1st Nine Weeks' Test Schedule

October 5, 2016--3rd, 5th, and 7th period tests
October 6, 2016--4th, 6th, and 8th period tests
October 7, 2016--1st and 2nd period tests

On Friday, SMS will release students at 12:45.
The Homecoming Parade will begin at 2:00.

Mark your calendar!

It's time for the Mississippi Reading Fair and the Patriot's Pen Essay Contest!

Reading Fair Information
Books must be read by October 3, 2016. We will begin mini-boards on this day. All 8^th grade students are required to participate in the reading fair. Reading fair set up is on October 25, 2016. Judging is set to begin on October 26, 2016. We will take down all boards on October 27, 2016.

https://districtaccess.mde.k12.ms.us/curriculumandInstruction/Reading%20Fair/Reading%20Fair%20Guidelines%20-%202016-2017.pdf

Patriot's Pen Essay Contest Information

The 2016-2017 Theme is: The America I Believe In
Essays must be turned in no later than October 21, 2016


https://www.vfw.org/PatriotsPen/

Power Paragraph

Topic Sentence – broad enough to not give specific details yet narrow enough to know the specific topic.

Transition Sentence – incorporates grade specific grammar skills (see L1-3) such as verbals

Inference with text evidence –  a variety of different sentence structures can be used to achieve different effects.

Transition Sentence – use a verbal different from the one used above but structure the sentence in the same format.

Inference with text evidence – use the same structure as above to create parallelism.

Closing Sentence – concludes the topic with an additional insight gained to show a personal connection to the topic and/or text.

Progress Reports

Progress Reports will be sent home on Thursday, September 1, 2016.

Homework Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Close Reading Activity
"Who Can Replace a Man? by Brian Aldiss
P21

Assessment

Friday, August 19, 2016
"Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Remind 101

Sign up for important update from class.

Pick a way to receive messages for English:

A. If you have a smartphone, get push notifications.

On your iPhone or Android phone, open your web browser and go to the following link:
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Follow the instruction to sign up for Remind. You'll be prompted to download the mobile app.


B. If you don't have a smartphone, get text notifications.

Text the message @jcascio to the number 81010.