Week of Nov. 25-26

Hello!   All students will be conducting their "childhood" interview over the Thanksgiving break.  This is always a favorite experience for both the student and the interviewee.  I will look forward to hearing what the students have to say about it when they return.

Students will be receiving an English grade print-out on Monday in class. It should be signed and returned on Tuesday.  (They will also have graded papers returned to them on Monday.  Any graded papers should be removed from the English folder and kept at home.)  Students will also receive a progress report on Tuesday.  It should be signed and returned to the 7th period teacher following the break.

Homework:

Monday--have the English grade print-out signed; reading log due tomorrow; finish 1st draft of interview questions
Tuesday--conduct your interview over the break; read your Book Talk book

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Week of Nov. 18-22

Hello!  This week we will be working on run-on sentences and sentence fragments, as well as using precise, vivid verbs.  Mr. Petree, the counselor, will be in our classroom on Wednesday, and then we will begin working on our upcoming interview project on Thursday.

Reminder:  We are collecting food for the STUCO-sponsored food drive for Ozarks Food Harvest this week.  Thank you for sending in those non-perishable food items.

HOMEWORK:

Book Talk will be on Wednesday, Dec. 11th--all students must have finished reading every word of their books by that time.

Mon--reading log due tomorrow; WS VV1/RO1
Tues--finish WS 25
Wed--read at home
Thur--read at home
Fri--read at home over the weekend

READING EXPLORATORY
We will work on making predictions while reading using support from the text, making inferences, and using context clues this week.  There will not be any homework.

Week of Nov. 11-15

Hello!  This week we will be focusing on using consistent verb tenses.  Students will also be checking out their new Book Talk books on Thursday.  Book Talk will be on Wed., Dec. 11th, and students will need to have their books entirely finished by that day.

HOMEWORK:

Reminder--all students should be reading at LEAST 90 minutes every week outside of English class time and keeping track of their pages on the reading log.

Mon--WS 2/3 on verb tenses; salmon reading logs due tomorrow
Tues--WS VT 5
Wed--finish corrections on "Memorable School Moment"
Thur--Start reading Book Talk book
Fri--read at home

READING EXPLORATORY

This week we will focus on the reading strategy of activating prior knowledge before reading new information.  The only homework would be finishing a Word Hunt worksheet on Monday.

Week of Nov. 4-8

Hello!  This week we will focus on interpreting and creating figurative language.  The students will be writing a narrative piece about a memorable school moment.

HOMEWORK: 

Remember that all students should be reading at least 90 minutes a week outside of English time and keeping track of their pages on the reading log.  Reading logs are collected and distributed on Tuesdays.

Mon--WS 2 on similes and metaphors; reading log due tomorrow
Tues--WS 2/49; have grade check signed
Wed--be ready to start writing about your memorable school moment tomorrow
Thur--finish 1st draft of memorable school moment writing
Fri--final copy of memorable moment writing due on Monday; read at home over the weekend

READING EXPLORATORY

We will finish The Outsiders this week and there will be a quiz on Friday.  Students will need to finish reading Ch. 8 on their own on Monday, and finish Ch. 11 on their own on Wednesday.

Week of Oct. 28-31

Hello!  This week we will conclude our Poe unit.  Remember that there is no school on Friday due to conferences.  If you have not scheduled a conference yet, and would like to do so, we still have times available.  Call the office at 523-7200 and they can get you a slot.

HOMEWORK:

Remember that each student is required to read at least 90 minutes per week outside of English class time and record it on the reading log.  Logs are distributed and collected on Tuesdays.

Mon--study for the Poe test tomorrow using the study guide; assemble your Poe folder; have your reading log ready to turn in
Tues--read at home
Wed--read at home
Thur--read at home
Fri--no school

READING EXPLORATORY
We are continuing The Outsiders.  The students may need to finish a WS on Wednesday.

Week of Oct. 21-25

Hello!  It is the beginning of second quarter!  Grade cards will come home on Tuesday, and we will be having parent-teacher conferences next week.  If you would like to schedule a time to meet with us, please call the front office at 523-7200.

This week in English, we will continue our unit on Edgar Allan Poe.  Students will be memorizing the first and last stanzas of "The Raven" so they should begin working on that.

HOMEWORK:

Remember that all students are expected to read at least 90 minutes per week outside of English class time and record it on the reading log.  Logs are collected and distributed on Tuesdays.

Mon--finish "Making Meaning" WS; yellow reading log due tomorrow
Tues--read at home and work on memorizing "The Raven" stanzas
Wed--finish vocab crossword puzzle
Thur--finish 1st drafts of two poems by tomorrow
Fri--finish ink copy of poem; work on reciting stanzas of "The Raven"

READING EXPLORATORY

We will continue on The Outsiders.  Students may need to finish an illustration on Monday as homework.

Week of Oct. 14-18

Hello!  This week we will be working on pronoun choice and sentence combining.  Then, on Thursday we will start our Edgar Allan Poe unit.

Homework:
(Note:  There was not a reading log this week.)

Mon--WS 3 on pronoun choice
Tues--WS 4 on pronouns
Wed--no school for students
Thur--finish Word Hunt WS
Fri--be getting a folder with brads (doesn't have to be new)

READING EXPLORATORY

   This is the end of reading for the first quarter; there will be no homework.   A new quarter class will start for students on Thursday.