Announcements
*All students must read twenty-five books by the end of the year; it is a
Pennsylvania middle school standard. Six books are due at the end of the
fourth marking period (June 9).
Upcoming Tests, Quizzes, and Projects
*Reading Logs denoting six books read in the fourth marking period
due June 9!
*Book Letter #4 due May 15.
*Grammar Final June 5!
HOMEWORK IS FOR ALL BLOCKS
June 15
1-Start your summer reading for the high school! Forms are available in the
guidance office.
June 10
1-Poetry Slam poem due tomorrow!
June 9
1-Poetry Slam poem due Thursday!
June 8
1-Reading Log due tomorrow! If it is not signed, it will not count.
June 5
1-Reading Log due Tuesday, June 9.
June 4
1-Grammar Final tomorrow!
2-Reading Log due June 9.
June 3
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 9.
June 2
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 11.
June 1
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 11.
May 29
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 11.
May 28
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 11.
May 27
1-Grammar Final June 5.
2-Reading Log due June 11.
3-Word Usage Test 1-4 tomorrow.
May 22
1-Read!
May 21
1-Reading Log due June 11.
2-Word Usage Test #5 May 27. (a combination of lists 1-4)
May 21
1-Reading Log due June 11.
May 20
1-Midsummer Test tomorrow.
May 19
1-Midsummer Test May 21!
May 18
1-Midsummer Test May 21.
2-Complete pink Midsummer worksheet.
May 15
1-Midsummer Test May 21!
May 14
1-Book Letter #4 due tomorrow.
2-Word Usage List #4 words due tomorrow-test tomorrow on lists 3-4!
3-Interims were distributed to students who have an 82% and below. They are
due back Monday.
May 13
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #4 words due Friday-test Friday on lists 3-4!
3-Interims were distributed to students who have an 82% and below. They are
due back Monday.
May 12
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #4 words due Friday-test next Friday on lists 3-4!
3-Vocabulary for Act II and III due tomorrow.
May 11
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #4 words due Friday-test next Friday!
May 8
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #4 words due Friday-test next Friday!
3-Complete Act II Scene I vocabulary. You don't need to complete
the "Sentence Word" line.
May 7
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #3 words due Friday-test Friday!
3-Complete Act I Scene II vocabulary. You don't need to complete
the "Sentence Word" line.
May 6
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #3 words due Friday-test Friday!
3-Complete Act I Scene I vocabulary. You don't need to complete
the "Sentence Word" line.
May 5
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #3 words due Friday-test Friday!
May 4
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
2-Word Usage List #3 words due Friday-test Friday!
May 1
1-Book Letter #4 due May 15
2-Worksheet 73.
3-Word Usuage Test #3 Friday, May 8.
April 30
1-Word Usage Test #1 and #2 Friday. Be sure you complete the five sentences!
2-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
3-Worksheet 70 only.
April 29
1-Word Usage Test #1 and #2 Friday. Be sure you complete the five sentences!
2-Book Letter #4 due May 15.
April 28
1-Novel Test Wednesday.
2-Word Usage Test #1 and #2 Friday.
April 27
1-Novel Test Wednesday!
2-Word Usage Test #1 and #2 Friday.
April 24
1-Read your assigned section of your novel. Test May 29th.
2-Complete the novel review assignment. Six paragraphs minimum! Please
write it on the sheet provided.
3-Word usage test #2 next Friday.
April 23
1-Read your assigned section of your novel. Test May 29th.
2-Word usage test #1 tomorrow. Complete the five sentences on the front of
your worksheet.
3-Twenty second monologue for a character from your novel due tomorrow if you
didn't present it Thursday.
April 22
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Word usage test #1 Friday.
3-Twenty second monologue for a character from your novel due tomorrow.
April 21
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Word usage test #1 Friday.
April 20
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Word usage test #1 Friday.
April 17
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
April 16
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Create five questions from tonight's reading for a partner to answer.
3-Skits will be presented tomorrow!
April 15
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
April 14
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Book Fair for Blocks B, C, & D.
