Classwork/Homework

Please attend M/W/F morning resource if you need writing assistance or if you have incomplete work to finish.

We have been very busy the couple of weeks with OAKS and CBM testing. Students are fishing some old and new writing assignments, as well as preparing for special year-end events. The Ellis Island Simulation will take place Thursday, May 30th during periods 1-3. Eighth graders will attend school through Thursday, June 6 and the morning of Friday, June 7 for promotion ceremony rehearsal. The promotion ceremony will take place Friday, June 7 at 6:30pm. Students need to pick up their limited tickets in advance from Mrs. Green, our school secretary, in the office.

Reading/Writing 

Students were to have read, studied and taken notes on Soldier's Heart by Wednesday, on which day the unit culminates with an in-class essay assignment. They are also working on The New Colossus and their year-end posters.

Major writing assignments that students worked on this year, and from which students will select their best pieces to include on their year-end posters, are:
Cultural Book Project
Thanksgiving Guest
"The Outsiders" Essay
Personal Narrative
Book Review Book Jacket
Time Travel Story
Bio-Poem
American Dream
"Soldier's Heart" Essay