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We also did exercises to organize sentences within a paragraph. We\u2019ve reviewed summarizing and citations, as well, as both will be necessary for upcoming assignments and projects in many of their classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EIGHTH GRADE: We have discussed various types of sources for research as well as issues \u2013 local and national \u2013 they care about and may choose to research more about in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students should be working on their book report\/presentation; this means they are either reading their novel or have moved to producing the project. While we have had some class time to work on this, most of this should be completed outside of class.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To engage with your student, you could ask them:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what social issues they are interested in;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what book they are reading for their first book report; and\/or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what LAD Fair categories they have completed their entries for. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between snow days and school activities, we have pivoted to focus on fundamentals and work on long-term projects before moving into our next summative writing assignment. SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES: Students have been practicing sentence and paragraph structures. 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