ENGLISH 7

Topic sentence review/handout

Check in character paragraph with me.

Read it over (peer edit), first your own, and then  with a friend. Hand in.

Work on plot diagram, if time. Copies on front desk.

If finish, can work on spelling.

HW: Weds: Planner check

Thurs --Mugshot week 6 AND Plot line with direct passages: 10 points—

Friday: Spelling test, Unit 7, exercises p.41, 1-20 and quiz

Illustration of one key scene from the novel: 10 point

Mon, Oct 10--Put it all together in one final project—50 points

ENGLISH 8

QW: Of all the things you could imagine doing when you grow up, which one would most please your parents? Which would most disappoint them? Why? Explain.

Checked in rough draft No excuses/Demons project

Topic sentence work. Essay handout.   

HOMEWORK: Library cards, biography due tomorrow.

Thurs: FD Demons; Fri: Demons spelling test

Began watching Spellbound, award-winning documentary about champion spellers, about perseverance, about working hard for something you want to achieve. Think➡Growth Mindset.      

Because you will do some writing on it when it is over, be sure to take notes. Pay attention to the names of the eight students, where they live, what are their ethnic and family characteristics. It is a documentary. Think about how a documentary about spelling could be interesting.

The 2002 movie follows eight teens as they work their way from their homes toward the finals of the National Spelling Bee championship in Washington, DC. All work hard and practice daily to win regional competitions. They face tremendous pressure as the original 250 competitors are whittled down and words get more difficult. We meet their families and the kids who are the children of professionals, working class and single parents; some children of immigrants; and all of them jazzed about their adventure

HW: Weds: Biography, library cards.

Thurs: Final Draft, Demons Project

Fri: No excuses spelling test. Know ‘em all!