8th: We are continuing to read William Golding's classic novel, Lord of the Flies. We are discussing symbolism and characterization at length this week. Friday we will have a vocabulary test on the following words:
compelling, assent, vivid, horrid, derisive, lamentation, decorum, tempestuous, appalled, incantation
7th: We have just begun our utopia building project that will be done in art class. Students are building 3D models of the utopias they designed in their essays. We are now reading The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. The spelling and vocabulary words are:
confidential, coo, aviator, righteous, marred, bramble, tenant, podiatrist, boundless, upholstered
Have a great week!
Mrs. Rubasch
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Off to a Great Start!
Hello Students and Parents,
We are having a wonderful year so far! Progress reports went out today. Make sure to get in any missing work immediately so that you can still get credit for it. Congrats to all 8th graders who won the costume contest at the Outsiders party! Hope you enjoyed our trip to Little Anthony's Diner. We just began reading Lord of the Flies in 8th grade and are continuing on with The Giver in 7th. We are more than halfway through The Giver and will begin discussing a special project that we will be doing when we reach the end of this novel.
The words for this week are:
8th:
multitude, solemnly, proffer, prominent, efflorescence, immerse, omen, strident, furtive,
suffusion
7th:
vigilant, luxuriating, pervaded, hearth, ecstatic, perceived, grotesque, implore, immobile, overwhelmed
Have a great week!
Mrs. Rubasch
We are having a wonderful year so far! Progress reports went out today. Make sure to get in any missing work immediately so that you can still get credit for it. Congrats to all 8th graders who won the costume contest at the Outsiders party! Hope you enjoyed our trip to Little Anthony's Diner. We just began reading Lord of the Flies in 8th grade and are continuing on with The Giver in 7th. We are more than halfway through The Giver and will begin discussing a special project that we will be doing when we reach the end of this novel.
The words for this week are:
8th:
multitude, solemnly, proffer, prominent, efflorescence, immerse, omen, strident, furtive,
suffusion
7th:
vigilant, luxuriating, pervaded, hearth, ecstatic, perceived, grotesque, implore, immobile, overwhelmed
Have a great week!
Mrs. Rubasch
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Hello and Welcome back from the break!
8th: We are finished reading The Outsiders and will be watching the film, learning about life in the 1950's and having our annual "Outsiders Party" this week. Lots to look forward to! We will have homework packets due each day, but no journal work or vocab this week.
7th: We have our first test on The Giver on Tuesday. We will continue reading this week in class and will have two homework assignments on Wednesday and Thursday. If you have a book out, please return it so that you are not charged a book replacement fee.
Vocab Words:
annex
exasperated
profound
recollection
successor
integrity
mercy
immense
tentative
commerce
Have a great week!
Mrs. Rubasch
8th: We are finished reading The Outsiders and will be watching the film, learning about life in the 1950's and having our annual "Outsiders Party" this week. Lots to look forward to! We will have homework packets due each day, but no journal work or vocab this week.
7th: We have our first test on The Giver on Tuesday. We will continue reading this week in class and will have two homework assignments on Wednesday and Thursday. If you have a book out, please return it so that you are not charged a book replacement fee.
Vocab Words:
annex
exasperated
profound
recollection
successor
integrity
mercy
immense
tentative
commerce
Have a great week!
Mrs. Rubasch
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)