April 13
1-Read your assigned section of your novel.
2-Block A goes to the Book Fair tomorrow. Blocks B, C, & D will go Wednesday!
April 3
1-Read over the break and come back ready to learn!
April 2
1-Finish the Newspaper Activity. You can just write in the parts you couldn't
find in the newspaper.
2-Students who did not earn an 80% on today's quiz will need to study tonight
and tomorrow night and take another quiz Friday. This is not an April Fool's
Day joke.
April 1
1-Library tomorrow!
2-Students who did not earn an 80% on today's quiz will need to study tonight
and tomorrow night and take another quiz Friday. This is not an April Fool's
Day joke.
March 31
1-Signed Reading Log due tomorrow!
2-Complete Sentences Worksheet-Sentences Quiz tomorrow.
March 30
1-Signed Reading Log Due April 1!
2-Complete Worksheet 81 & 82. Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, and Run-on
Sentences Quiz Wednesday.
March 27
1-Signed Reading Log due April 1!
March 26
1-Study for the Poetry Test!! You will need to know the terms on the purple
sheet, be able to identify poems, and recall facts about the poems we read
this week (O Captain! My Captain, Barbara Frietchie, On the Grasshopper and
the Cricket, Maiden Savin' Sam, & The Dying Cowboy).
2-Signed Reading Log due April 1!
March 25
1-Make twenty flash cards to help you study for the Poetry Test, which is
this Friday! You will need to know the terms on the purple sheet, be able to
identify poems, and recall facts about the poems we read this week
(O Captain! My Captain, Barbara Frietchie, On the Grasshopper and the
Cricket, Maiden Savin' Sam, & The Dying Cowboy).
2-Reading Log due April 1
March 24
1-Complete both sides of "The Dying Cowboy" worksheet.
2-Poetry Test this Friday! You will need to know the terms on the purple
sheet, be able to identify poems, and recall facts about the poems we read
this week.
March 23
1-Create a Diamante poem or a concrete poem. You must use color and write on
unlined paper if you choose to create the concrete poem.
2-Poetry Test this Friday! You will need to know the terms on the purple
sheet, be able to identify poems, and recall facts about the poems we read
this week.
March 20
1-Bio poem due Monday, March 23. Poetry Test Friday, March 27.
March 19
1-Bio poem due Monday, March 23. Poetry Test Friday, March 27.
March 18
1-Make corrections to your pronoun test. You should know why the correct
answer is correct. Be prepared to demonstrate to me that you understand
pronouns.
2-Poetry Test March 27.
March 17
1-Read!
March 16
1-Read!
INTERIMS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED AN 81% OR LOWER. THEY
ARE DUE BACK TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009.
March 13
1-Review information for the PSSA :)
March 12
1-Study for the pronoun test!
March 11
1-Complete pronoun worksheet 30. Pronoun Test Friday.
March 10
1-Complete pronouns WS 28. Pronoun Test Friday.
2-Complete poetry worksheet.
March 9
1-Complete WS 27-Possessive pronoun and contractions quiz tomorrow.
2-Interims due tomorrow.
3-Pronoun Test Friday!
March 6
1-Complete worksheet 25.
March 5
1-Complete Object Pronoun Worksheet 30-complete practice quiz. Quiz tomorrow!
March 4
1-Write ten sentences for a partner to choose the correct pronouns. Subject
and object pronoun quiz Thursday.
March 3
1-Complete pronoun worksheets 28 and 29. Subject and object pronoun quiz
Thursday.
February 26
1-No homework:) Just read!
February 25
1-Complete the packet you were given in homeroom!
February 24
1-No homework
February 23
1-No homework
February 20
1-No homework
February 19
1-Final draft of your essay is due tomorrow. It must be typed! Remember to
use transistions in your paragraphs (furthermore, in addition, for example,
however, etc.)
2-Complete Fact and Opinion worksheet.
February 18
1-Final draft of essay due Friday! Remember to add transitions (furthermore,
in addition, for example, however, etc.)
February 17
1-Final draft of essay due Friday!
