The Middle Ages Faire is tomorrow! Please come and join us anytime between 8:15-10:30!

Disappointment

Hard work pays off

Happiness

Loss/grief

Accomplishments

Loyalty

Family relationships

Friendship

Traditions

Poverty

Love

Devotion

Decisions

Change

Independence

Success

Culture

Heartbreak

Growing up

Determination

Responsibility

Dedication

Milestones

Divorce

Reflection

Influences

Parenting

Conflict

Belonging  

Today in ELA we continued to work on our Reader's Theater with the 8th grade theater class. Some main take-aways:

tone, word emphasis, small actions, play your role throughout the whole script, and practice practice practice!

Homework: 

ELA: Read through script

SS: Work on your guild- Middle Ages Faire is FRIDAY!

Reading: Mrs D- Anthology Project 5/6/17- Above are lists of common themes that can be used for your project

Mr K- None

Science: Test Thursday

Math: Mr K 6- :)

Math: Mr K 6/7-R & P 3.3.3 #120-124

Today we discussed Reader's Theater and students were given their scripts. In their groups, they decided which roles they were going to read. With the help of 8th grade theater class, students will have a week to prepare their Reader's Theater and will present to the class next Tuesday.

Homework:

ELA: read through your script for Reader's Theater
Reading: Mrs D- none
Mr K- Movie/book comparison due tomorrow
Science: none
Math: Mr K 6-Pick 3 Closure questions
Mr K 6/7- R & P 3.3.2 # 107-111
SS: Work on your guild

In ELA we started conferencing and publishing our poetry. Our finished/published poetry is due TOMORROW at the end of class.

Homework:

ELA: Poetry!
SS: Work on guild
Reading: Mrs D- none

In ELA, we discussed Black Out poetry- examples are seen above.

Homework:
ELA: Finish Black Out poem
Reading: Mrs D- none
               Mr K- Movie/Book Comparison 5/31/17
Science: Test corrections due Friday
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 9.2.3 # 65-69
Mr K 6/7- none
SS: Work on guild

We have continued to discuss literary devices in class and added a new poem "style" today to our repertoire. We used Harlem (as seen above) for a number of reasons: mentor text, strong use of literary devices and figurative language, etc.... After our discussion, students created their own Dream Poem.

Homework:
ELA: Dream Poem due 5/23/17
Reading: Mrs D- none
Reading Mr K- Movie/Book comparison due 5/31/17
Science: none
Math: Mr K 6- none
Mr K 6/7- R & P 3.2.3 # 59-63

Today we worked on creating memory poems while keeping in mind alliteration and personification. In Social Studies, we continued to work on our feudalism article.

Homework:

ELA: Memory Poem
SS: none
Reading: Mrs D - none