A Peek at Next Week 9/28/07

Next week in Language Arts, we will be finishing up our narratives. All final drafts will be due on Thursday, the 4th.

In Reading we will be working on Wordskills Unit 3. This week students will be creating a cross word puzzles with their words, using http://www.puzzelmaker.com/. There test will be on Friday, the 5th. We will also finish our short story unit, with the reading of "Zebra".

Important Dates:
Tuesday, October 2nd, Final Magazine Turn-In Day
Thursday, October 4th, Final Drafts of Narratives Due
Friday, October 5th, Wordskills Unit 3 Test

Have a great weekend! Go Bears!

A Peek at Next Week 9/21/07

In Language Arts we will begin to write narratives. Students will write about the most important people in their lives, and will be creating a timeline of their life. We will also go over the parts of a narrative and plan out our writing. The first draft of our essay will be due on Friday, September 28th. The final drafts will be due on either Wednesday, 10/3, or Thursday, 10/4.

We will also be reading "Names/Nombres", by Julia Alvarez. Students will read the personal essay, and then they will be researching their heritage and the origins of their names.

Important Days:
Tuesday: Magazine Turn-In Day

Thursday: 7th Grade Golf Field Trip
Magazine Turn-In Day

Friday: DGS Homecoming Parade 1-4pm

A Peek at Next Week 9/14/07

In Language Arts we will be finishing up our unit on sentences. Second and Sixth Period will have their test on Wednesday the 19th. Fourth Period will be taking their OLSATs on Wednesday, so they will take their test on Thursday, the 20th.

In Reading we will be working on Unit 2 in our Wordskills book. We will also be reading "Thank you, M'am" by Langston Hughes.

Important Dates:
Monday 9/17: Curriculum Night

Tuesday 9/18: Early Dismissal

Wednesday 9/19: OLSAT

OLSAT Update 9/11/07

The OLSAT test just arrived today, therefore we will not be ready to take the test tomorrow. The 7th Grade teachers will meet this week, and reschedule the test date.

A Peek at Next Week 9/7/07

We are done reading “Seventh Grade” and we will do some projects based on the story. We will split up into four groups and go to four stations. In one station we will research Mexican-American culture, in another station we will write a letter from one of the character's point of view, at another station we will create a mobile that has all the parts of a short story on it, and in the last station we will write about an embarrassing moment. We will also begin our ISAT book in Reading next week. We will be learning about prefixes and suffixes.

In Language Arts we will finish up Unit 1 on sentences. We will learn about complete sentences, run-ons, fragments, and complex sentences.

Next Wednesday, the 12th, all seventh graders will be taking the OLSAT test during 4th hour.

Have a fantastic weekend! Go Bears!