12/5/14

English 8A: After DOL/Journal, students completed the Galileo practice packet.  homework:   -   read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, students worked on the Galileo practice packet.  It is due completed on Monday.  homework: Galileo practice packet Close Read & annotations-   read AR
All - English 7:  Students practiced identifying compound sentences instead of DOL, and then wrote a journal entry.  After that they worked in partners to decipher a Robert Frost poem.  homework: - read AR

12/4/14

English 8A: After DOL/Journal, students worked on the Galileo practice packet.  Assigned was reading/annotating the rest of the packet.  We discussed poetry elements, and students were given a handout to use with the first poem of the packet ("The Charge of the Light Brigade")   homework:  Complete packet 8.RL.1 - poetry elements -   read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, students worked on the Galileo practice packet.  Assigned:  Close Read through "A Routine Checkup" - annotate and answer the questions.   homework: Galileo practice packet Close Read -   read AR
All - English 7:  Students practiced identifying compound subjects & verbs instead of DOL, and then wrote a journal entry.  Assigned was the next two passages in the Galileo practice packet (students may stop at the last passage, a poem - we will continue this tomorrow).  homework: Galileo packet - read AR

12/3/15

English 8A: After DOL/Journal, students worked on the Galileo practice packet.  Assigned was reading/annotating through pg. 10 and answering the questions.    homework:  Galileo packet through pg. 10-   read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, we discussed past Galileo test results and what to expect for next week's test.  Students were given some time to work on their final autobiography, which is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.  homework: autobiography final draft (due tomorrow) -   read AR
All - English 7:  Students completed the sentence/fragment worksheet instead of DOL, and then wrote a journal entry.  We discussed past Galileo test results and what to expect for next week's test. Assigned was the next passage in the Galileo practice packet  - "Boots and the Troll" (read 2 times, annotate, and answer text evidence question).  This is due tomorrow.   homework: Read "Boots and the Troll" - annotate - answer TE question  read AR

12/2/14

English 8A: After DOL/Journal, students turned in the final copy of the autobiography.  We discussed Galileo results and testing, as well as started a Galileo practice packet.  Assigned was the first read of the first passage in the packet.   homework:  first read - Galileo packet -   read AR
English 8B: Students spent the majority of the class doing peer editing.  When finished, they worked on 10 word choice changes, as well as starting the final draft of the autobiography (due Thursday at the beginning of class).   homework: 10 word choice changes - final draft (due Thursday) -   read AR
All - English 7:  Students wrote about self-control in their journal today (the character of the month trait).  We discussed complete sentence vs. fragment instead of DOL, and students practiced identifying and writing complete sentences.  Assigned was the sentence & fragment w/s pg. 22 (#1-28).  Students then completed the 2nd read of the Galileo practice packet in partners and annotated the passage together.  The first passage should be fully annotated, along with the question answered.  homework: Read 2 & annotation - questions answered - complete w/s pg. 22 #1-28 (complete sentence & fragment)-   read AR

12/1/14 - Happy December!

English 8A: After DOL/Journal, students worked on 10-word choice changes and the final copy of their autobiography - this is due tomorrow.   homework:  Final Draft Autobiography (due tomorrow) -   read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, students worked on the rough draft of their autobiography - this is due tomorrow for peer editing.   homework: rough draft autobiography -   read AR
All - English 7:  After DOL/Journal, students started specific standard 7.RL.1 practice using a Galileo passage/question format.  We discussed test-taking skills and students were assigned the first read (chunk & number paragraphs- just read).   homework: Read 1 Galileo packet (first passage only from Peter & Wendy) -   read AR