Language Arts 3-21-14

Today was Dress Down for ISAT.  Blue Man Group final payment of $35.00 was due.  The total trip fee was $75.00.

Princeton:
Took our Simple Solutions Test on Lessons 57-60; packets were handed in.
Students completed a Poetry Analysis assessment on a Langston Hughes poem and a Gwendolyn Brooks poem.   Reading Guide #4 was handed in.
Teams were formed (guys vs. gals).  Cassettes were assigned and a job for the weekend.
We edited our "tribute" poems and our acrostic poems.

Homework:
Complete your team job for 13 Reasons Why.
Create a graphic organizer for a Short Write to Hannah.  Include a lead, info about her tale, three reasons why her choice was not correct and a conclusion.  The performance assessment will be completed on Monday.
Publish your tribute and acrostic poems.


Yale:
Took our Simple Solutions Test on Lessons 57-60; packets were handed in.
We edited our "tribute" poems and our acrostic poems.
We finished our poetry analysis of the Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks poems.
Packets for Nothing But the Truth were collected (Character boxes,  graphic organizer analyzing Ms Narwin and Philip, and Discussion questions #3).

Homework:

Publish your tribute and acrostic poems.
Journal entry #1 (Truth in the media).
Current events on the Malaysian airplane.

Harvard:
Took our Simple Solutions Test on Lessons 57-60; packets were handed in.
Took notes on types of poetry.
Socratic discussions on The Skin I'm In were completed.

Homework:
Current events on the Malaysian airplane.
Read chapters 13 to 16 in your novels;  Guys continue chart and vocab; Ladies -- reading guide 13-16.



ALL:
work on your own creative poetry -- any format, any topic --- drafts due Friday 3/28.

Happy Spring!!

8th Grade Notes:
3/26 -- appointments with Kennedy H.S. Counselors at school in the morning (all classes will be taking the Literacy Benchmark).
4/10 -- $65.00 graduation fee due
6/3 -- GRADUATION DAY ANNOUNCED