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Happy May 14th!!!!

General Announcements:

> The last PE log is due May 17th.
> Yearbooks can still be purchased at the ASB window for $48!
> May 28th is Yearbook Distribution Day!!!!
> 7th grade English students will be going to the Will Geer Theater to see “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on May 27th
> Textbook collection will be on Friday, May 28th.
> ALL WORK FOR MY CLASSES IS DUE ON MAY 28TH!!! NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT DATE!

English~~Homework: Worksheet on Allusion; May paragraphs #3 due on May 20th (A-Block) and May 21st (B-block).

Have a great weekend!!!

Mrs. Phillips

Hey, everyone!!! Only 19 days of school after Wednesday! Is that hard to believe, or what???

General Announcements: Seventh grade English students will be going to see Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Will Geer Theatre in Topanga on May 27th. Permission slips were sent home with students today during advisory, and they must be returned by May 13th. This should be a GREAT field trip!!!

Just so you know…All work is due for the 4th quarter on Friday, May 28, 2010.

English: Homework for Thursday/Friday is the first May paragraphs. The topic selections were handed out today. Please remind your student that they need to write TWO paragraphs.

We are beginning to read Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, so we are ready for our field trip at the end of the month. The students will gain understanding of the play by reading the play in contemporary language, comparing it to the original text, reading the “cartoon” version, and watching some clips from the movie.

In addition, we are going to be hearing from folks about their careers. For those parents who have agreed to speak to our students, I will be contacting you soon to set up a time. Thanks!

A PLEA: For families of 7th grade students…next year I will be setting up a program for weekly built in rewards for behavior and achievement. I am looking for $5 gift certificates for various places to give. (Starbucks, bookstores, Juice It Up, Wal Mart, Albertson’s, and so on) Thanks…

Have a great couple of days–blog more later!!!

Mrs. Phillips

Hello! Tomorrow night is Open House. Between 6:30 and 8:00, you can come and look around campus to see what your student has been up to. The Book Fair has also been kicked off, so if you are in the area of the library stop and take a look! If you feel like donating a book to our classroom, ask to see my book basket! Thanks…

English: STAR testing packet p. 43-48. (SO, students should have the packet completed from pages 7 through 48. We are also going to the library tomorrow, so if they want to buy a book have them bring some money!

Thanks.

Mrs. Phillips

Hello!

Announcements: Minimum Days next week Thursday and Friday! STAR testing is the following week–April 27, 28, and 29th. Those are also minimum days. In the past, parents have provided food and water for students during the testing. I will be sending out an email and a hard copy if you are interested in bringing something.

OPEN HOUSE IS ON THURSDAY APRIL 22–come see your student’s classrooms and buy some books at the BOOK FAIR.

English: HW: STAR packet p. 21-17 (Please check this packet with your student to see if it is complete. I will be checking it at the end of next week.) The second paragraph for April is due 4/22 (A block) and 4/23 (B block). REMEMBER this is now TWO paragraphs…turning in one paragraph is an automatic fail.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES (once all other work is turned in, I will credit you with the extra points!): COC Career Expo tomorrow from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.; UCLA Festival of Books the weekend of April 24 and 25; if a parent/other person talks to our class about their career; or taking an Accelerated Reader test on a book that your student has read.

Thank you.

Mrs. Phillips

Welcome back!!! I hope spring break was relaxing. It is hard to believe that we only have 37 days left until summer break. That only gives me 18 more English days!

DODGER GAME: Tickets are still available, but you need to turn in your permission slip and your money by Wednesday, April 14th!

Announcements: Open House is April 22, 2010. If you are on campus, swing by and see what your student is up to in English. That Thursday and Friday are both minimum days. That week the library will be sponsoring a Book Fair. During English class, your student will be visiting the Fair to make purchases. If you are so inclined, I will be putting out my own “Wish List” for our classroom that you can find in the library!

English: STAR testing practice, Careers, and Shakespeare will fill our last 18 class periods together! You will (hopefull!) see a STAR testing packet come home with your student for the next two weeks. These are released questions from previous STAR tests, and we will be practicing them in class and as homework. You should be receiving a form inviting you to talk about your job with our students. Please fill that out, so we can schedule our speakers! “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is the play we will be studying for the remainder of May. I have purchased parallel text of the play, so we can read it the way Shakespeare wrote it AND the way we can understand it. The 7th graders from Team Columbia will be attending a production of the play at the Will Geer Theater on May 27, 2010.

Homework: STAR packet through page 13!. The weekly paragraph (which is now TWO paragraphs) will be due on April 16 (A block) and April 19 (B block). Each student needs to bring a picture by Friday for a project we will be doing about sentence writing. There will also be a quiz on Chapters 17-20 on Friday on Among the Hidden.

Mrs. Phillips

HOMEWORK~~Have a GREAT spring break!! Come back prepared for (1) Careers, (2) Shakespeare, (3) STAR test preparation, and (3) the end of the year!!!!

Parents: If you might be intersted in talking to my students about your career, please let me know! You could come in just for your child’s class period OR more than one period…whatever works best for you!

Thanks!

Mrs. Phillips

Hello! Minimum days today and tomorrow for benchmark collaboration and staff development.
Exciting Opportunity!!! We have the opportunity to take about 45 students to a Dodger game on April 30th. The cost is $30 for the ticket, food and drink, and the bus ride. Look for more information coming soon!

On TUESDAY, March 30th, the Special Education Department is having a fundraiser at Baja Fresh, Ben and Jerry’s, and Barnes and Noble. I hope you will attend. (I will have a wish list at Barnes and Noble for our classroom!)

English~~Infomercial presentations will be done on Thursday and Friday (this week). There will be no homework Thursday/Friday and NO weekly paragraph will be due next week. We will start the April paragraphs when we return from spring break.

In the future…early in May, we will be doing some career investigation. I would love to have parents come in and speak to to a class (or two!) about what you do! Let me know if you are interested!

Mrs. Phillips

Hello! Don’t forget minimum days this Thursday and Friday—school lets out at 11:35 a.m.

English–Homework–March paragraph #4 is due on Thursday/Friday; Infomercials will be presented on Thursday/Friday; Idiom worksheet; and there will be a quiz on Ch 9-12 from Among the Hidden.

Remember: Quarter 4 just started, so ALL students have A’s. Just keep up with your class work and your homework, and you should be able to maintain an A or a B!!!

Mrs. Phillips

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! (Just so you know, there are only 50 days left of school until summer break!!) So the kids say…

Next week we have two minimum days–Thursday and Friday.

PE Logs are due March 22–don’t forget!!!!

English>HW–Proofreading and revising a paragraph. BENCHMARKS ARE THURSDAY or FRIDAY. The infomercial presentations are due next Thursday or Friday.

Thanks for everything!

Mrs. Phillips

Hello! The quarter ends THIS Friday!!! I will accept English work until Wednesday, but NO later! Next week we have two minimum days–March 25 and 26.

English~This block period took us back to the first science fiction novel and movie. We watched the original “Frankenstein” and talked about the elements of science fiction and also the differences between sci fi movies then and now!!! We decided that Johnny Depp would make a great modern-day Frankenstein! There is NO homework tonight. On Wednesday/Thursday, students will have a worksheet on proofreading sentences. Friday/Monday the homework will be a reading comprehension assignment. Students continue to work on the Infomerical. The BENCHMARK will be March 18 (B day) and March 19 (A day). We will be reviewing in class all week.

Thanks again!

Mrs. Phillips