December 8

THERE WILL BE WORDLY WISE THIS WEEK.  WE ARE ON LESSON 10.  QUIZ WILL BE ON THURSDAY.

English 7 - We will be reviewing Unit 11 on Pronouns this week.

English 8 - We will read "The Last Leaf"  and review for our exam next week.

English 9 - We will finish reading Animal Farm and review this for our exam next week.

Marketplace Baskets

Parents,
We need grill items to fill our basket for the Patriot Marketplace.  All items need to be turned in tomorrow.

Thanks!

December 1-5, 2014

WORDLY WISE LESSON 9 THIS WEEK.  QUIZ WILL BE ON THURSDAY

English 7 - We will continue our unit on pronouns this week.  Our nine weeks test will be on this material.

English 8 - We will begin studying O'Henry.  We will read  "The Ransom on Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi" this week.  Next week we will read "The Last Leaf".  Our nine weeks test will be on the life of O'Henry and these three stories.

English 9 - We will have a quiz on Animal Farms chapters 4-6 on Tuesday.  We will hopefully read through chapter 8 this week.  Our exam will be on this novel.

November 17, 2014

WORDLY WISE LESSON 8 THIS WEEK - Quiz on Thursday

English 7 - Essays are due today.  We will be working with pronouns this weeks.

English 8 - Verb tense quiz and "Tell-Tale Heart" quiz today.  We will read "The Raven" this week.  The test on this will be on Friday.

English 9 - Propaganda projects are due today.  We will read chapter 6 this week.  There will be a quiz on chapters 4-6 on Friday.

PLEASE BRING IN ITEMS FOR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD BY TUESDAY!

November 10-14, 2014

NO WORDLY WISE THIS WEEK

THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY DUE TO VETERAN'S DAY

English 7 - This week we will be working on writing essays. We will learn about writing thesis statements, transition words, and proper paragraphing.  We will also work on participial phrases and correct punctuation with these.  There will be on quiz on this on Friday.

English 8 - We will complete essays on Monday.  We will then begin our study of Edgar Allen Poe.  This week we will study his life and read "The Tell-Tale Heart".  The test on this will be on Friday.

English 9 - We will complete chapters 4 and 5 this week.  We will also review essay writing for the propaganda project.  We will work on participial phrases.  REMINDER  - THE PROPAGANDA PROJECT IS DUE NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17!

November 3-7

WORDLY WISE LESSON 7 THIS WEEK.  QUIZ IS ON THURSDAY.

English 7 - We will have a test on Wednesday on the second portion of the chapter on verbs.  Students will need to know the verb tense chart from memory.  We will then begin working on writing essays.

English 8 - We will be working on writing essays this week.  We will also review verb tenses and participial phrases.

English 9 - We will have a test on chapters 1-3 of Animal Farm on Wednesday.  We will read chapter 4 and research dictators and tyrants throughout history.  We will also exam the use of propaganda in the novel.

October 27 - 31, 2014

THIS WEEK IS HOMECOMING.  DON'T FORGET THE PARADE AND BONFIRE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.  STUDENTS WILL NEED TO MEET AT THEIR FLOAT BEHIND THE HOSPITAL AT 5:45

THERE WILL BE NO WORDLY WISE THIS WEEK.

English 7 - We will carry on with our study of verb tenses.  There will be a quiz on the verb tense chart on Tuesday.  This must be memorized!  There will also be a quiz on irregular verbs on Thursday.

English 8 - We will finish our study of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" this week.  There will be a test on this on Tuesday.  Students will review on Monday.  We will then begin our study of Edgar Allen Poe.

English 9 - Students will read through chapter 3 of Animal Farm.  We will also evaluate historical point of view as well as researching dictators and tyrants.  There will be a test on chpts. 1-3 on Thursday.

October 20, 2014

ALL CLASSES WILL HAVE WORDLY WISE THIS WEEK.  QUIZ ON LESSON 6 IS ON THURSDAY.

English 7 - We will finish writing our poems this week.  Wednesday we will have a test on "The Witch" and elements of poetry.  Thursday we will return to our unit on verb tenses.

English 8 - We will be studying Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".  There will be a test on this on Friday.  Absolute Phrase poems are due this Monday.

English 9 - We will be studying chapters 2 and 3 of Animal Farm.  We will also begin to learn about propaganda techniques.  There will be a project on this assigned on Friday.

