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
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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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Prepare the way...Students are not permitted to go to their lockers between classes and must be prepared for each day. 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 will be offered during our flex period on E days and on Google Meet via request.
Students must inform me ahead of time that they are in need of extra help!
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Important datesWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8: 1st day of school last names A-K
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: 1st day of school last names L-Z
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: All students in attendance
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16: High school info night/back to school night
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1: 12 noon dismissal
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Virtue of the Month: FRIENDSHIP"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you."-John 15:12-14
"Therefore, encourage one antoher and build one another up, as indeed you do."-1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Two are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor. If the one falls, the other will lift up his companion. Woe to the solitary man! For if he should fall, he has no one to lift him up!"-Eclessiasties 4:9-10
"Also, the Lord restored the prosperity of Job, after he had prayed for his friends; theLord even gave to Job twice as much as he had before."- Job 42:10
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PRAYER FOR FRIENDSHIPDear Lord, teach me to love others the way you first loved me.
As I build relationships with others, let them see you in the extent of my generosity, the authenticity of my kindness, and the depths of my love.
All of those things are only possible through you, the God who abides with me and calls me friend.
Amen.
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Today's Readings
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Reading I Ezr 1:1-6Responsorial Psalm 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6Gospel Lk 8:16-18
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Lunch and Recess
Lunch: 12-12:12-30
Recess: 12:39-1:21
Students are expected to use appropriate behavior in the cafeteria and on the playground.
Al stdents must bring their lunch in a disposable bag. Everything must be thrown out at the end of the day!
All students should bring a water bottle back and forth to school every day to keep in the classroom. (Our school water fountains will not be functioning during this time.)
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