English

Date each entry and put the newest entry at the top of the list.
February 18, 2009 7th Grade English meeting (Room 241)

The group decided to create a new common assessment for 7th grade grammar (verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection). This will be started at the March 4th meeting.

Each team will select one of the following writing prompts as a common assessment: relive, classroom rules, daily item.

February 18, 2009 6th Grade Meetings We discussed curriculum: Aesop's Fables Scavenger Hunt, common assessments-sentence parts, nouns, possessives, Abravocabra Vocabulary, drama: "Phantom Tollbooth." We went over the 6th grade grammar curriculum expectations.

February 4, 2009 6th Grade Meetings Prior to today's meeting we met with John Sanville and Bruce Vosburgh to discuss the grammar curriculum and shared various materials and student work. Today, Jenny Steinen shared a needs assessment with us that parallels the Monday after school literacy professional development committee. We also discussed student needs, looked a student work, shared written activities. These are some of the topics discussed: portfolio reflections, subject/predicate song, editing rubric, linking verb song, and student grammatical weaknesses.

January 7, 2009 7th Grade English meeting (Room 241) ~ We need 7th grade common assessments from the current 6th grade English teachers. ~ Currently everyone is finishing the play unit. ~ Planning grammar and novel unit ~ Our students need direct instruction with capital letters and punctuation. ~ We need to create lessons for colon and semicolons

October 1, 2008 8th Grade English meeting (Freehart, Ilgenfritz, Kelley)
 * discussed/reflected on Dr. Elliot Engel, guest speaker on Mark Twain
 * compared Vocabulary testing methods
 * Talked about grammar
 * recommendation that Grammar should be a separate course
 * discussed need for technology program that deals with grammar--maybe kids could work on that over the summer or independently?

September 29, 2008 7th Grade
 * discussed vocabulary program (or lack of) a school wide program
 * talked about amount of homework in Language Arts/Literacy for each grade
 * talked about how the 8th graders were this year
 * nosepickers throughout the school? maybe we need to make a PSA on Hawk TV
 * PTO should come up with a sexual harrassment assembly--the issue needs to be addressed in our school