Jan. 3, 

Parents, Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful and restful holiday. 
Looking forward, we will be working on the Holocaust Unit in February. Please be sure that your child has a copy of Night by Elie Weisel before Feb. 1. Thank you!

Pat Sargent

Nov. 1

Students are working on the Poe Project. We read The Raven today and watched two different dramatic depictions of the poem. HW Complete the activities for Chl. 4 in vocabulary. Quiz on Thursday.


October 21

Today we watched the Outsiders movie.  The Characterization Drawing was due today. Monday, the essay portion of the Characterization Analysis is due and we have a test on Chapters 1-3 in Vocabulary. Tuesday, the book report is due.  Have a great weekend!

October 20, 
Today students took the STARR test. We are working on our characterization project for the Outsiders. Students are writing and creating an analysis of the character they chose from the book. We are also working to complete our book report. Vocabulary test on Ch. 1 - 3 on Tuesday. 
October 11, 

We worked on The Outsiders today by exploring some of the 1960's slang terminology in the book. We are completing chapter 3 vocabulary. Test on Ch. 3 coming up. 
Oct. 6, 2022
Today we had a varied schedule in order to accommodate the two-period lab. 

Oct. 4,

Today we took the TKM test.

Oct. 3, 2022

Today we watched more of the movie. Students were given a chance to ask me any question from the study guide. Very few had questions. Test is tomorrow. 

Sept.30
Happy Friday. Remember to work on the TKM review for the weekend. Study your notes and be prepared to respond to the final question.

Sept. 29, 2022 

Today we worked on a study guide for TKM. Students completed questions in class. Test is Tuesday on TKM. We introduced  voc. words for Ch. 3. Test on vocabulary chapters 1 - 3 next Thursday, Oct. 6.
Sept. 28

Today we reviewed the structure of the paragraph using our response to the title assignment. Students worked together to analyze their paragraphs and correct the structure as well as look for content improvements. 

Sept. 26

Today we went over the theme of the book. Students worked together to support the themes using textual evidence. We reviewed vocabulary chapter 2. Quiz tomorrow. Grammar sheet due tomorrow. 

Sept. 23
Today we discussed the themes of the novels. Students worked through the book noting the support for each type of discrimination. 

Sept. 22
Students are working on an essay. It is due tomorrow.
Quiz on Voc. Ch. 2 on Tues. 
Test on TKM Friday, Sept. 30
Sept. 19

Today students reviewed S/V identification. 
I introduced the words for chapter 2 in vocabulary. 
Students worked in Moby Max on Reading Level Assessments. 

Sept. 14

Quiz tomorrow in vocabulary - Ch. 1

September 13
Today we completed the plot maps for both the Tom plot and the Boo plot.
Students will be working on Characterization tomorrow.
 

HW Complete the Ch. 1 Vocabulary 23-25
Quiz on Ch. 1 in Vocabulary on Thursday.
 

Sept. 12, 2022

Welcome to the first full week of 8th grade!


Today we are working on the plot of TKM. 
Students are identifying the parts of the main plot by discussing them in a group and then placing them on the  plot pyramid. 

We worked on the first chapter of vocabulary. 
Students completed the Words in Context page. 

Hello All!!

We had a wonderful first two days of school!

Sept. 7, 2022

Today we worked on a " Get to Know you Activity" .

Tomorrow I will be collecting the To Kill a Mockingbird journals.



SUMMER READING INSTRUCTIONS

You will be reading two books this summer. The first is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This is one of the most famous books in American Literature. It is not to be taken lightly. It requires a mature approach to the reading and the content. We will be working with this novel first in September and will explore the setting, characters, plot, theme, etc. 

You will be writing a Reader’s Response Journal for this book.
For every chapter, write a response to what you have read. 

Include:

• One or two sentences that explain what happened in the chapter
• One comment indicating your thoughts on the chapter. 
• Create it on a doc that will be printed in September and put into your notebook. 
• Separate each by identifying the Chapter and the date you read it. 

Ex. 

Chapter One June 25, 2022

This chapter is about….

I thought this chapter was……

The second book is The Outsiders. We will be working with this book in the Fall. Be sure to take any notes that you might need for our work.

 

Middle School Supply List- Grades 6, 7 & 8

Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 are required to have the following:

• Camping Chair for outdoor learning
• Bottle of hand sanitizer for personal use
• Black and/or blue erasable pens ( no clickable pens for 6th grade)
• Colored pen (other than blue and black) 
• Scissors
• Crayons or Colored pencils (6th grade must have both)
• Black Sharpie
• Glue stick
• 1 roll of Scotch Tape
• Markers
• Pencils (sharpened) 
• Eraser
• 12-inch ruler (centimeter and inch markings)
• Highlighters (7th and 8th grade must have 4 colors: pink, blue, green, AND yellow)
• 2 packs  3x5 index cards (ruled) and an index card holder or index card ring
• Loose Leaf paper in a 1-inch flexible 3-ring binder
• Container/box for all office supplies 
• A pair of earbuds or headphones dedicated for use in school 
• Assignment pad
• Scientific calculator (TI 30 or TI 34)- this must be in school at all times
• Contact Paper (for at-home use to cover workbooks)
• For your homeroom:  2 boxes of tissues, 1rolls of paper towels, 1 container of disinfecting wipes 

In addition to the supplies listed above, students in 8th grade are required to have the following:

Eighth Grade

• 2 - Five subject notebooks with folders to be shared for all subjects. 
• Small soft-sided binder. Approximately 1 inch. 
• Book Cover for Social Studies Book.
• 1 three-subject spiral notebook for Science