SHOJ - English Language Arts

Reminder: Battle of the Books deadline to sign up is tomorrow. Please send in your form to Mrs. Meidinger, Miss Hart, or Miss Moffitt.

This year, middle schoolers at Sacred Heart have a new opportunity to compete in Battle of the Books! See below: 4th through 8th grade are invited to participate in Battle of the Books, which is a program that some of you may already know about. Battle of the Books is a friendly competition between students. Students will be in teams where they will divide up a list of books and read those books over the next few months. The team will have a parent volunteer who will meet with them to help make sure the students are staying up on their reading and making note of the important parts of their books. Then in May, we will have the teams come together to battle between each other over questions from each book. This is a fun way to encourage reading and to add a little friendly competition into the mix. Students will have until the 27th to register their team. There are 2 levels of book lists, 4-6  grade and 6-8 grade. There are a few requirements as this is open to multi-grades. Requ

8th grade,  We're going to pretend that we're writing an essay on religious freedom tomorrow. These links will be the four that we use for our sample works cited page.  http :// www.relevantmagazine.com/current/hobby-lobby-and-religious-freedom http ://www.catholicnews.com / http ://www.usccb.org / http ://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/what-meeting-pope-francis-was-like-for-for-elementary-students-in-harlem-36137 /

I will be finalizing an order for Scholastic Thursday, Jan. 12th. There are more books available if you click the red button below than were on the form I sent with the students. It's a great time to stock up for third quarter!  Please check out the catalog or the reading brochures your students brought home to find books that interest them! Thanks for your generosity in the past. We received lots of new books for our classroom library.  To Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub One-Time Class Activation Code: L7ZJ6 Due by 1/12 *You can also click on the button below to take you to our class. With Scholastic Reading Club: - Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library - You can choose from handpicked, grade- and reading-level-specific books for your child - You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks Each month, your child will bring home Reading Club flyers. Together you can choose from book

Membean is a critically acclaimed vocabulary program that will enable your student to acquire an advanced vocabulary which will aide his or her success both in academics, and future job career choices. As we end 2nd quarter, keep in mind the following changes: • Late Membean sessions will have a penalty • Any session that has a score lower than 50% will not count, and the student will need to do it over in order for it to be recorded on the gradebook • Sessions done on cell phones, may or may not work. DO NOT DO MEMBEAN SESSIONS ON A CELL PHONE . • Membean assignments run from Tuesday to Tuesday, and should be two separate 15 minute sessions a week. (Students have the entire weekend, plus Monday to complete the weekly assignment.) What to Look Forward to in 3 rd Quarter Writing • Correct & Revise articles from Teen Magazines--first 2 weeks back from Winter break; putting closure to this project will include several reflection processes as well as a celebration,