ELA Week of 5/1-5/5

by | Apr 28, 2023 | Mrs. Llanos

6th and 7th Grade will be beginning a novel called “Hidden Figures”.  This is a novel about the African American women who pioneers space exploration by being “Human Computers” for NASA.   In order to introduce the book, which is historical...

ELA: Week of 4/24-4/28

by | Apr 21, 2023 | Mrs. Llanos

This week in ELA, we wrap up Poetry Month. This week’s focus will be the poetic term Personification.  We will first review the word, then read a poem that includes this poetic device.  Next we will focus on writing original poems using personification as the...

ELA 4/17-4/21

by | Apr 5, 2023 | Mrs. Llanos

This week all classes will work on Vocabulary Unit 12.  Words will be discussed in class and then homework will be nightly assignments to complete with a test on Friday. We will be continuing our poetry unit with a focus on “Theme”. 6th and 7th grade will...

ELA April 3-5

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Mrs. Llanos

For this short week, after much review and a quiz on poetic terms, we will officially begin our poetry unit. Grade 6 will read a Shel Silverstien poem entitiled One Inch Tall and will write their own poems envisioning thier life as 15 feet tall. Grade 7 will read...

ELA Week of March 27-31

by | Mar 27, 2023 | Mrs. Llanos

This week grades 6, 7 and 8, will be beginning the month long unit of Poetry.  We will kick off by reviewing vocabulary and terminology to better grasp the foundation of poetry using a Poetry Scavenger Hunt.  By the end of the week we will switch over to similes and...