February 13
1-Work on your essay. Be sure you are adding supporting details.
February 12
1-Rough draft of essay due tomorrow. Final copy due Friday, February 20.
February 11
1-Rough draft of essay due this Friday. Final copy due Friday, February 20.
February 10
1-Complete essay worksheet listing the main points and supporting details.
You do not need to write anything on the conclusion lines.
2-Rough draft of essay due this Friday. Final copy due Friday, February 20.
February 9
1-Rough draft of essay due this Friday. Final copy due Friday, February 20.
February 6
1-None
February 5
1-How do the authors of "The New Colossus," "Refugee in America," and "The
First Americans" express the concept of the American dream? Do they believe
all Americans can attain it? Cite evidence from the poems/text. The first
poem begins on p. 492 and the last writing piece is on 499.
2-Book Letter #3 due tomorrow.
February 4
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday.
February 3
1-Complete Green Gulch and My Parents worksheet.
2-Book Letter #3 due Friday.
February 2
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Advertisement Activity due tomorrow! Be ready to present your commercial
if you haven't already filmed it!
January 30
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Advertisement Activity due Tuesday, February 3.
January 29
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Affixes Test 6-8 tomorrow.
3-Advertisement Activity due Tuesday, February 3.
January 27
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Affixes Test 6-8 this Friday.
3-Advertisement Activity due Tuesday, February 3.
*Your written work, advertisement, and commercial (if you're not
performing it live) need to be done by Tuesday!
January 26
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Affixes Test 6-8 this Friday.
January 23
1-Book Letter #3 due Friday, February 6, 2009.
2-Affixes Test 6-8 Friday, January 30. (This is your last one!)
January 22
1-Grammar Midterm is tomorrow. Students may use a 3x5 index card on the
exam. If a student chooses not to use the card, ten points will be added to
the student's final midterm grade.
2-The 2nd Marking Period Reading Log is due tomorrow. It is worth thirty
points.
January 21
1-Complete Midterm Review Sheet.
2-Reading Logs due Friday!
January 20
1-Complete sections 7 & 8 of Grammar Midterm Review.
2-MLK, Jr. speech questions.
3-Library tomorrow!
January 16
1-Complete first three sections of the Grammar Midterm Review.
2-MLK,Jr. worksheet.
3-Grammar Midterm is next Friday!
January 15
1-Complete practice nouns quiz.
2-Tomorrow is the last day for persuasive speeches. Be sure your essay as a
clear thesis and two or three main points with supporting details.
3-Grammar Midterm next Friday!
January 14
1-Persuasive speeches continue tomorrow and Friday. If you did not present
today, be ready Thursday and Friday. You will turn in your essay on the day
you present. Be sure you have a clear thesis and two or three main points
with supporting details.
January 13
1-1-Persausive speeches begin Wednesday. Your written speech in essay form
(five paragraphs) is due Wednesday. We will continue to research in the
library on Tuesday (Blocks C & D).
January 12
1-1-Persausive speeches begin Wednesday. Your written speech in essay form
(five paragraphs) is due Wednesday. We will continue to research in the
library on Monday (Blocks a A & B).
January 9
1-Persausive speeches begin Wednesday. Your written speech in essay form
(five paragraphs) is due Wednesday. We will continue to research in the
library on Monday.
January 8
1-Affixes test #6 tomorrow.
January 7
1-Complete Nouns Worksheet #21 only.
2-Work on persuasive speech. Remember, you can choose any topic that can be
debated. You will present your speech on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
Your written speech (in paragraph form) is due Wednesday.
3-Commas Test Thursday.
4-Affixes Test List #6 only Friday.
January 6
1-Complete Nouns Worksheet #18 only.
2-Work on persuasive speech. Remember, you can choose any topic that can be
debated.
3-Commas Test Thursday.
4-Affixes Test List #6 only Friday.
January 5
1-Complete Nouns Worksheet #16 only.
2-Commas Test Thursday.
3-Affixes Test #6 Friday.
December 22
1-Complete practice commas test by Monday, January 5, 2009.
