Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

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Monday, December 1, 2014

Monday, December 1st, 2014

Language Arts:
   Today we discussed and copied the Vocabulary for Chapters 9 & 10.  We discussed the sequence of events of our novel and as teams, we deciphered the slang words found in the book.We began listening to Chapter 10 of The Outsiders.  We created flashcards for the Literary techniques of Alliteration, Consonance and Assonance, and Allusion.
  All papers and notebooks were passed back.

Homework:
All:  Lesson 29 of Simple Solutions
Test Corrections for Test #7 due Wednesday; test retakes either Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
Read Chapters 10 & 11 of the Outsiders and complete story boxes;  final packets due on Friday.
Hunger Games rewrites.

Harvard:
 Complete Journal entry #1 as you read (Think and note), examining lessons that the main characters are learning as the plot comes to a resolution


LONG RANGE for ALL:
   Test applying your knowledge of figurative language and techniques to examples from the Outsiders. (THURS)
   Final exam on The Outsiders on Friday and packets due.


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