March 23-27

 Reminder-QUILL is due SUNDAY by noon, no exceptions.

Students should be reading 20 minutes per night.  

ROOTS test Tuesday, March 24th

Next Book Report:  April 13th

Next Essay due:  April 17th (will be given topic on Wednesday)

Research Project/Presentation: Due May 4th. This will be done in class.

Grades for Quarter 3 are closed.

Monday- (Belly Up!), Vocabulary: hostile and inflammable

Tuesday-Roots test, new roots, work on essay assignment

Wednesday-Substitute-doctors’ appointments for both my son and myself

Thursday-MUGshot, Daily Writing,(Belly Up!), Vocabulary, RISE exam review

Friday-Fun writing assignment

Students are more than welcome to come up during lunch on Wednesday and Friday to work on QUILL or do any make-up work.

Please check your student’s grade on PowerSchool for any missing assignments. Quill cannot be made up.

Thank you so much!

-Mrs. Matejka

March 17-20

March 17-20

Dear families,

Reminder-QUILL is due SUNDAY by noon, no exceptions.

Students should be reading 20 minutes per night.  

ROOTS test next Tuesday, March 24th

Next Book Report:  April 13th

Next Essay due:  April 17th (will be given topic on Wednesday)

Research Project/Presentation: Due May 4th. This will be done in class.

Grades for Quarter 3 are closed.

Tuesday-New Roots, MUGshot, Daily Writing, New Novel (Belly Up!), Vocabulary

Wednesday-Writing Assignment, Belly Up!, Vocabulary, New Essay Assignment

Thursday-MUGshot, Daily Writing, New Novel (Belly Up!), Vocabulary

Friday-READING day. You must have your book report novel.

Students are more than welcome to come up during lunch on Wednesday and Friday to work on QUILL or do any make-up work.

Please check your student’s grade on PowerSchool for any missing assignments. Quill cannot be made up.

Thank you so much!

-Mrs. Matejka

 

March 3-7

 I hope everyone had a restful weekend.

QUILL DUE SUNDAY BY NOON. No exceptions.

*Any student absent for the Performance Matters test, must make it up before school or during lunch!

Monday-Performance Matters Test Part 1, Begin book report

Tuesday-Performance Matters Test Part 2, Continue book report

Wednesday-Complete book report, Vocabulary

Thursday-Mugshot, Textual Evidence Writing Assignment, Vocabulary

Friday-Something fun for spring break!

February 23-27

 It seems like February is just flying by!

 I hope everyone had a restful weekend.

QUILL DUE SUNDAY BY NOON. No exceptions.

ESSAYS are past due. Points will be taken off for lateness.

Monday-Finish 24 Hours in Nowhere, New Vocabulary-Unit 4, work on Quill

Tuesday-Test on roots aqua/terr. Please study, no notes will be allowed. 

-In-class novel project on surviving. This should be a ton of fun! (test grade)

-Continue Vocabulary. 

Wednesday-Kahoot on novel.

-New roots astro & tele. Test next Tuesday.

-Writing Assignment

Thursday-Common Lit RACER assignment (test grade)

-Open book quiz on 24 Hours in Nowhere

Friday-Reading activity

Important Dates-March 1-Book report (in class only)

February 17-20

 I hope everyone had a restful weekend.

QUILL DUE SUNDAY BY NOON. No exceptions.

Tuesday-Test on roots trans/inter. Please study, no notes will be allowed. 

-Vocabulary notebooks are due tomorrow! (test grade)

-Continue reading 24 Hours in Nowhere. Test next week. 

-NEW QUILL on capitalization

Wednesday-Essay #4 is due.  Plagiarism of any kind, including the use of AI, is intolerable resulting in a grade of ZERO. 

-Kahoot on vocabulary.

-New Greek/Latin Roots

-Continue / complete 24 Hours in Nowhere

-Begin Postcard Project

Thursday-Vocabulary Test #3

-Character study on novel (graded)

-New Vocabulary-Unit #4

Friday-We Will Write

Important Dates-March 1-Book report (in class only)

February 9-13

 This week in English 7

Greek Roots Test Tuesday (NO NOTES) on pend and equ

VOCABULARY TEST THURSDAY

ESSAYS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 18TH

BOOK REPORTS (In-class only) MARCH 1ST.

Monday-Tone and Mood through movies/commercials, Quiz-24 Hours in Nowhere (open book), Finish Vocabulary

Tuesday-Author's purpose, Grade Vocabulary Notebook, Daily Writing, Quiz-pend/equ

Wednesday-Vocab Kahoot, Begin Black History Month Project

Thursday-Vocabulary Test, work on project

Friday-Reading Day

-QUILL DUE SUNDAY BY NOON

January 26-30

 January 26-30

Dear families,

Reminder-QUILL is due TODAY by noon, no exceptions.

Students should be reading 20 minutes per night.  

Book Report-in class only March 1.

Essay #4 due February 18th.

REMINDER: Parent Teacher conferences are February 5th and should be scheduled with the teacher.  MEETINGS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 

Please see Mr. Winslow’s email concerning sign-ups. I have put notes in report cards/PowerSchool with those parents I need to speak with.  Please have your student present when we meet.

I will be out on Friday, January 30th.  My son and I are touring the University of Utah.

Monday-Mugshot, 24 Hours in Nowhere, Vocabulary

Tuesday-Kahoot to review Connotation/Denotation, continue reading our novel (24 Hours in Nowhere), Writing assignment

Wednesday-Begin study of Greek and Latin “roots”, continue novel study, Writing assignment on novel

Thursday-Go over development of arguments, read novel, vocabulary, work on essay

Friday-READING day. You must have your book report novel.

Students are more than welcome to come up during lunch on Wednesday and Friday to work on QUILL or do any make-up work.

Please check your student’s grade on PowerSchool for any missing assignments. Quill cannot be made up.

Thank you so much!

-Mrs. Matejka