Hello and Happy 100th Day! We have perfect attendance--thank you all for being here and participating in the festivities! 8th graders: Your mechanical hounds are incredible! Everyone did a great job. We will begin our drama unit tomorrow, starting with an overview of William Shakespeare's life and major works. We will then read Romeo and Juliet. 7th graders: We are in the beginning stages of our nonfiction unit. Each student has selected a biography, autobiography, memior or collection of essays to read independently and do a formal book report on. These book reports will be followed up with poster board or power point presentations in late February. 7th and 8th graders: Remember to always bring your school supplies and do your daily journal assignments. Keep up the good work!

~Mrs. Rubasch

This Week in English

I hope everyone had a restful break. We are back in full swing this week! 7th graders are wrapping up their poetry unit by typing five of their poems into a final manuscript. This is due on January 20th. Next week we will begin our non-fiction unit. 8th graders have just completed an in-class essay discussing the plot, major themes, and character development in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. We will be following up with several projects that celebrate the novel, which will include a diagram of Montag's city and the designing of our own mechanical hound. Next week we will begin reading William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Please make sure you are prepared for class each day! Many are forgetting their pencils and notebooks, resulting in unnecessary lunch detentions.

Hello and welcome back! We have a lot of exciting new lessons to look forward to this quarter.

7th grade:

We are beginning a unit on poetry, which will span over the next two weeks and cover both formal and free verse poems of the 19th-21st centuries. We will be writing our own poems as well, and assembling a final manuscript at the end of the unit.

8th grade:

We will continue with our close study of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 over the next two weeks. We will then begin our drama unit by reading William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Parents: Please make sure you have signed your child's report card. Signed report cards are due by the end of this week to the homeroom teacher.

Thank you,
Mrs. Greengaard Rubasch