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.


Saturday, March 14, 2015

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Journal entry 7 -- students were given thirteen examples of figurative language from Nothing but the Truth.  List them and identify
New Unit on Drama and Shakespeare begun:  We took notes on Drama, its definition, its three characteristics, its history;  we began learning our new academic vocabulary associated with drama:
aside, soliloquy, tragedy, comedy, thespians.
We read "Good Sports" in our Purple Common Core Progress book and began analyzing this drama.
Discussion questions were collected & test corrections for SS15.  Retakes were given after school.

Homework:
SS 61-64 should be completed.
Genre Menu due Monday; breakfast games should be emailed to my cps email.

TESTS on Monday:
      Vocabulary on Nothing but the Truth
      Objective comprehension test on Nothing but the Truth
      Essay:  think about the irony of the story


Get lockers cleaned!  Make sure you have all your books & they have labels on them.
Organize your three ring binder and your folders.


Something Fun:   Don't forget --- first St. Patrick's Day Parade in Garfield Ridge begins at 12:00 Saturday from Kennedy H.S. to St. Daniel the Prophet.

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