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.