October 16, 2014

WE WILL HAVE WORDLY WISE NEXT WEEK - All classes are on lesson 6.

English 7 - We will continue our analysis of "The Witch".  We will be writing our own poems.

English 8 - We will be writing poems with absolute poems.

English 9 - Students will be working on AP style essays in conjunction with Animal Farm.

October 7, 2014

NO WORDLY WISE THIS WEEK

Nine weeks exams are this week.  These will all be units tests that count once for me.  Please check your exam schedule for days and times.

English 7 - We will begin working on poetry and literary elements this week.

English 8 - We will learn absolute phrases and write poetry using different types of phrases

English 9 - We begin reading Animal Farm this week!

September 29, 2014

ALL CLASSES WILL HAVE WORDLY WISE LESSON 5 THIS WEEK.  THE QUIZ WILL BE ON THURSDAY.

English 7 - We will continue with verbs through main verbs and helping verbs.  This will be the content of our nine weeks test.

English 8 - Creed posters/projects are due Monday.  We will finish final editing of our Red Ribbon writing this week.  We will also finish reading The Giver.  Our nine weeks test will be on this novel.

English 9 - We will continue with introductory and background information for Animal Farm.  Our nine weeks test will be on this information.  Make sure that you are taking good notes in class!

September 22, 2014

NO VOCABULARY QUIZZES THIS WEEK

English 7 - We will work on descriptive writing this week.  We will also begin our unit on verbs.

English 8 - We will continue to edit and revise our Red Ribbon Week writing.  We will also continue reading The Giver.

English 9 - We will finish our study of phrases this week.  The test will be on Wednesday.  Later this week, we hope to begin our novel!!

September 8, 2014

ALL CLASSES WILL HAVE A WORDLY WISE QUIZ THIS THURSDAY

English 7 - Sentence type test on Tuesday.  We will begin Unit 9 on kinds of nouns on Wednesday.

English 8 - Nouns test on Tuesday.  Study guide and Giver vocab quiz on Wednesday.

English 9 - We will read" The Necklace" and have a test on this on Friday

August 25, 2014

English 7 - Things were crazy last week, so we are a bit behind.  We will begin working on our business letters this week. Company addresses and stamped envelopes are due on Wednesday.  We will work on Wordly Wise lesson 2 - quiz on Thursday.  Later in the week, we will begin Unit 8 on sentences.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 2 this week - quiz on Thursday.  We will also be reading The Giver.  Again, I am requesting that they student DO NOT go to see the movie.  There are many differences and it would cause difficult for the study of the novel in class.  We will have a vocab quiz tomorrow on chapters 1-2 and again on Friday on chpts. 3-5.  There will be a study guide quiz on Thursday on chpts. 1-2.

English 9 - Wordly Wise lesson 2 this week - quiz on Thursday.  We will be studying some of Saki's works this week and will read  "The Open Window" and "The Interlopers".  Students will have a quiz on each.  Students will also receive a  list of AP Rhetorical devices.  They are to choose two of these devices and bring in an illustration of each on Monday.  Students will be responsible for learning and recognizing these devices throughout the year.

August 18-22, 2014

This week all classes 7th-9th will start vocabulary.  We will be using the Wordly Wise curriculum.  The quizzes will be each Thursday and are multiple choice.  There are no definition questions.  Students must know the meanings of the words and be able to apply that meaning.  Students will be asked to identify synonyms, antonyms, and appropriate situational use.  In addition, I will call out five words at random for the students to spell correctly.  Mondays students will complete exercises A-D and Tuesdays students will complete exercise E.  Exercise E must be done in complete sentences in order to count for credit.

English 7 - We will complete our unit on prepositions this week.  The test will be on Wednesday.  We will also begin working on writing a business letter.  Students are to bring in a company address for a food product that they enjoy.  NO GATORADE, please!

English 8 - Students will review the prepositions unit.  The test is on Tuesday.  We will then begin reading the novel, The Giver.  There will be vocabulary and chapter quizzes frequently with this novel.  I am asking that no student see the movie.  It would ruin the study of the novel.  We will see the movie after we read the novel.

English 9 - We will watch the movie, The Outsiders, this week.  We will be comparing the movie to the novel, and students will write a comparison essay.  We will then begin a study of the author, Saki.

