INTERVIEW PROJECT INFO:
Job Application-after handwriting your first draft, you may either write your final draft in blue/black ink or you may type it. If you have illegible handwriting, please consider typing. Digital copy found here
Cover Letter- In addition to the application, you will also submit a cover letter. Use this template for your cover letter.
Attire- For more tips about what to wear and what not to wear to an interview, watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flT7IqtojsU
Job Application-after handwriting your first draft, you may either write your final draft in blue/black ink or you may type it. If you have illegible handwriting, please consider typing. Digital copy found here
Cover Letter- In addition to the application, you will also submit a cover letter. Use this template for your cover letter.
Attire- For more tips about what to wear and what not to wear to an interview, watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flT7IqtojsU
The Diary of Anne Frank
Full version can be found here in case you are absent or need to work on diary entries at home.
Important Due Dates Before Spring Break:
5 Diary entries are due Wednesday, March 29
Act 1 quiz Monday, March 27 (scenes 1-4)
Summarization Chart for Act 1 due Monday
Anne Frank Test Thursday, March 30
Summarization Chart Act 2 due Thursday, March 30
Full version can be found here in case you are absent or need to work on diary entries at home.
Important Due Dates Before Spring Break:
5 Diary entries are due Wednesday, March 29
Act 1 quiz Monday, March 27 (scenes 1-4)
Summarization Chart for Act 1 due Monday
Anne Frank Test Thursday, March 30
Summarization Chart Act 2 due Thursday, March 30
Informational Essay
Info essay on an influential person of the 20th century is due FRIDAY!!! This essay should be 5 paragraphs long, should include at least 3 outside sources and should be fully typed in MLA format. If you are working on your essay at home, follow this template to guide your paper.
Info essay on an influential person of the 20th century is due FRIDAY!!! This essay should be 5 paragraphs long, should include at least 3 outside sources and should be fully typed in MLA format. If you are working on your essay at home, follow this template to guide your paper.
Plagiarism Scavenger Hunt can be found here
Pull the worksheet up on your computer so you can click on the links. Write your answers down on your copy of the worksheet.
Pull the worksheet up on your computer so you can click on the links. Write your answers down on your copy of the worksheet.
Notes Week of 1/30-2/2
-All 8th grade students will be recommended for high school courses by their current 8th grade teachers by February 14, 2017. If you have any questions about where you will be placed, please see your teacher to discuss.
-Test remediation will occur this Friday, February 3 and next Friday, February 10. Students who scored a 70 or below on the Mother to Son/Speech to the Young test will go through re-teaching and will have the opportunity to re-test for a better grade.
-Research project to begin next Monday, February 6.
-All 8th grade students will be recommended for high school courses by their current 8th grade teachers by February 14, 2017. If you have any questions about where you will be placed, please see your teacher to discuss.
-Test remediation will occur this Friday, February 3 and next Friday, February 10. Students who scored a 70 or below on the Mother to Son/Speech to the Young test will go through re-teaching and will have the opportunity to re-test for a better grade.
-Research project to begin next Monday, February 6.
2nd Semester Unit 1: Identity; How a person's life can shape their identity
Reading focus: RL1 cite textual evidence that strongly supports an analysis of what the text explicitly says as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Writing Focus: Informational essay
Culminating project: Students will research an important historical figure from the 20th century and write an informational essay on them and their identity.
Reading focus: RL1 cite textual evidence that strongly supports an analysis of what the text explicitly says as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Writing Focus: Informational essay
Culminating project: Students will research an important historical figure from the 20th century and write an informational essay on them and their identity.
Week of 1/23-1/27
Monday/Tuesday: Teacher guided annotation of Speech to the Young by Gwendolyn Brooks
Wednesday/Thursday: What's Your Life's Blueprint? Speech by MLK-annotate and discuss
Friday: Choose a poem that interests you and annotate it independently.
Monday/Tuesday: Teacher guided annotation of Speech to the Young by Gwendolyn Brooks
Wednesday/Thursday: What's Your Life's Blueprint? Speech by MLK-annotate and discuss
Friday: Choose a poem that interests you and annotate it independently.
