Please e-mail me at SLKGEIL@yahoo.com if you have a question or concern.
7th grade:
NEW BOOK REPORT : Please look over assignment sheet with your child.The due date for the oral book report presentations will be June 4th( for those students who have read their books and want to get it completed early), and June 11th .There will be a short quiz on their books to insure that they continue reading on Wed. 5/28
We will also be starting a fantastic poetry unit next week! All students need a poetry folder.
All students should continue to gather research materials. They need one book, one newspaper or magazine article and one website.Their final outlines for their persuasive research reports will be due this Thursday, 5/15
We will work on creating strong conclusions in class after the outline process has been completed. We will also examine the outlines to determine if anything is missing/lacking in their research materials.
***It might be helpful to sit and look over the research assignment with your child.Some students are grasping the process and requirements with more ease than others.
We ALSO discussed methods to create an excelllent thesis statement. Ask your child about umbrella statements and what goes underneath them!
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8th grade: If you are absent, please see me to obtain homework study sheets or assignments.
WELCOME HOME! SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK!
Last Mission- finish the novel- to be completed the week after their return from Israel. One question quiz on Thursday 5/22.
SHORT STORY test:
RESCHEDULED DATE!Tuesday, 5/20
We have just completed our unit on classic and contemporary short stories. To prepare for this test, students should study their notes,most particularly focusing on thematic concepts, conflict and characterization. The Honors students will be asked in addition to compare and contrast some of these literary components among the different stories. They will be able to select from whatever stories they feel most familiar with.
Final copy of RESEARCH PAPER with rough draft, rubric, notes in a folder: Tuesday, 5/27
GRADUATION SPEECHES:
We will be working on them in class starting on Thursday. They will then be due to Mrs. Greenberg at
ggreenberg@ssds-hartford.org by 5/25 in order to meet the printer's deadline. Please ask your children nightly to look at what they have written and offer suggestions if needed.
Figure out what AAAWWUBBIS stands for? (pronounced "ah-woo-bus")*hint- it's something about writing.
What kind of sentence would be eligible for my new recognition of "Sentence of the week"?
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