7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Read, answer and discuss sample SRI question, (3) Begin working on Week 21 language review, (4) Read and discuss various poems, (5) Provide written response about the imagery and figurative language used in the poems, (6) Continue reading lit circle book

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Read, answer and discuss sample SRI question, (3) Begin working on Week 21 language review, (4) Complete reading of “Flowers for Algernon”, (5) Complete intelligence graph and character trait chart, (6) Answer summary questions about the short story

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) DLR, (3) get a good night’s sleep and eat a proper breakfast to be prepared for the SRI

This Week: 5/14-16 SRI testing

5/15 Late Start:  School begins 1 hour later

5/15 Tiger Game:  Students were previously selected.

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review sample SRI question and how to think through an answer selection, (3) Review DLR and collect, (4) Watch and discuss Flocabulary, (5) Discuss the importance of our moms and write a list poem for them

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Share report card with your parents, (3) Share poem with mom

This Week: 5/10 REPORT CARDS are being distributed during 6th hour!  Look for your child’s this evening.

5/14-16 SRI testing to determine reading level ~ Please have your child get a good night’s sleep and eat a good breakfast so s/he is ready to do her/his best.

5/15  Late Start:  School begins one hour later.

5/15  Tiger Game [Only for students who were previously selected.]

Happy Mothers’ Day to all the moms!  Thank you for all you to enrich the lives of your children.

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review a sample SRI question and discuss how to answer, (3) Time to work on Week 20 DLR, (4) Write a letter to a former or current teacher in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, (5) Continue with lit circle reading

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Thurs DLR, (3) [7th grade only] continue with lit circle reading

This Week: 5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch; 2 guesses for $1

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review directions and rubric for district common writing assessment, (3) Write a persuasive essay to answer the question, “Should schools ban the sale of junk food in cafeterias?”, (4) Week 20 DLR, (5) Lit circle reading

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Wed DLR, (3) Read for lit circle

This Week: 5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch; 2 guesses for $1

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) 7th gd: Write a simile / 8th gd: Write a sentence that contains a gerund, (3) Week 20 DLR, (4) Continue reading lit circle text, (5) Answer question about text and practice citing textual evidence to support the answer

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Tues DLR, (3) [7th gd only] continue with lit circle reading

This Week: 5/8 District common writing assessment

5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch: 2 guesses for $1

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Write a 3 line poem using anaphora, (3) Review week 20 DLR, (4) Complete writing “I Am” poem, (5) Use computer lab to type poem and find images to support poem, (6) Continue with lit circle reading

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Discuss what will be missed about Stout, (3) Review week 20 DLR, (4) Annotate research articles, (5) Meet in groups according to research topics to further the understanding

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Mon DLR, (3) [7th grade only] Lit circle reading: MONSTER – complete the book; The Westing Game – read through chapter 16

This Week: 5/7-8: District common writing assessment

5/8-10: Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser ~ Guess the number of pieces of candy in the jar.  2 guesses for $1.  Student with closest guess will win the whole jar!

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Alphabetize words, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Revisit “Harriet Tubman” poem, (5) Discuss anaphora [repetition] as it is used in the poem and another sample text, (6) Begin writing own “I Am” poem using the poetic element, (7) If time permits, continue reading lit text selection

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Identify pronouns and discuss function, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Define “annotate” as it appears in the Common Core and how to use it on research articles, (5) Continue with research online in computer lab, (6) If time permits, begin annotating articles for research

Homework : (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Wed DLR, (3) [7th grade only] Read MONSTER through page 239 or THE WESTING GAME through chapter 14

This Week: 5/2 LAST day to submit missing work and/or work corrections

5/3 End of the 5th card marking

5/8-10 Student council candy jar guess during lunch ($1 for 2 guesses) as fundraiser for cystic fibrosis [Winner gets the jar of candy.]

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Write/discuss gerunds and similes, (3) Review Tuesday DLR, (4) Continue with reading and discussion of lit book

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Tues DLR, (3) Lit book reading [MONSTER through pg 239; THE WESTING GAME through ch 14]

This Week: 5/1 Late Start:  School begins 1 hour later

5/2 ALL missing work and work with corrections are due for scoring for the 5th card marking!  NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 3:00pm TODAY!

5/3 End of the 5th card marking

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Write complex sentence, (3) Review DLR for the week, (4) Watch and discuss “The Week in Rap” on Flocabulary, (5) Do quick write about poetry, (6) Continue with lit book reading

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Describe similarity and difference between a simile and a metaphor, (3) Review DLR for the week, (4) Distributed and discussed Explore test results, (5) Watch and discuss “The Week in Rap” on Flocabulary, (6) Continue with lit book reading

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Check Student/Parent Connect account for current grade and any missing work and/or work that can be redone for score improvement [ALL work is DUE on or before Thursday, May 2nd]

This Week: 4/30 Final day for Leukemia/Lymphoma collection in A/A

5/1 Late start ~ School begins one hour later

5/2 ALL missing work and/or work with corrections are due today for the 5th card marking

5/3 End of the 5th card marking

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Discuss simple, compound and complex sentences, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Begin unit on poetry – what do you already know?, (5) Continue with reading of lit book

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Identify indefinite pronouns, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Complete writing of 2 possible research questions, (5) Begin to learn to evaluate sources as relevant and authortative

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Wed DLR, (3) [7th grade only] read lit book: MONSTER through page 148 or THE WESTING GAME through chapter 8

This Week: 4/24 EFHS course selection sheets were due TODAY to Mr. Tindall.  If you did not turn one in, see Mr. Tindall.