HMS B. Herbert 6th ELA S.C.O.R.E. bherbert@shelbyed.org

We have completed Part 3 of Daniel’s Story   —well at least those of us who did our reading assignment and study guides  for tomorrow  have completed Part 3.  We will not have an announced test assesment for Part 3.  Students were given study guides  for chapter 10, 11 & 12 and a new vocabulary list on […]

Our 3rd nine week Independent Reading assessments are due on Wed. February 15.  Students should follow the guidelines carefully to ensure they have everything required on the float or in the written report.  Students do not have to do both.  Both have equal point value. The new reading logs started today. There is no vocabulary […]

Today students turned in their memoirs inspired by pictures from their photo albums.  I can’t wait to read them tomorrow and share them with the kids next week. Today we took a pre-announced  OOPs test as a class on the Part 1 Frankfurt comprehension test.  This past week we combed through the novel, reviewed who was who,   reviewed […]

Our next quiz will be Wed., Feb. 1.  It is vocabulary only.  The words are: black market-illegal buying and selling defiance–to go against malnutrition- not enough nutrition or food of the right kind raids- sudden invasion resistance- to work against; actively oppose prudently- cautiously; discreetly; managing carefully Lodz, Poland–the location of the ghetto where Danel […]

Our next test will be on Friday and will cover Part 1 of Daniel’s Story. Our words are Bar Mitzvah, SS, rations, pogroms, BBC, deported, gestapo, frugal, ghetto, Kristallnecht

Well, students have taken their first test of  the new year, handed in their first logs and vocabulary homework, gotten their new logs,  new vocabulary work sheets  and their novels, Daniel’s Story .  It  has been a busy week !! Our next test is on Thursday, January 19 This week’s vocab homework is to write the definitions […]

Happy New Year all.  I hope you all had a restful, peaceful break.  A letter was sent home today with all of my students with a very important message and deadline.  Please ask for it. Today the students were given their new reading logs that begin tomorrow and we went over the importance of the […]

Last week students were given a study guide to use for getting ready for their 9 week exam.  It will be divided into 2 parts with the academic vocabulary test being on Thursday the 8th and comprehension test being on Thursday  the 15th . Today students were given one last extra credit opportunity for the 9 weeks.  […]

There is no vocabulary homework over the holiday. Students are still keeping a log of their reading.  They should be reading a minimum of 20 minutes per night and then logging the total number of minutes read and what they read.  If a student did not pick up a log on Tuesday before leaving for […]

Not sure why the blog was not published last Friday and I did not know it until a parent notified me today. Our selection this week is “Dressed for Success” and the students were given the vocabulary words last Thursday.  Don’t forget to use the Glencoe site, wwwGlencoe.com,  to review. The extra credit is the […]

Please refer to page section. I will be out on Tuesday.  Please e-mail me if you have questions.

Our selection for this week is ” The Scholarship Jacket” page 339 .Well, with the induction last Wednesday of our 40 eighth graders  into our NJHS, and the controversy surrounding Alabama’s new immigration law,  it was indeed a timely short story we read about a poor Hispanic girl who was to be denied her hard […]

For next Thursday test our selections are: “Why Books Are Dangerous”  Neil Gaimon    excerpt from “A Tremendous Trade” a  magazine article by Jeremy Caplan excerpt from “Aunt Millicent” by Mary Steele “The Scholarship Jacket” Marta Salinas Vocabulary Words from homework sheet: obvious, comfortably, sensible, gruff, term, eventually, shattered, frisk, suspect(verb), confiscated, interrogated, headmaster, sniveling(verb), fragments(noun), […]

Next vacab test is still Thursday, October 27.  Next selection / vocabulary test Thursday, November 3 I did not know until today that our textbook has been edited to delete  “The Real Magic of Harry Potter”.  We will still take a vocabulary test Thursday but we will not have a selection test. Don’t forget the students […]

  Next test 10-20 : see below Wow! That nine week period flew by.  We only have 3 left this year. Congratulations to 1st period for winning the class average contest. 1st place 1st period 87.94 2nd   place  3rd period   85.32 3rd place    2nd period   84.72 4th place     7th period 84.38 5th place    8th period   83.78 […]

The new due date is October 17 for the Independent Reading Project “Book Jackets” Monday and Tuesday : We will group read “Let the Bullies Beware” in order to practice finding the main ideas, using print strategies such as titles and subtitles and bold print, reading informational text and identifying sequence. WED. TEST on genre […]

Progress reports went out today.  A glitch caused my points to be put into wrong categories but the total points earned and grade point averages are correct.  Some OOPS tests were not taken and entered before printing.  The take home quiz for “Street Magic” (25 points) and the Independent Reading Story String Projects have not […]

The Story String Independent Reading Project is DUE WED Well, we moved a little slower today than I thought we would.  Even with the short selection vocabulary list this week, I feel I will need more time to work on internal and external conflict and direct and indirect characterization.  Therefore, I am moving the test to […]

Independent Reading Projects are due Wednesday.  If you have lost the instructions they are listed in the Pages section of this blog. FYI Wonders are questions you ask yourself about the novel you are reading and Sparks are things you read that remind you about something in your own life. WASAP  STANDS FOR WONDERS SPARKS […]

Students who did not finish the open book assessment for “Street Magic” that they were given after the vocabulary test on Friday will need to complete the reading and 2 sided sheet before class on Tuesday. “Street Magic” is a graphic short story in their textbooks.       Students were also given the vocabulary sheet for their […]