7th & 8th Grade Language Arts

Mrs. Connie Leuenberger

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I will be using the file cabinet below to post as many assignments as possible this year.  If I am able to post an assignment or form there, it will be posted.  Please check this area when your child says "Oh no!  I forgot my homework at school!"  This might help.

The new quarter (3rd quarter) begins on Monday, January 30th!  Report cards will go home with students on Friday, February 3rd.

In 7th grade we are writing, writing, writing!  This writing portion of our curriculum will continue for the next three to four months. Currently we are working on organizing our writing, and "fleshing out" our writing.  We have completed two full essays at this point. The students are working on adding more detail to their writing, and using the tools that they have been taught that good writers use.  We call these "The Writer's Toolbox".  This week we will also be working on writing powerful answers to open response questions.  We will continue with essays in another week or so.  The students have really been working hard on their essays and they are definitely on the right track!   The 7th grade students are also writing poems based on interviews that they conducted over the winter break.  They were asked to interview someone in their family from an older generation, and now they are writing poems about that person.

In 8th grade we are studying a unit called "The Strange and Mysterious" where we are reading those short stories that give a reader pause.  Some of the stories include "The Lottery", "The Yellow Wallpaper", "The Landlady" and several others.  With these stories the students will be learning about the elements of short stories. We will all have fun with these weird and spooky tales!  We are also reviewing the strategies used in open response on the MCAS as we work that into this unit.

Parents:  You can now order ONLINE from the Scholastic book orders that come home from my classroom.  You will need the classroom activation code to do this. It is:  H9J9F  Please see the file cabinet below for a letter with specfic instructions on how to order online.  With each order that is placed online our class earns $3.00 in free books!