Monday, Oct. 11th, 2010 - Friday, Oct. 15th, 2010

8th & Advanced 8th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal and Agenda, Begin read Isaac Asimov's "Rain, Rain, Go Away" pages 12-19
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, Finish reading Isaac Asimov's "Rain, Rain, Go Away" pages 12-19 and begin asnwering Think About the Selection, Analyzing Literature, and Critical Thinking and Reading Questions on page 19.
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Wednesday: No Journal, Agenda Check, Continue Thinking About the Selection, Analyzing Literature, and Critical Thinking and Reading Questions on page 19.
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP
Thursday: No Journal or Agenda, Discuss and Correct Reading Selection Questions
Homework: No Homework
Friday: Agneda & Story Time, Concluding "Rain, Rain, Go Away" Activity
Homework: No Homework

7th Grade ELA
Monday: Journal, Agenda, Begin Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Tuesday: No Journal or Agenda, Continue writing Scary Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Wednesday: No Journal, Agenda Check, Continue writing Scary Stories, Peer Evaluate Stories
Homework: Eat & Rest for MEAP!
Thursday: No Journal or Agenda, Continue writing Scary Stories, Peer Evaluate Stories
Homework: No Homework
Friday: No Journal, Story Time & Agenda, Finish Scary Stories and Peer Evaluations
Homework: Finish Scary Story...due Monday 10/18/10

Monday, Oct.4th, 2010 - Friday, Oct.8th, 2010

Monday: Journal/Agenda, Vocabulary Test, Complete Genre Stories
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Tuesday: Journal/Agenda, Share Genre Stories
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Wednesday: Journal/Agenda, Genre Quiz
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Thursday: Journal/Agenda, Continue MEAP Review with Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Homework: Complete & Study Vocabulary Word Search...Due Friday
Friday: Journal/Agenda, Vocabulary Test, Library Visit
Homework: No Homework

Monday, September 27, 2010 - Friday, October 1, 2010

Monday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Reveiw...Leads and Endings
Homework: Complete and study Vocubulary Crossword...due Friday
Tuesday: Journals, Agendas, Continue MEAP Reveiw...Leads and Endings Power Point
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Wednesday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Review...Genres
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday
Thursday: Journal, Agendas, Continue MEAP Review...Genres
Homework: Complete and study Vocabulary Crossword...due Friday
Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday
Friday: No Journals, Agendas, Story Time/Genre Pop Quiz
Homework: Complete writing Genre Stories...due Monday

Monday, Sept.20th, 2010 - Friday, Sept.24th, 2010

Monday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Article 2 in Test Taking Strategies
Tuesday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Article 3 in Test Taking Strategies
Wednesday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review Pop Quiz over the 3 articles
Thursday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with Reviewing in Leads
Friday: Journal, Agenda, and Continue MEAP Review with additional Review in Leads

Monday, Sept.13th, 2010 - Friday, Sept.17th, 2010

Monday: SRI testing
Tuesday: SRI testing, Library Visit, & Book Check Out
Wednesday: Journals, Agendas, Create Social Contracts
Thursday: Journals, Agendas, Discuss SRI/Lexile Scores & Complete Arrow Handout
Friday: Begin MEAP Review with Article 1 of Test Taking Strategies

Tuesday, Sept. 6th - Friday, Sept.9th, 2011

Tuesday: Introductions, Review Parent Letter & Name Game
Homework: None

Wednesday: Finish Name Game; Assign "I Am" Poem Mini-Project (8th grade)/"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" Essay Mini-Project (7th grade)

Thursday: Class time provided to work on mini-projects (7th/8th grade respectively)

Friday: Final class day to work on mini-projects (7th/8th grade respectively)
Homework: Mini-projects due Monday, Sept.12th, 2010

Week of Monday, May 24th - Friday, June 11th, 2010

This week, 8th grade English Language Art's students will finish up the remaining pages of their grammar packet, review for their Grammar Test, and re-take their Grammar Assessment the Tuesday that they return from Memorial Day Break. Please, encourage your son/daughter to study their grammar pages and any notes they take during the review.

In the last few weeks of school, the students will shift their focus to adequately preparing for their future. They will be drilled on investigating and contemplating their plans for their future, their knowledge of collegiate jargon, high school requirements, and more.

This week, 8th grade Advanced English Language Art's students will finish veiwing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", work on answering their reveiw questions and take their test on Friday. Please, encourage your son/daughter to continue to always be diligently studying their weekly S.A.T. vocabulary words.

In the last few weeks of school, the students will complete a brienf Grammar review, take their Grammar Assessment, and finish with their last round of S.A.T. vocabulary words