Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Language Arts
  We continued Purple Journal entry #2 & 3 --  summaries and evidence of Lincoln's character traits.
We read "Changing the Face of History."
   We took notes on the Literary Element of Tone.  (Princeton & Yale took notes on etymology and the origins of words).
    Harvard saw a powerpoint on "The Curse on the White House??"
    Yale & Princeton peer edited each other's essays on the influence of clothing.
    All took Simple Solutions Test # 5 and handed in their Guided Reading sheet on the story about Harriet Tubman.

Homework:
Simple Solutions #21
Continue reading your SciFi novel; Section 9 and complete a summary
Work on rewriting your essay on the influence of clothing for Friday.
Author Study due tomorrow


Don't forget:
    bring in your supplies -- we will start running low on kleenex soon.
    bring in your school fee.

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