Ms. Hincker's 7th grade English Blog

Today in class, a few students were successful in teaching their lessons on ch. 10 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. We also went back to work on our journal entries and a few students were able to spend a bit of time working on ch. 4 of their autobiographies. Students also received updated [...]

Today in class, we continued our study of German by learning the names of common classroom objects. On Wednesday, we will begin to label the classroom accordingly. It should be great fun. Homework: None. Enjoy field day!

On Friday, we discussed chapter nine of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and began work on new journal entries. Homework: Please read ch. 11 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and work on ch. 4 of your autobiographies. Ch. 4 is due Thursday; it is all about your relationship with friends throughout your [...]

We had more fun with German on Friday and took a short quiz assessing how well we understood the basics of greeting people and saying good-bye. On Monday, we will finish up our study of German and get ready to move on to French. Homework: None

Today, students handed in ch. 3 of their Autobiographies. After affording everyone the opportunity to read their chapters aloud, we played the “because” game where students made connections between character motivation and events in the novel. Some classes were introduced to two new journal entries as well. See the Journal Entries tab on this blog [...]

Today, we learned how to say, “good-bye” in German, and we practiced translating short sentences without peeking at our notes! Homework: None

Today, students have the opportunity to work on ch. 3 of their Autobiographies, which is all about their memories of school. The rough draft of this chapter is due tomorrow. Homework: Begin reading ch. 10 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry pp. 218-230. Also, finish the rough draft of ch. 3, which is due [...]

Guten Tag! Today we continued our study of German and learned not only how to pronounce each letter of the alphabet but also how to greet one another both formally and informally. Students also got to choose their German names. Fritz, Harrison, Dieter, Jurgen, Otto, Johann, Konrad, Klaus, Sylvia, Margret, Elisabeth, Eva, Rosa, and Dagmar [...]

Today, we had students teaching ch. 8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Homework: Please finish ch.9 of Roll of Thunder. Also, please get the edited copy of ch. 1 of your autobiography signed by a parent as soon as you get it returned to you. Reminders: 1. ch. 3 of your Autobiography about [...]

Today, we finished our discussion of the history of the English language from Old English through Middle English and into Early Modern English. Students had fun thinking about the evolution of language and all of the words that they know have either changed in meaning or are no longer used in modern English. We also [...]