Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

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Reminders for the Class of 2015 will also be posted.


Monday, March 17, 2014

Language Arts 3-17-2014

Wearing of the Green!  Dress Down Day for Make A Wish was today for a $1.00 donation.

Today.....
Princeton --  took notes on new vocabulary words for their novel
                     took a quiz on the next two sections of their novel & graded them
                     did a review for tomorrow's test
                     graded Simple Solutions #57 & 58
                     Began reading together Cassette 4B.
                     Handed in -- published form and topic poems, Study Guide #2 for our novel.
Homework: read Cassette 4B and 5A; work on Guided Reading Sheet #3
                    study for test

Yale --   completed a grammar exercise using their novel -- finding nouns, verbs & adjectives
              corrected Simple Solutions #57 & 58
              took notes on Vocabulary Section II  (six new words) for our novel
              played a jeopardy review for our poetry test tomorrow
              handed in -- published form and topic poems, Discussion questions I and II from our novel
Homework:  read Chapter 16; work on Discussion questions Part III
              study for test

Harvard -- Completed their performance assessment on The Skin I'm In by writing their short write.
                  Handed in their theme paper, character traits graphic organizer and short write.
                  Graded Simple Solutions #57 & 58
                  Began Socratic Discussions with group I
                  Peer edited poems.
Homework:  read first four chapters of new novel (boys:  The Breadwinner  girls: Hope was Here)
                  Study for test
                  Publish "significant male" poem and "acrostic" poem


8th Grade News:
     Blue Man Group final payment of $35.00 due Friday, March 21st
     8th Grade fee of $65.00 due Thursday, April 10th
     We won a walk to Parisi's!! for having the most people at Saturday's Rummage Sale!!


             

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