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8th Grade Week of Jan. 30, 2012 Quote of the Week “Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write.” Gail Godwin
We will be concentrating on vocabulary this year. Students will be given a prefix, suffix, and three root words every week to help build their vocabulary. Quizzes on these words will be given on Thursdays. No extra credit will be given when a student has a zero for not turning in work.
Vocabulary and Spelling for this week: Lesson 16 cor –heart flam/pyro – fire dent – tooth ous, ious (suffix) full of (forms adj. and adv.) un (prefix) not, opposite
Lesson 16 - Spelling list – Choose two words from each group to make 10 words. 1. cordial 2. accord 3. discord 4. cordate
5. dentifrice 6. trident 7. dentist 8. dentistry
9. flambeau 10. flammable 11. pyromaniac 12. pyrotechnical
13. nervous 14. wondrous 15. ambitious 16. nutritious
17. unintelligible 18. unrealistic 19. uncomfortable 20.unattractive 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 7th Periods
Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 In class: Begin with Week 17 DPE Thursday. New vocabulary and spelling list will be given out. Instead of doing a vocabulary worksheet, students will choose four words from their spelling list that they will fill out a word study sheet on. These sheets will be graded tomorrow. A writing packet will be given out. I will go over this packet so students will know what to do on each page. Students will be expected to have the packet finished on Friday. Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday. Etymology pages due tomorrow.
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 In class: Collect homework pages. We will begin class with book talks from Mrs. Mooney. Then we will do Week 18 DPE Monday and Tuesday. To prepare for the Writing SOL in March, we will go over TOFA, an organizing tool that students should use with the writing prompt. If time permits, we will practice “TOFA-ing” some writing prompts. Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 In class: Class will begin with Week 17 DPE –Wednesday. Once again, we will go over what is expected on the writing SOL. We will go over thesis statements. If there is time, we will do an exercise on similes. Homework: Read 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 In class: Class will begin with the vocabulary and spelling tests. Then students will do a journal entry. If there is any time left, I will let students work on their writing packets. Homework: Read 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 In class: Writing packets will be collected. Students will be given a group writing activity. Homework: Have a great weekend! Week of Jan. 23, 2012 Quote of the Week "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vocabulary Review for this week. Lesson 11 prim/prin/proto – first rota/volv – turn mono/uni – one re- (prefix) – again -less (suffix) – without
Lesson 12 carn/corp – flesh, body arch – ruler orb/cycl – roundness in, im, ir, il (prefix) – not -vore (suffix) – one that eats
Lesson 13 min – small phon – sound anthro/hom/hum – man in, im (prefix) - in or into -ing (suffix) – action
Lesson 14 dict – speak port – carry sym/syn – together, same over (prefix) – too much er/or – (suffix) – one who
Lesson 15 phil/phile – love curr/curs/cours – run phob - fear mis (prefix) – bad -al/-ial (suffix) relating to Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 In class: Begin with Week 17 DPE Monday. Students will do a journal entry. There is a vocabulary review test on Thursday. There are no new spelling or vocabulary words this week. A writing packet will be given out. Students will be expected to have the packet finished on Friday. We will do an exercise with similes. Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 In class: All students will meet in Room 204 for the English benchmark test. They should bring their writing packets to work on if the finish early. Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 In class: Class will begin with Week 17 DPE – Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be a journal entry. Then we will go over some of the work that students have turned in. We will be looking specifically for thesis statements, topic sentences, detail sentences, and transition words. Homework: Read 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 In class: Class will begin with the vocabulary review test. If there is time, students will do a journal entry. Homework: Read 30 minutes. Work on the writing packet that is due on Friday.
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 In class: Class will begin with Thursday’s DPE Week 17. I will then give a lesson on the etymology (history, origin) of a word. On Monday’s students will now be expected to do the etymology of five of their spelling words. They should expect their vocabulary worksheets to be in their writing packets. Homework: Have a great weekend! |
