“And the turtles, of course …all the turtles are free as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
1. Meaningful and appropriate Touch
2. Spoken Word
3. Spoken word with great value added
4. Spoken word with great value added and a special future is pictured
5. The touch and the spoken words backed up with a commitment to see the blessing carried out!
ALL MAKE-UP WORK MUST BE IN ON FRIDAY — 5/30/08.
All sermons and publications are due this FRIDAY - 5/30/08!! Note: If you did a separate publication for English and your sermon — you need only run your separate publication through the Writer’s Workshop.
5/6 Etymology make-up quiz - Write out 10 etymology root words. Write ten complete sentences and make sure you underline the root word in the sentence.
7/8 Etymology make-up quiz - Write out 15 etymology root words. Write 15 complete sentences and make sure you underline the root word in the sentence.
All Reading - Charla’s Children, New Testament, Reading logs and Roll-over Due 6/2/08.
For Charla’s Children write down that you read the book or the last page you read to.
For the New Testament write down that you read the entire NT or the last book and chapter you read to.
Last reading log (5/26-6/1) is due on 6/2/08(REMEMBER no journals - BUT if you need to do make up journals - Do journal, and make note on the journal that it is a make-up). I will use any roll over time as make-up for missing logs or logs that are short on minutes. Please circle both your reading time up to date and your roll over time up to date on this last log! I will use those times to determine the Reading Winners and for making up your missing logs or minutes.
Book Board People (And you should know who you are) - Your book boards are due Monday, 6/2/08.
7/8th graders need to write a letter to their supporters of the Mexico trip. They can use their journals from the trip. Journals and letter will be due 5/21.
7/8th graders need to do two things with their sermons for class discussion that could be useful for their sermons in chapel, but I’m not making it mandatory for their sermons.
ONE: They need to summarize the background information of their book - Author, date, reason it was written, theme, main characters, setting, etc.
TWO: Students need to identify a key word or words in the passage they are preaching and do an in-depth word study. They need to find the Greek meaning and as much background info on the word that they can gather.
7/8th graders listen up! We are going to spend the last couple of weeks of school preparing our sermons for Bible, English and Etymology. The sermon is the 8th graders rite of passage and their major thesis for the year. They are bringing all their skills, knowledge, passion and devotion to bear on a message they believe in, and are convinced we need to hear.
The following 8th graders will be giving their sermons on May 22, in combined chapel: Tyler, Jenna, Jonathan, and Krista.
On May 29, Evan, Morgan, Linde and Kelly will give their sermons.
Message Preparation:
Step One: Find the main idea of your passage. You can ask some of the following questions to find the main idea of your passage:
Who is doing the main action?
What action is being doen? Who or what is the action being done to?
Why is this happening?
Where is this happening?
How is this happening?
This step includes observation and interpretation to discover the main idea.
Step Two: Now you are going to persuade your audience to do something — application.
Who? You
What? I am going to use the example praying
Why? You should do this because… praying will connect you to the power of God
When? You should do this… daily
Where? You should do this… anywhere, a quiet place, etc
How? You should do this… on your knees, standing up, etc
How long? You should do this… all the time
Step Three: Conclude with a challenge that is appropriate, doable, and challenging!
…we have seen in this passage how important praying to God is. I challenge you to set aside a set amount of time each day, in a special place to pray to God starting today!
One Major Publication:
Students are able to write a 4-5 page publication on a topic of their choice. 7/8th graders can do their sermons.
Idea due: 4/11
First draft due: 5/2
Peer Edit 5/14
2nd draft due: 5/20
Teacher edit due: 5/23
7/8th graders are going to have the opportunity to share their hopes, prayer needs, Bible verses and serving experiences thus far to the lower grades next week.
In preparation for that they are going to do a little research at (wwwFFHM.org) and review the book Charla’s Children. The students will:
One: Share about where they are going in Mexico
Two: About the orphanage, Foundation For His Ministry — They can use excerpts from Charla’s Children
Three: What they had to do to prepare for this mission: Serving opportunities, Prayer and support letters, experiencing food, taking 3 minute showers, etc.
Four: Prayer needs and concerns — the food they will eat, the people they will meet, that they would bring God glory by doing everything without arguing or complaining.
Step One: Pray and pray and pray some more.
Step Two: Find the main idea of your passage.
You will need to do the observation and interpretation steps of Bible Study to find the idea. Here are some questions to ask to help you: Who is doing the main action(or who is the? What action is being done? Why is this happening? What is causing this action to be done? When should this happen? How can this happen? Where did this happen (what culture, city, circumstance)?
If your passage is a narrative, that is a story, you can also use the SWBS - (Someone Wants But So) formula to find the main idea of the passage.
Step Three: Now you are going to persuade your audience to do something.
This is the application stage. Who do you want to do this? Why do you want them to do this? When do you want them to do this and how long and by what time? Where do you want them to do this? Whom do you want them to do this to? How do you want them to do this?
Step Four: Conclude with a challenge
You want your audience to leave with a purpose, with something they can do!!
Four Minor Publications:
1) Science Fair Research Papers: First Draft due on Monday — Publication due Friday 4/11 (This publication is to help students feel confident in writing research papers)
I’m extending the due date for the Science Fair Research Papers to Wednesday 4/16.
2) News Story: I will assign the students a specific story on Friday 4/11. They will gather information over the weekend and we will work on a dead-line to finish the story on Wed. 4/16. They will all be working on the same story and they will all create a headline for their story and determine the key facts to be presented, and in what order.
News Story update: Students were assigned story 4/16 to write a story on an activity during recess. They need to use the 5 w’s and 1 h to write a hard news story one paragraph long or two at the very most! This news story will be due 5/2.
3) Periodic Letters/ Friendly, Business, Editorial/Persuasive: These letters will be written in class and will be edited in class, and will be written out in class. I haven’t set any dates on these, because they will all be done in class.
4) Poetry: We are going to do a group personality poem on 4/24 after SATs.
One Major Publication:
Students are able to write a 4-5 page publication on a topic of their choice. 7/8th graders can do their sermons.
Idea due: 4/11
First draft due: 5/2 5/6th graders will be due 5/7
Peer Edit 5/14
2nd draft due: 5/20
Teacher edit due: 5/23
Students took a quiz, and then were allowed to correct the questions they missed. This will be due Friday 4/4.
5/6th grade bring in news article for Monday 4/7.
5/8th Publication Schedule
Four Minor Publications:
1) Science Fair Research Papers: First Draft due on Monday — Publication due Friday 4/11 (This publication is to help students feel confident in writing research papers)
2) News Story: I will assign the students a specific story on Friday 4/11. They will gather information over the weekend and we will work on a dead-line to finish the story on Wed. 4/16. They will all be working on the same story and they will all create a headline for their story and determine the key facts to be presented, and in what order.
3) Periodic Letters/ Friendly, Business, Editorial/Persuasive: These letters will be written in class and will be edited in class, and will be written out in class. I haven’t set any dates on these, because they will all be done in class.
4) Poetry: We are going to do a group personality poem on 4/24 after SATs.
One Major Publication:
Students are able to write a 4-5 page publication on a topic of their choice. 7/8th graders can do their sermons.
Idea due: 4/11
First draft due: 4/25
Peer edit due: 5/2
2nd draft due: 5/16
Teacher edit due: 5/23