Folktales Around the World
Various Countries: http://www.worldoftales.com/folktales.html
Various Countries: http://www.michaelppowers.com/prosperity/stonesoup.html
Hopi: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/howthegr.htm
African: http://www.storyarts.org/library/nutshell/stories/onegoodmeal.html
Chinese: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Huntersbook=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Huntersbook=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Hunters
Japanese: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Japanese_Fairy_Tales&story=Great_Stone_Bowl
Russian: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Russian_Folk_Tales&story=Fox_And_Black_Bird
Various Countries: http://www.worldoftales.com/folktales.html
Various Countries: http://www.michaelppowers.com/prosperity/stonesoup.html
Hopi: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/howthegr.htm
African: http://www.storyarts.org/library/nutshell/stories/onegoodmeal.html
Chinese: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Huntersbook=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Huntersbook=Chinese_Folk_Tales&story=Cruel_Hunters
Japanese: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Japanese_Fairy_Tales&story=Great_Stone_Bowl
Russian: http://whisperingbooks.com/Show_Page/?book=Russian_Folk_Tales&story=Fox_And_Black_Bird
Week of 11/28-12/2
Monday: SSR and book checkout
Tuesday-Friday: Folk Tales around the world. One week reading log to be turned in.
Monday: SSR and book checkout
Tuesday-Friday: Folk Tales around the world. One week reading log to be turned in.
Week of 10/24-10/28
Monday: Intro to Edgar Allan Poe
Tuesday: Read The Tell Tale Heart
Wednesday: 4 corners-Was the murderer insane or of sound mind?
Thursday-Friday: Argumentative writing-Was the murderer insane or of sound mind? (30 point grade)
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We are getting in to that time of year when the leaves begin to change, the air gets a little more crisp and spooky things start to happen. As Halloween approaches in just 2 short weeks, our classroom will become a place where eerie, spine-chilling, hair-raising stories come to life. I hope you're ready...
Monday: The Elevator
Tuesday: Write the ending of The Elevator
Wednesday-Friday: The Hitchhiker
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Monday: The Elevator
Tuesday: Write the ending of The Elevator
Wednesday-Friday: The Hitchhiker
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DON'T FORGET!
Test tomorrow over Raymond's Run!
Study vocab, plot diagram and comprehension questions.
Test tomorrow over Raymond's Run!
Study vocab, plot diagram and comprehension questions.
12 October, 2016
Group A:
http://www.georgiawritershalloffame.org/honorees/biography.php?authorID=48
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/toni-bambara
Group B:
http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/topics/culture/
http://www.history.com/topics/1960s
Group C:
http://www.nycgo.com/articles/must-see-harlem
Group A:
http://www.georgiawritershalloffame.org/honorees/biography.php?authorID=48
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/toni-bambara
Group B:
http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/topics/culture/
http://www.history.com/topics/1960s
Group C:
http://www.nycgo.com/articles/must-see-harlem
In Class Today:
Nearpod: MLA in-text citations
MLA In-text citation practice worksheet
Raymond's Run Vocab Preview
Nearpod: MLA in-text citations
MLA In-text citation practice worksheet
Raymond's Run Vocab Preview
PARENTS:
It's that time of year again...CONFERENCE WEEK (October 17-21)!
Conference week is quickly approaching and it is time for you to sign up to meet with your student's 3rd period teacher. You should be receiving an email from the teacher you will be conferencing with along with a link to a SignUpGenius where you will choose a time slot that is convenient for you. If you know you will be conferencing with me, you can click here to choose your slot!
Happy conferencing :)
It's that time of year again...CONFERENCE WEEK (October 17-21)!
Conference week is quickly approaching and it is time for you to sign up to meet with your student's 3rd period teacher. You should be receiving an email from the teacher you will be conferencing with along with a link to a SignUpGenius where you will choose a time slot that is convenient for you. If you know you will be conferencing with me, you can click here to choose your slot!
Happy conferencing :)
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great fall break!
Schedule Week of 10/3-10/7:
Monday: Share Scar Stories. Thank you notes.
Tuesday: Raymond's Run Anticipation guide with vocab preview *will be graded*
Wednesday: MLA citation lesson in the Media Center
Thursday and Friday: Read Raymond's Run. Complete comprehension questions and written response. *will be graded*
Schedule Week of 10/3-10/7:
Monday: Share Scar Stories. Thank you notes.
