Friday, October 30

Sixth Grade:
Plot & Fig. Lang. quiz / Read
Seventh Grade:
7A: Discussion
7B: Finish Levels of Reading / Read
Eighth Grade:
8-A: Short story assignment
Homework:Short story - due Tuesday
8-B: Share Short stories
Homework:Short story - due Monday

TOMORROW - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

All Saints Mass with Bishop Slattery

Halloween Parties

Thursday, October 29

Sixth Grade:
6-V:Check Vocab./ A Revolutionary Boy / Review
6-P:Check Vocab./ Review / Read Play
Homework:6-P: A Revolutionary Boy / Plot & Fig. Lang. quiz tomorrow
Seventh Grade:
7A: Share Levels of Reading / Frankenstein
7B: Check Vocab. / Levels of Reading - Monsters
Homework:Vocab. "Choosing the Right Word" - due tomorrow
Eighth Grade:
8-A: Check TTH analysis / Read "Monkey's Paw"
Homework:"Choosing the Right Word" - due tomorrow
8-B: Short story - due tomorrow or Monday

Homework:Halloween Story 

Wednesday, October 28

Sixth Grade:
6-V:"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Read play
6-P: No Class: S'Mores Party / Silent Reading
Homework:Vocab. "Choosing the Right Word"

Seventh Grade:
7A: Levels of Reading - Monsters Homework:Levels of Reading - due tomorrow / Vocab. "Choosing the Right Word" - due Friday
7B: Check Worksheet/ Levels of Reading - Monsters (due Friday)
Vocab. "Choosing the Right Word"  

Eighth Grade:
8-A: No Class
Homework:Finish packet (not last page)
8-B: Share Imagery / Short story

Homework:Halloween Story -due Friday

Tuesday, October 27

Sixth Grade:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Homework:Read / Google assignment
Seventh Grade:
7A: Check worksheet / Levels of Reading - Monsters
7B: Monsters Workshhet / Watch "Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Homework:Read / Google assignment
Eighth Grade:
8-A: "Tell-Tale Heart" - Analysis packet
Homework:Finish packet (not last page) / Google assignment
8-B: Share collages / Imagery

Homework:Finish imagery

Monday, October 26

Sixth Grade:
Vocabulary Unit 4 / Read
Homework:Google assignment
Seventh Grade:
Vocabulary Unit 4 / Monsters questions
Homework:Google assignment
Eighth Grade:
"Charly" movie

Homework:Google assignment / Vocab. Unit 4 - Read passage / Draw pictures & fill in the blanks

Popsicle Party

Our homeroom enjoying the popsicle party we won for bringing the most items during the auction drive week.

Thundering-Up!

Seventh Graders Working on Mood Paintings

Thursday, October 22

Sixth Grade:

6-P: Turn in "All Summer in a Day" Questions & Figurative Language / Popsicle Par

6-V: Turn in "All Summer in a Day" Questions & Figurative Language / STAR test

Homework:Read / Google assignment

Seventh Grade:

7A: Watch "Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
7-B:No Class

Homework:Read / Google assignment

Eighth Grade:

8-A: "Tell-Tale Heart" - Analysis packet #1-4

Homework:Read / Google assignment / Finish
8-B: No Class

Wednesday, October 21

Sixth Grade:

"All Summer in a Day" Questions & Figurative Language / Figure of Speech picture

Homework:Finish

Seventh Grade:

Turn in Mood writing .  Finish "Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Homework:None

Eighth Grade:

8-A: Turn in "Flowers" writing / Check Foreshadowing & Literary Devices / Watch "The Landlady"

Homework:None

8-B: "The Monkey's Paw" - Mood Collage

Homework:Finish

Tuesday, October 20

Sixth Grade:

6-P: "All Summer in a Day" Inferences chart

6-V: "All Summer in a Day" Questions & Figurative Language

Homework:Finish

Seventh Grade:

Read "Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

Homework:None

Eighth Grade:

8-A: "The Landlady" - Foreshadowing / Literary Devices /

Read "Tell-Tale Heart"-page 80

8-B: Turn in "Tell-Tale Heart" Analysis /

Finish "The Monkey's Paw" - Mood & Comprehension

Homework:None

Monday, October 19

Sixth Grade:
6-P: STAR test
6-V: "All Summer in a Day" Inferences chart
Homework:None

Seventh Grade:
Elements of Drama - Notes
The Red Scare / "Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Homework:None

Eighth Grade:
8-A: "The Landlady" - Foreshadowing
8-B: Share "Tell-Tale Heart" Analysis / Read "The Monkey's Paw"

Homework:None

Wednesday, October 14: Assignments

Sixth Grade:
Check Vocab. / Vocab. Test / Figurative Language Cut-Outs - due Monday
Homework: Read!!!

Seventh Grade:
Check Vocab / Vocab. Test / Alien landscape writing - final copy with picture and mood word due Wednesday
Homework:Read!!!

