Conferences Continue Tuesday
Conferences this week will continue on Tuesday, October 27th, from 2:45-6:45. See you then!
Pumpkin Decorating and Voting This Week!
Pumpkins will be decorated from 12:38-1:38 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. They will be put into place on Thursday afternoon, and voting will be from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon. Pumpkins not picked up by 2:30 on Friday afternoon will be thrown out after school. Come see and vote if you can! The pumpkins will be displayed on the 7th-grade steps by the 7th-grade hall.
Weekly Language Arts Schedule
Monday: Last day to work on film scripts in class! Rough drafts are due Tuesday this week, and I will be looking through them before revising and editing next week.
Tuesday: Start Edgar Allen Poe's, "Telltale Heart." Students will receive vocabulary words which will be quizzed on next Friday, November 6th.
Wednesday: Finish "Telltale Heart" and discuss film techniques used for mood and tone, then watch "A Telltale Heart"
Thursday: Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving
Friday: Watch "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1999 adaptation by Pierre Gang)
The 'Book of the Month' assignment for October will be due this Friday, October 30th. Students were given the assignment and picked out a book for it at the beginning of this month.
Assignment
Summary Rubric
Constructed Response Rubric
Have a wonderful week!
Tuesday: Start Edgar Allen Poe's, "Telltale Heart." Students will receive vocabulary words which will be quizzed on next Friday, November 6th.
Wednesday: Finish "Telltale Heart" and discuss film techniques used for mood and tone, then watch "A Telltale Heart"
Thursday: Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving
Friday: Watch "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1999 adaptation by Pierre Gang)
The 'Book of the Month' assignment for October will be due this Friday, October 30th. Students were given the assignment and picked out a book for it at the beginning of this month.
Assignment
Summary Rubric
Constructed Response Rubric
Have a wonderful week!