Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

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Reminders for the Class of 2015 will also be posted.


Sunday, December 16, 2012

Language Arts Week of 12/17/12

Over the weekend you were reading chapter 10 of The Outsiders, completing your STYLE guide defining various types of literary techniques and devices and providing examples.
Simple Solutions 9 & 10 should be completed.  Civil War Journal entry will be collected Monday if you did not hand in by Friday.
We're memorizing the first two lines of the Gettysburg Address.


Finish reading a non-fiction book about any topic related to the Civil War years and complete your reading before we return from the holidays.
Create a three-slide powerpoint presentation on the subject of your book.


Monday, December 17th
  The Outsiders - Chapter 11
   Research paper note cards/source cards/ hypothesis etc. check
   Portfolio check; oral quiz

Homework:  Simple Solutions Lesson 11, Current Events

Tuesday, December 18th
Current Events due
The Outsiders (Chapter 12)
Portfolio checks continue; oral quizzes
Homework: Simple Solutions Lesson 12, study for test on The Outsiders including figurative language and vocabulary

Wednesday, December 19th
The Outsiders Final Test includes figurative language
Movie: The Outsiders (Part I)

Thursday, December 20th
Simple Solutions Test Lessons 9-12 (hand in your lesson work)
Movie: The Outsiders (Part II)

Homework: Finish reading "Born Worker" in Green literature book preparing for unit assessment

Friday, December 21st
Performance Assessment on "Born Worker"


Happy Holidays!  Enjoy your families.  Talk with relatives and begin to gather information about your family roots for our project on our personal identity  & genealogy.
Read your non-fiction book!
   

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