All students will be participating in our first School Writing Day, Monday, February 18, during periods one and two. Students will write a five paragraph essay about one of five given subject prompts.  This piece will be used as a snapshot of a student's independent writing and revision skills. The results will help identify the topics to be covered in writer's workshops.Students should get a good night's rest and have a good breakfast. This is occurring in sudents' homeroom classes.

  7F Homework Math- Correct and sign test. Social Studies- project due Feb. 26 Science- Example of table and three variables due Monday  French- none tonight Language Arts 7F/8D- Read chapter 18 & 19. Finish the sheet on foreshadowing. 8S L.Arts. - Finish up your missed work.  Read chapters 18-21 and do your next role. Watch out for those spellings! Return signed notices, please. 7Blue- This was due on Tuesday, but since I was absent you have one more day. Reading Response What do you know that is true about reading? Respond by writing one paragraph. Yes, I said only one paragraph! Remember, as with the longer assignments, you need to give your opinion and support it with evidence from your novel    

 7F Math: NOTHING!!!! Social Studies: project Feb. 26 Science: none tonight Francais: grammar sheet   7F/8D L.Arts -   This is the second day of literature circles.  Students need to do their role tonight responding to chapter 13 through chapter 18.  Your narrator chart should be finished.  Vocabulary 1 should be completed for Tuesday. Find the remaining 6 definitions and do the exercises.   8S-   Role for chapter 13 through chapter 18. Your narrator chart should be finished.  Vocabulary 1 should be completed for Tuesday. Find the remaining 6 definitions and do the exercises   7BL -  Read your novel for thirty minutes.  Your next response can be written as a paragraph.  It should still have voice and examples from your text.   

Book Talk Today, we had the book talk. My group seemed to be prepared and we were all on task. Taylor discussed her book, That Fatal Night, and Stephanie did the same but with the novel, Exiles from the War. As for me, I talked about the book Chasing Shadows. I found that our discussion was extremely interesting considering we all had different thoughts. At the first of the discussion, we talked about the affect our books had on us. When Stephanie explained that she had gotten sad when one of the main characters lost her dog, it made me think about when my little dog was gone forever. As I connected with Stephanie’s novel, I couldn’t stop thinking of my old dog, Moushka. Another thing we talked about was predicting when reading. I like to predict things will happen, and usually my guess is confirmed. This strategy helps me comprehend what I am reading by at least 50%! I will use this strategy in every novel I read from now on! In conclusion, the book talk went incredibly well. I learned how other people connect with their books and also what strategies they use to understand their books better. These discussions will most likely help me with my reading too! -- Demi T. Excellent work! Remember to support what you’re saying with examples.  

   7F Homework L.A.  7F&8D – Keep reading your library book. Choose one prompt from your set of questions for your next Book Talk. 8S. L.A.- Write a 1-2 paragraph response to on the theme of how do we fix “bad kids”?  The motto of Camp Green Lake is, “If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.”(p.5 Holes by Louis Sachar) Math-  Finish worksheets. Social Studies- Bring in a large, brown envelope and pictures for time capsule.    

7F Homework L.A. – finish poem (draft) Grade 8s, too! Math- correct and sign math test Dance tonight!!!!!!!!