January 2009
Sunday, January 18th, 20098th Grade: This month, eighth graders will be reviewing subject-verb agreement, noun-pronoun agreement (which includes relative pronouns and antecedents), and later working to begin the next writing project: a persuasive research paper. Students will need to collect credible research for their assigned topic, which will ultimately create the foundation for their paper. While outlining always plays a key role in organizing the structure of a paper, the critical objective for the project is learning how to write a paper using MLA (Modern Language Association) style. Students will learn different ways to cite research including short quotes, block quotes, and paraphrasing. Continuing into February, students will decipher between and create a bibliography and a works cited page. The Vocabulary #5 Test will be on Friday, January 23rd.
7th Grade: During the month of January, seventh graders will be participating in a comprehensive grammar unit that spans a variety of skills: subject-verb agreement, common usage problems (who/whom, your/you’re, their/there/they’re, etc.), avoiding dangling modifiers, appositive placement, etc. Students are encouraged to take diligent notes, as most of this information will be compiled from different sources and presented on the laptop/smartboard projector. The Vocabulary #5 Test will be on Friday, January 23rd.
