5/8/15

All English 8:  Students were given time to complete and finalize their research report.  *homework: read Anne Frank to at least pg. 135 - work on study guide
All English 7:  All spelling homework was due.  Students took spelling TEST (list 3) for their class novel.  *homework: read AR

5/7/15

All English 8: Students worked on the final copy of the research report due tomorrow.  Assigned was Anne Frank to pg. 135.   *homework: work on final - due tomorrow - read Anne Frank to pg. 135
All English 7:  DOL Quiz.  After the quiz students worked in cooperative reading groups with their class novel.  Some Gathering Blue students took the ch.10-16 quiz.    *homework: spelling homework (all due tomorrow) - read AR

5/6/15

All English 8: Rough drafts were do.  Students completed peer editing and started revising their reports (word choice changes).  The final is due Friday.  *homework: work on final - due Friday - read Anne Frank to pg. 120
All English 7:  After DOL/Journal, students worked within cooperative reading groups.  Gathering Blue will have a quiz tomorrow through Ch. 18.  *homework: spelling definitions - read AR - study for Gathering Blue quiz

5/5/15

All English 8:  Students were given a short refresher course on entering references into Microsoft Word, as well as creating an MLA bibliography/Works Cited page.  They were given the entire period to work on the rough draft as it is due tomorrow for peer editing.  Students are expected to do some independent reading in Anne Frank this week. No vocabulary program this week.  *homework:  rough draft research report - read AR - read Anne Frank to pg. 105
All English 7: The final business letter was due and collected today.  After DOL/Journal, we discussed the spelling lists for the class novel and identified misunderstandings.  Students worked within cooperative reading groups for the remainder of the class.  *homework: spelling 5X each - read AR

5/4/15

All English 8:  Students took Anne Frank Quiz 2 today (open book).  The remainder of class was spent working on the rough draft of the research report (due Wednesday).  There is no vocabulary program this week due to the final research report due Friday.  Students are expected to read at least 15 pages of Anne Frank daily (whether in groups or independently). *homework:  read Anne Frank to pg. 90 - rough draft of essay - read AR
All English 7:  After DOL/Journal, students were given time to work on the final business letter draft (due tomorrow).  *homework:  final business letter due tomorrow - read AR