Grammar Lessons - Direct Objects

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on direct objects on Friday, April 8th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.

Position Essay

We will writing a position essay based on the student's choice in topic. Research must be done and prewriting must be established with organization of the essay before developing the rough draft. We will be working on this in class and around the AIR testing schedule over the course of the next several weeks.

UPDATE: Position Essay is due: 1st, 3rd and 7th  - Thursday, April 14th and 2nd - Tuesday, April 19th.

Unit 12 Vocabulary Test

Students will be given the Unit 12 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 12 vocabulary words on Thursday, March 24th. Please be prepared.

Non Fiction Reading

We will continue preparing for the upcoming AIR tests which are scheduled to be given in April. To do so, we will be reading a series of nonfiction articles from New York Times and be discussing strategies to use before reading the text, while reading the text and after reading the text.

Grammar Lessons - Predicate Nominatives

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on predicate nominatives on Friday, March 4th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.