Mrs. Mary Heilman                                                                                               

mheilman@madisonprep.org

Junior High Language Arts

Office Hours:

Wednesday from 6:30 - 7:15 am

Monday & Thursday from 3:15 - 4:00 pm

Message to parents: Please email me if you have any questions, or call the school and I will be happy to return your phone call.

  HOMEWORK - Week of May7, 2012

7th grade:

Monday- Vocabulary unit 12  A/B.  Study units 1 and 3 for review quiz.

 Tuesday-  Grade unit 12 vocabulary and review punctuation

 Wednesday- Students will work on miplaced and dangling modifiers for proper sentence structure.

 Thursday- Grade misplace/dangling modifiers; pop quiz for review- pronoun quiz.

 Friday- 

  8th grade:

Monday: Unit 12 vocabulary and study units 1 and 3 for vocabulary review. 

 Tuesday- Give students a test that will count as a homework grade.  The test will require evaluating each sentence to determine what is wrong with it.  It could be subject/verb problems; it could be misplaced or dangling modifiers, etc.  

 Wednesday- Grade the worksheet given as homework last night. Review units 1 and 3 in vocabulary getting ready for these units to be on the final exam.  Give homework on misplaced/dangling modifiers.    

Thursday-  Grade worksheet and assign review packets.  Students should know how to do all of the work, but it is not a test, so they are welcome to ask for him. 

Friday- 

  10th grade

Monday- Students will complete assignments in adverbs and adjectives as review for final exam. .

 Tuesday- Students will work on reviewing adverbs/adjectives and sentence structure.  Quiz on proper sentence structure.    

Wednesday- Students will be required to do a review packet on several concepts studied throughout this year. 

Thursday-  Grade and discuss the packet. No homework.

Friday-. 

I hold a Bachelor's degree in education, a Master's degree in English and a Master's degree in Education with an emphasis in reading.   

I have worked as a teacher for twenty-one years and as a college instructor for thirteen years.  My first experience as a teacher was in Illinois where I worked for seven years in a middle school setting.  I obtained a job as an adjunct instructor at Joliet Junior College and worked under Dr. Asher for three years.  Summers I spent in Arkansas where I worked as an instructor at a campus.  After getting married, I moved to Kentucky where I taught an additional fourteen years in the high school and middle school campuses.  While there I taught at the local community college for ten years.  I helped my own two daughters with reading, writing and grammar all the way through school and through college.  Now I am excited to be at James Madison Preparatory School where I have worked with some wonderful students.  My office hours are referenced above and all of the students that have been assigned to me know my office hours.  However, I am willing to assist students at other times if an appointment is made.  My plan period is from 9:20 - 10:10, if you would like to talk about your child's progress or if you would like to set up additional time for tutoring.  I look forward to having a wonderful school year.