Monday, May 14, 2012 - Friday, May 18, 2012

7th Grade ELA:
  Students will spend the week discussing and correcting their various poetry exercises completed in class.  Upon the completion of this week, students will begin their final unit of the year.  The majority of the reading and response activities will take place in class.  There will be a mini-project and test at the conclusion of the book during the first week of June.  There will be various "pop quizzes" throughout the reading of the novel as well to verify comprehension and individual student accountability to maintain the reading pace.

8th Grade ELA:
  For the remainder of the year, 8th grade students will be reading S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders".  The majority of the reading and response activities will take place in class.  There will be a mini-project and test at the conclusion of the book during the first week of June. There will be various intermittent "pop quizzes" throughout the reading of the novel as well to verify comprehension and individual student accountability to maintain the reading pace.

8th Grade AELA:
  For the remainder of the year, AELA 8th grade students will be reading Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".  Students will be required to complete the reading, several reading activities, and short play production.  Students will be provided class time, but are also responsible to complete unfinished work at home in order to be prepared for each class period.  Students will be expected to act out at least one scene of the play in full costume, props, etc. as their culminating project.  They will also take a written test.  Specific due dates will be posted and announced.