ENGLISH 7

 o     Spelling pretest Unit 17. Exercises and test on Thursday, not Friday

o     New grammar packet, due Thursday, an incredibly short and easy one.

QW:  When he had been a Four and waiting for the midday meal at school, Jonas had said, “I’m starving.” He had been taken aside for a brief lesson in language precision. He was hungry. He was not starving. To say he was starving was to speak an unintentional lie.

Your QW assignment:

*Make a list of five common exaggerations—starting with It’s freezing in here—that you have

heard.  Do you think of the exaggerations on your list as lies? Why or why not?  What are some examples of “polite lies,” or acceptable? When does a statement cross the line and become a full-fledged lie? An example?

o     Discussed recent chapters from the Giver.

HW: Tues: Read chapters 11, 12, 13

        Weds: Planner check and hand in check-in sheet for credit

         Thurs: Mug shot, grammar packet misplaced modifiers, Spelling exercises, p. 83, 1-20 and post-test Unit 17

        Fri: Last day of school. Winter Break! Yay!

ENGLISH 8

 Chapter 6 questions checked in.

 Finished Chapter 4 Fishbowl. Discussed: Your comments on Fishbowl work.

In groups of 3 to 4, discussed: Chapters 5 and 6. We will come back on Tuesday and go over these as a class, and I will pick the  "experts" to present.  

HW: Tues: The Pearl Second Response due. Remember if you did a graphic, only a written response accepted this time. If you have read the book and kept up with reader's responses and class discussion, this will not be a difficult test.

Weds: Multiple Choice test The Pearl. 

Thurs: In-class, timed essay The Pearl 

 Fri: Last day of school for 2010. Winter Break. Yay!