April to May in ELA

Greetings NIAA Parents!

With ELA STAAR behind 9^th and 10^th grade, we are moving closer and closer to the final six weeks.

From now until April 24^th students will work in collaborative groups or “book clubs”. Students will read, discuss and keep a log of activity for this assignment.

Some of the books students have chosen include:

Divergent

American Sniper 

The Scarlet Letter

Lord of the Flies

Flipped

Just to name a few!

        

Finals week is April 13-15 and there is will be early release on April 17^th

FINAL ESSAY: Students will be responsible for completing their own individual final essay by April 17^th for the novel their group is reading.

The writing prompt can be found on ClassJump.

REMINDERS:

Saturday School

Saturday, April 11th and 18th

7th and 8th Math

7th Reading

8 Science

April 25th

Algebra I

Biology

STAAR Testing Continues:

April 20 8^th Grade Math

April 21^st 7^th Grade Math and 8^th Grade Social Studies

April 22 7^th Grade Reading

April 23^rd Make up test (for students who may have missed their testing dates)

April 30^th and May 1^st High School Drama Musical

 Miss Sanders

NIAA~ELA