The Memoir Final Project has been assigned. Students have viewed samples of the completed project and are finishing their current writing territory and poems this week. We will be in the Mac Lab next week during class, and the final project is due on Wednesday, May 20. Students may turn in the project earlier if they desire. Please refer to the handout located to the right of this blog for more specific information.

Thank you for continuing to check your student's progress for ALL classes through My Gradebook online.

Congratulations to the students on our team who have won writing awards this year:

Letters About Literature Contest:

Cody H. – Illinois Level 2 Finalist: Letters about Literature: Illinois Center for the Book
Ariana W. – Illinois Level 2 Semi-finalist: Letters about Literature: Illinois Center for the Book Hannah G. – Illinois Level 2 Semi-finalist: Letters about Literature: Illinois Center for the Book
Ariana Z. – Illinois Level 2 Semi-finalist: Letters about Literature: Illinois Center for the Book

District 97 Ethnic Festival Essay Contest

Cayla S.: 1st place (7th Grade)
Rebecca R.: 2nd place (7th Grade)
Charlie H.: 3rd place (7th Grade)

District 97 Writing Celebration:

Emma B. – Award for Excellence – Prose
Katie A. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Susana T. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Megan P. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Erin L. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Ian S. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Erik A. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Nadine P. – Certificate of Merit – Prose
Danielle M. – Certificate of Merit – Poetry
Liberty V. – Certificate of Merit – Poetry

Week of April 6

Students have been working on a variety of writing activities, including the "Pretzel Experiment" and analyzing the parts of speech of a silly poem about dragons. The Vocabulary activity for this week is due Wednesday, and the vocab quiz will be given on Wednesday as well.

Students received a LA progress report to bring home for you to sign and return. On the progress report, a "0" is marked if a student did NOT turn in an activity, and a "?" is marked if the activity was turned in but has not been graded yet. You may check online through MyGradebook for updates.

In Literacy Skills, students should be almost halfway to their trimester AR goal. Official progress reports will be passed out on April 23. They received a progress report from me last week.

Thanks for your continuing support.