How-to Projects are due Wednesday! Don’t forget what day you are presenting. I can’t wait to see what you guys have created! Monday we are going to the computer lab to work on the final product.
Also, after spring break we will be reading My Brother Sam is Dead. If you don’t have the book,please get one or let me know and I will let you borrow one.
HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!!
Monday – Vocab Week 15; Grammar – Correcting Run-on Sentences; Letter to celebrity
Tuesday – Begin writing Letter
Wednesday – type letter
Thursday – Final copy of letter due
Friday – Vocab Quiz Week 15; Talk about How -to – Paper.
Its getting close to the writing TAKS for 7th grade. I conferenced with each student today about their Mock writing piece. I have faith that they are all going to be commended! Also, projects look great. Many are hanging in the hall and on my walls! Great job kids!
We will continue to work on writing. We are starting a Letter this week.
Monday – Vocab week 15
Tuesday – Begin Letter
Wed – Fri – Continue working on Letter – Due Friday Vocab quiz Friday
Independent ProjectI just wanted to remind you that the Independent Reading Project is due Monday, Feb. 8th. Students have had the ENTIRE six weeks to complete this. I have attached the project packet in case you lost yours.
We will be taking a Mock TAKS on Tuesday. 6th will be taking reading and 7th will be taking writing. We started our Personal Narratives last week. We will continue working on it this week. We are going to write this in class together.
Monday – Vocab Flash cards Week 13, Grammar – sentence fluency – work on pre-writing for paper
Tuesday – Mock TAKS – Talk about thesis statements
Wednesday – Begin writing rough draft
Thursday – Continue working on rough draft
Friday – Vocab quiz, peer editing rough draft, revising
Independent Reading Projects are Due Monday, Feb. 8th. Don’t Forget
Hello,
We just started a new six weeks…or should I say 5 weeks……and we are still reading Nothing But the Truth and working on our persuasive speeches. At some point before the Christmas break, the students will be presenting their persuasive speeches to the administrators here on campus. I would like to invite any parents that can attend. I will give you more details as we get closer. Right now it is hard to gage when we will be ready! I would love to have some of you come listen to their speeches.
This week we are having our first checkpoint for the year. It will be a test grade. We are also starting back up on vocabulary and grammar.
Monday – Vocab/Grammar lesson
Tuesday – Conference about speeches and discuss book
Wednesday – Checkpoint
Thursday – continue conferencing about speeches and work on rewrites
Friday – Vocab quiz and finish conferencing on speeches.
We have yet been able to make our presentation for the Anti-bullying campaign. There have been many technical issues with putting together the film that the kids worked so hard on. We may have to make the presentation without it and show it at a later time. I know they will be disappointed, but I am still working on it.
Hope you all have a great week!
If you would like to earn some extra credit, then I have an opportunity for you. Click on the link below this that says “No Comments” or “Comments. “ Type your sentences in the box below and click submit comment. You must include your FULL name (first and last) and if you don’t have an email address, I can get you one through Gaggle, but YOU have to let me know.
Write meaningful sentences for 5 of the vocabulary words.They MUST be meaningful to count. Remember, a meaningful sentence contains the definition of the word, a synonym of the word, or an antonym of the word. Don’t forget to put the word in there also!!!!!!
To receive credit, it must be posted by Tuesday of that week before 3:30pm. I WILL NOT ACCEPT POSTINGS AFTER TUESDAY AT 3:30PM. Each posting is worth 10 points. At the end of the six weeks, I will add the total amount of points received to your lowest Vocabulary Quiz grade. So, if you earn 30 points and lowest grade you made was a 70 on a Vocabulary Quiz, then I will add the 30 points to that quiz for a 100.
Good luck and happy writing!
The kids have been working really hard the past couple of weeks creating their Anti-Bullying campaign. They have created a script which we will begin filming this week. They have created posters, a webpage template, a survey, and are planning how they are going to present it. I can’t wait to see the finished product.
There will be no grammar this week, but there is vocab. I have given out the new list and it is also on the Vocab page on here. Look on the right side under Pages.
I hope the kids are enjoying the class as much as I am.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Have a great week.
This week in Class!
Monday – Vocabulary Week 3 – Last weeks grades were great! Keep up the good work. Grammar – Verbs
Tuesday – Talk about Pages 1-21 of The Truth about Truman School – Talk about types of bullying, participants, etc.
Wednesday – Read 26-50 Discussion continued – Computer Lab to Research
Thursday – Research Anti-Bullying Campaigns
Friday – Vocab Quiz – Planning for Campaign
