Language Arts
Reading:
The Hunger Games (weekend homework was reading Chapters 24 & 25, completing one job and one three step).
We'll finish the novel this week.
Special unit on irony, plot development and characterization for assessment -- Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." We will read the play and students will analyze this literary piece.
Literature Circles will be choosing final projects for The Hunger Games and commence their work both in the classroom and at home.
Any late work is due by Friday, November 2nd, 2012.
End of the quarter is coming soon -- check your grades online.
Writing:
Final drafts of "The Right Presidential Choice" Editorials are due this week.
Harvard on Tuesday; Princeton and Yale on Thursday.
Simple Solutions Units 7 & 8 due Tuesday.
Our schedule will have minor changes this week as some of the high schools are coming to make presentations, a magic show is planned, and the Halloween reward on Wednesday.
Plan ahead on your writing work, so that you won't have homework on Halloween!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Language Arts 10/19/2012
The Weekend Update:
Reading:
Read The Hunger Games, Chapters 18 & 19 as we begin Part III of our novel.
Complete the job assigned and complete one three-step for Monday.
Writing:
Complete a draft of your newspaper editorial, "The Right Presidential Choice" for Tuesday.
Just a note:
Don't forget to bring back progress reports signed.
8th Grade Taffy apple sales due Friday 10/19/12
Language Arts Week of 10/15/12
Update for this week!
READING:
The Hunger Games
we are finishing chapters 17 and 18 due Friday 10/19; Complete a three step for each chapter but no job this time.; review vocabulary words.
You should have finished the character traits graphic organizer for Katniss, now you are creating her Facebook page for Friday.
Review flash cards and notes on the literary elements. Do you remember what an ellipsis is? What is an euphemism?
WRITING:
We created a new "muttation" as a gamemaker in the Hunger Games. You planned it and wrote a paragraph describing it. (If you didn't finish in class, you should finish it at home).
We researched the candidates running for election, were encouraged to watch the debate Tuesday evening. Choose the person you will endorse for president. We are writing a five-paragraph editorial for a newspaper trying to convince people to vote for your candidate (persuasive writing).
Harvard filled in a graphic organizer with their candidate's information and working on a draft for Tuesday.
Yale and Princeton are transferring research to the graphic organizer for Friday & will continue writing their rough draft for Tuesday.
We began planning for a persuasive prompt (in our writing notebook):
Stunt videos and pranks should be banned from You Tube.
You created a t-chart listing Pros (Yes they should be banned) and Cons (No they should not be banned). Generate arguments on both sides and next week we'll decide. You should have read during class the article "You Danger" in the latest Scope Magazine to gain some text evidence.
We completed a grammar review of nouns; saw an overview of the parts of speech and practiced picking out nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
"Going West" final letters were collected Thursday, October 18th.
A Simple Solution Quiz was taken today as well and the four lessons were collected.
READING:
The Hunger Games
we are finishing chapters 17 and 18 due Friday 10/19; Complete a three step for each chapter but no job this time.; review vocabulary words.
You should have finished the character traits graphic organizer for Katniss, now you are creating her Facebook page for Friday.
Review flash cards and notes on the literary elements. Do you remember what an ellipsis is? What is an euphemism?
WRITING:
We created a new "muttation" as a gamemaker in the Hunger Games. You planned it and wrote a paragraph describing it. (If you didn't finish in class, you should finish it at home).
We researched the candidates running for election, were encouraged to watch the debate Tuesday evening. Choose the person you will endorse for president. We are writing a five-paragraph editorial for a newspaper trying to convince people to vote for your candidate (persuasive writing).
Harvard filled in a graphic organizer with their candidate's information and working on a draft for Tuesday.
Yale and Princeton are transferring research to the graphic organizer for Friday & will continue writing their rough draft for Tuesday.
We began planning for a persuasive prompt (in our writing notebook):
Stunt videos and pranks should be banned from You Tube.
You created a t-chart listing Pros (Yes they should be banned) and Cons (No they should not be banned). Generate arguments on both sides and next week we'll decide. You should have read during class the article "You Danger" in the latest Scope Magazine to gain some text evidence.
We completed a grammar review of nouns; saw an overview of the parts of speech and practiced picking out nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
"Going West" final letters were collected Thursday, October 18th.
A Simple Solution Quiz was taken today as well and the four lessons were collected.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Language Arts Week of 10/8 to 10/12
READING
The Hunger Games:
Test on Part I and the vocab on Friday, October 12th.
Read chapters 10 and 11, do one three-step and one job for Friday.
"Let the Games begin!!"
Journals were graded this week. Keep up daily; finish at home if you don't finish during class.
WRITING:
We're writing a draft of a 5 paragraph letter home as if we were a settler who headed west on the Oregon Trail -- draft due Thursday, final due Tuesday.
Current event weekend (get an article from the newspaper or internet); construct the summarizing technique: Who, What, etc. (see your instruction sheet)
Test on nouns and verbs, and the parts of speech on Thursday, October 11th.
Simple Solutions: Units 3 and 4 due Tuesday.
The Hunger Games:
Test on Part I and the vocab on Friday, October 12th.
Read chapters 10 and 11, do one three-step and one job for Friday.
"Let the Games begin!!"
Journals were graded this week. Keep up daily; finish at home if you don't finish during class.
WRITING:
We're writing a draft of a 5 paragraph letter home as if we were a settler who headed west on the Oregon Trail -- draft due Thursday, final due Tuesday.
Current event weekend (get an article from the newspaper or internet); construct the summarizing technique: Who, What, etc. (see your instruction sheet)
Test on nouns and verbs, and the parts of speech on Thursday, October 11th.
Simple Solutions: Units 3 and 4 due Tuesday.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Language Arts 10/3 and 10/4
Wednesday:
Read Chapter 5 Hunger Games
Thursday:
Read Chapter 6 Hunger Games
Complete a 3-step
Complete your Literature Circle job
Any team makeup sheets due Friday.
Took an summarizing assessment during class: This included planning, drafting and final.
English/writing:
Simple Solutions Units 1 and 2 on looseleaf paper: due Tuesday, October 9th.
JOURNALS:
Reading journals which contain 10 entries covering from September 5th to October 3rd will be collected for grading:
YALE: Friday, October 5th
PRINCETON: Monday, October 8th
HARVARD: Tuesday, October 9th
Read Chapter 5 Hunger Games
Thursday:
Read Chapter 6 Hunger Games
Complete a 3-step
Complete your Literature Circle job
Any team makeup sheets due Friday.
Took an summarizing assessment during class: This included planning, drafting and final.
English/writing:
Simple Solutions Units 1 and 2 on looseleaf paper: due Tuesday, October 9th.
JOURNALS:
Reading journals which contain 10 entries covering from September 5th to October 3rd will be collected for grading:
YALE: Friday, October 5th
PRINCETON: Monday, October 8th
HARVARD: Tuesday, October 9th
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Reading Week of 10/2/2012
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Mon: Read chapter 3
Tuesday: in class, we began a 3-step and reviewed all literature circle jobs; complete at home if not finished
Homework: Read chapter 4, complete a 3-step and your job for chapter 4
Mon: Read chapter 3
Tuesday: in class, we began a 3-step and reviewed all literature circle jobs; complete at home if not finished
Homework: Read chapter 4, complete a 3-step and your job for chapter 4
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