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ENGLISH 7

✔QW #1: LAST WEEK. The unexpected “vacation” from school. Write a letter to your future son or daughter. Detail what you did last week.

✔QW #2: A fact refers to something that can be proven  to be true, while opinion refers to something a person believes or perceives. Think about the last movie you saw. Your writing task--Write three factual sentences about the last movie you saw. Then write three sentences that describe your opinions about the movie. If you were writing about Toy Story 2 for example, two of your sentences might read:

EXAMPLES, fact or opinion?

Many people really loved the movie Toy Story 2, and it broke box office records for attendance.  Toy Story 2 is one of the best animated feature films ever made, and it broke box office records for attendance.

HW: Weds: Planner; complete reading on “Amigo Brothers.” And finish textbook questions on p. 298, 1- 5.

Thurs: Illustration of one key scene AND weekly mug.

Friday: Spelling Week 7, exercises on p. 41, #s 1-20  and a quiz.

Mon 10/23--Put it all together in one final project

ENGLISH 8

QW: The last week. An unexpected break from school -- or was it. Pretend you have to describe your last week to your future son or daughter. Tell them what you did and why.  Be as detailed as you can. If you don’t want to write that, instead, write what you would hope they would do with an unexpected week off from school.

No excuses spelling words. Handout. List of words due tomorrow.

New reading schedule for The Hunger Games--handout

Time to catch up. With one partner, short answer questions on Chapter 6-- odd or even.

HW: Weds: Complete reading Chapters 7, 8 & 9, which finishes Part 1. Start Part 2.

Select your personal word list from No Excuses. Write them down. Not just circle them!