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October 31, 2006
Lassiter is hosting a Parent Night for all rising 8th graders. They will be providing information to begin the transition and curriculum. Please plan to attend on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 PM at Lassiter.
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October 30, 2006
All classes are recording quotes and writing interpretations in their journals.
Attached are the first four weekly quotes and journal entries.
Success is to be measured not so.ppt
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October 26, 2006
The quiz for Friday on Complex Sentences is postponed until Tuesday, 10/31.
HW for tonight is pg. 460 - Exercise 48 and pg. 461 - Exercise 50.
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October 20, 2006
Clauses, Complex Sentences, Compound - Complex Sentences
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October 17, 2006
This is just a preview of the next three weeks of class.
A test on "The Tell Tale Heart" is postponed until Wed. from today. Extra review time was necessary.
Students will complete their Poe projects, and those are due next Monday and Tuesday.
After our Poe unit, students will begin composing complex and compound - complex sentences.
From there we will study clauses - adjective and adverb clauses.
Lots of new grammatical and writing concepts are heading our way. These will be fun and challenging!
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Mrs. Morton created these Period 2 Reading Plans :
Monday-October 16, 2006
Warm-up- Talking about Change- Read p. 2-3 To encourage students to think about the kinds of changes that happen each day, discuss contemporary news-local, national, or world events that they have heard about. List events that triggered major changes; which changes are for the better (Saddam Hussein) and which are difficult to handle (911, Hurricane Katrina)
• Which of the changes are local? national? global?
• Which are environmental? political? personal?
• Which affect you personally?
Tuesday-October 17, 2006
Writing- Students will finish “Change to me is…” and share with class.
• What do you do when change is difficult?
• What changes have you recently experienced?
• How is your definition of change similar to or different from the comments given on this page?
p. 4 Students will name some examples of change beyond human control. (aging, war, accident, weather, natural disaster)
How might an individual retain personal control during events beyond control? (adjust; think before acting; remain calm; avoid snap decisions)
Review Vocabulary-Use overhead to discuss words and meaning.
Before Reading-Building Background & Getting into the Story & Reading Tip (predicting) Read first three paragraphs and then predict what the story is about.
Understanding Plot Handout p. 1 & Study Guide Questions
Vocabulary and Story Test Friday
Wednesday-October 18, 2006
Review info from Tuesday- Share Predictions from Reading Tip completed on Tuesday.
Review Vocabulary
Understanding Plot Handout p. 1 & Study Guide Questions
Listen to story on tape up to p. 9. Stop and answer questions
Finish Story. Complete Study Guide.
Vocabulary and Story Test Friday
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Review Answers to Study Guide and Understanding Plot
True/False Quiz-Check
Review Vocabulary
Vocabulary Worksheet & Vocabulary Study p. 15 in book
Vocabulary and Story Test Friday
Friday-October 20, 2006
Test
Skillbook p. 1-2 & 47-50
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October 13, 2006
Students are assigned the first project for the second nine weeks grading period. They have creative choices to make which involves decision making skills. Students may pick from creating a digital movie, planning a party, drawing a movie poster, designing costumes, role playing scenarios, to writing a newspaper article. Below is the directions of choices for this project. The due date is Oct. 23rd or 24th.
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October 10, 2006
Instead of reading "The Black Cat", students will read "The Tell Tale Heart" in the Literature series, pages 520- 528. Students will answer in complete sentences the comprehension questions (1-6) on page 528.
Students will complete a graphic organizer on the plot development of the story.
Students will analyze the story for suspense techniques.
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October 06, 2006
Students have finished reading And Then There Were None.
On Tuesday, 10/10, their projects are due.
Students are to create a character booklet of the ten character in the novel.
See rubric below.
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Students will continue reading and analyzing Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems.
A project will be explained on ThursdaY.
THE DUE DATE IS OCTOBER 23 OR 24, 2006.
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