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Ms. Johnson – Middle School English and Literature
Posted on March 11, 2010, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.
6th Grade English
We are working very hard on the research paper. Some of the due dates are: sources (March 9), bibliography cards (March 10), thesis statement (March 11), typed outline (March 23). Typing the outline is the only assignment that must be done at home; it will be written at school. Spelling for March will include lessons 27, 28, and 29.
6th Grade Literature
We have begun our Revolutionary War journey with Johnny Tremain. This will include comprehension questions as well as some more difficult vocabulary. We will go over the summary of each chapter in class. In addition, the students will have a stanza of a poem to memorize by March 24 as well as a poster due by March 30.
8th Grade English
We are continuing with our very long unit on verbs. This will include principle parts (regular and irregular), six tenses, progressive form, active and passive voice, agreement, gerunds, and infinitives. The test is scheduled for March 23. We will then begin a study of adverbs which will include modifying verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; clauses; and elliptical clauses. Spelling for March will include lessons 26, 27, and 28.
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Mrs. Johnson – Middle School English and Literature
Posted on December 10, 2009, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.
6th Gade English
We wrap up our study of adjectives which include proper, possessive, demonstrative, comparative, superlative, numeral, and interrogative. The test is scheduled for December 9. We will begin a unit on verbs which will conclude in January. A quiz on helping verbs will be December 16. Spelling for December includes lessons 15, 16, and 17.
6th Grade Literature
The sixth grade has finished reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The essay over the novel is due December 7 and the test is scheduled for December 8. We will then watch the movie. A unit on short stories will be briefly started and then finished in January. With the short stories, students will work on comprehension questions, vocabulary, and plot diagrams.
8th Grade English
The graded rough draft was returned November 30; the typed final copy packet is due December 16. In class we continue the study of nouns which include the nominative case (subject, complement, direct address, appositive), the possessive case, the objective case (direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, adverbial objective, cognate), and joint nouns. The test is scheduled for December 15. Spelling for December includes lessons 15 and 16.
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Ms. Johnson – Middle School English and Literature
Posted on November 11, 2009, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.
6th 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.
6th 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.
8th 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 6th and 8th grades and Mrs. Borth for 7th 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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Mrs. Johnson – Middle School English/Literature
Posted on September 24, 2009, by Susan Johnson, under Middle School Notes.
6th Grade English
We have just started a unit on nouns. It will include identifying, compound, proper, common, abstract, concrete, singular/plural, gender, nominative case (subject, complement, direct address, appositive), and possessive case. The test is scheduled for October 20. We will then begin a unit on pronouns. Spelling for October includes lessons 7, 8. 9. and 10. Achievement testing is the week of October 12 so no tests or projects will be due that week.
6th Grade Literature
We just finished our first class novel, Walk Two Moons and thoroughly enjoyed it. We are now into a Fiction/Non-Fiction unit from the text book. We will read the stories in class and have comprehension and vocabulary with each story. The students will also learn the two ways to design a plot diagram. The Fiction/Non-Fiction test is scheduled for October 21. We will then begin our second class novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Assignments will include comprehension questions, vocabulary, pop quizzes, and we will thoroughly discuss the Christian symbolism in the novel. Achievement test is the week of October 12 so no tests or projects will be due that week.
8th Grade English
We have begun taking notes on the research paper. Some of the due dates are:
- sources, October 6
- bibliography cards, October 7
- thesis statement, October 8
- typed outline, October 19
Spelling for the month of October includes lessons 7, 8, 9, and 10. Achievement testing is the week of October 12 so no tests or projects will be due that week.
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