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Welcome to our new school year!
 
25 Books on Food Tank's Summer 2021 Reading List – Food Tank
 
School Theme: Strength for the Journey
 
My name is Mrs. Casey Hadjis and this is my tenth year at St. Joseph Catholic School. I currently teach sixth through eighth grades Reading/Literature including Latin & Greek. I earned my undergraduate degree from Marquette University and my master's degree in education from DePaul University.  I look forward to another wonderful year with my sixth, seventh, and eighth graders!
 
 
 

 

 

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Week at a Glance: April 22 - 25, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of Boys in the Boat including character development and challenges.
  • Students will complete a mind map using information from chapters 1-11.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of Hidden Figures including character development and challenges.
  • Students will research the speed of sound.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of To Kill a Mockingbird including character and plot development.
  • Students will complete a mind map using information from chapters 1-11.
  • Students will read independent novels.

Week at a Glance: April 15-19, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of The Boys in the Boat including sucess of row team, coaches, and obstacles faced.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 17.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of Hidden Figures including working conditions at NACA and speed of sound.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 17.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of To Kill a Mockingbird including characters, plot exposition, and the use of humor.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 17.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
 

Week at a Glance: April 8 - 11, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will begin nonfiction study of The Boys in the Boat including rowing positions, setting, and characters.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 16.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will begin nonfiction study of Hidden Figures including characters and time period of the novel.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 16.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will work on lit centers for To Kill a Mockingbird including author study, Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Jim Crow laws, and Scottsboro Boys.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 16.
  • Students will read independent novels.
 

Week at a Glance: April 2-5, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify text evidence using paired articles in Scope magazine.
  • Students will identify central ideas and details in a nonfiction article.
  • Students will write an ode.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify text evidence using paired articles in Scope magazine.
  • Students will identify central ideas and details in a nonfiction article.
  • Students will write an ode.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify text features in nonfiction article.
  • Students will identify text evidence using paired articles in Scope magazine.
  • Students will create a playlist for a Readers' Theater play.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
 

Week at a Glance: March 18-22, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will complete novel study of Lions of Little Rock including vocabulary, character development, plot line, and theme.
  • Students will check comprehension of the novel.
  • Students will complete Women in History project.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will complete nonfiction study of Fever 1793 including plot line, character development, and theme.
  • Students will complete final project for novel.
  • Students will complete Women in History project.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will complete nonfiction study of Phineas Gage.
  • Students will complete a final project for the novel.
  • Students will complete Women in History project.

Week at a Glance: March 11 - 15, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue historical fiction study of The Lions of Little Rock including synonyms, predictions, character compare/contrast, and comprehension.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 15.
  • Students will read independent novels.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue historical fiction study of Fever 1793 including main ideas/details, character development, and plot map.
  • Students will research humanitarian organizations.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 15.
  • Students will read independent novels.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of Phineas Gage including brain research and Phineas's development and deterioration in health.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 15.
  • Students will read independent novels.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.

Week at a Glance: March 3-7, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue historical fiction study of Lions of Little Rock including comprehension, vocabulary, and character analysis.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 14.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue historical fiction study of Fever 1793 including comprehension, vocabulary, cause/effect, summarizing, and main ideas/details.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 14.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue nonfiction study of Phineas Gage including comprehension, vocabulary, and close reading.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 14.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: February 26-29, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Lions of Little Rock including vocabulary, sensory details, figurative language, and conflict.
  • Students will visit the school library.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson or Growth Monitoring.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Fever 1793 including vocabulary, comprehension, mood, and character development.
  • Students will check comprehension of Latin & Greek unit 13.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson or Growth Monitoring.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue work on Phineas Gage lit centers.
  • Students will present information on brain research.
  • Students will visit the school library.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson or Growth Monitoring.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: February 20-23, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Lions of Little Rock including vocabulary, figurative language, and conflict.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 13.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Fever 1793 including summarizing, plot elements, and compare/contrast.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 13.
  • Students will visit the school library.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will work on lit centers for Phineas Gage including teenage brain, brain teasers, optical illusions, and neurons.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 13.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: February 12-16, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Lions of Little Rock  including comprehension, prediction, vocabulary, and close reading.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 12.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Fever 1793 including summarizing, compare/contrast, plot developments, and main idea and details.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 12.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue creating poems including selfie, character, and choice.
  • Students will identify text evidence in nonfiction texts in Scope magazine.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 12.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: February 5 - 8, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will complete lit centers for Lions of Little Rock and present information.
  • Students will begin novel study of Lions of Little Rock including characters, vocabulary and comprehension.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will continue novel study of Fever 1793 including comprehension, vocabulary, link to literature, and cause/effect.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will write several poems including alliterative, shape, and haikus.
  • Students will check comprehension of poetry terms.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: January 29-February 2, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will work on lit centers for the next novel, The Lions of Little Rock, including author study, Little Rock HS, WEC, Quapaws, and lions.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 11.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will present lit center information for Fever 1793.
  • Students will begin novel study of Fever 1793 including comprehension, link to literature, story sketches, and summarizing.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 11.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will begin poetry unit including poetry terms and guided reading of poems.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 11.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: January 22 - 26, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify character traits in short stories.
  • Students will complete i-Ready Reading Diagnostic 2.
  • Students will visit the Book Fair.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will work on Fever 1793 lit centers including author study, role of women in early America, coffeehouses, yellow fever, and the city of Philadelphia in 1793.
  • Students will complete i-Ready Reading Diagnostic 2.
  • Students will visit the Book Fair.
  • Students will read independent novel.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will check comprehension of Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will check comprehension of the novel The Outsiders.
  • Students will complete i-Ready Reading Diagnostic 2.
  • Students will visit the Book Fair.
  • Students will read independent novel.

Week at a Glance: January 16 - 19, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify character types in the short stories, "The Landlady" and "The Mpnkey's Paw."
  • Students will check comprehension of character types.
  • Students will check comprehension of Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will perform readers' theater about Apollo 13 mission.
  • Students will begin lit centers for Fever 1793 including author study, role of women in early America, coffeehouses, yellow fever, and the city of Philadelphia in 1793.
  • Students will check comprehension of Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will compare the movie version of The Outsiders to the book.
  • Students will check comprehension of Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will complete one i-Ready Reading lesson.
  • Students will read independent novels.

Week at a Glance: January 9-12, 2024

Sixth Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify character traits in short stories.
  • Students will practice making inferences in short stories.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Seventh Grade Reading:
  • Students will identify nonfiction text structure and text features in a Scope article.
  • Students will perform readers' theater.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will read independent novels.
Eighth Grade Reading:
  • Students will complete novel study of The Outsiders including charcter development and story elements.
  • Students will complete Latin & Greek unit 10.
  • Students will read independent novels.