2-Read!
December 19
1-Study for The Pigman test. The test will include vocabulary from the novel
(blue vocabulary sheet you have) and comprehension questions. There will be
matching, multiple choice, true/false, one essay, and two short answer
questions
2-All projects are due Monday.
December 18
1-Read Chapter 15 and A Personal Note in The Pigman.
2-Work on projects, which are due Monday. The Pigman test is Monday!
December 17
INTERIMS WERE DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED A B- OR
LOWER. THEY ARE DUE BACK THIS FRIDAY.
1-Read chapter 14 in The Pigman.
2-Work on projects for The Pigman. They are due Monday. The Pigman Test is
Monday.
3-Affixes Test 1-5 Thursday.
December 16
INTERIMS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED A B- OR LOWER. THEY
ARE DUE BACK THIS FRIDAY.
1-Read chapters 11-13 in The Pigman.
2-Work on projects for The Pigman.
3-Affixes Test 1-5 Thursday.
December 15
1-Read chapters 9 & 10 in The Pigman and complete the crossword puzzle.
2-Work on projects for The Pigman.
3-Affixes Test 1-5 Thursday.
December 12
1-Read chapters 7 & 8 in The Pigman.
2-Work on The Pigman writing projects and journal project.
3-The Pigman vocab test chapters 1-8 Monday.
Decmeber 11
1-Read chapters 5 & 6 in The Pigman.
2-Book Letter #2 due Friday.
3-Affixes Test 1-4 Friday.
December 10
1-Read chapters 3 & 4 in The Pigman.
2-Book Letter #2 due Friday.
3-Affixes Test 1-4 Friday.
December 9
1-Read chapters 1 & 2 in The Pigman.
2-Book Letter #2 due Friday.
3-Affixes Test 1-4 Friday.
December 8
1-Complete Text Organization worksheet.
2-Book Letter #2 due Friday.
3-Affixes Test 1-4 Friday.
December 5
1-Book Letter #2 due Friday.
2-Affixes Test 1-4 Friday.
December 4
1-Complete both sides of inferences worksheet.
2-Book Letter #2 due next Friday.
3-Affixes Test 1-4 next Thursday.
December 3
1-Bring your library book to class tomorrow.
2-Book Letter #2 due next Friday.
December 2
1-Finish the plot chart for "The Ransom of Red Chief" p. 580. If you were
not in school today, you should read the story and complete this assignment
for tomorrow.
2-Study for tomorrow's "Flowers for Algernon" Quiz.
November 26
1-Flowers for Algernon quiz Wednesday, December 3.
November 25
1-Flowers for Algernon Quiz Wednesday, December 3.
2-Book Letter #2 due December 12.
November 24
1-Complete Flowers for Algernon questions 8-11.
November 21
1-Bring back all the Flowers for Algernon worksheets Monday!
November 20
1-Read pages 45-49 in "Flowers for Algernon" and complete questions 1-12.
Complete the chart for April 3-30. DO NOT DO ANY QUESTIONS FOR PART TWO. WE
WILL BEGIN READING PART TWO TOMORROW!
November 19
1-Complete FFA Chart for March 5-10 and March 15-29.
2-Affixes Test 1-3 tomorrow.
3-Book Fair tomorrow!
November 18
1-Affixes Test 1-3 Thursday.
2-Book Fair Thursday!
November 17
1-Complete the "Disability Awareness Day" paragraph.
2-Sentences quiz tomorrow.
3-Affixes Test 1-3 Thursday.
November 14
1-Sentences quiz Tuesday (Run-on, Fragment,Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence)
2-Affixes Test 1-3 Thursday.
November 13
1-Complete the sentences worksheet that we worked on in class.
2-Short Stories Test tomorrow.
November 12
1-Write five sentences for a partner to determine its type. (run-on, simple
sentence, or fragment)
2-Affixes Test 1-2 tomorrow.
3-Short Stories Test Friday.
November 11
1-Complete both sides of run-on sentences worksheet.
2-Affixes Test lists 1-2 Thursday.
