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, March 25, 2015

Tuesday, March 24th and Wednesday, March 25th 2015

8th Grade PARCC testing comes to an end!

Homerooms that rotated through Language Arts completed a Review Guide for the Simple Solutions test on Thursday (covering lessons 65-68), and corrected it.
We check Simple Solutions Lesson 68.

Homeroom 219: completed the drama: "Good Sports" and finished a guided reading sheet requiring the citing of evidence to prove conclusions drawn.

Homeroom 216: worked on the Chrome books reviewing the Sadlier vocabulary.

Nothing But the Truth as a satire was discussed.

Various games and power points were used to review genres.
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Brainpop on Shakespeare was watched and a quiz was taken for a listening grade.
Students added to their notes on Drama & Shakespeare.

Notes on the characters and the vocabulary for Act I were recorded.

Teams paraphrased the Prologue of the play

HOMEWORK:
Read your novel & continue working on packet (discussion questions (Princeton & Yale), vocabulary (Yale & Harvard), individual choice presentation of chapters (Harvard), Character graphic organizer for main character,  theme development -- quotes from story.  Due APRIL 1st.  No fooling!

Study for your Genre test on Thursday
Study for your Simple Solutions test on Thursday

Work on your Mask and your Coat of Arms.


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