Exams

The exam schedule has been handed out.  Review week begins on June 9th with reviews handed out.   
Suggestions for studying a head of time:
ELA: poetic devices, types of poems, literary terms
SS: vocabulary and key concepts
Ms Cherniack will be available 3 lunches out of the 5 lunches in each week before exams for extra help. 
Week of June 1 – Tues, [...]

Note – that Thursday Feb. 26 is a normal school day

Note – that Thursday Feb. 26 is a normal school day.  Students will write the SS midterm in per.1 and 2 in their homerooms.  The day will then continue as a normal school day, and students are expected to be at school.

Study Guide for S.S. Mid-Term Exam

Study Guide for S.S. Mid-Term Exam
 
Time: centuries (ex. 19th C covers what time period?), definitions B.C., A.D., circa, calendars,
 
Definitions of different aspects, areas and types of history
 
Definitions from Introduction to History Unit
 
Early People: vocabulary, time periods, development of humans (ex. Cro-Magnon), settlements, fire, mysteries from the past, etc.
 
Mesopotamia: inventions, structures
 
Egypt: vocabulary, inventions, hieroglyphs, mummification, [...]

SS Midterm and Extra Help Times

Study Guide will be out on Thursday.  Students have already been given some suggestions of what to start studying: centuries (ex. 19th C covers what time period?), time vocab. (A.D., circa, etc.), vocab. from Intro to History (visual history, etc.).
Extra Help Times (students are also welcome for individual help):
Mon. Feb. 23  at lunch
Tues. Feb. 24 after [...]

SS mid-term exam on Feb. 26

SS mid-term exam on Feb 26.  It will cover from the beginning of the year to the Egyptians (including the Egyptians).  Students will receive a study guide, and we will review in class.  Students should be studying on their own time also.  Extra help times will be provided.

ELA Extra Help for Short Story Test

Wednesday (today) at lunch
Thursday after school

ELA – Review for Short Story Test for 8-5 and 8-6 Due Thurs. Dec. 18

ELA – Review for Short Story Test for 8-5 and 8-6 Due Thurs. Dec. 18.   The assignment reviews concepts and examples.

ELA – Short Story Test for 8-5 and 8-6 on Fri. Dec. 19.

ELA – Short Story Test for 8-5 and 8-6 on Fri. Dec. 19.
Students have a review sheet and we will work on a review assignment.

SS – study questions due Nov. 13

SS – study questions due Nov. 13.  Students are to make three study questions (with answers) for their assigned section from chapter 1, plus extra study questions based off the study guide.

SS Test Extra Help Wed. Nov 12 Lunch Time and after school

SS Test Extra Help Wed. Nov 12 Lunch Time and after school