Week of September 8 to September 11

Week of September 14 to September 18


English 7/Academic English 7


Students will work on identifying the two basic parts of a sentence- the complete subject and the complete predicate.  Students will also distinguish between simple and complete subjects and between simple and complete predicates.  There will be a quiz on Wednesday.  Students will be assessed on the 4 types of sentences, the correct punctuation for each, correcting stringy sentences by separating them into shorter sentences, identifying complete and simple subjects, and identifying complete and simple predicates.  On Thursday and Friday students will begin combining and/or elaborating sentences by using compound subjects or compound predicates.  Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.


Academic English 9


Students will continue with parts of speech this week.  Nouns will be reviewed briefly.  The main  focus will be on pronouns.  We will begin reading the prologue/scene I of Romeo and Juliet.  Students will focus on characters, differentiating between flat and round characters.  Vocabulary sentences are due Friday.  Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1B on Friday.





Week of September 8 to September 11


English 7/Academic English 7


Students will work on identifying declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.  There will be an emphasis on correctly punctuating each type of sentence, and using all four types of sentences when they write.  Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.


Academic English 9


Students will begin reviewing the parts of speech.  Nouns will be highlighted this week.  We are getting ready to begin reading Romeo and Juliet.  Students are working on some background information this week in order to better understand the time period and the author.  Vocabulary sentences are due Friday.  Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1A on Friday.