Dates for the Research Project

Hello Young Scholars and Parents,
I hope your Spring Break was restful. School is back in session, so that means we will be writing and reading. Yeah, my two favorite things.

Our current writing project is a reasearch paper. Below are the due dates for the paper:
Friday, March 25, 2011--outlines due;
Thursday, March 31, 2011--outline and introduction due;
Thursday, April 7, 2011--outline, introduction, and three body paragraphs due;
Monday, April 11, 2011--all of the above and the conclusion are due; and
Friday, April, 15, 2011--all of the above and the worked cited page are due.

All of these items must be typed. I WILL not be accepting any paper that is hand-written. I have tutoring before and after school for students to type.

Thanks for your help, and I wish you a great rest of the week and weekend.
Blessings,
Tamara Williams

March 9 through March 25, 2011

Hello Young Scholars and Parents,
We are quickly approaching Spring Break, and then in no time school will be out for the summer. I can hardly believe this year is almost finished, and hopefully your student is ready for eighth grade.

Listed below are important dates for 7th grade Advanced ELAR:
1. Thursday, March 10-- Ten Wednesday War questions are due;
2. Friday, March 11—Wednesday War Test, Book Project Worksheet due, and three nonfiction articles concerning your student’s historical event;
3. Tuesday, March 22—Nonfiction articles with worksheets due;
4. Wednesday, March 23—Book Project Essay due; and
5. Friday, March 25—Prefix/Root Word Test, outline for the research paper due.

Please help your child to stay on top of these due dates.

Spring Break Blessings,
Tamara Williams

Additional Information

I gave every student a progress report today, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Please ask your child about their current average in my class.
Thanks,
Tamara Williams

Also, see the entry below about important information.
Blessings...

February 21-March 1, 2011

Hello Young Scholars and Parents,
It is unbelievable that we are three weeks from Spring Break and one week from finishing our fourth six weeks. My how time flies when we are so busy and having so much fun.
Some important dates for the next few weeks:
Monday, February 22, 2011-Literary Lexicon Test
Wedneday, February 24, 2011-vocabulary test. Your students have all of the words and texts.
Friday, February 26, 2011-DOL Quiz and spelling quiz
Tuesday, March 1, 2011-State TAKS Writing Test. This test includes writing a composition and an editing and revising test. Your student has been working on writing since the beginning of school, so please reassure them that they will be fine.

Hopefully this spring weather will hold, so we can get outside and enjoy it.
Have a great week.
Blessings,
Mrs. W

Week of Jan. 31 through Feb. 4

Hello Parents and Students,
I have extended the due date for the Book Project to Friday, Feb. 4th. Students' movies or Cafe ELA will be due at that time.
During February we will be perfecting our writing skills. The state writing test will be Tuesday, March 1st.
Please remember that we will have a parent meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1st. White Oak will be presenting information concerning cyber bullying and the writing TAKS test.
Email me with any concerns. Thanks for your continued support.
Blessings,
Tamara Williams

Week of January 10-14, 2011

Dear Parents and Students,
Happy New Year!! I hope your Christmas holiday was wonderful, and your New Year so far has been great. I was ready to return to school and a schedule.

Students will be taking their semester exams this week. Those exams are a reading benchmark, a writing composition, and an editing and revising benchmark. It should take us all week to complete these benchmarks.

The first part of students' January book projects are due on Wednesday, January 19th (this is a date change that I will announce on Monday). If your student is working in a group, their assignment is their script. If your student is working alone, their assignment is the first assginment on the Cafe ELA sheet. The final projects will be due on February 1, 2011.
Thanks for your continued support.
Have a blessed week,
Tamara Williams

Assignments Until Christmas Break

Hello Parents and Young Scholars,
Below is a list of assignments due before we break for Christmas:
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010--questions from the novel are due;
Friday, Dec. 10, 2010--rough draft for book project is due;
Monday, Dec. 13, 2010--theme boards are due;
Wed., Dec 15, 2010--final draft of book projects are due;
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010--third six weeks' Literary Lexicon Test (this test counts twice); and
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010--the dodgeball tournament and early release.

I hope you have a blessed Christmas, and I will blog again in 2011.

Blessings,
Mrs. W