Today we completed purple journey entry #8 (Yale/Princeton) #9 Harvard. Defining pun, anecdote, adage and personification, giving an example and drawing a picture.
Yale & Harvard listened to Mark Twain's "A Fable." and all read an excerpt from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
We reviewed current events, corrected SS #41, and discussed strategies for determining word meaning.
Homework:
SS #42
Genealogy projects due tomorrow
Test Corrections #10 due tomorrow
Field Trip/Luncheon $ deposits due by 2/6/2015.
$1.00 from each student due for 8th grade basket for Alumni Night!
BONUS OPPORTUNITY:
Watch the President's State of the Union.
List a minimum of five items he is proposing that still be accomplished by Congress working together.
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