Grammar, Anne Frank

Homework/Classwork Assistance
Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes.

8 Smiley Face Tricks - writing tips

The Outsiders Wrap-Up - essays past due

Anne Frank - the play

Grammar - usage practice

their/there/they're 3/30; your/you're 3/31; then/than 4/1

Field Trip - Anne Frank: A Contemporary Ballet
We will be going on a field trip to see this special presentation at the Hult Center on April 1st. Permission slips have been sent home. Slips and $5 admission, or a request for scholarship, were due by March 16th. Last chance to turn these in will be right after spring break We also need chaperones to assist - please consider helping the eighth graders enjoy this special opportunity.

Homework/Classwork Assistance
Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty. UO student teacher Eric Renner has concluded his time at Monroe and we thanked him for his time with us.

SPRING BREAK March 21st-25th
NO SCHOOL March 28th - Planning Day

Lit Unit: The Outsiders

All Outsiders essays (final copy typed or written neatly in ink, stapled to drafts and quotation sheets), journal entries and/or written assignments were DUE the week of March 6th. If you have not turned yours in, speak with Ms. Barnes. All Outsiders books must be returned to the school library when essays are finished.

New Unit
We will soon be studying poetry. Feel free to explore poetry beforehand - online, in the school library or at a public library.

Anne Frank - A Contemporary Ballet
We will be going on a field trip to see this special presentation at the Hult Center on April 1st. Permission slips have been sent home. Slips and $5 admission, or a request for scholarship, were due by March 16th . Last chance to turn these in will be right after spring break We also need chaperones to assist - please consider helping the eighth graders enjoy this special opportunity.

Outsiders - past due; OAKS testing

Homework/Classwork Assistance
Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty. UO student teacher Eric Renner has concluded his time at Monroe and we thanked him for his time with us.

Lit Unit: The Outsiders

All Outsiders essays (final copy typed or written neatly in ink, stapled to drafts and quotation sheets), journal entries and/or written assignments were DUE the week of March 6th. If you have not turned yours in, speak with Ms. Barnes. All Outsiders books must be returned to the school library when essays are finished.

State OAKS Testing
During the week of March 6th we worked hard at completely our first round of OAKS reading testing. For those who did not finish, there will be special sessions next week to complete the test. It is best for students to arrive to school well rested and well fed everyday, especially on test days.

New Unit
We will soon be studying poetry. Feel free to explore poetry beforehand - online, in the school library or at a public library.

Anne Frank - A Contemporary Ballet
We will be going on a field trip to see this special presentation at the Hult Center on April 1st. Permission slips have been sent home. Please return them before March 16th with five dollars, or with a request for scholarship. We also need chaperones to assist - please consider helping the eighth graders enjoy this special opportunity.