3-Short Stories Test Friday.
November 10
1-Affixes Test lists 1 & 2 Thursday.
2-Short Stories Test Friday.
November 7
1-Complete synonym worksheet.
2-Short Stories Test Friday.
November 6
1-Write five sentences that contain the following: compound subject,
compound predicate, both compound subject and predicate, simple subject, &
simple predicate.
November 5
1-Complete worksheet 11
2-Affixes Test #1 tomorrow.
November 3
1-Individualized folk tale writing assignment due Wednesday.
2-Signed reading logs due Wednesday.
3-Field trip form due Wednesday.
October 31
1-Individualized folk tale writing assignment due Wednesday.
2-Signed reading logs due Wednesday.
FIELD TRIP FORMS DUE WEDNESDAY!
October 30
1-The Landlady continuation due tomorrow.
2-Idividualized folk tale assignment due Wednesday.
October 29
1-Signed Readind Logs denoting eight books have been read in the first
marking period due November 2!
2-Spelling Test #'1-6 tomorrow.
3-The Landlady continuation with color illustration due Friday.
FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORMS DUE BACK NOVEMBER 5.
**Signed Reading Logs are due Friday, November 2.
**FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORMS DUE BACK NOVEMBER 5!
October 28
1-"The Landlady" continuation due FRIDAY-one page typed or two pages
written. You must also include a color hand-drawn illustration.
2-Spelling Test #'s 1-6 Thursday.
3-Subjects & Predicates quiz for students who earned lower than a B- on the
first quiz. The list is posted in the classroom.
FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORMS DUE BACK NOVEMBER 5!
October 27
1-Complete "The Landlady" Questions.
2-Spelling Test #'s 1-6 Thursday.
3-Subjects & Predicates Quiz (ten points) Wednesday.
October 24
1-Subjects/Predicates Quiz #2 Wednesday. It will consist of ten questions.
2-Spelling Test for lists 1-6 Thursday.
October 23
1-Complete the reverse side of the spelling words list. Spelling Test #6
tomorrow!
October 22
1-Complete question #2 p. 751. Cite evidence from the text to prove your
thoughts.
2-Spelling Test #6 tomorrow.
October 21
1-Complete Comparing Stories worksheet. Front side only.
2-Spelling Test #6 Thursday.
October 20
1-Study for subjects/predicates quiz.
2-Finish "The Monkey's Paw" questions.
3-Spelling Test #6 Thursday.
October 17
1-Read!
October 16
1-Complete worksheet 7 & 8.
2-Book Letter #1 due tomorrow.
October 15
1-Complete Verbs worksheet 5 & 9 (both sides).
2-Spelling Test #5 tomorrow.
3-Book Letter #1 due Friday.
October 14
1-Complete worksheet 3 & 4.
2-Spelling Test #5 Thursday.
3-Book Letter #1 due Friday.
October 13
1-Final Copy of folk tale due tomorrow.
2-Book Letter #1 due Friday.
3-Spelling Test #5 Thursday.
4-Write five sentences for a partner to determine subjects/predicates.
October 8
1-Bring in a typed copy (pre-final draft) of your folk tale Monday for
writing partner #2 to edit/proofread. The final draft is due Tuesday.
2-Spelling Test #5 Thursday, October 16.
3-Book Letter #1 due Friday, October 17.
October 7
1-Final copy of Folk tale due next Tuesday. Remember to include five
examples of figurative language in your tale. Bring a pre-final draft on
Monday for writing partner #2 to proofread.
2-Interims due tomorrow.
3-Spelling Test #4 tomorrow. Bring your library books to class!
4-Book Letter #1 due October 17.
October 6
1-Write five sentences using five different literary devices/figurative
language. A partner will determine the type of literary device.
2-Final copy of Folk tale due next Tuesday. Remember to include five
examples of figurative language in your tale.
3-Spelling Test #4 Wednesday, October 8.
October 3
1-Folk tale rough draft due Monday. Remember to include five examples of
figurative language in your tale.
2-Spelling Test #4 Wednesday, October 8.
