HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed Pink Poetry Terms Sheets – Flashcards – Pt. II – #4-6 Bio-poem – read the handout & fill in the chart on the back – the more ideas you brainstorm the better! Paragraph Response – What is Poetry? Good copy response. You need to have a hook, a clear topic sentence, and […]
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon Pink Poetry Terms Sheet – Flashcards for Pt. II #1-3 Read poems p. 5-8 (we will be discussing and doing the Qs in class) Paragraph Response – What is Poetry? Using the information from p. 1-4. You must take notes on these pages (I will be checking your notes), as well as […]
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs Pink Poetry Terms Sheets – Make flashcards for #1-9 (you may already have flashcards for many of them) AND write in examples of your own for #1-6 in the blank example space on the pink sheet itself. “Alphabet Aerobics” – read & mark the examples of alliteration, assonance, consonance, and rhyme. I […]
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
🙂 Ms. MacLellan is doing your NOVEL STUDY: The Night Wanderer with you, so you’ll need to go to her blog for your homework. Here’s a link to her blog. Bookmark it, so you have it saved. I will also have a tab at the top with the link though. 🙂 —–> MS. MACLELLAN’S BLOG! <—–
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Jan 31st Get your binders organized & get your supplies – your MUST HAVES- paper, pens, high lighter. Review your narrative terms to prepare for your novel unit.
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs LP Unit #2 RETAKE test – LUNCH THURS. Make sure you study, so you can do better!! Here are some links to help you study –>Subject-Predicate Quiz —> Identifying Sentences —> Complex Sentences —> Compound or Complex? Geraldine writing – paragraph planning sheet completed – with Topic Sentence, Points, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentence AND at least 1 Quote.
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon LP #66-67 LP Unit #2 Retake test – Thursday!! Make sure you study, so you can do better!! Here are some links to help you study –>Subject-Predicate Quiz —> Identifying Sentences —> Complex Sentences —> Compound or Complex? Read and highlight info -“Paragraph Do’s/Don’ts” sheet Watch BOTH of the following videos – take notes, DRAW out the hamburger […]
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs/Friday LP #64-65 Character writing – Geraldine Moore – fill in the character web for Geraldine Paragraph Planning sheet – General topic: Discuss the character of Geraldine from the story “Geraldine Moore the Poet”. Choose 3 characteristics from your character web & write them as Point 1,2,3. Using the topic and your points, […]
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/1.1
HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues “The Day the Sun Came Out” – Qs #1-13, Character Grid for Mary, and Story Map – You can write the answers to the Qs right in the package/story. You do not have to write them on a separate page.
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ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/2.1
HOMEWORK: Due Thurs/Fri LP Unit #2 – test & workbook check Reading Goals sheet Character Pkg #2 – read & highlight “The Day the Sun Came Out”
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