Grade 7E1 and 7E2 Language Arts classes - assignment pages for The Giver are to be completed for Monday, April 29. This is the packet of 21 exercises that was given when we began reading the novel. You were to be working on these as we read The Giver.  I will be collecting for marking. Quiz/test will be next week.

A reminder for students to please return the information and money for the movie "Revolution". Due Monday, April 15th!Report card envelops are to be signed and returned as soon as possible.Remember, if you are absent from school, please bring an excuse for your absence when you return. Attendance (days absent) for this last term are recorded on the report card. 8B Language Arts - Eric Walters novel study assignments are soon due! Novel should be read by April 5th (tomorrow). Presentations begin on April 15th! 

1) Several of my classroom novels are missing! Could you please check at home and send them back. 2) We will have an author visiting our school on May 6th. Eric Walters will be here. I have assigned my students the task of reading at least one of his novels and doing a book report. These must be completed before he arrives. ****Remember the following due dates: - Make book selection by Feb. 22 - Have novel read by April 5 - Presentations begin April 15 3) Could you check with your child to see if he/she has pencils, pens, paper, erasers, etc…? It seems that some students never have what they need to work with. Being prepared for class is a requirement.

Grade 8B Students Parents, My Grade 8B students are reading novels for the next 3 or 4 weeks. They have been assigned groups according to their choice of novel. All students have chapters assigned to have read by given dates which are listed in their Duotangs. As well, they have been assigned different roles to perform when they meet with their groups for discussion. Some students are not participating as they should! All students should be reading their novels and preparing for the next discussion at least three nights a week. All need to participate. Please check with your son or daughter to see that they are prepared for the next class. This novel study will be a major portion of their mark for the next report, and participation will count for 40% of the novel study mark.

Grade 8 Social Studies – Canadian Citizenship Test next week. Remember to review using the study pages we completed in class and the study guide. 8B, 7E1 and 7E2 Language Arts – Procedural writing piece should be completed by end of this week. The vocabulary test is next Tuesday, Dec. 18th.  This will cover nine lessons (antonyms, synonyms, homophones, homographs, compound words, eponyms). Remember to be reading each night for at least twenty minutes. Next A.R. point goals are due in March.                                                                                                  

Grade 7 and 8 Language Arts Students- A mark for A.R. will be given on Interim Reports next week This mark will be given as a percentage, showing how much the student has completed of their goal as of Oct. 16th. They are about half way through to the deadline for their goals, so they should be at 50% or better.   Grade 8B Language Arts Students have a take home assignment for vocabulary. It is due Oct. 24 (next Wednesday). There is a quiz on these synonyms on the 24th as well. Grade 7E1 and 7E2 Language Arts Students have a take home assignment on antonyms. It is due October 31 and there will be a quiz on these words on that date too.