AUGUST/SEPTEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH!!!

• CONGRATULATIONS TO ROOM 32’S OUTSTANDING, AMAZING STELLAR STUDENTS:

  • Andy Cisneros – English 7

  • Zoheret Beltran – English 8

  • Jesus Quintero – Responsibility

  • Angela Lopez – Honors English 8

WHAT WE DID: 9/29

• ENGLISH 7 – Through google classroom, students submitted their ERWC Module I summary!
• HONORS ENGLISH 8 – Through google classroom, students submitted their ERWC Module I persuasive essay on social media!
• ENGLISH 8 – Students continued to construct body paragraphs 1 and 2, including counterargument.

WHAT WE DID: 9/28

• ENGLISH 7
  • Students logged into google classroom and continued to work in the computer lab on ERWC Module I Culminating Activity: Writing the Summary.
• HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Students logged into google classroom and continued to work in the computer lab on ERWC Module I Culminating Activity: Composing A Draft
• ENGLISH 8 
  • Students gathered evidence for and against social media
  • Students (period 6) began to draft body paragraph one

PROGRESS REPORTS DISTRIBUTED TODAY!

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 9/25 – 10/1

 

BANNED BOOKS WEEK has been held during the last week of September since 1982. Banned Books Week not only encourages readers to examine challenged literary works, but also promotes intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Its goal is “to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.”

Exercise your First Amendment rights and read a banned book – maybe you already have! In that case, read another one!!

Just a handful of previously banned and challenged books:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Harper Lee

HARRY POTTER – J.K. Rowling

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS – Dav Pilkey

THE HOLY BIBLE

THE GIVER – Lois Lowry

BLUBBER – Judy Blume

MY BROTHER, SAM, IS DEAD – James Lincoln Collier

JUNIE B. JONES – BARBARA PARK

FARENHEIT 451 – RAY BRADBURY

A WRINKLE IN TIME – Madeline L’Engle

GOOSEBUMPS – R.L. Stein

THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS – Katherine Paterson

 

 

 

POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK!

WHAT WE DID: 9/27

• ENGLISH 7
  • Students turned in their home reading logs
  • New HRL passed out – due Tuesday, October 4th
  • Students began working on ERWC Module I Culminating Activity: Writing the Summary in google classroom
• HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Students turned in their home reading logs
  • New HRL passed out – due Tuesday, October 4th
  • Students began working on ERWC Module I Culminating Activity 20: Composing a Draft in google classroom
• ENGLISH 8
  • Students turned in their home reading logs
• • New HRL passed out – due Tuesday, October 4th
  • Students continued working on ERWC Module I Activity 18: Taking a Stance

 

PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th!!

WHAT WE DID: 9/26

ENGLISH 7

• Students continued to work on ERWC Activity 16: Drafting the summary paragraph
• HOME READING LOG DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

• ENGLISH 8
  • Students completed ERWC Activity 15 & 16: Thinking Critically
  • HOME READING LOG DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

• HONORS ENGLISH 8
  • Students began ERWC Activity 21: Considering the Structure – Rough Draft Essay
  • HOME READING LOG DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

PROGRESS REPORTS DISTRIBUTED TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 

WHAT WE DID: 9/23

• ENGLISH 7
  • Students turned in their AoW: “Emotikis and New Keyboards…”
  • In small groups, students found and underlined evidence that supports the author’s claim about “greatness” in the ERWC Module #1.
  • Students began ERWC Activity 16: Sentence Frames

HOME READING LOG DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

• ENGLISH 8
  • Students turned in their AoW: “Emotikis and New Keyboards…”
  • Students completed ERWC Activity 12: Summarizing & Responding
  • Students completed ERWC Activity #15: Thinking Critically

HOME READING LOG DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

WHAT WE DID: 9/22

ENGLISH 7, ENGLISH 8, & HONORS ENGLISH 8

• LIBRARY LESSON
  • 7TH – BIOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE WHO OVERCAME GREAT CHALLENGES
  • 8TH – DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
• HOMEWORK
  • 7TH – AoW & ERWC “WHAT IT TAKES TO BE GREAT” DUE FRIDAY
  • 8TH & H.8TH – AOW & ERWC “TEENAGE SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTERFLIES” DUE FRIDAY

WHAT WE DID: 9/21

ENGLISH 7, ENGLISH 8, HONORS ENGLISH 8

• Students worked in small groups to answer questions for Article of the Week:
  • Do you think having “emotikis” and other personalized emoji is important? Explain.
  • What is the author’s purpose? How do you know? Explain.
  • How do “emotikis” help keep languages and cultures from disappearing? Cite evidence from the text to support your claim.
  • What is the theme or message of this article?
  • Explain how and why Maori youth enjoy “emotikis.”

7TH GRADE ERWC ACTIVITY: COMPLETE THE ARTICLE & SUMMARIES – DUE 9/23

8TH GRADE ERWC: ACTIVITY #10 DUE FRIDAY – DUE 9/23