Ms. Johnson – Middle School English and Literature

Posted on November 11, 2009, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.

6^th Grade English—We are continuing our study of pronouns which will include the possessive case, person, number, gender, interrogatives, contractions, distributive, indefinite, and agreement.  The test is scheduled for November 17. We will then start a unit on adjectives which will continue into December.  Spelling for the month of November includes lessons 11, 13, and 14.

6^th Grade Literature—The sixth grade has begun their journey into Narnia.  We are reading two chapters from the novel every other day and discussing the great amount of Christian symbolism the following day.  Along with the symbolism, the students will complete comprehension questions, vocabulary, and pop quizzes.  Along the journey, the students will also do research on beavers, lions, and evil rulers.  Hopefully you received the information about the AR program.  I will check the first AR book on November 11, so students need to either bring the book to class that day or have the title and author written down.  The first AR test is due by 3:30 pm on Wednesday, November 18.

8^th Grade English—The eighth grade is working on their rough draft of the research paper during class. They are required to write one paragraph per day.  The typed copy is due November 17.  We will return to grammar on November 16 with a study of nouns.  This will include collective, compound, common, proper, concrete, abstract, plurals, person, and gender.  Spelling for November includes lessons 11,13, and 14.

FYI…turnitin.com

This is the second year that the middle school students will use turnitin.com.  They will submit their research papers to this web site as well as turn in a hard copy to the teacher.  The English teacher (Ms. Johnson for 6^th and 8^th grades and Mrs. Borth for 7^th grade) will be notified when their paper has been received.  This web site gives the student and teacher a report that includes the word count and percentage of plagiarism.

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