Important Info & HW

March RRS is now due 4/4. NOT A DAY LATER!!

8th Grade
*Vocab unit 13 checked and quiz on Friday 4/1

7th Grade
*Vocab unit 13 checked and quiz on Monday 4/4

Homework and Reminders

**March RSS is due THIS Thursday, 3/31 !! **

8th Grade
- Vocab unit 13 quiz on Friday

Homework and Reminders

8th Grade
*March RSS due 3/31
*Make sure vocab exercises 1&2 are completed

7th Grade
*Test corrections for poetry test due MONDAY.
*March RSS due 3/31
*Make sure vocab exercises 1,2,&3 are completed

Have a great weekend! :-)

Things To Remember!

MARKING PERIOD ENDS ON FRIDAY. Turn in any last minute work!!!

8th Grade
-March RSS due 3/31
-Make sure your classwork packets are turned in.

7th Grade
-Hw for 2/24: Complete the 'facebook' newsarticle worksheet. Turn it in BY tomorrow.
-Classwork packets are due THIS Friday
-March RSS due 3/31

Reminders

8th
*March RSS is due 3/31!
*Classwork packets are due BY FRIDAY

7th
*March RSS is due 3/31!
*Classwork packets are due this FRIDAY

Homework

8th Grade
- Study for Anne Frank test on Monday!

Homework

8th Grade
- If you are bringing in anything for your time capsule project, bring these items in on Thursday
- Time capsule project due Friday in class
- Anne Frank test on Monday 3/21

7th Grade
- Choose a song for your figurative language assignment and determine how you are going to play it in class

Homework

8th Grade
- Work on Time Capsule projects. Due on or around Thursday 3/17

7th Grade
- Study for unit test on Wednesday 3/16

Homework

8th Grade
*Study for your vocab quiz

Yeah Yeah Bawlin & The Oompa Loompas of Narnia
*Study for your vocab quiz

8th Grade Journals

Journals For Time Capsule Project

1. Write about an important moment in your life.

2. Have you ever felt torn? Discuss a time where you had to stand up for yourself.

3. Pretend you and your family were being forced into hiding. You only have one hour to prepare. You can never return home, and you can’t take a suitcase with you. What items would you bring and why?  How would you carry them?

4. "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be ag reat source of comfort and support."  This quote comes from Anne's actual diary. In your journal, I want you to discuss a time you felt you had no one to confide in. Explain the situation and how this made you feel.

5. In the Annex, the group was forced to cope with stress in the new environment and had minimal freedom. What are some of the stresses you face in life? And how do you cope with this stress?

6. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Frank.  In your journals, talk about whether you agree or disagree with this quote.

7.  Miep Gies risked her life by helping the Franks.  Would you have done the same for a friend? If so, who would you risk your life for and why?

8.  In life, we face personal challenges and conflicts with others.  Discuss a time you confronted a conflict with others and explain how you resolved this conflict. 

Homework and Classwork

8th Grade
In Class: Students will be identifying features of a 'coming of age' story in reference to The Diary of Anne Frank. They will also be making text-to-self connections between their own lives, and the lives of the characters.
HW for 3/11: Miep Gies risked her life by helping the Franks.  Would you have done the same for a friend? If so, who would you risk your life for and why? Answer this question in journal format.

7th Grade
HW for 3/11: Review vocab words

Classwork and Homework March 8-12

8th Grade
- In class, students will be reading scenes from The Diary of Anne Frank play.  Students will be able to illustrate knowledge of characters, setting, plot details, and conflicts in the play.
- Hw for 3/9 Journal prompt 5:  In the Annex, the group was forced to cope with stress in their new environment and had minimal freedom.  What are some of the stresses you face in life? And how do you cope with this stress?

7th Grade
- In class, students will be starting a mini-unit on poetry. Students will be able to identify and explain elements of figurative language. In addition, students will be working on inferencing skills.
- HW for 3/8: 2nd block: In a paragraph, tell me what you like to do in English class.
4th block: In a paragraph, tell me about yourself. What do you want me to know?
- Hw for 3/9: In "To You", the speaker asks dreamers for help.  Do you think dreams are useful, or are they a waste of time? In a paragraph or two, explain your opinion.

8th Grade

Wednesday
*Students will take their unit test on Nikki Giovanni.
* HW: lyric poem projects are due tomorrow!!!

Thursday & Friday
*Students will begin a mini unit on The Diary of Anne Frank
*Students will also present their lyric poem projects to the class