Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

Please visit our blog to find out about what we covered in class, homework assignments and our curriculum goals for Language Arts -- Reading and Writing.

Reminders for the Class of 2015 will also be posted.


Monday, March 11, 2013

Language Arts Week of 3/11/13 - 3/15/13

Great job on ISATS!
You used the strategies that we have learned and practiced, and put your 100% efforts into the test!


Now until Spring break......

Our focus for the next two weeks until break:
    Genealogy reports -- continue this week;  great job to those who have presented.
    Poetry Portfolio  (you have a list of poems that you are writing;  once you have approval you can begin publishing each one;  submit drafts first;  publish by printing (in ink or sharpie) or typing & illustrating.); preparation of a portfolio of your finished poems.
     Poetry skill assessment  (study your notes each evening!)
    Team poetry assignment -- teams have projects based on a variety of poems that they will have two 45 minute periods to prepare.
    Classic American Writers (Jack London) -- fiction and non-fiction stories;  skill of outlining informational text; continuing to use context clues to determine vocabulary.


Continue with Simple Solutions:
Monday:  Lesson 38
Tuesday: Lesson 39
Wednesday: Lesson 40
Thursday -- Study
Friday -- Test on lessons 37 to 40

Journals will be collected this week; be sure your entries are up-to-date and complete!

RETESTS:
Last week for Figurative Language and Genre test retakes!
Remember, corrections must be done & your parent's signature obtained.

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