ENGLISH 7

1.)Quiz on The Circuit. Chapters 1 through 5.

2.) Free-Write Sharing/Discussion

QW: How would you react if you couldn’t speak your first language and were physically punished when you spoke it?  How did Francisco react?

3.) Mini Writing Assignment

Write from the perspective of an Inanimate Object in The Circuit, telling what you see migrant families encounter (i.e. the wire fence as they cross the border, Francisco’s blue/black notebook, the hole in the wall of the buildings they stay in, etc.). May be written as a poem, in prose, or as another genre form. Legibly  handwritten on separate piece of paper to hand in.

Checked in Reading Journals for credit.

HW: Thurs. No mugs this week!

Read Chapters- 6 & 7 - Christmas Gift and Death Forgiven. Pages 51-60.
Write in your Reading Journal. Complete your Literature Circle role.

Fri -- Spelling  Week 12, a review of 7 through 11, proofreading exercise on pgs 60, 61, 62, 63. Words with no sound clue, related words, words with -ty, -ity and -tion endings, irregular plurals, and plural or possessive

ENGLISH 8

Returning IOA essay. And comments and work time. Get peer edit form.

Work on Final. Due Friday. Stapled ahead with peer edit, rough draft, and self-evaluation

QW: Powerful paragraph from powerful statements (or topic sentences):
Write one great paragraph from the following statement that has at least three body sentences and comments and a concluding sentence. Follow the logical structure set up by the topic sentence. Come up with reasons or evidence that support or show the three points in the statement.

Celebrities lead very stressful lives, for no matter how glamorous or powerful they are, they have too little privacy, too much pressure, and little or no safety.

For one, fans follow them around everywhere they go, even to doctors’ appointments and grocery shopping. It must be so difficult when people are spying on you doing normal activities. In addition, the pressure to stay beautiful and perfect is enormous. How could a normal person cope with that? Finally,  while searching online, fans can find out where they live and stalk them in their neighborhoods. That must be the worst aspect of being famous. Maybe after all, this is why they get so much money. Is it worth it?

HW: Fri: IOA essay, Stapled ahead with peer edit, rough draft, and self-evaluation. Biography finished. (Bring the book with you.)