The 6th grade has finished conducting all the research that is needed for their research papers. At this point, I feel that the 6th graders wasted a lot of their time by reading a lot of information in encyclopedias, books, and websites instead of writing and documenting their research in the form of notes. If they do not have the necessary information that will show an effective 6th grade writing, they will have to gather more research while at home and write the overall paper in the form of their first rough draft at the same time.
This week, we will use the research guidelines packet, the outline, all notes, and a packet of sentence starters, transitions, and other words to use to write their research papers paragraph by paragraph. Midweek, students and I will use stage (3) of the Writing Process to edit the first draft and by the end of the week, with a lot of hard work and determination, complete the second rough draft. Good luck, 6th grade students!!
The 7th grade class had a tremendous week of writing and listening to poetry. Most students completed excellent, creative pieces and read them with a lot of style and feeling. All poems were written with a different theme in mind and embodied a deep since of creativity and style based on the many elements studied while conducting the unit. I am happy with their enthusiasm and motivation.
Students will finish the unit by writing and reciting their poems and with a test covering the all the terms and information learned within the unit.
The 8th grade class have completed many assignments covering punctuation the last several weeks. They have used the Elements of Language textbook to deepen their learning of the usage of commas, quotation marks, exclamation marks, question marks, and capitalization when using them. Students will conclude this week by learning how to use hyphens, parenthesis, dashes, and brackets effectively in sentences. Good luck, 8th grade students!
Let's have a fabulous week of learning! Believing is Achieving!!
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