If you scored below an 85 percent on the Holes test we took on May 1, then you will want to attend the retake session on Monday, May 19, at 3:40 P.M. in my room. Bring a snack if you need it, and get your test and/or answer sheet signed by a parent/guardian.
On Friday, May 23, we will have a vocabulary quiz that covers the vocabulary packet we did a while back. Here is a link to some flashcards I created for study purposes. Review them over the next few days.
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I had the students write down the novels they need for Monday, May 12, in their agendas. My on-level ILA classes will need Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. My PAP ILA class will need The Westing Game. Electronic downloaded copies will work this time. Thank you.
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This major project grade is due tomorrow, Friday, May 9, when you walk into my classroom. We’ll take a moment to assemble the packets and staple, but you should have all of the pieces with you when you arrive to my classroom. Check your school email account, and ask your parents (nicely) to print off anything you need from organizer to rubric. Do you not have ink in the printer at home? Go to the Integration Lab tomorrow morning and print it off there. Remember to keep on working diligently because although the end of the school year is getting closer, it’s still not here yet. Stay strong in your efforts. Turn in your work on time.
Here is the text of the story “Langston Terrace” and the narrative essay “Turkeys” for use at home.
The Fabulous Mrs. Johnson <><
Today my on-level ILA classes read “The Circuit” by Francisco Jimenez. The text can be found below for you to finish your selection B assessment.
My Pre-AP ILA class read “Lob’s Girl” by Joan Aiken and “Jeremiah’s Song” by Walter Dean Myers. The text for both stories can be found below for you to finish your selection B assessment.
If you were absent, I am asking you to read the short stories and see me after school on Wednesday for tutorials to complete your missing work since I have morning duty this week. Thank you, and make it a terrific Tuesday!
The Fabulous Mrs. Johnson <><
We will be revising and editing our short stories this week. Be ready to make changes for the better and to utilize proper grammar and spelling. This all counts toward the final product. Most of my students turned in their rough drafts; those who didn’t will need to bring it to class tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, for a late grade. Check the HAC (Home Access Center) because I have made a note and typed in “L” for a late grade if it wasn’t turned in on Friday. Do good for someone else today!
Mrs. Johnson <><
Check the class calendar to get links to the biography video and audio connected with our lesson using Langston Hughes’ short story “Thank You, Ma’am.”
Here is the text of the poem “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. You heard it read during the biography video.
Mrs. Johnson <><
We are back to work on Monday, January 6, 2014. Bring your Springboard workbook, and a pen or pencil to class. We will visit the library on Tuesday, January 7, so have your books ready. We are visiting the integration lab to do some more I-Station work on Friday, January 10.
Our next novel of study is Holes by Louis Sachar. We teach it in connection with Springboard. Please bring your copy to school on or before Monday, February 3, 2014. Start going to bed on time tonight in order to be less groggy on Monday at school. Take care, and God bless!
Mrs. Johnson <><
I will be on morning duty all next week, so if you have any ILA tutorial questions, you will have to visit one of the other ILA teachers in the sixth grade hallway. I will be available after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The on-level students have an ILA test on Monday, December 16, over Fever 1793. PAP students took their test yesterday; the grades are posted on the HAC already. Be good this weekend!
Mrs. Johnson <><
Pre-AP will have a novel test on Thursday, December 12, over Stargirl. I sent a text message via Remind 101. Please check your device. We went over a quick review in class, but students need to study their chapter questions, vocabulary from the review, and look over the figurative languages handout on my reference page. They are to recognize examples of figurative language when they see it.
On-level ILA will have a novel test over Fever 1793 on Monday, December 16. You are to read through chapter 27 tonight and complete the packet. I’ll go over it tomorrow in class. Begin looking over your information so you don’t get behind on your studies. I will see you tomorrow in class. Be good.