September 13-17, 2010

Hello everyone. I apologize for not posting on last week.

This week our focus will be on Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-tikki-tavi". We will also be working on the four kinds of sentences.

Our first project is due on Friday, September 17, 2010 and can be turned in earlier. Late projects will result in a reduction of 15 points on the first day it is late and 25 points the second. On the third day projects will not be accepted at all.

Homework this week will be Grammar workbook pages 16-17 which is due on Thursday.

Beginning next week, the English portion of our class will change. We will begin having mini lessons daily and will go into detail of each concept only on the B-days.

Check back soon for further updates.

Week of August 30-September 3, 2010

Hello students and parents!





Time sure flies when you're having fun! We're quickly approaching the end of the four and a half nine weeks and progress reports will be arriving soon!

We are off to a remarkable start and I am expecting greatness. I am so proud of each of my little darlings and know that the best is yet to come!

Homework for this week

• Grammar workbook pages 11-12 assigned on Monday, 8/30 due on Wednesday 9/1 for 15 points
• Comprehension packet for the short stories The Three-Century Woman and Charles will be due on Friday 9/3 points To Be Determined

Thursday we will read our two short stories and prepare for our very first writing assignment. A compare/contrast composition on the Protagonists from both stories.

We will complete our quiz on our class novel on Friday after we work on Compound Subjects and Predicates. Be prepared for some fun! We're having grammar rotation stations!!

Check back soon for updates.

Week Three

Hello Parents and students. We are almost at the end of another fabulous week! This week we worked on Simple and Complete Predicates. We also read the short story Seventh Grade by Gary Soto. We have been reading our class novel Rumble Fish for almost two weeks and took our first comprehension quiz on Tuesday. On Thursday we tested our knowledge and comprehension of Seventh Grade. On tomorrow we will learn about Conflict and read Langston Hughes's, Thank You Ma'am.

Homework was assigned on Monday and Tuesday night.

This upcoming week we will begin preparations to read Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Check back later for more updates!

One week down!

Hello parents and students,

Today is Wednesday, August 18, 2010 and we have been in school for a week. We are currently working on Unit 1: Fiction, Short Stories, and The Novel.

This week we had a quiz on Genres of Fiction and learned about the various fiction genres. We also began reading our class novel, S.E. Hinton's Rumble Fish. We read 15 minutes per day and work on comprehension questions to assess their understanding of the text.

On tomorrow we will work on elements of plot, and revisit the new vocabulary terms for the upcoming short story, Seventh Grade by Gary Soto. On Friday we will have a short open book quiz on chapters 1-4 of Rumble Fish.

Hello students, parents, and visitors!

We have six days remaining before the first day of school. I am looking forward to meeting my new students and exploring Seventh grade English and Literature.

On the first day of school we will get to know one another by playing "Get to know you" bingo, completing an "About Me" activity, and interviewing a friend.

On the second day we will find out our individual learning styles, multiple intelligences, and complete interest inventories. The students will also be given a writing prompt which will be used to assess the students' writing abilities.

On the third day, Friday, students can look forward to a diagnostic test in English Language Arts with a focus on reading comprehension. This test will be graded, but not for correctness nor a grade. The scores will be used to create individual learning plans for each student. This is a way for me to obtain data on each student's strengths and weaknesses.

On Monday, August 16, 2010 we will begin working from the EBRPSS comprehensive curriculum. Unit One's focus will be on Fiction and the short story.

Stay tuned for future updates.

It's almost that time!!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!!! School will begin on Wednesday August 11, 2010. Aren't you excited?

Hopefully you all have had an interesting, exciting, and relaxing summer, but as always every good thing must come to an end.

I am anticipating this will be a wonderful year and each of my students will excel to higher heights and achieve greater gains!

Check back soon for updates!