRAMMAR (15+ min.)
Complete Practice 1–5 (pp. 75–77) in Understanding and Using English Grammar Fifth Edition.
READING (30+ min.)
Unit 3:
Turning Points
Read An American Childhood (pp. 325–327) in myPerspectives.
Answer Comprehension Check questions 1–3 (p. 327) in full sentences in your reading notebook.
Address Analyze the Text questions 1, 3 (p. 328). The responses should be 50+ words.
DEBATE (0 min.)
None
Tests
Vocabulary Quiz (Kahoot!)
Lesson 4 (WW 3000 Book 7)
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-Brenden Lee Teacher
email: brendenleeteacher@gmail.com