Period 4 English (2024-2025)-Ms. Mathews Assignments

The Reading Challenge ends Monday, June 2.  Please update your reading record by then!

Please finalize your reading record by Monday!

If you've already presented your speech, you can relax :-)

If you've already delivered, you can sit back and relax!

For those who have yet to deliver their speeches, please practice at home and don't forget to bring your notecards. See the schedule below, and be sure to come prepared on your assigned day.

If you've already delivered, you can sit back and relax!

For those who have yet to deliver their speeches, please practice at home and don't forget to bring your notecards. See the schedule below, and be sure to come prepared on your assigned day.

I will be throwing away all remaining projects on Friday after school.  If you want to keep yours, please take it home!

Check the speech schedule below to be sure you're ready on your assigned day.  Practice your speech as many times as you can before your speech day, and don't forget to bring your notecards :-)

If typing note cards, use the template linked in the doc below and let me know if you need help printing.

DO NOT create note cards until your speech outline is complete and you've ensured the speech is 3-5 minutes long.

1. Verify that your hook/attention getter is effective (see slides attached)
2. Highlight your claim in yellow. Is it one sentence?  Does it clearly communicate the purpose of your speech?
3. Highlight your preview in green.  Does it give the listener a sense of what's to come?
4. Highlight transitions in pink. Do you use a transition to introduce your first body point, transition from point to point, and transition from your body to your conclusion?
5. Highlight your required quotation in blue.  Is it placed effectively? Does it enhance the message of your speech? 
6. Read your speech aloud and TIME it.  Your final speech must be 3-5 minutes long.  Do you need to add more? Reduce?  Make these adjustments and then time it again.
7. Read your speech aloud to another person (parents, friend, classmate, neighbor, sibling, etc.), and ask for feedback.  Was the purpose of the speech clear?  Do I need to add anything? Remove anything? Was it boring? What can I do to make it more engaging?

Class Code R6HQCQL

Your final project is due May 1-2.  Please use the checklist on the assignment sheet to be sure you've included all required elements.  

Ask your parents EARLY if you need help gathering supplies for this project.  If you plan to use clay, glue, paint, etc., please begin your project early so that it has time to dry before the due date.  

Late projects will lose 10% per class day.

Be unique.
Be creative.
Be meaningful. 

What is a speech other 7th graders need to hear?

Read through the assignment sheet under the RESOURCES section in Google Classroom.

We are piloting (test-driving) a new program that teaches vocabulary.  If we like it, we may use it next year in English classes at Fisher.  Please sign-up for Membean using the link below.

You can email your request or just walk through the door, but you'll need to pick up the printed paragraphs by Wednesday at 1:30 if you can't print at home.

FINAL PROJECT DUE MAY 1-2
If you need supplies or support from your parents, ask early!  Don't wait until the night before.


Your project can be made out of anything you want as long as:
1. It's school appropriate (i.e. no dangerous objects)
2. You can carry it by yourself
3. It can fit through the classroom door

In the past, I've seen projects made out of Amazon boxes, pizza boxes, clothes hangers, posterboards, t-shirts, Legos, clay, sand, baskets, feathers, 3-D printed objects, household objects ... there's no limit to your creativity.

Remember, these projects will be displayed for Open House, and you want to feel proud of what you create.  Put some time and energy into making a creative, well-put-together final product.

DO NOT ATTACH WORK HERE.  Please complete all work on the assignment called The Giver Project:  Everything Has its Cost in the Resources section.

When you come to class Wednesday, you should have the following paragraphs complete:
1. The Giver Paragraph
2. Independent Book Paragraph
3. Real-Life Event Paragraph
4. Comparison/Discussion Paragraph

DO NOT ATTACH WORK HERE.  Please complete all work on the assignment called The Giver Project:  Everything Has its Cost in the Resources section.

When you come to class Mon/Tues, you should have the following paragraphs complete:
1. The Giver Paragraph
2. Independent Book Paragraph
3. Real-Life Event Paragraph

DO NOT ATTACH WORK HERE.  Please complete all work on the assignment called The Giver Project:  Everything Has its Cost in the Resources section.

Please read this chapter at home.  There might be a reading quiz next class ...

The rough draft should be completed before you walk through the door on Tuesday. 

Please read this chapter at home.  There might be a reading quiz next class ...

This week, we're practicing using commas with coordinate adjectives.  Please review the slides attached below. 

1. Click the link below to join the Blooket game.
2. This week's game is Tower Defense. Watch the tutorial to learn how to play.  
3. Your user name must be your FIRST NAME + LAST INITIAL (Example: Kelly M)
4. You must correctly answer 30 questions to earn credit, but you may play as many times as you wish. You can only use your nickname once, so each time you play, please add a number to your name (Example: Kelly M1, Kelly M2, Kelly M3)

Survive the most rounds and earn a little extra credit!