Welcome to our class website! Here you will find details about each class, some general school information, extra learning resources, and some fun facts about me. In an effort to go green (check out "Going Green!" under "Home"), I will do most of my out-of-school communicating with students and parents through this site. It would be a great idea to check out all of the pages and links in order to familiarize yourself with the site. Please let me know if this will not be a good way for me to communicate with you, or if there is ever a problem with the site. I want this to be an interactive experience for me to share information with you and a place for students to share their work. I am looking forward to a great year, and I am very excited about teaching language arts!
Please feel free to contact me with questions or comments (I will do my best to return phone calls and
e-mails within one day). The best way to contact me is through e-mail.
Room #: 124
E-mail: agrojean@elcatholics.org
School Phone: (517) 332-0813
Please feel free to contact me with questions or comments (I will do my best to return phone calls and
e-mails within one day). The best way to contact me is through e-mail.
Room #: 124
E-mail: agrojean@elcatholics.org
School Phone: (517) 332-0813
Announcements
These will be updated at least once a week, so be sure to check here often.
Sept. 5-8
Curriculum Night is Wed., 9/6 from 6-8 PM.
Please note for ELA grades: All assignments and grades will be posted under the "English/Writing" category on PowerSchool. Nothing will be posted under "Literature/Comprehension" or "Spelling/Vocabulary".
7th grade:
All students should be reading a pleasure book of their choosing. We will also be working on summarizing/retelling in both reading and writing this week, as well as starting Building Vocabulary.
Finish reading pleasure book by Mon., 9/18
Due Mon., 9/25: pleasure book project (more details to come)
8th grade:
This week we will be working on finding text evidence and main ideas in order to summarize a story and write our own versions. We will also meet with our literature groups as well as begin Building Vocabulary.
Due Thurs., 9/7:
Holes: Ch. 1-20
Walk Two Moons: Ch. 1-12
Due Fri., 9/8:
The Outsiders: Ch. 1-4
Flipped: Ch. 1-4
Aug. 23-Aug. 31
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great summer. During the first 2 weeks of school, we will be getting back into our routines and starting some basic lessons in reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Please click on the other tabs at the top of the page to read more information about our class.
Please be aware of the following:
Curriculum Night is Wed., 9/6 from 6-8 PM.
Please note for ELA grades: All assignments and grades will be posted under the "English/Writing" category on PowerSchool. Nothing will be posted under "Literature/Comprehension" or "Spelling/Vocabulary".
7th grade:
All students should be reading a pleasure book of their choosing. We will also be working on summarizing/retelling in both reading and writing this week, as well as starting Building Vocabulary.
Finish reading pleasure book by Mon., 9/18
Due Mon., 9/25: pleasure book project (more details to come)
8th grade:
This week we will be working on finding text evidence and main ideas in order to summarize a story and write our own versions. We will also meet with our literature groups as well as begin Building Vocabulary.
Due Thurs., 9/7:
Holes: Ch. 1-20
Walk Two Moons: Ch. 1-12
Due Fri., 9/8:
The Outsiders: Ch. 1-4
Flipped: Ch. 1-4
Aug. 23-Aug. 31
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great summer. During the first 2 weeks of school, we will be getting back into our routines and starting some basic lessons in reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Please click on the other tabs at the top of the page to read more information about our class.
Please be aware of the following:
- All students will need a 1/2"-1" 3-ring binder to keep in class as a writing portfolio. (Most 8th graders still have theirs in my room from last year.)
- 7th graders will need to choose a pleasure book by Thurs., 8/31.
- All-school mass on Fri., 8/25 and Wed., 8/30
- No school Fri., 9/1 or Mon., 9/4
