Week of August 21-25

 Welcome Back!

It has been a fun-filled week getting to know your kids!  I am looking forward to a fun and amazing year. Thank you so much for the pictures for the bulletin board. It looks amazing!

Have a beautiful and amazing weekend with your family!

Reminders:

Picture Day-August 31

Essay #1 Due September 8

Book Report #1 Due September 20

Honors English 7

• This week we will begin our study of short stories with reviewing terms and read two short stories in class. 
• This includes analyzing the stories with a rubric. 
• You will see results in their notebooks. 
• We will begin our "perfect paragraphs" and looking at thesis statements in cooperative groups. Writing is so important in ALL that we do!
• We will also continue our study of pre-SAT vocabulary words. 
• Friday will be dedicated to reviewing / editing their essays.
• NO HOMEWORK!

Wednesday (8/23) will be a Common Lit Pre-Assessment to assess their reading comprehension and levels.
On Thursday (8/24) will be a Quill Assessment (grammar) to assess where their writing and editing skills are. 

English 7

• This week we will begin short stories and analyzation of those stories. We will also review literary terms in connection to our short story unit.
• We will begin our daily writing activities in Schoology. These are graded daily either as practice or as a quiz grade.
• We will review grammar every other day.
• We will continue our study of vocabulary in-class.  You can check their notebooks for progress. They should have word #3 completed-cell this past week.

Wednesday (8/23) will be a Common Lit Pre-Assessment to assess their reading comprehension and levels.
On Thursday (8/24) will be a Quill Assessment (grammar) to assess where their writing and editing skills are.