SHOJ - English Language Arts

Parents, Here is an outline of the presentation your child heard Friday from the Sunflower House. The focus of the presentation was how to stay safe in the world of technology. Sunflower House Presentation 12-13-13 Title: “Let’s Talk” Age : 6 th -8 th graders Main talking points: ·          Students need to Recognize, Resist, and Report ·          Personal safety is a priority ·          Students need to be aware of their personal space. ·          Students were asked the following questions: 1.       How many of you are familiar with social networking (100% yes) 2.       How many of you have access to some type of device that allows you access to the internet?  (100% yes) 3.       How many of you use instragram?  (...

Below are dates for 7th and 8th Grade upcoming projects/ tests.  Please use your time management skills to study ahead of time rather than cramming the night before/ day of a test!  These are wonderful opportunities to raise your grades as the semester ends! 8 th  Grade ELA project due Thursday 12/12 7 th ELA (Reading) Thursday 12/12- Anne Frank/ Holocaust 8th Grade Science Quiz Friday 12/13 7 th Grade Math (mini) Celebration Monday 12/16- solving equations* 7th Grade Religion Monday 12/16 8th Grade Religion Monday 12/16 8 th Grade Math part 1  Monday 12/16- Linear equations, systems* 8 th Grade Math part 2 Tuesday 12/17* 8 th  Grade ELA (Language/ reading) Tuesday 12/17 7th Grade ELA (Language) short quiz Wednesday 12/18 7th Grade Science Poster due Wednesday 12/18 (class work day on Tuesday) *Review session 8th Grade Math Friday 7:30 am (in addition to two review classes) *Review session 7th grade Monday 12/16 7:30 ...

We have had an exciting week in Science! The 7th graders have been learning about Potential and Kinetic Energy. To gain a better grasp of the concept, they performed a Roller Coaster lab activity. On Friday, they had the chance to design their own roller coaster! On Monday, we will have other groups try to recreate each others roller coasters. Below is a group of kids working hard on their design! The 8th graders have been learning about Ionic and Covalent Bonds. This has included referring to the Periodic Table and drawing a number of Lewis Dot Structures of their compounds. Below two students are working on the Lewis Dot structure of a specific compound on the Smart Board.  Earlier in the week, to kick off Advent, the school was split into Faith Families lead by 8th graders. Each family consisted of members of various other grade levels. It was a great way for the older students to get to know the younger students. Excellent feedback was heard from young and old al...

To finish out the year, students are working hard to wrap up their novels. 7th graders are finishing their diary for Anne Frank, which is due Monday. They will have a test next Thursday over Anne Frank and the information on their Holocaust webquest with a matching section for their Holocaust vocab words (both in their ELA notebooks). We'll spend some time watching a movie about Anne Frank next week. 8th graders seemed to really enjoy going to A Christmas Carol  this morning. They made some great comparisons between the play and the novel they read. We have been working on their theme essays in class. Their projects for A Christmas Carol  will be due next Thursday. We'll also be watching a version of our novel. In language, they have been working on verbs, especially active and passive verbs. Next week, we will work some more with verbs. They will have a test over A Christmas Carol and their verbs information during the last week of school before Christmas. They can g...

7th graders, Our lab activities today: 1. Spend some time with the vocab words from Act 1 and 2. Q uiz yourself (under Spelling Bee or Learn this List). To log in, my username is  sarah.rajewski@shoj.org, and the password is learn.  Act 1:  https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/259369#view=notes   Act 2:  https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/259372#view=notes 2. Explore the Secret Annex online: http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/ Write a blog post explaining something you learned. 3. Visit KidBlog. I've posted an optional prompt.  Choose this one or write about something else you would like!  Thank you!

Students are working hard on their novels and on their projects. 7th graders voted to finish Scenes 1 and 2 of Act 2 this weekend before the break so that it will be fresh in their minds! We've been writing their diary entries in class, so they'll just need to type those up at home. 8th graders are also working hard on Christmas Carol. We've had some work time in class, but they've also been reading on their own outside of class. They'll vote tomorrow whether they want to finish Stave 4 over the weekend or over the break. Students, remember we've got a class period to work on your projects next Monday. Don't forget your supplies and your flash drives! Remember to be signing up for your book talk at the end of the semester. Spots are filling up! You don't have to finish the book to sign up and reserve a date later in the quarter. Thanks. -- Miss R.

Students, Some of you asked for the link to the audio book of a Christmas Carol, so you could listen and annotate at the same time. Here you go! Click on the play button next to the stave you would like to listen to. https://librivox.org/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/ Thanks! Miss R.