> Our The Giver narratives were due today. If you didn't turn it in, you'll need to work on it over the weekend and turn it in to me on Tuesday.

In addition, you can do the 'cover art' project for extra credit. Illustrate a scene from your alternate ending, title it 'The Giver alternate ending', and write your name on there as the author. Turn this in anytime next week for credit.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

We don't have our normal vocabulary routine this week, so there will be no quiz on Friday.

Friday is the end of the grading period, so any missing work you have needs to be turned into me by the end of the week. On Tuesday I handed out grade reports with missing assignments. See me if you have questions . . .

This week we're focusing on reading our novel, The Giver. Apart from that, we just have a few of the normal warm-up and grammar pages.

Next week is State Testing! We've been preparing for this over many weeks. At this point, just focus on the strategies we have talked about in class to be fresh and prepared. Test smarter, not harder!

Welcome back!
I hope you had a fun and relaxing winter break.

We finished our 'Beliefs' essays before the break. If you did not finish, it's up to you to do this on your own time . . .

Our homework for this week is as follows:

> Word Roots #11 'scrib'    - and -  Foldable flashcards     due Tues
> choice reading paragraph   due Wed
> 5 vocabulary sentences      due Thurs
> choice reading paragraph    due Fri

*Vocabulary quiz Friday

Happy Monday!

For once, we have no vocabulary homework tonight. We'll begin our vocabulary review tomorrow.

So, our homework for the week is as follows:

Vocabulary review page - Due Wednesday
Vocabulary sentences - Due Thursday
Choice reading paragraph - Due Friday


This week, we'll continue asking the question, "How do we form our beliefs?"
We'll be looking at ghosts and other 'paranormal' phenomena.
Next week, we'll be selecting our own topics and researching them in the library before writing our own persuasive essays.

Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing October break.

This week we will be reviewing all the word parts (prefixes, roots, and suffixes) that we have learned so far. We will have our quiz on all the word parts this Friday.

We will also begin work on our five-paragraph essay on The Outsiders.
This work will be done in class, but those who do not finish will need to do so for homework.

Our homework for this week is as follows:

Vocabulary review sheet   - Due Tuesday
'Choice Reading' paragraph - Due Wednesday
5 Vocabulary sentences  - Due Thursday
'Choice Reading' paragraph - Due Friday

Remember, our Halloween dance is this Friday the 26th from 6:00 - 8:30!

Homework for the week:

> Subject / Predicate worksheet      (handout)     DUE WEDNESDAY

> 'Choice Reading' paragraph             DUE THURSDAY

Our first unit test is tomorrow (Wednesday). No need to study, but come to class prepared to read, focus, and do your best!

We will finish our novel, The Outsiders, on Thursday

Remember, Friday is a minimum day. And next week, enjoy your break!

Today,
> We predicted what might happen next in the novel. We then summarized what has happened recently in The Outsiders. Quite a lot has happened to Ponyboy in a short time, and we went over the series of recent events that led him there.

> Then, we spent most of the day reading on in the book . . .

No homework this evening, as we're taking a break from our normal vocabulary routine this week.

Homework for the rest of the week will be updated daily.