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.


Friday, February 20, 2015

February 16th through February 20th, 2015

Monday, February 16th -- PRESIDENTS DAY -- No School

Tuesday, February 17th --
     "The King of Mazy May" -- (p. 148)  Copy definitions and part of speech for vocabulary words
Created a Think and Note as students listened to the story.  Completed a short write (summarizing the story by Jack London).
      Corrected SS #54

Homework: finish story & short write; finish unit One Sadlier Vocabulary
Simple Solutions #55

Wednesday, February 18th --
    ""The Story of an Eyewitness" -- (p. 159)  copy 10 vocabulary words, define & give part of speech.
Students created a chronological list of the events in the non-fiction piece.
Complete the Grammar and vocabulary exercises on page 167 -- answers only.
Corrected Simple Solutions #55

Homework: finish story, list of events & grammar exercises for homework.
Simple Solutions #56

Thursday, February 19th -- COLD DAY -- No School

Friday, February 20th (8:15 a.m. meeting with parents of students off-track)
   Read pages 168-169 "Letter to His Publisher" -- took notes in our red notebook
   Read pages 170-171 "Author's Style" -- took notes in our red notebook
Examined pages 172-173 -- record major novels written by Jack London
Received TEST #13 Simple Solutions back;  reviewed & entered correct answers.  Corrections due Monday.

Princeton:  SCOPE Magazine -- writing assessment; read two articles, created leads & thesis statements
Harvard & Yale:  read excerpt from The Call of the Wild; answered and reviewed vocabulary comprehension questions.


Homework:
Test corrections #13 Simple Solutions
Create an outline for your performance assessment  "How did Jack London's life experiences influence his writing?"  Structure it in 5 paragraphs -- plan these out using bullet points (what info will you include in each section)
Yale & Princeton:  GRAMMAR TEST retake on Tuesday, February 24th
All: SS 13 test retakes on Tuesday am or pm
Vocabulary Lesson One -- Test on Tuesday (packets will be handed in)

Assignment collection next week:
    Current Event on Jackie Robinson

8th Grade News:
    Graduation pictures rescheduled for Monday March 2nd


   


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