Your 2 final Alpha Biography pages are due Friday 5/9. We will be printing these pages in class on Friday and adding them to your books.
Alpha Biography covers are due Wednesday 5/7.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due April 30. All 3 pages are free writes. You will be required to submit in Classroom Companion.
Week 7 Morphology Work is due Friday 5/2.
Listenwise notes and quiz are due Friday, 4/25.
Morphology weekly work is due Friday, 4/25.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due April 30. All 3 pages are free writes. You will be required to submit in Classroom Companion.
Listenwise notes and quiz are due Friday, 4/18.
Morphology weekly work is due Friday, 4/18.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due April 30. All 3 pages are free writes. You will be required to submit in Classroom Companion.
We are taking a quiz on punctuation: hyphens, dashes, parentheses, quotation marks and italics in class on Thursday.
Listenwise notes and quiz are due Friday, 4/11.
Morphology weekly work is due Friday, 4/11.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due April 30. All 3 pages are free writes. You will be required to submit in Classroom Companion.
NOTE: If you scored below 15/20 on last week's grammar quiz, you can retake the quiz in class on Thursday, 4/10.
Listenwise notes and quiz are due Friday, 4/4.
Morphology weekly work is due Friday, 4/4.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due April 30. All 3 pages are free writes. You will be required to submit in Classroom Companion.
We will have a morphology and subject-verb agreement quiz on Friday, 4/4.
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due 3/28. Please note that 2 of the pages are Inquire and Explore Pages and 1 page is a free write. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL REQUIRED TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING INTO CLASS COMPANION AT LEAST 1 TIME. Hand in your Google Docs to Google Classroom as normal.
Your 3 Big Cs and Listenwise Quiz are due Friday, 3/28. We will discuss the paper on Thursday 3/17.
Complete your Morphology Week 2 practice by Friday, 3/28. (We will work on this in class and if you are on task, you will be finished with this on Thursday).
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due 3/28. Please note that 2 of the pages are Inquire and Explor Pages and 1 page is a free write. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL REQUIRED TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING INTO CLASS COMPANION AT LEAST 1 TIME.
Your 3 Big Cs and Listenwise Quiz are due Friday, 3/14. We will discuss the paper on Thursday 3/13.
We have an Active Voice/Passive Voice quiz on Wednesday, 3/12. You will be asked to write 6 sentences - 3 in the active voice and 3 in the passive voice.
Complete your Morphology Week 1 Packet by Friday.
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due 3/28. Please note that 2 of the pages are Inquire and Explor Pages and 1 page is a free write. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL REQUIRED TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING INTO CLASS COMPANION AT LEAST 1 TIME.
By Wednesday, 3/5 have your 2 questions ready for your inform and explain essays.
Your 3 Big Cs and Listenwise Quiz are due Friday, 3/7. We will discuss the paper on Thursday 3/6.
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters due 2/28. These pages are all free write pages.
Listenwise notes (KWL 2.0) and quiz are due Friday, 2/28.
We will take a grammar quiz on Wednesday, 2/26. The quiz will assess your ability to find direct objects, indirect objects, verbs and prepositional phrases.
**Please keep in mind that 2/28 is the last day I can accept all regular and late work.
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due 2/28. These pages/lettes are all free write pages.
Listenwise Notes and Quiz are due Friday, 2/7. Be sure to number what you list in your KWL chart.
3 AlphaBiography pages/letters are due 2/28. They are all free write pages.
We are working on the District Writing Benchmark this week. All work will be done in class.
Your 3 Alpha Biography letters/pages are due Friday, 1/31. We wrote 2 of the pages in class over the past 2 weeks. If you used your class time well, you should be ready to hand in this work on time.
Your 3 Alpha Biography letters/pages are due 1/31. Of the 3 letters/pages, 1 is a free write and 2 are arguments based on our study of argument writing in preparation for the upcoming district writing assessment.
Choose your topic for your argument Alpha Biography and develop your introduction by Tuesday, 1/14.
Listenwise notes and quiz are due Friday, 1/17.
Your first Alpha Biography Argument essay is due Friday, 1/17. You will have the week of 1/20 to write your second Alpha Biography Argument essay.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Friday, January 17 is Junior High Night at the Sunny Hills basketball game. Please see the flier linked HERE. Here is information as well:
Date: Friday, January 17th
Location: Sunny Hills High School (gym)
Address: 1801 Lancer Way, Fullerton, CA 92833
Girls Varsity: Game @ 5:30 PM
Boys Varsity: Game @ 7 PM
**Both the Sunny HIlls Girls Varsity and Boys Varsity teams will be playing Esperanza varsity teams.
3 Alpha Biography Pages are due Friday, 1/31. NOTE: One of these pages will be a free write. Two of these pages will be argument-based. We will develop/write these pages in class based on notes and instruction in argument writing.
**For the week of 1/6 focus on your free write for homework. During the weeks of 1/13 and 1/20, you will write your alpha biography arguments in class.
We will resume our Listenwise routine on Monday, 1/13. There is no Listenwise work this week.
2 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due Wednesday 12/18. These letters/pages are free writes.
