ENGLISH 7

Mugshot check in. Week 3.

Quick (quck) quiz on Parts of Speech.

Handed in final draft, Jing Mei character study.

Two Sides of Me work. Handouts.

HW: Fri: Spelling exercises Unit 4, 1-20, p. 27 and quiz.

Check in progress, novel, #2

Mon: Two Sides of Me graphic about yourself

ENGLISH 8

The VERDICT. You all did a great job, especially dividing up the tasks and organizing your evidence. Of the four, eighth-grade classes, the defense took the honors, and saved the murderer, with the judge (ahem) declaring him not guilty by reason of insanity.

Handout--character traits and to find out about a character in a novel. Finish. PPT

Take notes in notebook.  Character Wheel -- fill it in for "Squeaky." See below.

In Literature textbooks, read “Raymond’s Run,”  p. 288.

In this story, you will be charting and examining the main character, a girl named Squeaky. You will be writing a character paragraph on her, just as you will be doing for your final project on the mystery novel. Take notes (and/or fill in the chart) where you find an instance that shows something about Squeaky’s character so that you are ready to write that character study paragraph on Friday at the start of class.

HW: Fri: Finish reading Raymond’s Run, p. 288, lit textbook. Take notes on her character -- instances where her personality is evident. Find those passages and page numbers where located.

And: Three-quarters through book &  progress check. Bring books to class.