Tuesday: Raymond's Run Anticipation guide with vocab preview *will be graded*
Wednesday: MLA citation lesson in the Media Center
Thursday and Friday: Read Raymond's Run. Complete comprehension questions and written response. *will be graded*
DON'T FORGET!!!
5 Paragraph Scar Story due FRIDAY 9-23
Must include: Stick figure pre-write, 5 W's graphic organizer, draft, and checklist.
5 Paragraph Scar Story due FRIDAY 9-23
Must include: Stick figure pre-write, 5 W's graphic organizer, draft, and checklist.
Schedule Week of 9/12-9/16:
Monday: Introduction to new unit: Overcoming Adversity-What characteristics make an overcomer? Begin discussion of 9/11.
Tuesday: The Names by Billy Collins reading with vocab. Cause and effect PowerPoint
Wednesday: From Terror to Hope Scope article with Cause and Effect graphic organizer
Thursday: Begin Scar Story
Friday: Vocab Quiz. Finish Scar Story-Due at end of class.
Monday: Introduction to new unit: Overcoming Adversity-What characteristics make an overcomer? Begin discussion of 9/11.
Tuesday: The Names by Billy Collins reading with vocab. Cause and effect PowerPoint
Wednesday: From Terror to Hope Scope article with Cause and Effect graphic organizer
Thursday: Begin Scar Story
Friday: Vocab Quiz. Finish Scar Story-Due at end of class.
IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW:
Wednesday 9/14: Picture Day
Thursday 9/15-Monday 9/19: Musical Auditions.
Thursday 9/15-Wednesday 9/21: 7th Grade IOWA Testing 9:05-11:15 am
Friday 9/16: Applications for Student Council due
Wednesday 9/14: Picture Day
Thursday 9/15-Monday 9/19: Musical Auditions.
Thursday 9/15-Wednesday 9/21: 7th Grade IOWA Testing 9:05-11:15 am
Friday 9/16: Applications for Student Council due
Schedule Week of 9/5-9/9:
-Labor day: No school!!!
-Poetry Study Guide: Follow the links to get a copy.
-Poetry Group Project: find the figurative language, identify theme, tone and mood, and create a visual representation to present to the class.
-Friday: Summative poetry test.
IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW:
Wednesday 9/7: All grades due
Friday 9/9: first progress report home
Friday 9/9: First Mighty Mustang Celebration based on PBIS points. End of 1st 6 weeks!
-Labor day: No school!!!
-Poetry Study Guide: Follow the links to get a copy.
-Poetry Group Project: find the figurative language, identify theme, tone and mood, and create a visual representation to present to the class.
-Friday: Summative poetry test.
IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW:
Wednesday 9/7: All grades due
Friday 9/9: first progress report home
Friday 9/9: First Mighty Mustang Celebration based on PBIS points. End of 1st 6 weeks!
Items in the grade book thus far:
Formative:
-Bio Poem (30 points)
-Figurative Language Zombie (10 points)
-Tone/Mood illustration project (30 points)
Summative:
-Figurative Language Quiz (10 points)
Formative:
-Bio Poem (30 points)
-Figurative Language Zombie (10 points)
-Tone/Mood illustration project (30 points)
Summative:
-Figurative Language Quiz (10 points)
DON'T FORGET:
All Bio poems and figurative language zombie homework MUST be turned in by Wednesday, August 31 in order to receive a grade. On Wednesday, all missing work will go in the grade book as a ZERO.
All Bio poems and figurative language zombie homework MUST be turned in by Wednesday, August 31 in order to receive a grade. On Wednesday, all missing work will go in the grade book as a ZERO.
Weekly Schedule:
-Theme: The message/life lesson of a story.
-Tone/Mood: how an author feels about a subject (tone) and how
that makes you feel as the reader (mood).
-Finding theme, tone and mood in poetry.
-PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
-Theme: The message/life lesson of a story.
-Tone/Mood: how an author feels about a subject (tone) and how
that makes you feel as the reader (mood).
-Finding theme, tone and mood in poetry.
-PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!