Daily Update--June 7/10

ELA--Review the unit 8 vocabulary words for the test which will be on Friday. Besides knowing the definitions of the words, students also need to know how to write compound-complex sentences which we are studying in class right now.

Math--We are studying the Pythagorean relationship right now; review for the Math Assessment (June 17) will begin by the end of the week.

Tomorrow we will be watching the movie, "I Am David" as we have just finished reading the novel. (Students can bring some munchies for themselves to eat during the movie.)

On Wednesday and Thursday, the students will be writing their ELA Assessment which will be in the form of an in-class essay with topics dealing with the class novel.The students have just finished writing an essay in preparation for this assessment. They cannot study for this assessment, but they can make certain they have their novel in class, and that they read my comments on their last essay. The process of writing the essay is just as important as the essay itself. The assessment will take place in the grade 8 area, and will last about 1 to 1 1/2 hours each day.