Grades 7-8: Extra Grammar Review Activities

Good morning! Many students have asked for different online resources to help prepare for their upcoming grammar and editing assessment. Here are a few tools that can be beneficial. Remember that the most beneficial way to study for this assessment are to review the notes, make cue cards, and complete the review packet. 

Parts of Speech Kahoot

Parts of Speech Kahoot 2

English Club Quiz

Parts of Speech Games

Parts of Speech Quiz

Paragraph Surgery Game

Paragraph Correction

Comma Practice

Extra Comma Practice

 

For Grade 8 only:

Comma, Colons, Semicolon Practice

Semicolon and Colon Practice

Quotation Practice

Extra Quotation Practice

Grade 7: Grammar/Editing Assessment (Thursday 2/11)

We are happy to be back in school today! During distance learning, we started preparing for the grammar portion of our exam. Although we will no longer be taking an English exam in February, we will still be completing a grammar/editing assessment. This assessment will be completed on Thursday, February 11th, 2021. It has been suggested that students should be reviewing rules and creating notecards each night in order to prepare for this assessment. 

This assessment will focus on the following concepts:

  • Sentence/fragments
  • Nouns (common vs. proper)
  • Possessive vs. plural nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Antecedents
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Verbs
  • Verb tense agreement
  • Paragraph editing

Our notes on these various subjects can be found in this presentation:

Grammar/Editing Assessment Review

Focus your attention on slides 11-27. We will also be completing additional online No Red Ink grammar practice exercises throughout the week. 

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Grade 7: Intro to Exam Review

Today we will begin preparing for the English Exam. As I mentioned in class, our hope is that we will take this exam together in person on February 9th, 2021. However, this may change due to a possible extension of distance learning. Only time will tell! The first step in preparing for your exam is reviewing the slideshow presentation below.

This Google Slides presentation has notes and examples on various components to the exam:

Grade 7 Exam Review Slideshow

Grades 6-8: Give Credit Where It’s Due Assignment (Tuesday 1/19)

Over the last week and a half, the students have been reviewing and studying the format/setup of an MLA Works Cited page and parenthetical citations (in-text citations). This assignment is designed to allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and understand of MLA 8 citations.

Click the link below to access the assignment instructions and resources:

Give Credit Where It’s Due Assignment

Credit Assignment Graphic Organizer

This assignment will be due on Tuesday (1/19).

Grades 6-8: Works Cited Notes/Practice

Today we will continue to review and practice how to properly format an MLA works cited page. As we have previously discussed, source citations and works cited pages are essential in order to avoid plagiarism.

Students will review the notes in the Google Doc below to ensure that their bibliography contains all of the necessary information:

Works Cited Notes/Practice

Please pay close attention to the required format for the works cited page!

Format:

    • Choose MLA 8
    • The works cited page is always found at the end of the paper
    • Should start on a separate page
    • Sources must be listed in alphabetical order
    • Must use hanging indentation style
          • Format → Align & Indent → Indentation options → Hanging

Grades 6-8: COVIDcation Writing Activity (Due: Friday 1/8)

Welcome back OJCS Middle School Students! I hope you had an enjoyable winter break. We will begin the new year with a writing activity about the break.

Click the link below to access our assignment:

Covidcation Writing Activity

Helpful writing tools:

Free Verse Poem Graphic Organizer

Timeline Graphic Organizer

Paragraph Writing Graphic Organizer

Welcome Back! | Hillel UofT

Grades 6-8: Digital Citizenship/Media Literacy Nearpod Lessons

This week we will begin exploring a series of interactive Nearpod lessons that revolve around digital citizenship and media literacy. These interactive experiences were created by our incredible librarian Brigitte! Today we will be focusing on in-text citations and bibliographies. Students can revisit this information at any time independently as well!

The links to these experiences can be found in the Google Slideshow below:

Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Slideshow

Grades 6-8: The OJCS Reading Challenge Returns!

Reading Challenges for 2014

Each middle school class will compete in the 2020-2021 OJCS Reading Challenge. The reading challenge runs from December 8th, 2020 to May 3rd, 2021. Students will choose books that are interesting, grade-level appropriate, and fall within their ZPD. If students need help choosing a “just right” book…just ask Mr. Wash. Audiobooks, graphic novels, and books in other languages will also count for this challenge (please ensure the review is written in English). 

Each class will set a reading goal…which they are encouraged to exceed!

    • If the class reaches their goal → they will earn a movie party with popcorn and snacks 
    • The middle school class that reads the most amount of books will also earn a sports day

How will we know who wins?

After students have completed a novel, they will need to write a review in their reading challenge document. Please follow the format that is provided in the Google Doc below. A book will only count towards our class total after the review has been written!

Must read and create at least three book reviews by Monday, March 2nd, 2021

Click the link below to make a personalized copy of the book review reading challenge log:

Book Review Reading Challenge Log

    1. After you make a copy, please rename the document.

Ex: Michael’s Reading Log

2. Save the document to the Google Drive Folder that was shared with you yesterday