Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The Holocaust & WW II:
Students completed a Short Write using their "Think and Note" from Parallel Journeys chapters 3 & 4.  They edited and handed both in.  What was "Kristallnacht?" was the prompt.

We discussed Hitler's rise to power, his gradual isolation eventual extermination policies called the Final Solution.

Shakespeare test corrections were handed in.
(Princeton worked on corrections during class and used chrome books to complete an online review tool for MAP)

Poetry:
Students began taking notes as we continued our unit on Poetry.
Students are to memorize the five elements of Poetry for tomorrow: FFISS (Form, Figurative Language, Imagery, Speaker, Sound)


Homework:
Read chapters 5 & 6 in Parallel Journeys and complete a Think & Note.
Simple Solutions #72
Current events due Friday (see newslea.com for articles or choose one from internet).
Review activities for MAP continue (you should be doing one 15 minute activity per evening from one of three websites -- the sosa....,  Compass Learning....or www.prepdogs.org
(Ms. Urbinati attached the Reading activities to her website for easier access.)


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