Terra Mahre

Welcome to AC Language Arts

I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know all my students. Thank you for visiting my blog. This is a great way for readers to keep up to date on AC Language Arts news and assignments. Please check this page weekly for homework assignments, quizzes, tests, project due dates, and class announcements.

All students will be given a class syllabus that needs to be signed by the parent. Students will then keep the syllabus as the first page in the language arts section of their binder. Students will need four dividers for the language arts section of their binder.

Please bring your binder, lined paper, pens, pencils and agenda to ALL classes.

Students will need to select a novel to read during designated SSR-silent sustained reading time, which will be carried with them for use in all classes. We will discuss our AC Language Arts novel project requirements during the first week of school.

I will update this blog and iparent weekly, usually on Monday, so please check back soon. I am anticipating a wonderful year with all of my students.

Week of May 18th

Parents, Please ask your student for their 2008-2009 writing portfolio. I sent it home to YOU. The writing test from 6th grade is in the folder, along with multiple examples of your students writing and progress in seventh grade.

We will complete the "This I Believe " speeches on Tuesday, and will end the year with a Greatbooks story that will start the summer off right....Thank you for sharing your child with me this year.

Week of May 4th

Workbook pages 52, 53, 54 due 5/11.

Quiz on pronouns on one day next week....students have notes and can study their workbooks.

We are working on a Poetry Island survivor competition this week. All students will write and turn in four poems from a "form" on May, 8th.

Stem 12 and assignment is due May 15th....This is our stem final!!!!!

Our Project Citizen portfolio, "Hey People, Can't You See? You Need To Protect Your Identity" has won first place in the state competition, and will be sent to National Competition this summer. Congratulations!!! Students will now be able to revise the project for National submission!

April 30th .

Congratulations to Imani Sanders for winning second place in Cobb County for the Young Georgia Author's Competition. The celebration will be at 7pm, tonight, at Hillgrove High School. Imani, I am so proud of you!

A heartfelt "Thank you" goes out to all the parent volunteers who cam in to judge the Project Citizen presentations. The portfolios will now be sent to the state competition at UGA. Thank you, students, for working hard on this project. We will hear news of our placement in late May.

Stem 11 test and assignments due May 1.

Transition summary due by April 30th.

DGP quiz on Monday, May 4th.

Workbook pages 75,76,77 due May 4th.

"Poem in Your Pocket" weekend is upon us. All students should read their poem aloud, to at least three different adults, and obtain three signatures from those adults. Poem turned back in Tuesday, May 5th.

Week of April 13th

I hope you had a restful break. Remember that extra credit points are only available until April 21st, the first day CRCT starts. Please look at the past blog for Skills Connection directions. Directions can be found on Palmer's webpage.The link for practice is also located on the Palmer Webpage. Five bonus points will be given for each language arts practice tests which scores at 85% or more.

Workbook pages 103, 104, 105 are due April 20th. Misplaced modifiers.

We continue to work on our Project Citizen problem-solving unit. Students are working in a group to develop a portion of the problem-solving process.  This includes a three page research report, pictures and captions, work cited pages, a decorative panel, and a documentary video explaining the process.

 All students have an interview on their topic due Weds. 4/15. Students also have dependent clause review sheets due that day.

Stem Project 11 and 1-11 test will be due on Friday,May 1st.DATE CHANGE!

Week of Mar. 30th

Workbook page 86--sentence types....if you have a score of under 80 on the sentence types formative evaluation please practice using the online resources or the Skills Tutor practice on sentence USAGE--all twelve tests in the bottom section.

The students are researching their Project Citizen topics and preparing to design their portfolio.

TOPICS:   Teen Driving Safety.

               Eradicate teen on teen violence: fighting.

               Stop Animal Abuse

               Stop Identify Theft, now! or Cobb Co. Bugget Cuts.

If you know of any professional or parent who may be willing to speak with the students on any of these subjects, please email Mrs. Mahre.

HAVE A wonderful SPRING BREAK.....NO HOMEWORK!!!!  Just remember, any extra credit skills tutor tests where you score 85% or over will gain you 5 bonus points....once the CRCT starts....EX ends!!!

To Log in to Skills Tutor: Username: first initial, last name(all lower case)

                                     Password : lunch number after you set it.

                                      site: palmer01

Week of 3/23

Workbook pages 8,9,10 due 3/30.Pronoun practice.

The students are continuing to solidify their topic of investigation for Project Citizen. We will need parent volunteers for presentations and to act as judges at the end of the competition. If you are interested, please email Mrs. Mahre. There will be a list of topics displayed next week.

All students have a stem 10 assignment and a stem 1-10 test due on March 27th.

All students will have a DGP quiz over sentences 10-11-or 12 on Monday, Mar. 30th.

Please continue to encourage your students to practice on Skills Tutor. I will be giving extra credit points for all tests in language arts that students earn an 85% or higher.

Week of March 16th

Workbook pages 198-199 due Monday, 3/23.

Project Citizen

Student have started a new unit in technical writing. We will be learning about public policy and formulating a research problem in preparation of our Project Citizen portfolio competition. The creation of the project will be on-going the next six weeks and will include interviews, real-world visiting adult presentations, and a panel presentation on April 23rd.

This week the students will be formulating their research choices during class.

All students have a parent interview and a topic anaysis sheet due Friday, 3/20....please turn this in by Monday if you were absent on Friday. Thank you.

Stem Ten assignment and 1-10 test on March 27th.

Week of March 9th.

Workbook pages 195-197. Continue diagraming practice. Students we will continue to have a DGP quiz every three weeks. You must study the sentences...There are three sentences for each quiz, so I suggest you study those three sentences.

This week we are continuing to complete a mystery performance based activity. This mystery will also involve some writing....collaboration and problem solving skills. Due in class Friday, 03/13.

All students were given a verb quiz last week, now they have a tiered learning practice assignment, which is due on Tuesday, March 17th.

The end of the thrid quarter is upon us! This year has certainly flown by.

Week of Feb. 23rd

Workbook pages 189-191 due 3/2,practice simple sentence diagraming.

DGP quiz on sentences 7-8-9.  3/2--MONDAY.

Expository Elements test on 3/3. Students can study their notes from the research paper, definition notes, and the research packet.

All presentations on the Decades Projects are due on Weds and Thurs, 2/25 and 2/26

Students will have their Stem assignment 9 and Stem Test 1-9 on Friday March 6th.

Week of Feb. 17th

This week there will be no workbook pages.

Students will have revision completed and the final research paper ready to type IN CLASS on Feb.18th-19th-20th. Students will design and plan their Decade presentation on 2/23-2/24. All presentations and final process drafts of research papers and are due 2/23, and no later than 2/24 with late deductions.

All students have been given Stem Nine. Most students are scoring well on their Stem Tests. If you are not, you MUST complete flash crads for the last four units....Units 9,8,7,6. Review the flash cards and complete your stem assignment by 3/6....and you, too, will raise your score.

All extra credit essays are due by Feb. 20th, Friday.