Week of November 16

G01/G02

Thursday November 19

Nothing But The Truth 

Write a newspaper article titled Student Suspended for Humming ; Include in your article the facts and statements from Phillip, Miss Narwin, Dr. Palleni, Ken Barchet, and one of Phillip's parents. refer to pgs. 84-99

G01 In addition to article above write a humorous article for the newspaper :10 Rules We Should have (but don't)  artilcles due Monday 11/23

Tuesday Nov. 17

No homework

Students should have read through chap. 11 in Nothing But The Truth

G11

Tues. Nov. 17 No homework

In class we are reading Nothing but The Truth.

G22

Tues. 11/17 - No homework

We finished the novel Devil's Arithmetic. and are currently watching the movie based on the novel. There will be a test on the novel in class Thursday.

Week of November 9

G01/G02

Lesson 7 Vocabulary

Packet due Thursday Nov. 12. Test Friday Nov. 13.

New Novel Nothing but the Truth  by Avi

Homework 11/10 Read Chapters 1-5.

Answer questions 1-5

Homework 11/12

Study for vocabulary test

Continue Reading - Complete Chapters 6-11

due Mon. 11/16 complete background, vocabulary, and questions chap. 1-11

worksheets.

We are finishing a Holocaust movie.

G11

Lesson 6 Vocabulary due Thursday 11/12 Test Friday 11/13

New Novel- Nothing but the Truth by  Avi

Read Chap. 1-5 pgs. 1-18

complete prereading questions and questions 1-5 in journal.

G22

In class we are finishing a Holocaust movie.

Vocabulary Lesson 6

Test next week Tues. Nov. 17th

 Week of  October 26

Holocaust survivor, Judith Altmann will speak to the  entire 8th grade in the auditorium tomorrow Thursday Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m.  about her experiences as a 16 year old in a concentration camp. 

Although Permission slips and deposit for Chamber Theatre Production's Short Story Performance, "Encore', Dec. 16  were due Friday October 23rd. There are still tickets available and I will continue to accept permission slips for those students interested. It was my hope that eveyone would participate as we are reading these short stories in class.

G/01 and G/02

Lesson 6 Vocabulary

Packet due Thursday 10/29

 Study Test Friday 10/30

We read The Monkey's Paw and the Tell Tale Heart this week in class. Students are studying literary elements in class and analyzing short stories we are reading.

G11

Vocabulary Lesson 5

due Thursday 10/29 Study Test Friday 10/30

In class we are finishing reading the novel Night,  a memoir written by Elie Weisel, holocaust survivor. Additional assignments may follow throughout the week.

G22

Wednesday 10/28

We are reading The Devil's Arithmetic in class. Students are answering questions in class, no homework today.