Friday, May 3rd will be an EARLY RELEASE DAY (12:15pm) in order for teachers to work on progress report.
Reading/Writing
Students have been given some time in class to read their choice books for the current project. The majority of the reading is to be done at home and completed by April 26th. The book
review book jacket due date has been extended to May 3rd.
Students received a green "Book Jacket and Review" project sheet and a pink "How to Write a Book Review" sheet. We have explicitly discussed the directions from these in class, including detailed examples.
Students have each begun to research an historical event about which they'll write a "Time Travel" story and creatively change the course of history. This paper is due May 7th. The requirements for this are:
- length must be at least three strong paragraphs
- 12 or 14 pt font (Helvetica, Times or Comic Sans), double-spaced, left justified
- use literary devices and smiley face tricks; demonstrate the 6+1 traits of good writing (ideas and content, conventions, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice)
Students received a green "Book Jacket and Review" project sheet and a pink "How to Write a Book Review" sheet. We have explicitly discussed the directions from these in class, including detailed examples.
Students have each begun to research an historical event about which they'll write a "Time Travel" story and creatively change the course of history. This paper is due May 7th. The requirements for this are:
- length must be at least three strong paragraphs
- 12 or 14 pt font (Helvetica, Times or Comic Sans), double-spaced, left justified
- use literary devices and smiley face tricks; demonstrate the 6+1 traits of good writing (ideas and content, conventions, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice)
Students
continue to learn comprehension strategies particularly the utilization of margin notes (predict, visualize, connect, question clarify, evaluate). They also continue to study and review grammar.
"Power Lines" Home Team Program
(more information on previous posts)
Additional dates - April 29, May 2, 7, 9
This program will be conducted Monday and Thursday this week in 8th grade LA classes. This week's project involves a research project.