May 5, 2014

English 7 - Comma Quiz on Monday; Comma test Tuesday.  We will continue our study of punctuation this week.  This unit, along with review from other units, will be our nine weeks test.  Our last vocabulary lesson will be this week.  Final quiz on lesson 28 on Thursday.

English 8 - Quiz on commas on Monday; test on Tuesday.  Wordly Wise lesson 5 is our last vocabulary unit for the year.  The final quiz is Thursday.  Nine weeks test will cover the punctuation and review from previous units.

Reading - We will read "The Case of Lady Sannox" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this week.  The test will be Friday.

April 28, 2014

English 7 - Vocabulary lesson #27 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.  Capitalization test on Tuesday.  We will begin our unit on punctuation and commas this week.  Quiz on Friday.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 4; quiz on Thursday.  Capitalization test on Tuesday.  Comma quiz on Friday.

Reading - This week we will read "The Landlady".  Test will be on Friday.

April 21, 2014

English 7 - We will study vocabulary unit 26 this week.  The quiz will be on Thursday.  We will begin our unit on capitalization.  The test on this unit will be next week.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 3 with a quiz on Thursday.  We will study capitalization this week.  The test will be next week.

Reading - We will read "The Most Dangerous Game"  this week.  The test will be on Friday.  We will also review rhetorical devices particularly in conjunction with this story.

CHARACTER ED - WE WILL ATTEND THE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S LUNCHEON THIS WEDNESDAY.  SUNDAY DRESS IS REQUIRED.
 Your person of character posters are also due on Friday.

April 14, 2014

English 7 - This week we will work on troublesome words.  We will have a quiz on the first list on Tuesday and the second list on Wednesday.  The test on this unit will be Thursday.  There will be no vocabulary lesson this week.

English 8 - We will study troublesome words this week.  Quiz on the first list (through lay/lie) will be Tuesday.  The quiz on the remaining words will be on Wednesday.  The test on this unit is on Thursday.  There will be no Wordly Wise quiz this week.

Reading - We will work on our time capsules this week.  Please bring items and photographs you wish to include on Wednesday.  Everyone owes $2.00 for the cost of supplies.

March 31, 2014

English 7 - Vocabulary lesson 24 - quiz on Thursday.  This week we will work on elements of poetry and write several different types of poems.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 2 - quiz on Thursday.  We will review for SAT's this week.  We will also take one portion of the exam this Wednesday morning.

Reading - We will review TKM and prepare for the final test which will cover the entire novel.

REMINDER:  We will be going to see Noah this Friday.  We will leave school at approx. 8:45 and return at approx. 12:00.  All money is due Monday, March 31.  Anyone not paying by this date will not be able to attend.

March 17-21

English 7 - Vocabulary lesson 23 - quiz on Friday.  Unit 16 - test on Thursday.

English 8 - Wordly Wise quiz on Friday.  Unit 16 test on Thursday.

Next week is Spring Break.  8th grade needs to bring in a Pringles can by this Friday.

SAT testing will begin the Wednesday we return from Spring Break.

Field Trip to see Noah on Friday, April 4.

March 10, 2013

English 7 - Nine weeks test on Tuesday.  This will be on simple, compound, and complex sentences as well as verbals.  Everything on the test is a review of previous units.  There will be no vocabulary this week.  We will begin unit 16 on subject-verb agreement on Wednesday.

English 8 - The nine weeks test is on Tuesday.  This will be a review of lesson 14 and 15 - complex sentences and verbals.  There will be no vocabulary lesson this week.  We will begin lesson 16 on subject-verb agreement on Wednesday.

Reading - We should read through chapter 26 by Friday.  We will have several journal writing assignments this week.

Reminder - School will dismiss at 12:30 on Friday for the Jonah McWaters Tournament.

Every 8th grader needs to have one regular-size Pringles can for our time capsule project when we return from Spring Break.

March 3, 2014

English 7 - Vocabulary lesson 22 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.  Unit test on verbals on Tuesday.  We will also be working on writing and paper editing this week as well as beginning to review for our nine weeks test next Tuesday.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 20 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.  Verbals unit test on Tuesday.  Work on narrative writing and story development.  Also we will begin nine weeks test review.

Reading - We will read through chapter 22 in TKM this week.  Quizzes as appropriate.

February 24, 2014

English 7 - Vocabulary lesson 21 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.  We will study verbals this week.  The test will be on Friday.  Students must be able to write a grammatically correct sentence using each type of verbal.

