ENGLISH 7

QW: If you knew you were going to be banished to an igloo for the rest of your life, what five items would you take along? (Assume you would get all the food, water, heaters and warm clothes you needed.) Write one paragraph about what you would take and why. (1st period only)

We peer-edited each other's summary paragraphs on All Summer In A Day. Five points per paragraph. Five is perfect. Must haves: (1)Proper heading, (2)Assignment heading; (3) complete sentences; (4) proper spelling; (5) every sentence begins with a capital letters and ends with some kind of punctuation; (6) spelling correct? (7) Say something nice, that they did well. Draw a happy face. 

Editing always helps you be a better writer.

Thanks to all of you  who are keeping up and doing the homework so you are able to move on to the next writing step. Those who do not do their homework, especially writing, will be doing it during class and unfortunately missing out on the peer edit, or during lunchtime.

Start work on   The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He Was A Cat, p. 6, literature textbook.

What’s the MORAL or lesson of the story?  Some stories state the lesson directly, or show it, indirectly, through what their characters go through in the story.

What's it about (the exposition): Peasant farmer Jan Skiba, who produces enough food for his own family, a wife and daughters. He has a little extra to spend on "frivolous" items. Then comes a merchant, with a mirror, which the Skibas have never seen before. Oh, and there is a cat and a dog. Confusion and conflict ensue. 

Look for the moral of the story.  

Homework: finish reading the story. On p. 10, answer questions 1, 4 and 5. Be ready to discuss your answers on Wednesday. Use handouts to help. We will go over handouts in class on Wednesday and Thursday.

 HW: Weds: Planner check. Finish reading Dog/Cat story and answer 1,4& 5 on p. 10.

        Thurs: Mug shot week 4. Cat and Dog handouts.

         Fri: Novel project due. No late passes. All parts stapled together BEFORE class.

               Spelling Unit 6, post-test, a review of units 1-5. (No exercises due this week)

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ENGLISH 8

Mystery Novel Project handed in. Congratulations. You've finished your first big project. And most everyone handed it in, even a few of you who were absent but got the project to school. That's great. 

We completed spelling pretest, Unit 6, a review of units 1-5. You can do exercises for practice. Post-test on Thursday.

Got a grammar packet. Two pages. 4 sides. 

Began watching a Sherlock Holmes video, The Adventure of the Speckled Band. While class is watching, I am holding writer’s conferences, your chance for us to talk about you, individually. Make the most of these conferences. Bring your work and your questions. Specific to you.

HW:    Weds: Grammar Packet. Writer’s Conferences continue.

Thurs: Spelling Unit 6, a review of Units 1-5. Exercises on your own to help you study. You are responsible for the first 50 words in the first 5 lessons.