LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading/Writing
Book Project
Book Project
Students need to continue reading their chosen books for the current book project (fantasy, mystery or sci-fi), and need to budget how many pages to read daily so that they finish on time. All information and guideline sheets will be provided: Day-to-Day Bookmark, Connection Paper, Book Jacket & Review Project. The Book Jacket will include specific information and reflect original artwork. The review should be 300 words. It should include information about characters, setting, action or events, conflict, language, narration and imagery. Get approval from the teacher before writing the final copy. All Monroe classes expect quality work - please focus on this.
Related deadlines:
DUE JAN 20 - Connection paper (same directions as for previous project)
DUE JAN 26 - Finish book (finish book complete yellow bookmark info)
DUE FEB 3 - Book jacket/review project
Grammar
JAN 13 - Verb Quiz
SOCIAL STUDIES
DUE JAN 6 - Family Service
DUE JAN 6 - Jamestown paragraph
Shelly Moon Workshop
The concluding performances for this special writing workshop will be on Thursday, January 12 during 3rd and 6th periods and all the eighth graders will have an opportunity see them.
Shelley Moon is a poet, playwright and proud instigator of social change. She is a seasoned performer who allows the creative arts to inspire shifts in social consciousness and spiritual evolution.
Shelley Moon helps people find their voice and how to use it. She supports participants in her workshops through the process of telling the stories they need to tell and letting go of the ones they no longer need.
Through her Artist-In-Residency programs for school children and through her therapeutic Personal Narratives Workshops for all facets of communities, Shelley Moon encourages opening and transformation for all who participate. [from http://www.creativevoiceinyou.com/]
Related deadlines:
DUE JAN 20 - Connection paper (same directions as for previous project)
DUE JAN 26 - Finish book (finish book complete yellow bookmark info)
DUE FEB 3 - Book jacket/review project
Grammar
JAN 13 - Verb Quiz
SOCIAL STUDIES
DUE JAN 6 - Family Service
DUE JAN 6 - Jamestown paragraph
Shelly Moon Workshop
The concluding performances for this special writing workshop will be on Thursday, January 12 during 3rd and 6th periods and all the eighth graders will have an opportunity see them.
Shelley Moon is a poet, playwright and proud instigator of social change. She is a seasoned performer who allows the creative arts to inspire shifts in social consciousness and spiritual evolution.
Shelley Moon helps people find their voice and how to use it. She supports participants in her workshops through the process of telling the stories they need to tell and letting go of the ones they no longer need.
Through her Artist-In-Residency programs for school children and through her therapeutic Personal Narratives Workshops for all facets of communities, Shelley Moon encourages opening and transformation for all who participate. [from http://www.creativevoiceinyou.com/]
