8-1: Miss Risolo (ELA and Religion)
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welcome to ela!Welcome to 8th grade ELA!
I am looking forward to another great year at St. Agnes Cathedral School. I attended SUNY Cortland and have my undergraduate degree in Adolescence Education for English (7-12). The students and I will be learning side by side as I finish up my masters degree in Literacy virtually through SUNY Oneonta.
I am looking forward to a challenging, yet exciting year. Let's get started!
Room: 202
e-mail: mrisolo5546@stagnes-school.org
Phone extension: x801
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Class notesPlease check Google Classroom DAILY for all assignments, announcements, and important information.
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ELA
This year in ELA we will read novels, short stories, and poetry while using reading strategies to discover deeper meanings. We will also learn new writing strategies to create literature of our own as well as continuing to build vocabulary and grammar skills.
It's my goal that students will come away this year with a love of reading and writing and a greater understanding of the workings of our language.
Texts for this Year:- The Outsiders by SE Hinton
- Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Night by Elie Wiesel
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ReligionOur religion focus this year is on preparing students for and guiding them through the process of Confirmation. Students will complete assignments related to the Sacraments in their Confirmation notebooks. They will learn more fully what we believe as Catholics and how we live that out daily.
In addition, students will complete a monthly project in their Spiritual Adoption notebook. They will track the development of an unborn child from conception to birth, praying for their child along the way!
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Notes
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Specials Schedule
A: Art (1)
B: Spanish (1)
C: Gym (1)
D: Spanish (1)
E: Library (7)
F: Spanish (1)
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Prepare the way...Students may go to their lockers at the beginning and end of the day as well as before lunch. Students are NOT permitted to go to their lockers between classes and must be prepared for each class. This includes
ELA: 2-subject notebook, folder, textbook(s), pen/pencil
Religion: 3-subject notebook, textbook, pen/pencil,
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Extra Help
Extra help is every Wednesday morning at 7:30.
Extra help will also be offered during our study hall and flex periods.
Students must inform me ahead of time that they are in need of extra help!
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Important datesFRIDAY, JANUARY 7: 1/2 DAY
MONDAY, JANUARY 17: MLK, JR DAY--NO SCHOOL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20: Grade 8 graduation pictures
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Virtue of the Month: UNITY
"How good it is, how pleasant, where the people dwell as one!"-Psalm 133:1
"complete my joy by being of the same mind,w ith the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing."-Philippians 2:2
"For as in one body we have many parts, and all the parts do not have the same function, so we through many, are one body in Christ and individually parts of one another."-Romans 12:4-5
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PRAYER FOR UNITYLoving God, we ask that you grant us the spirit of wisdom and unity, so that we may be one, even as you are one with our Lord Jesus Christ - and he with you.
Enable all the members of the body of Christ to live together in unity and fellowship with one another, and lead us into the paths of peace and righteousness so that we may be well pleasing in your sight.
We ask you to teach us how to love one another as Christ loved us and help us to show one another the unusual kindness that can only come from knowing your Son, Jesus. May the Spirit stir up in our hearts a desire to be united as one, in the bond of peace and fellowship. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Lunch and Recess
Lunch: 12-12:12-39
Recess: 12:42-1:09
Students are expected to use appropriate behavior in the cafeteria and on the playground.
All students should bring a water bottle back and forth to school every day to keep in the classroom.
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