Monday, January 26, 2015

January 26, 2015

Wordly Wise Lesson 13 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.

English 7 - We will conclude our lesson on adjectives and adverbs this week.  This test is on Friday.  Final drafts of all Mayor for a Day papers are due on Thursday.

English 8 - We will conclude our lesson on punctuation this week.  The test is on Friday.

English 9 - We will continue watching Sweeney Todd this week and will begin Into the Woods.  We will also review usage rules.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

January 19, 2015

No Wordly Wise this week.

English 7 - We will continue studying adjectives and adverbs this week.  We will also be working on finalizing our 'Mayor for a Day' papers.

English 8 - We will continue our study of proper punctuation.  There will be an abbreviations quiz on Friday.

English 9 - We will continue with commas and semi-colons this week.  There will be a quiz on this on Friday.  We will also be working on our thesis.  The completed paper is due next Monday.  It must be typed.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Jan. 12-16, 2015

Wordly Wise lesson 12 this week.  Quiz on Thursday.

English 7 - We will be working on our 'Mayor for a Day' papers this week.  Your child will be making many changes to his paper and will be printing many copies.  Please make sure that you also are saving the paper!  In class students will be editing with me and working on adjectives.  There will be a quiz on comparative and superlative adjectives this Friday.

English 8 - We will be working on correct comma usage this week.  Students must know the comma rules.  There will be a comma quiz this Friday.

English 9 - Students will be assigned a thesis this week.  This will be due next Friday.  We will also be working on correct comma usage.

Monday, January 5, 2015

January 5, 2015

Wordly Wise Lesson 11 this week.  There will be a quiz on Thursday.

English 7 - Students will begin writing about ways to improve Troy. This is for the annual Mayor for a Day contest.  Please help your child to research viable topics for this assignment.

English 8 - Students will be revisiting how to outline when developing an essay.  We will be writing this week.  Students will also be revisiting comma rules.

English 9 - Students will be working on a major writing assignment this week.  We will revisit the essay and outlining process.  We will also revisit comma and punctuation rules.

Monday, December 8, 2014

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.

Monday, December 1, 2014

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.