Week of Jan 30 - Classwork & Homework

REMEMBER - If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

Bring your choice book for SSR (silent sustained reading) EVERY DAY!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing
Review literary elements
Work on Book Review and Book Jacket - due Fri Feb 3
Connection Paper and Bookmark past due
Textbook - "There Will Come Soft Rains" - discussion and draft review
Literary Devices

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
noun review

SOCIAL STUDIES
"State of the Union" - in textbook

Week of Jan. 23 - Classwork and Homework

NO SCHOOL Friday, January 27th - midterm grading

REMEMBER - If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

Bring your choice book for SSR (silent sustained reading) EVERY DAY!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing
Review literary elements
Finish "Connection Paper" and discuss "Book Review"
Textbook - "There Will Come Soft Rains"

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
Nouns - post test

SOCIAL STUDIES
"State of the Union" - in textbook

Week of Jan. 16th Classwork/Homework

NO SCHOOL Monday, January 6th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

REMEMBER - If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

Bring your choice book for SSR (silent sustained reading) EVERY DAY!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing
Review literary elements
Discuss Book Project "Connection Paper"

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
Nouns - pretest

SOCIAL STUDIES
From Colonies to Country - in textbook

Week of Jan 9th - Classwork/Homewwork

REMEMBER - If you need homework help, make use of M/W/F morning resource time or make an appointment after school to meet with Ms. Barnes.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading/Writing

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/]