English 8 - Wordly Wise lesson 19.  Quiz on Thursday.  Students will study verbals this week.  The test will be on Friday.  Students must be able to write a grammatically correct sentence using each type of verbal.

Reading - We will continue with TKM.

February 18, 2014

English 7 - We will study vocabulary lesson 20 this week. The quiz will still be on Thursday.  We will conclude our unit on clauses - the test will be Friday.  There will also be a daily clause quiz on Wednesday and Thursday.

English 8 - We will study Wordly Wise lesson 18 this week.  The quiz is on Thursday.  Clause test will be on Friday.  There will also be a daily clause quiz on Wednesday and Thursday.

Reading - We will continue with Mockingbird.  There will be a vocab and study guide quiz this week on Chapters 12-14.  Character sketches are due Tuesday.

Permission slips will go home Wednesday to attend Noah. Please sign and return on Thursday.  Also indicate whether or not you can drive for this trip.  Thanks.

February 10, 2014

English 7 - We will study vocabulary lesson 19 this week.  Quiz on Thursday as usual.  We will also be studying grammar unit 14 on clauses and complex sentences.  There will be a quiz Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday this week on clauses. Please work on identifying subordinating conjuctions as well as adjective, adverb, and noun clauses.

English 8 - This week we will be using a different vocabulary lesson.  Your child has a packet for this.  The quiz will still be on Thursday.  We will also study clauses and complex sentences.  There will be a quiz on this on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Reading - We will finish Part I of TKM.  We will have a test on this portion on Thursday.  We will also discuss our character sketches project.

Students may bring treats for a small party on Friday.  We will still be studying and completing classwork that day.

February 3, 2014

English 7 - We will have vocabulary lesson 18 again this week.  The quiz is on Thursday.  We will also be working on some compare/contrast writing as well as beginning grammar unit 14 on clauses.

English 8 - Final research papers are due on Friday.  We will work in class on these; however, students will need to work outside of class due to missed days of school.  Vocabulary quiz 18 will be Friday.

Reading - We will work on chapters 10 and 11 this week.  We will also have a quiz on this on Wednesday.  We will be watching  The Great Gatsby this week.  We will also prepare for our test on Part 1 of our novel.  This test will be next MONDAY.  Please be prepared.

The 8th grade will go to the Shakespeare Festival this Thursday.  Please dress accordingly!  We will leave school at 8:15 and return at approx. 1:00.

January 21, 2013

English 7 - Parents - Please make sure that your child is studying how to spell his vocabulary words each week.  This is part of the quiz and the students are not doing well on this portion.  Since this is the seventh grade, I do not assign "spelling practice".  The children are old enough now to be responsible for doing this on their own and for learning positive study techniques.  Thank you for helping your child to learn this practice.

This week we are on vocabulary lesson 17.  The quiz will be on Friday.  We will also finish our contest papers.  The final paper is due Thursday.  We will be working on learning syntax techniques.  There will be vocabulary words associated with this.  Your child is responsible for learning these and being able to identify examples of each.

English 8 - Vocabulary lesson 18 - quiz on Friday.  We will complete the outline and begin rough drafts for our research paper this week.  Please have a jump drive.

Reading - To Kill a Mockingbird

January 13, 2014

English 7 - This week we will continue to work on our papers.  If I meet with your child Monday, his typed copy is due Wednesday.  If I meet with your child on Tuesday, his typed copy is due Thursday. We will be revising this paper several times so please be sure that your printer has ink and paper.  Thanks!  During class time we will be working on several sentence combining exercises.  We will also work on vocabulary lesson 16 - the quiz will be on Thursday.

English 8 - We will continue with our research papers this week.  All note cards are due on Wednesday.  We will then begin to work on our outline and rough draft.  Your child may need to complete research outside of school to finish on time.  We have vocab lesson 16 this week - quiz on Thursday.

Reading - We are continuing with Mockingbird this week.  There will be several vocabulary and study guide quizzes this week.

January 6, 2014

English 7 - This week we will be working on our papers.  A typed copy of the paper will be due on Thursday.  We will also work on vocab lesson 15.  The quiz will be Thursday as usual.

English 8 - We will begin our research papers this week.  Your child needs a pocket folder with brads and a packet of 5 X7 index cards Monday.  We will also work on vocab lesson 15 with the quiz on Thursday.

Reading - We will begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird this week.  Quizzes as appropriate for this.