Week of February 8

SNOW DAYS are great days for READING!  Catch up on your independent reading and take an AR test.

 

8th grade:  Please send your powerpoint slides to Nick or Kylie for formatting so when we come back to school we can view them.

 

English 8

Turn in your assignment from Friday, January 29:  Write a "Tall Tall" using a participle phrase, prepositional phrase, subordinate clause, and a compound sentence.  Remember to use commas in the right places!  Consult your English textbook if you need additional help.

 

In-class Writing Assignment from Scope - focus on "SHOW ME" sentences.  Please turn in your typed copy by the end of this week.  This is to be done in school.  Please sign in for computer time.

Comma Rules - pp. 582 - 591 (Textbook); pp. 5-18 (Skillsbook)

Powerpoint Presentation on Comma Rules - Continue earning Oral Communication points.

Reading 8       GREEK MYTHOLOGY UNIT

Great job on your thrones!

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:  Create 2 or 3 slides of your asssigned god/goddess.  You have been given class time to do this.  Most of you should be almost done.  Email your slides to me:  rpenderville@gmail.com and to the student in your class (Nick or Kylie) who will be assisting with this project.

 

Allusion Contest:  Find any Greek Mythology connections and bring them to class for one bonus point.  Maximum number of points is 10.  This contest will last throughout the entire mythology unit.

 

Reading 7    Novel Study:  NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

Reminder:  Oral book report preparation this week.  Bring your book selection to class!  We will prepare the reports in class, and then I will take volunteers first. 

 

Classroom Novels - 7th grade

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Nothing but the Truth by Avi

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 

Suggested Reading/Lit Circle ideas:

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Any of the English Festival required reading may be selected for Lit. Circles or SSR books.

Classroom Novels - Grade 8

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Greek Myths - in textbook

Short Stories - in textbook

Suggested Reading/Lit Circle ideas:

The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

1984 by George Orwell

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Any of the required reading for the English Festival may be selected for Lit. Circles or SSR books.

ENGLISH FESTIVAL NEWS:

We have three teams of students going to the 2010 English Festival at Duquesne University.  The date of the festival is Thursday, May 13, 2010.  If any parent would like to volunteer as a driver, please let me know.

Please write 10 trivia questions and complete the character map for each novel. 

REQUIRED READING FOR ENGLISH FESTIVAL:

True Grit – Charles Portis

Going Going – Naomi Shiab Nye

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne

Money Hungry – Sharon Flake

The City of Ember – Jeanne Du Prau

Roots and Wings – Many Ly