ELA Update

By -

This week, 7th graders turned in their Anne Frank projects. I'm excited to read them. They worked really hard on them! Their test will be next Thursday, and they have received their study guide. They also have a notebook check coming up and should finish up their book talks. We had fun talking about Dr. Seuss and comic books this week, which connected back to the Holocaust and WWII. We're looking forward to our parent speakers next Tuesday. If students are planning to do extra credit, they have about a week and a half to get their 10 Membean words found. One class has found 142 words this semester. Wow!

Eighth graders are progressing well on their projects, which I checked in with them about today. Projects are due 12/15. This week, we finished Stave 5 and had good discussions about poverty and its connection to the novel. We learned about round vs. flat, and static vs. dynamic characters. Next week, we will be going to see Christmas Carol, which is always a highlight!

Eighth graders have a quest on active and passive voice on Tuesday and a notebook check. They have received study guides for both their language quest and their Christmas Carol test on 12/17. They should finish up their book talks. If they're hoping to do extra credit, there are two opportunities -- Straight Ace by Tuesday and 10 Membean words found by 12/18.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Speakers

By -
Image
The 7th and 8th grade had the chance to hear from some of our students from last year! We talked a lot about being ready for high school and what skills would be helpful for our middle schoolers, regardless of what high school they choose. Thanks so much to our 9th graders for this great information! Feel free to talk to your child about what he or she learned.
Read more

7th Grade Social Studies

By -
7th Grade Social Studies 7th Grade was given a project outline/requirements/instructions in class today.  This project will take the place of a written exam over chapter 3.  Students will be responsible for creating a written and oral presentation over a location they have chosen.  Students will need to complete research over the weekend so they are prepared to work in class Monday.  A helpful website has been posted under Social Studies Links for this project.    All projects will be due Thursday, Nov. 7th.   The oral presentations will take place in class Thursday and Friday; students are encouraged to have props and be creative!
Read more

Quarter 2 projects

By -
Students received their quarter two projects today. We will work with these as we work through our reading this quarter. I've posted them in case you need an extra copy! 8th graders, for your vocab words, some of you wanted to type them and asked me to post the template.  Please work ahead!  Due Dates: 8th -- Dec. 15th, Check-in days -- Nov. 21st, Dec. 5th 7th -- Dec. 5th 7th grade rubric 8th grade rubric 8th grade vocab box template  (Once you click on this, click the download button at the top, which looks like an arrow pointing down). 
Read more