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.


Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

Today we completed a Journal entry:
   * we copied and discussed the Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions for our unit on Classic American Authors (Mark Twain and Jack London)
   *test corrections for SS#9 were collected
   *The Figurative Language/Literary Techniques Menu was handed out.  Choose three activities.  Due Date will be set soon -- this is a two-week project & first grade of the 3rd quarter.  Work on learning two to three terms per evening.
   *we began our last SciFi story:  Orson Welles

Homework:
   Tuesday: Simple Solutions Lesson 37
   Wednesday: Simple Solutions Lesson 38
   Thursday: Simple Solutions Lesson 39
   Friday: Simple Solutions Lesson 40

Begin an activity on your Figurative Language Menu.
Study for SciFi test on Thursday:
    *study notes in your red notebook
    *know your authors and their works
Book report due when you return (original duedate 1/7)
Genealogy report drafts due Friday 1/9


Homeroom: 215 -- finish reading the Science Fiction article from SCOPE "Welcome to the Future" and complete two questions on looseleaf.  Provide thoughtful answers written in complete sentences.
 
 

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