ELA May 13- May 17

This week we will continue working on our novels and answering our comprehension questions.  Theme is a focus to prepare for the final. In 8th grade we are taking a break for one day to work on Graduation speeches.  Top three speeches will be selected to enter a...

May 6-10

We have dived right into our novels and thus far, they are quite the hit! This week we will continue reading and do our comprehension packets.  All work is completed in class unless a student is absent. We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday, for Unit 10.  The...

4/29-5/3

Happy May! We are completely done with the research papers and grades will be posted as soon as possible.  Each paper will count for two grades.  6th and 8th grade count for ELA and Social Studies and 7th grade counts for ELA and Health.  I am SO PROUD of the students...

ELA 4/22-4/26

This week research papers will be wrapping up! We will have rough drafts due Tuesday and final drafts due Friday. Several students are ahead of the game and have already submitted them. The students have worked so hard on these papers and I am so proud of them!...

ELA 4/15-4/19

This week we are working hard on drafting our research papers.  Today we are reviewing how to add quotes and paraphrase and how to correctly cite them within our work.  Rough drafts will hopefully be near completition by the end of the week! Vocab unit 9 is due in the...

ELA 4/8-4/12

Welcome back and Happy April! This week we are continuing our research papers and starting off with when to paraphrase and when to quote. Next we will move into completing an outline for our paper. As we complete these topics, we will hopefully be ready to start our...