Dec. 1, 2020

Today we continued the vocabulary unit. All exercises are complete. Tomorrow we will do our " faux quiz" to help us study for the quiz on Thursday. We will complete the study guide for OMM. Test is on Friday. HW 8B - finish study guide. 8A - prepare questions for class. 

Nov. 29, 2020

Today we worked on the vocabulary sentence completion activity on page 62. Students will complete the rest of the vocabulary activiites for HW. Quiz on Ch. 5 on Thursday. Students worked in groups on the study guide for the OMM test which is scheduled for Friday. We will continue that tomorrow. 

Nov. 20, 2020

Today was our first virtual day. Considering how quickly we had to switch over, it went very well. We put the definitions in the notebook and reviewed questions on OMM.   See you Monday morning virtually. Half day schedule. 


Nov. 19, 2020

Today for 8B we finished the movie and discussed the connection between the book and the movie. HW finish the Moby Max activity . 
8A- we did not have class today. :(  I will see you all virtually tomorrow. 
8C - We watched the rest of the movie. Students did an outstanding job comparing the book and movie. 


Nov. 18

We have been reading Of Mice and Men and enjoying it very much. The students have truly been quite engaged. Today we finished the book and the students wrote a response essay to the story. Tomorrow we will finish the movie and work on the literary elements associated with Steinbeck's book. 
No written HW. 

]Nov. 10,2020

Today we reviewed the vocabulary sentences on page 55. We will have the quiz on chapter 4 on Friday. Today we worked on symbolism and foreshadowing and we defined both. Students are to look for examples of both and they read to page 37. 

Nov. 9, 2020

Today we started Of Mice and Men. Students in 8A are to read to 17. 8 B is to read to 26. 

Nov. 5, 2020

Today we worked on Vocabulary Ch. 4. We worked on our Poe Project. The final copy  is due next Wednesday, Nov. 11. I will not be in tomorrow. Have a nice weekend. 

Nov. 4, 2020

Today was a very interesting day of discussion and debate. Your children are passionate and interested in the current political enviroment. I was happy to share this learning experience for all of us . Mrs. Keeling came in as a guest educator and shared her knowledge and expertise. 

Nov. 3, 2020

Today we worked on a position essay on the electoral college. Complete it for HW. If you are done, work on the Poe project. 




 Parents, 
The following information was sent to us from the Monmouth County Vocational Schools. If your child is interested in any of the schools in that group, please follow the instructions below. 


he Monmouth County Vocational School District's Remote Information Session is available online at https://www.mcvsd.org/admissions/information-sessions-open-house/

There are 3 sections to the remote information session:
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Applicants will be required to watch the remote information session in order to apply. Remote information sessions will be available November 1 – December 4, 2020.

The application can also be found on the same page or on the MCVSD Home Page at www.mcvsd.org.

Thank you for all of your support.


Nov. 2, 2020

Today we worked on adjectives as a review. I went over the Poe Project with the students. I did not give a due date for the project as I will be evaluating the progress as we work on it.  HW Adjectives activity sentences 1 - 10. 

Oct. 29, 2020

Today we completed Poe's life and began to explore the causes of his death.  Students took the test for Vocabulary 1 - 3.  
Oct. 28, 2020
Today we read the play about EA Poe's life. We reviewed the vocabulary for Chapters 1-3. Test tomorrow. 
 Oct.27,
Today we continued the life of EA Poe. Students are watching the documentary and we will be reading a short play that depicts the story of his tragic life. We are having the test on Voc. Ch. 1 - 3 on Thursday. Students are completing the review exercises for HW tonight, pages 46-47.  

Oct21,2020
Today we worked on Vocabulary Lesson 3 . There will not be a quiz on lesson 3; students will be assessed on these words through the test next Thursday on Ch. 1-3. We worked on prepositional phrases today. HW is to complete the worksheet given. In 8A - it is on classroom. In 8B and 8C, it is paper. See you tomorrow. 
Oct. 20

Today we finished the movie! The students genuinely seemed interested  and we had a lively discussion about the plot as it is put to film. We will be starting Edgar Allan Poe tomorrow. We worked on vocabulary for chapter 3. HW is :
8B - complete activities for the chapter
8C Sentence completion Ch. 3
8A complete activities for the chapter. 

Oct. 19

Today we worked on vocabulary Ch. 3.  We also watched more of the movie.  HW is different for each class. Please take note of your own assignment. 
8B- Sentences page 41
8A- Finish the definitions for Ch. 3 Complete the words in context 39.
8C - 
October 14, 2020

Today we went over the questions for the test. Students are taking the multiple choice portion tomorrow. Then we will do the essays on Friday. Study for the test. 
Oct. 13, 2020
Today we worked on the essay for the final time . Students completed the essay questions for the test . Writing these essays ahead of time is the key to doing well on the test. HW Finish the 7 essays. 
Oct. 9. 2020

We worked on our play today. Mandatory performances on Tuesday. If you are not done with your script, you must complete it at home. Test on TKM is next THURSDAY,  Check Google classroom for some of the essay questions. You might want to work on them ahead of time. 

Oct. 7, 2020

Today we worked on the essay in 8B and 8C. 8A did not have ELA as we were in the church for the high school information. HW re-read the court room scene .

Oct. 6, 2020

Today we took the quiz and worked on the theme essay. Test on To Kill a Mockingbird will be next Wednesday, Oct. 14. 

Oct. 5, 2020

Today we worked on studying for the quiz tomorrow. We formatted the intro for the essay that we are working on. HW study. 

Oct. 2, 2020

Today we worked on vocabulary for Ch. 2 - prefixes and suffixes and Critical Reading.Students wrote a paragraph on their favorite scene in the book.  Quiz on Tuesday vocabulary Ch. 2 . Have a great weekend. 

