Week of September 15-19

 Week of September 15-19

Thank you to all the parents who contributed to our “tea party.” I appreciate you so much!

*I will continue to NOT send reminders for students who did not complete their Quill assignments. Please check PowerSchool for missing assignments.

I have created a folder called Daily Assignments in Schoology. If your student is absent, work is there for the day and expected to be made up immediately.

Monday-Open short story quiz on “The Landlady,” Aesop’s Fables activity on theme/main idea, Vocabulary, Homeroom Day

Tuesday-Short Story “The Pie,”  Project on the Short Story, Short Story Map, Vocabulary

Wednesday-”A Monster Calls” Quiz, Mugshot, Daily Writing, Vocabulary

Thursday-Performance Matters Test/Assessment (no need to study), Short Story, Comprehension Questions

Friday-Reading Day to prepare for Book Report (in-class assignment only)

IMPORTANT: Essay #1 is due September 19th. It is to be done in class.

Book Report #1 is due September 22nd. This will also be done in class.

Students should be reading 15-20 minutes per night on the book of their choice.

QUILL is due Friday of every week.

Have a great weekend!

-Mrs. Matejka

Week of September 8-12

 Week of September 8-12

Spirit Week - Please see attachment

*I will continue to NOT send reminders for students who did not complete their Quill assignments. Please check PowerSchool for missing assignments.

Spirit Week this week! See attachment!

Our short story, “The Landlady” is TUESDAY. Many of you signed up to provide graham crackers and water. I need these by Monday please for our tea party.

Monday-Mugshot, Daily Writing, A Monster Calls, Vocabulary, Homeroom Day

Tuesday-Tea Party, “The Landlady,”  Project on the Short Story, Vocabulary

Wednesday-Finish Short Story Project, Vocabulary

Thursday-Common Lit Writing Assignment, A Monster Calls

Friday-Reading Day to prepare for Book Report (in-class assignment only)

IMPORTANT: Essay #1 is due September 19th. It is to be done in class.

Book Report #1 is due September 22nd. This will also be done in class.

Students should be reading 15-20 minutes per night on the book of their choice.

QUILL is due Friday of every week.

Have a great weekend!

-Mrs. Matejka

Week of September 1-5

 Week of September 1-5

*This week I will NOT be sending out reminders for students who did not complete their Quill assignments.  It is now left up to the student and their parents to traverse PowerSchool to check for grades & assignments that need completion. 

I spent most of last Sunday going through emails updating assignments, and this should be the student’s responsibility. I hope you understand.  Students need to take ownership of their work and advocate for themselves as this year progresses. They are young men and women, and will learn responsibility through this trend.

Upcoming, we will be reading a short story entitled “The Landlady.” There is a tea party in the story, and generally, I share graham crackers with students as we read the story to mimic a tea party. I need your help in making this successful. 

Donations of graham crackers and mini water bottles would be appreciated.  I have 142 students currently in classes.

Monday-Labor Day Holiday-No School

Tuesday-A Monster Calls, Daily Writing, MUGshot

Wednesday-Performance Matters Mid-Test (no studying), Complete Project on Short Story

Thursday-Library/Essay Writing

Friday-Essay Writing/Editing

IMPORTANT: Essay #1 is due September 19th. It is to be done in class.

Book Report #1 is due September 22nd. This will also be done in class.

Students should be reading 15-20 minutes per night on the book of their choice.

QUILL is due Friday of every week.

Have a great weekend!

-Mrs. Matejka

Week of August 25-29

 Dear families,

This week in English 7:

Monday-Complete an activity on citing textual evidence.  Based upon the RACER paragraph this past week, we need to work on this skillset. We will begin our daily writing activity as well as continue reading A Monster Calls.

Tuesday-GATES testing-Comprehension

Wednesday-GATES testing-Vocabulary

-Read Short Story and analyze

-Vocabulary

Thursday-MUGshot #3 (Mechanics, Usage, Grammar), Daily Writing, Read A Monster Calls, Work on Vocabulary

Friday-Work on Essay #1 which is due September 19th

QUILL this week consists of three (3) activities on commonly confused words. DUE FRIDAY by noon. 

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

Please check your student’s grade on PowerSchool for any missing assignments.

-Mrs. Matejka

Week of August 18-22

 Good Sunday afternoon, I wanted to give you an update for the week and what we will be doing. 

MOST IMPORTANT: Students will have their first THREE QUILL assignments this week. They are due by noon FRIDAY, no exceptions. 

Students will have time in class to work on them, however, it is their responsibility to finish them. 

Monday: Quill pre-test (this is a grammar tool to measure what we need to work on in writing). 

Tuesday: Begin short story review/unit. We will make a very brief visit to the library to check out books. 

Wednesday: I will be absent, but my husband will be their substitute. They will have a reading/writing assignment. I have high expectations for good behavior from students. 

Thursday: Writing and short story continue, as well as vocabulary. 

Friday: Reading Day-free test grade. 

Have a great week. 

-Mrs. Cindy Matejka 

Please find attached the reason for the pictures for the bulletin board!