Keeping in Touch:
- You should have been invited to join your advisory teachers “Remind” group.
Let me know if you need the link.
- All assignments and directions will be posted on Monday morning on the blog and Google Classroom(no more emails).
- There will be no google meetings this week per the district. To support your learning, we have/will provide instructional videos on Google-Classroom.
- If you have questions, after reading all the directions, please email me directly.
I don’t see your comments on google-classroom until I am checking work.
Overview:
This week we will be building our background knowledge of the time period The Outsiders is set in, as well as learning about the author and the book as a whole. We are 1 week away from reading the actual book, If you wish to order it, rather than read it online please do so.
REQUIRED WORK-
- The Outsiders Webquest: Discover the author, setting and novel. See Google Classroom. Due Friday, May 1st.
- The Outsiders Collage: Put together what you learned about the author, setting and novel into a Google-slide collage. See Google Classroom. Due Friday, May 8th.
- IXL
The following have been assigned to you (8th grade level):
Vocabulary: Q8 Words with -able and -ible U1-Homophones
The goal is 80% or higher for mastery.
REQUIRED-SSR:
- Read daily. I suggest 30 minutes a day. You can make daily annotations on a sticky note or notebook paper. See the bookmark posted on Google Classroom under SSR+ weekly Reflections
- At the end of the week (up until Sunday) write a SSR+ Weekly Reflection on Google-Classroom.
Note : If you do not have your novel at home, or you are expecting to finish it soon, you may use any online platform available to you for access to books. You can find a list of sources on previous posts and Google Classroom.
You can also still order books through Scholastic Bryant Book Fair April16-29th https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=bryantmiddleschool2