Oct. 1, 2020
Today we worked on vocabulary completing the sentence - chapter 2. We discussed the types of discrimination in the novel. This is an essay question on the test. 
Sept. 29,
Today we worked on the theme of TKM. Students defined theme and discussed the two components of a theme  - topic and insight. They then chose a theme and explored the book for three pieces of textual evidence to support their choice. No HW . Tomorrow is STAR testing. 

Sept. 28, 2020
Today we worked on vocabulary ch. 2 words in context. We completed the activity in which the events for the sub-plot of Boo Radley are put into chronological order. We are working on activities for the plot. These questions can be seen on Google Classroom. That is NOT HW. Quiz for vocabulary Ch. 2 is on Friday, Oct. 2. 
Sept. 25, 2020

Today we worked on some summer reading presentations in 8A. We defined our new vocabulary words and wrote the definitions in our notebooks. Looking ahead we will be continuing our study of TKM moving to the theme and the plot. Have a wonderful weekend!!

Sept. 24. 

Today we worked on S-V and then added direct objects to our list.  HW is to complete page 11 on DO. Identify subjects, verbs, and direct objects. We worked on characterization for Alexandra,  Boo, Tom, Bob Ewell, and Mayella. We will finishe that tomorrow. 

Sept.23
Today we worked on the Moby Max Benchmark testing. Your students took  the tests which lasted about 40 minutes to assess where they are in key standards of reading - both informational and literature. No HW. 
Sept. 22, 2020

Today we worked on the plot for TKM by lableing the plot point for the Tom Robinson plot. If your child did not read the summer reading, please encourage him or her to use Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, Youtube etc. to work on the plot. HW is to do page 9 on the grammar packet. 

Sept. 21, 2020

Today we worked on characterization. We read the scene where Scout is reprimanded by her teacher for knowing how to read. Students shared their memories of pre-k or K with the class. We worked on Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Calpurnia.  There is no HW


Sept. 18, 2020

Today we took the quiz on Ch. 1. Students did extraordinarily well!! We identified events in Harper Lee's life that are reflected in the novel, TKM. Next week we will begin the story and work through the elements of the novel- setting, plot, characters, universal theme.  Have a great weekend!!

Sept. 16, 2020

Today we continued to work on the presentations. We worked on vocabulary Ch. 1 . Quiz is on Friday. 
Sept. 15, 2020

Today we worked on vocabulary and our presentations. Vocabulary quiz will be on Friday. We had some time with grammar and will be going to S-V-DO later in the week. We will be starting our study of To Kill a Mockingbird in the next two days. Please be sure that you have your TKM book as well as a silent reading book. 

Sept. 14, 2020

Today we began our day with grammar. We reviewed Subjects and predicates. Students worked outside on the sentences. We began our presentations in each class. We went over the format for paragraph structure and MLA format.  Have a great afternoon. 

 Sept. 11, 2020

Today we reviewed the vocabulary ex on page 19. We continued the slide presentation . This will be the last class time for work on that presentation. Oral presentations begin on Monday. Paragraph on Google Classroom due by the end of day on Monday, Sept. 14. In 8C, MIchael Mahoney presented his book, The Red Bandana. It is the story of Welles Crowther who saved many lives in the South Tower 19 years ago today. Michael rushed to finish his slide presentation so that we could honor Welles today by telling his story. Thank  you so much, Michael. You made the day meaningful! 
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Full days start next week!
Sept. 10,2020

Today we worked on Vocabulary Ch. 1. Students now have self-directed definitons in their notebooks and have completed Ex. 1 on page 19. They contiued to work on the summer reading presentations. I am planning on beginning the presentations next week. We will be starting To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday. Please bring your book to class. 

Sept. 8, 2020

Hello all! I hope your first day went well. We discussed the components of ELA and how we are hoping to grow as writers this year. Tomorrow we will work on our presentations for the summer reading books. Have a wonderful afternoon!

HELLO CLASS OF 2021

 

I hope you are having a wonderful summer. Do not forget to take God with you wherever you go, and of course to read, read, read!!!

See you in September! 

SUMMER READING INSTRUCTIONS 

You will be reading two books for class this summer.

1. Book one is a non-fiction book. You may select any non- fiction book that interests you. Be sure to choose a book that makes you think or that promotes a reaction and response. When we come back to school, you will give an oral presentation about the book. You may create a powerpoint presentation to use during your oral presentation.  Be prepared to tell the class about the book you have read including, but not limited to, the following questions. 

1. What interested you about this book?

2. What did you find surprising?

3. Why did you choose this story?

4. Can you relate to any of them?

5. To whom would you recommend this book and why?

6. Can you tie the events in this book to any current event? Explain

Use these questions to tell us about the book. 

Remember that a presentation is NOT reading from cards or a screen. Your goal is to engage and inform the audience. You may use music or insert a news piece on the current event.  We will work on this presentation the first few days of school but I want you to come with all of the ideas you want to include in it already prepared. 

2. The second book you are reading is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.  We will complete activities when you come back to school. This is the first of our novels for the year. You will be tested on this book. As you read, be sure to annotate important concepts. You can use a notebook, sticky notes, write in the margins, etc. You choose what works best for you. 

During the first trimester we will also read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. You will be assigned specific days to read this book.  You do not have to read this during the summer.  I have this book in school for you so you do not have to buy it. 

Sometime in January or February, we will read, Night, by Elie Wiesel.  You will receive specific days to read this book.  You will have to purchase this book in February. DO NOT READ THIS OVER THE SUMMER.

If you have any questions, email me.  I am happy to help! 

Have a SAFE summer and remember to wash your hands!!!
Looking forward to a fun and educational year!