Eighth Grade:
8-A: Vocab. test / "Flowers" essay -due Wednesday
8-B: Vocab. test / "Tell-Tale Heart" Analysis - Questions # 5,6,9,12 - due Monday

Homework:Read

Tuesday, October 13: Assignments

Sixth Grade:
Check Vocab. / Finish Plot pyramid / Figurative Language Cut-Outs - finish tomorrow
Homework: Vocab. page 49 / Test tomorrow

Seventh Grade:
Check Vocab / Imagery / Alien landscape writing - due Wednesday, Oct. 21
Homework: Vocab. page 49 / Test tomorrow

Eighth Grade:
8-A: No Class - Explore test
8-B: "Tell-Tale Heart" Analysis - Questions # 1-4

Homework:Vocab. page 49 / Test tomorrow

Monday, October 12: Assignments

Sixth Grade:
Check Vocab. / Finish Plot Pyramid (Assembly at 10:00)
Homework: Vocab. page 48

Seventh Grade:
Check Vocab / Discuss mood
Alien landscape creation / Homework: Vocab, page 48

Eighth Grade:
8-A:Schaffer paragraph / Theme writing
8-B:Discuss foreshadowing / suspense / Literary terms chart / "Tell-Tale Heart"
Homework: Vocab. page 48 

CAUTION - STUDENTS AT WORK!

The 8th Grade Advanced Literature Class 

They are working on discovering theme statements through Levels of Reading.

Sixth Graders working together on Plot Pyramids

Drew D is taking an AR test while Aubriana H. looks for a new book to read.

Friday, October 9:Assignments

Sixth Grade: Check Vocab. / Read / AR Test
Homework: Vocab. page 47 / Read
AR Test due Monday

Seventh Grade:Check Vocab
Mood worksheet
Homework: Finish picture & worksheet / Vocab. page 47 / Read

Eighth Grade:
8-A:Discussion of thematic statements - take notes
8-B:Share "The Landlady" foreshadowing / Watch "Tales of the Unexpected"

Homework: Vocab. page 47 / Read

Have a great weekend! 

Thursday, October 8: Assignments

Sixth Grade: Check Vocab. / Share "Three Little Pigs" / Mako Plot Pyramid - finish on Monday
Homework: Vocab. page 46

Seventh Grade:Check Vocab
"Dark They Were..." Mood picture / Mood worksheet
Homework: Vocab. page 46 + mood picture if not finished

Eighth Grade:Check Vocab.
8-A:Finish Levels of Reading
8-B:Turn in Dialectical journal / "The Landlady" foreshadowing

Homework: Vocab. page 46 

Wednesday, October 7: Assignments

Sixth Grade: Plot Elements / Three Little Pigs
Homework: Vocab. page 45 / Finish Three Little Pigs

Seventh Grade:
"Dark They Were..." Mood / Figurative Language picture
Homework: Vocab. page 45 

Eighth Grade:
8-A:Allusions / Levels of Reading
8-B:Turn in PEEC / "The Landlady"

Homework: Vocab. page 45 

Tuesday, October 6: Assignments

Sixth Grade: Rosary / Vocab. Review / AR Tests
Homework: Vocab. page 44

Seventh Grade:
Finish reading "Dark They Were..." Mood picture
Homework: Vocab. pages 42-44

Eighth Grade:
8-A:Share journal / Finish reading "Flowers for Algernon"
8-B:Share "Fool on the Hill"/ "The Landlady" Anticipation

Homework: Vocab. pages 42-44

Monday, October 5: Assignments

Sixth Grade: Finish "Ghost of the Lagoon" problems / Mako assertion paragraph
Homework: Final copy of Mako paragraph.

Seventh Grade:
7-A: Share Plot pyramid / Begin reading "Dark They Were & Golden Eyed"
7-B: Read "Dark They Were & Golden Eyed"

Eighth Grade:
8-A: Vocab. Test #3 / Finish Dialectical Journal #2

8-B: Check puzzles / Discuss Allusions / "Fool on the Hill" - annotate. PEEC paragraph due Wednesday

A Beautiful Gift!

Thank you to Ella S. and my homeroom for such a beautiful gift!

Rise and Shine Sock Donations

Thank you to all those who donated socks!

NJHS students collected them during Rise and Shine.

"Flowers for Algernon" Anticipation

Before reading the short story by Daniel Keyes, the 8th grade students made some ink blots which are used for psychological tests.

Nicole gets a thumbs -up from Carson.

Josie A. looks like she's thinking about this one.

Jack A is happy with his!

Mary M. definitely has the "Hmm..." look!

The Advanced 8th Grade class are very happy with theirs!

STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES

After a very close election, our student council representatives are:

ELLA E. AND AURORA B.

Congratulations to all of our candidates for running: Cole D., Andrew R., and Marissa W.

Friday, October 2: Assignments

Sixth Grade:Turn in Vocab. books/
Vocab. Test #3 / Read
Seventh Grade:Turn in Vocab. books/
Vocab. Test #3 / Read
Eighth Grade: No Class

All Classes:Homework: READ!!!

Thursday, October 1: Assignments

Sixth Grade: Turn in Rachel / Finish "Ghost of the Lagoon" & Problems
Homework: Finish Unit 3 - Vocab. test tomorrow

Seventh Grade:Check Vocab.
7-A: Turn in POV / "The Dinner Party" plot pyramid
7-B: Share Plot pyramid / "Dark They Were & Golden Eyed" Intro.
Homework:Finish Unit 3 - Vocab. test tomorrow

Mars Video:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid711168620001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAApYJinmk~,-2yaQMCmIGHNPLdUv8PWJjTAMfFfw-ru&bctid=805998722001

Eighth Grade:
8-A: Check Vocab. & puzzles /  Read "Flowers" / Dialectical Journal #2
8-B: Check Vocab / Vocab. Test #3 / Allusions

Homework:8-B: Essay due Wednesday
8-A: Vocab. Test on Monday