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.


Thursday, February 12, 2015

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Today's journal entry -- Free Write.  Students then highlighted titles, dates & numbers of entries to prepare for grading.  Yale & Princeton turned their journals in today.

We took the Simple Solutions Test #13.  Students handed in test corrections on #12 and the Grammar Test.  Retakes are tomorrow morning and after school.

We viewed and discussed a power point on the life of Jack London.  Notes were taken as we kept in mind our performance assessment:
   How did the life experiences of Jack London affect his work?


Homework:
SS #53
Read and outline on looseleaf pages 144-147. (Use a traditional outline format).
Continue vocabulary exercises (Synonyms & antonyms -- write these out). -- due Tuesday.

IMPORTANT 8th GRADE ANNOUNCEMENT --
  tomorrow is the last day to commit yourself to the 8th grade Trip.  Deposit or payment in full must be made by noon.


HARVARD EXTRA EFFORT:
    look up the Per capita income, life expectancy, and literacy rate.
List the five countries with the highest PCI and the five with the lowest.  Add the other two statistics.

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