We are taking a capitalization quiz on Thursday 12/19.
There is NO Listenwise work this week. We resume that routine when we return from Winter Break.
2 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due Wednesday, 12/18. These letters/pages are free writes.
Listenwise Quiz and Notes are due Friday, 12/13.
Memorize Column 5 on your Prepositions List. We will take a quiz on this column on Friday, 12/13.
2 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due Wednesday, 12/18. These letters/pages are free writes.
Listenwise Quiz and Notes are due Friday, 12/6.
Memorize Column 4 on your Prepositions List. We will take a quiz on this column on Friday, 12/6. (Class 2 will take the quiz on Monday, 12/9)
Listenwise Quiz and Notes are due Friday, 11/22. Please note the new notes activity. It is based on the KWL we did in class.
2 Alpha Biography letters/pages are due Friday, 11/22. Be sure to follow the notes and outline given in class.
Your quiz on prepositions column 3 will be on Tuesday, 11/19.
All 8th graders need to get their Sunny Hills tour permission slips signed and returned. The tour is on 12/6. Turn your permission slip in before you go on Thanksgiving break.
Listenwise Quiz and Notes are due Friday, 11/15. Please note the new notes activity. It is based on the KWL we did in class.
2 Alpha Biography letters/pages are due Friday, 11/22. Be sure to follow the notes and outline given in class.
Your quiz on prepositions column 3 will be on Tuesday, 11/19.
Listenwise Quiz and Notes are due Friday, 11/8. You can create notes for this week's selection on a Google Doc. I will note that on the assignment directions. The format for your notes is posted in Google Classroom.
2 Alpha Biography letters/pages are due Friday, 11/22. The score for this writing will go into T2.
Memorize the second column in your prepositions list on your Chapter 7 PDF. The quiz on Friday will be the same as last week's quiz.
No Listenwise work this week. We will resume our Listenwise routine next week. (Week of 11/4)
2 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due this Thursday, 10/31. Please review the due dates on your Alpha Biography directions. These 2 letters are free writes. There are a total of 3 letters/pages due 10/31.
Memorize column #1 of the list of prepositions for a quiz on Thursday 10/31. Study your Chapter 7 PDF for a very short quiz on identifying prepositional phrases.
1.Listenwise Organizer and Quiz are due Friday 10/25. We will discuss the graphic organizer in class on Thursday to help you prepare for the quiz.
2. We will take a grammar and morphology quiz on Friday, 10/25. Be sure to study your morphology notes and your grammar PDF. Be sure to study your morphology and grammar notes.
Listenwise Organizer and Quiz are due Friday, 10/18. The selection is posted on Google Classroom. The organizer will be handed out in class. If you lose track of your organizer, you can make your own on lined/plain paper or print one from the sample posted in Google Classroom. **Note: We have a new routine. We will discuss the graphic organizer in class on Thursdays instead of Fridays.
3 Alpha Biography pages/letters are due 10/31. One of the 3 letters/pages is your research-based letters. The other 2 are free writes.
Listenwise Organizer and Quiz are due Friday, 10/11. The selection is posted on Google Classroom. The organizer will be handed out in class. If you lose track of your organizer, you can make your own on lined/plain paper or print one from the sample posted in Google Classroom.
Your (research-based) Inform andExplain Alpha Biography Page/Letter is due Friday, 10/11. Your remaining 2 letters/pages are due 10/31. They are open/free writing pages. Be sure to follow the Alpha Biography guidelines posted in Google Classroom. Those guidelines are also in your Alpha Biography folder in your Google Drive.
Your Membean Haiku is due Wednesday, 10/9.
Listenwise Organizer and Quiz are due Friday, 10/4. The selection is posted in Google Classroom.
2 Alpha Biography pages are due October 1. The purpose of this month's letters is to inform and explain. Be sure to follow the outline developed and modeled in class.
Your Membean Haiku is due Wednesday, 10/9.
Listenwise Organizer and Written Response questions are due Friday, 9/27.
2 Alpha Biography pages are due October 1. The purpose for this month's letters is to INFORM AND EXPLAIN.
Listenwise Organizer and Quiz are due Friday, 9/20. The selection is "How Headphone Habits Affect Hearing." **Please note that the quiz is in the form of written response questions.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due on Friday, 9/20.
Choose 2 synonyms for your Diamante poem by Wednesday, 9/17 so that you can use the entire class period writing your poem.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due on September 20. Some class time will be given, but you will also need to spend time writing at home. Be sure to review the directions posted in Google Classroom. Please ask for help if you have questions.
You have a Listenwise assignment due Friday, 9/13. To complete this assignment you must complete a "3 Big Questions" page and the selection quiz. Please review the Listenwise Routine on my website.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due on September 20. Some class time will be given, but you will also need to spend time writing at home. Be sure to review the directions posted in Google Classroom. Please ask for help if you have questions.
3 Alpha Biography pages are due on September 20.
(Class 1) Digital Responsibility Agreement - Please sign it and have your parents read and sign it. Return to your homeroom teacher by Friday, 8/16.
Ellison Syllabus signature page - Please have it signed and returned by Friday, 8/16.
Elective form due by Wednesday 8/14.