English 7 - May 25 - 27

Students are finishing their ABC books for English Grammar. The final books are due on Thursday, May 27th. Next week will be a final English review for the year.

English 6 - May 25 - 27

We are reviewing abbreviations, punctuation, and capitalization and other units covered this year in class. There will be HW only if work is not completed in class.

English 6 - Week of 5/17 - 5/20

Students are giving demonstrations. There is no additional homework this week.

English 7 - Week of 5/17-5/20

Students will be working on their ABC Grammar Books in class. Each student should have competed 5 pages by the end of class on Thursday. Students who are not working at this pace will need to take their pages home to complete them.

English/Social Studies 8 - Week of 5/17-5/21

Students will be giving Social Studies presentations and taking notes on those presentations. MAP testing will also occur during one of these times.

Social Studies 5-10 to 5-14

Students edited the rough drafts of their research papers today in class. The final typed paper and bibliography is due at the beginning of English class on Thursday, May 13th. Presentations will begin on Thursday, 5/13. Students should bring a visual aid and may use note cards for the presentation. They should not read their paper out loud to the class.

English 8- May 10 - 14

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, students will be giving debates and acting as debate judges.Thursday's English time will be devoted to Social Studies presentations.

English 7 - May 10-13

Daily - Students will have a brief grammar review. On Tuesday students will be assigned groups to work on final review project for English. Most of the work will be completed in class, but some students may need to finish at home.

English 6- May 11 - 13

Daily - Students will have a brief grammar review. On Monday and Tuesday, students will give a one minute extemporaneous speech. Demonstrations begin on Wednesday for 6-1 and on Thursday for 6-2. No additional homework.

All Classes - Update

Assignments for all classes will be posted by Monday evening.

Revised Social Studies 8

Students will work on outlines in class on Wednesday, 5/5. Students should work on papers on Wednesday and Friday in class. The rough draft of the paper is due on Monday, 5/10. This rough draft should be typed, double spaced, and printed so we can edit in class. Final papers are due on Thursday, 5/13. Students will begin presentations on Thursday continuing for the most of May.

Social Studies 8 - Week of 5/4 - 5/7

Monday 5/3 - 12 finished note cards are due today. Students should finish up note cards. They need a minimum of 15 completed note cards by Wednesday.

Wednesday 5/5 - Students should prepare an outline for a minimum six paragraph paper. The opening paragraph should state the topic in brief and have a thesis statement using the words "triumph/tragedy for America."

Thursday 5/6 - Work on outlines. Baseball and softball players will need to complete the outlines as homework. Other students will have time in class to finish outlines. Outlines due on Monday, 5

Friday 5/7 - Make posters for field day.

English 8 - May 3 - 6

Monday 5/3 - Students will choose a debate topic in class.

Tuesday 5/4 - Students will meet with debate teams and find out sides. Students will begin writing note cards of important facts from their research.Begin arguments.

Wednesday 5/5 - Fact finding and note card preparation.Finish arguements.

Thursday 5/6 - Debate argument writing and practice. All teams must be ready to present on Monday. Order will be chosen at random. First team to present on Monday 5/10

Most research will be completed in class but students can find additional information at home, if desired.

English 7 - May 3 - 6

Monday 5/3 - We will begin a short unit on homophones. Classwork/Homework p. 184 Activity A.

Tuesday 5/4 - We will brainstorm and add to our list of homophones.
Homework p. 185 Activity B & C

Wednesday 5/5 - Review homophones for Quiz on Thursday.

Thursday 5/6 - Quiz on homophones.

English 6 - May 3 - 6

Monday 5/3 - Students will be taught that compound sentences are formed by connecting two or more independent clauses with a coordinate conjunction or a semi colon. Conjunctions include and, but, nor, yet, and or. Classwork/homework: p. 449 #6-15 d.8,15.

Tuesday 5/4 - Students will be taught rules for punctuating compound sentences. Classwork/homework p. 450 #6-15 d. 12, 13.

Wednesday 5/5 - Students will combine simple sentences to form compound sentences. Classwork/homework: p. 451 #6-15

Thursday 5/6 - Quiz on Compound subjects, compound predicates, and compound sentences.
Reminder: Demonstrations begin on Wednesday 5/12 for 6-1 and Thursday 5/13 for 6-2.