Homework/Classwork Assistance
Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty. We welcome UO student teacher Eric Renner.
8th grade Trip & Promotion Celebration Intent Contract
Read with your parents, sign and return to school before Fri., Feb. 4th.
Mystery/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Project
Several weeks ago students were assigned to read a mystery, fantasy or science fiction book by February 2nd. This week an assignment/direction sheet has been given for creating a book jacket or "movie poster" with a book review of their choice book. This assignment is due Wed., Feb. 9th.
Journal Entries – "Heroes "
Cultural Book Project - speech presentations
Reading Comprehension - Harrison Bergeron - follow-up questions
More Literary Terms - vocab definitions provided and discussed in class
alliteration
allusion
assonance
dialect
exaggeration
foreshadowing
hyperbole
imagery
irony
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
rhyme scheme
simile
