Middle School Language Arts & More!
Mr. Richard Rouillard (@rouillardr)
Week of January 11, 2016
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Middle School Spelling Bee Participants
6th Grade: Madison Oh & Rose Lee
6th Grade Alternate: Thomas Upright
7th Grade: Stormm Scott & Luciano Diecedue
7th Grade Alternate: Diego Meraz
8th Grade: Shiann Nguyen
8th Grade Alternate: None
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Spelling Bee Volunteers Needed!
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THIS WEEK'S LESSONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
6th Grade Religion (Monday - Friday)
We will be working on Lessons 41-45. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
Bible verse quiz on Friday
6th Grade Language Arts (Monday - Friday)
Literature / Writing (Monday - Wednesday)
- We will be finishing our reading of Louis Sachar's novel, Holes. Quizzes, worksheets, and in-class discussions will accompany our reading. Although we will be reading the novel in class, chapters may be assigned for homework. Students are expected to read the assigned chapters on their own.
6th Grade Edpuzzle Group Code: eX6oL5
- Tuesday / Wednesday EDpuzzle video: None
- Thursday Lesson: Complex Sentences, p.99 and Compound-Complex Sentences, p.100
- Thursday Homework: Ex. 16, p.100
- Thursday EDpuzzle video: None
- Friday: Ch.4 Review, pp.101-103, Odds
- Friday Homework: Ch.4 Review, pp.101-103, Odds
- Ch.4 Test next Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop (Wednesday):
- Vocabulary Units 4 - 6 Review. Due Friday.
Reminder: Reading Log due this Friday
6th Grade Computer (Wednesday)
Ongoing Project: Based on a book we have recently completed reading in class (summer reading included), students will create a comic of an alternate ending to that book.
Students must first log into Edmodo.com to access Pixton.com.
7th Grade Language Arts (Monday - Friday)
Literature / Writing (Monday - Wednesday)
- This week, we will finish reading Mark Twain's beloved novel, Tom Sawyer. Quizzes, worksheets, and in-class discussions will accompany our reading. Although we will be reading the novel in class, chapters may be assigned for homework. Students are expected to read the assigned chapters on their own.
Grammar (Thursday - Friday)
7th Grade Edpuzzle Group Code: booY1N
- Wednesday EDpuzzle video: Adverb Phrases
- Thursday Lesson: Adverb Phrases, p.94
- Thursday Homework: Ex.5, p.95
- Thursday EDpuzzle video: None
- Friday: Verbals and Verbal Phrases, p.98; The Participle, p.98
- Friday Homework: Ex.8, p.99
Vocabulary Workshop (Monday):
- Vocabulary Units 4 - 6 Review. Due Friday.
Reminder: Reading Log due this Friday
7th Grade Computer (Tuesday)
Ongoing Project: Based on a book we have recently completed reading in class (summer reading included), students will create a comic of an alternate ending to that book.
Students must first log into Edmodo.com to access Pixton.com.
8th Grade Religion (Monday - Thursday)
We will be working on Lessons 50-52. Worksheets will accompany the lessons.
- Bible verse quiz on Thursday
8th Grade Language Arts (Monday - Friday)
Literature / Writing (Monday - Wednesday)
- This week, we will finish reading S.E. Hinton's ageless classic, The Outsiders. Quizzes, worksheets, and in-class discussions will accompany our reading. Although we will be reading the novel in class, chapters may be assigned for homework. Students are expected to read the assigned chapters on their own.
- For Wednesday: Literature Book: Ch.6: Sound and Sense, p.400
- Read pp.402-403
Grammar (Thursday - Friday)
8th Grade Edpuzzle Group Code: e02DvG
- Wednesday EDpuzzle video: None
- Thursday Lesson: Ch.4 Review, pp.91-92, Evens
- Thursday Homework: Ch.4 Review, pp.91-92, Evens
- Thursday EDpuzzle video: Prepositional Phrase
- Friday Lesson: Ch.5: The Phrase, p.94; What is a Phrase?, p.95; The Prepositional Phrase, p.96
- Friday Homework: Ex.1, p.97
- Test on Ch.4 next Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop (Monday):
- Vocabulary Units 1 - 6 Test this Monday
Reminder: Reading Log due this Friday
8th Grade Computer (Friday)
Ongoing Project: Based on a book we have recently completed reading in class (summer reading included), students will create a comic of an alternate ending to that book.
Students must first log into Edmodo.com to access Pixton.com.