8th Grade
LA: In language arts, we are beginning our first grammar unit, nouns. This will be a quick unit and will include notes, practice exercises, a quiz and a creative writing assignment to assess whether students can apply the concepts.
Reading: We are continuing our short story unit. This week we'll be reading The Lady or the Tiger and Raymond's Run. With each story, students are learning new vocabulary words as well as practicing reading strategies to comprehend the stories. We are focusing on the components of a short story and will be asking students to demonstrate their understanding through comprehension questions as well as creative writing prompts.
7th Grade
LA: We are still working on narrative writing. Students will be focusing on writing their body paragraphs and conclusions for the narratives. They will also be working with the ISAT narrative writing rubric to assess each others writing.
Reading: We are moving forward with our short story unit. We will be reading one more story this week and students will have a short story test on Friday. A great way to prepare for this test is to review the main parts/events of each story as well as review the vocabulary words. Perhaps students can make flashcards to help them review the words.
