Happy New Year! Hopefully 2012 will bring you many blessings and few disappointments.
A note about projects: All projects are counted double on Power School. You may notice that your child received a 180 out of 200, but you know the project was only worth 100. I wanted to weigh the projects more heavily, so I decided to double the score. If you have any questions, let me know.
6th GRADE
Grammar Crate*By the end of the trimester each student is responsible for completing one activity in each of the five categories (punctuation, usage, capitalization, parts of speech, and writing). All of these activities except for the writing activity must be completed in class. Since work time is limited in school, students may work on the writing piece at home if they wish.
Grammar*We are covering Chapter 14 on nouns and pronouns. 7.6.4 and 6.6.2
*There will be notes and workbook pages.
*We will also be making a flip chart to help as a study guide when it comes to test time.
Writing *Since many students struggled with the fairy tale dialogues, we are practicing dialogue writing by writing a dialogue with someone of their choice. These are due on Friday, January 6, 2012. 6.5.1
*We will also be creating a Coat of Arms. There are several questions that we will answer with small paragraphs, and then we will illustrate out answers on the Coat of Arms. Hopefully, you will be able to see these at the Catholic Schools Week Open House. 6.5.2
7th GRADE
Grammar*We are working through Chapter 20 covering phrases and clauses. This will be a challenging unit as many of the concepts are new to the students. 7.6.2
*We will have notes, workbook pages, quizzes, and a quest at the end of the chapter.
Writing*We are exploring all different book genres.7.3.1 and 6.3.1
*We will have a test over the genres.
*We will also create our own book jacket with the cover and summary of the original book. 7.5.5
8th GRADE
Grammar*We are covering Chapter 19 distinguishing among all of the different types of complements. 7.6.4
*We will have workbook pages and a quest at the end of the unit.
Writing*We will be working on a personality piece. This will be a more creative piece of writing compared to the technical documents from December.
Speaking*We are reading a movie script aloud in class. 8.7.10, 8.7.2, and 8.7.5
*We will take summary notes over the script as we go, so that we can take a test at the end of the script.
*We will also be writing a character reflection essay after completing the script.
*There will be a few other assignments related to the script along the way as well.
