SHOJ - English Language Arts

They did a great job dressing up!  Greasers Socs

7th grade families,  We will have our annual  Outsiders  day on Tuesday, March 7th. Students may choose to dress like a Greaser or a Soc.    We will be brainstorming in class what each group might have worn.  Please email me if you have questions. Here are pictures from the past to give you ideas.  Some guidelines:  - No weapons or cigarettes are allowed, even fake ones.  - To stay true to the time period, we'll be avoiding leggings, sweats, and Ugg boots. - All outfits should be school appropriate.  We will also be watching the movie that week. It is rated PG-13. Please contact me if you prefer that your child not watch it. This will not affect his or her grade.   This is always a fun day!  Stay Gold,  Miss R. 

7th graders acted out deleted scenes from The Outsiders today. They're working on creating quality annotations for the last three chapters of the book! Most of them have been telling me how much they've been loving the book.

The 7th graders look great today! 

Students have done quality work this quarter on our novel units. I loved reading quotes from the students on the test where they said:  "The book was AMAZING. This is definitely a book I will reread. It surprised me."  "I had read this book once before, but I hadn't understood the messages. Now I get them. This was my favorite unit!" I liked seeing the products the students made to go along with the themes and plots of the novel. I hope your child learned from and enjoyed their novel!  Newspapers on the TKAM trial Maps of Maycomb Outsiders Theme Quilt Squares

7th grade families,  We will have our annual Outsiders day next Thursday, March 10th. Students may choose to dress like a Greaser or a Soc.    We will be brainstorming in class what each group might have worn.  Please email me if you have questions. Here are pictures from last year's class to give you ideas.  Some guidelines:  - No weapons or cigarettes are allowed, even fake ones.  - To stay true to the time period, we'll be avoiding leggings, sweats, and Ugg boots. - All outfits should be school appropriate.  We will also be watching the movie next week on Wednesday and Thursday. It is rated PG-13. Please contact me if you prefer that your child not watch it. This will not affect his or her grade.   This is always a fun day!  Stay Gold,  Miss R. 

Parents, Heads up that 8th grade students are bringing $7 by Friday to get their copy of  To Kill a Mockingbird . We're all using the same version, but if you have a copy of the book your child needs at home and you're OK with them writing in it, that's OK too! Please talk to me if money is an issue.  Students will be allowed to write in their books and keep them after we finish the unit, which will take us into March. Seventh graders will be bringing money for their novel,  The Outsiders,  in a couple weeks, once we finish SCOPE. We're excited to get started with both novels. We will be doing some pre-reading activities and looking at the different time periods that the books are set in. 7th graders will be looking at the 1960s, and 8th graders will be looking at the 1930s. Both are wonderful books. In years past, students have really enjoyed both novels. The Outsiders  brings up good discussion, but does include some gang and teenage violence.  T...

Seventh graders had fun today dressing up as either Socs or Greasers from The Outsiders . It was awesome to see the costumes they came up with. Way to go! 

7th graders, Here is the Kahoot you asked me to post as a review for your test Monday. Happy studying! https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=8b15b734-1c09-42e3-b596-606abf5d09d4

8th graders have been working hard to summarize the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird  to prepare for their test Tuesday. 7th graders came up with some beautiful themes for their Outsiders theme quilt. Nice work! Chapter Summaries

Students,  With the end of quarter 3 so close (How did that happen?!), here are the upcoming dates:  All grades:  Remember to finish your book talks! You can turn in your dropped quiz next week, and students who improved on MAPS will also not have to do Membean next week. Be sure your notebooks are in order. Extra credit from Membean is due next Thursday.  8th:  - Compound Sentences test THURS 3/5 - TKAM test TUES 3/10 7th:  - Outsiders test MON 3/9 - Outsiders dress-up day TUES 3/10:  The students will learn about this in class tomorrow, but we will be dressing down while we watch  The Outsiders  movie, as the classes have done in years past. The attire must be school appropriate. Students choose if they are a Soc or a Greaser.  We will be doing this on Tuesday, March 10th.  There will be no fake weapons, cigarettes, leggings, or Ugg-style boots.  We will be brainstorming in class what each group might...

The 7th graders seem to be really enjoying The Outsiders. They've been full of great questions and thoughts! We're working on reading Ch. 5 due Tuesday. They did a fabulous job creating a cell phone for a character. There were some awesome connections! The eighth graders are also doing a really nice job with To Kill a Mockingbird. I was really impressed with some text-based questions that they asked today. We're over halfway (!!), and are reading Ch. 16 for Monday. We're gearing up for Tom Robinson's trial.  Have a great weekend! Happy Valentine's day. The parties today were full of candy and fun. Thanks to all the parents who helped with them. 

Parents, Heads up that students are bringing $7 by next Tuesday to get their copy of The Outsiders for 7th and To Kill a Mockingbird for 8th. We're all using the same version, but if you have a copy of the book your child needs at home and you're OK with them writing in it, that's OK too! Please talk to me if money is an issue.  Students will be allowed to write in their books and keep them after we finish the unit, which will take us into March. We're excited to get started with both novels. We will be doing some pre-reading activities and looking at the different time periods that the books are set in. 7th graders will be looking at the 1960s, and 8th graders will be looking at the 1930s. Both are wonderful books. In years past, students have really enjoyed both novels. The Outsiders brings up good discussion, but does include some gang and teenage violence. To Kill a Mockingbird addresses racial issues, and we will be talking about some of the language that...

The 7th graders looked awesome today as Greasers and Socs. We started the movie, which they are enjoying! Thanks for participating, 7th graders.

Dear 7th grade families, The students will learn about this in class tomorrow, but we will be dressing down while we watch The Outsiders  movie, as the classes have done in years past. The attire must be school appropriate. Students choose if they are a Soc or a Greaser. We will be doing this on Tuesday, March 11th. There will be no fake weapons, cigarettes, leggings, or Ugg-style boots. We will be brainstorming in class what each group might have worn. Thanks! Please email us if you have questions. Miss R. and Mrs. W.

7th grade parents, We are in the second half of The Outsiders. We will be watching the movie at the end of the book, and it is rated PG-13. Please let us know if you do not want your child to watch it. If we do not hear from you, we will assume you are OK with this. Have a nice night! -- Miss R. and Mrs. W.