ENGLISH 7

Reviewed Mugs shots #10 and #11.

Worked on grammar packet handout: simple sentences, coordinate conjunctions, compound sentences. Due Thursday.

Handed out The last voyage of Sindbad assignment. The one you write. Discussed. Due Monday.

Work time. Spelling, grammar or Sindbad’s 7th Voyage.

HW: Weds: Planner check
Thurs: Grammar Packet
Fri: Spelling test and exercises, Unit 15, 1-23, pg. 75 and post-test
Mon. 12/07: The Seventh Sindbad Voyage assignment.

ENGLISH 8

QW: What is the hardest thing in life you’ve ever had to do? If you can’t think of something you had to do, think of the hardest thing you might have to do. Can be emotional or physical or a combination of both. Write for 5 minutes. Complete sentences. Relate this to Kino's choices and challenges in The Pearl.

Worked on writing worksheets during class with one partner. Combining sentences, or changing choppy writing to smooth and varied work. That's something you want to do in all your writing. Keep it interesting.
Worksheets: 1 .Varying Sentence Structure 2. Sentence Combining w/ Key Words 3. Sentence combining w/ phrases 4. Sentence Combining w/ a series of words or phrases 5. Combining w/ longer sentences 6. Sentence combining w/ adjective clauses .

Later, you can use this work in your partner writing from last week.

HW: Weds. Finish reading Chapter 1 of The Pearl and complete questions.
Fri: Writer’s Notebooks with four (4) post-its on entries for me to read. Graded.