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In 8th grade and 7B, all book talks must be finished by next Thursday. In those same classes, students can bring in books for extra credit in either grade book. They can earn up to 5 points each in reading and writing. They know the details! We submitted our order to Price Chopper for the reward of reaching 50,000 pages in these three classes.

Eighth graders were excited to finish their last quiz of the year in ELA. Some even felt a bit nostalgic for a bit! Next week, we'll be finishing up our read aloud for this quarter, which is excerpts from The Princess Bride. We will watch part of the movie next week. The last grammar topic of the year will be misplaced modifiers. (Ex: Incorrect: Picking weeds, several worms crawled to the top of the soil.)f

Some 8th graders were interested in writing one last paper about The Princess Bride, so they have an optional literary analysis essay. This will be with 40 points if they choose to do it. It's not extra credit, but it is an additional grade. If students choose not to do the essay, they will simply receive an X in the grade book. All students have received the guidelines for the essay.

7th graders are reading "Flowers for Algernon," and we will watch segments of the movie Charly next week. They are right in the middle of the story and have reading due on Monday. We're watching Charlie figure out the effects of the operation that made him smarter. We are working on punctuation in our grammar section.

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