8th Grade

JOURNAL: Your Choice – –

1.PSAT Friday!

2.Writing and Language Test Practice #2 – 1 passage, 11 questions, 1.26 minutes per question, 14 minutes (1 minutes for the first test) – FULL PSAT test is 44 questions, 35 minutes long.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs 8.E.7 (90%) and 8.F.3 (95%) – Due Monday

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Interesting – – Explain something interesting about the bug articles.

1.Finish class discussion on pros/cons of eating bugs

2.How to write a claim statement

3.Write introductory paragraph – assignment is in Google Classroom

HOMEWORK:  None 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Story Ending – – “… Tami closed her eyes, crossed her fingers, and dropped the letter in the mail.”  Write the story.

Teacher Poster Challenge

1.Finalize poem or song choice

2.Annotate poem for figurative language and tone, mood.

3.Agree on design, colors, layout, font…

4.Divide up work and get started

HOMEWORK:  IXLs 8.E.7 (90%) and 8.F.3 (95%) – Due Monday

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Differences- – Explain the differences between a Text Dependent Analysis (TDA or Passage Based Writing) and an argumentative essay.

1.Read BUG articles – Posted in Google Classroom

2.Make a pros/cons list of eating bugs

HOMEWORK:  IXLs K.1 and K.2 (95%) – due TOMORROW

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Would You Rather – – go to jail for four years for something you didn’t do or get away with something horrible you did, but always live in fear of being caught?  Explain.

-Teacher Instructional Poster Challenge

1.Start by brainstorming poem or song

2.Find poem or song

3.Annotate the poem or song to see if it has what you need for the challenge

4.Choose layouts, design, colors…

HOMEWORK:  IXLs 8.E.7 (90%) and 8.F.3 (95%) – Due Monday

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Story Starter- – One day Ms. Fryzel walked into the classroom and all of her students were on task…

1.Finish foldable on the parts of an argumentative essay

HOMEWORK:  IXLs K.1 and K.2 (95%) – due Friday, January 31^st

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Poet – – Which 3 poets have interested you the most so far and why?  Explain.

1.Finish annotating Poem #3 and submit 

2.Team Teacher Poster Challenge : You work for the Really Good Stuff teacher resource company.  The company creates and sells the most teacher resources in the country!  One resource that your company sells the most of every year are POSTERS!  Especially cute poster sets (You know teachers; they are suckers for colorful poster sets that cover all the empty wall space they have).  Your team’s job is to create a poster or a set of posters that teaches students how to annotate poems, instructs them on at least three different types of figurative language, and teaches them the difference between mood and tone.

3.Review rubric

HOMEWORK:  If you have not submitted your 3 poems, please finish and submit them tonight.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Movie – – Explain to me what your favorite movie is and why.

1.Finish cut apart activity

2.Argumentative essay foldable

HOMEWORK: No homework 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  PSAT – – Reflect on your first experience with the PSAT test from last Friday.  Needs to be at least ¾ a page.

1. Review any questions may have had from last Friday’s PSAT practice reading

2. Read all 12 poems in Google Classroom and chose 3 that you are most interested in.

3.Annotate your top three poems

HOMEWORK:  If you have not finished annotating the three poems, please finish TWO of them at home. You will have time tomorrow to finish the 3rd one.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Would You Rather- – live without the internet or live without AC and heating?  Explain.

1.Finish mini-presentations.

2.Cut Apart activity – students cut apart sentence strips and then put them in an order that created the outline of an argumentative essay.

HOMEWORK:  Make sure that you are reading your library books.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  College Essay – – Give us your Top 10 List (- Wake Forest University)

1.PSAT Friday!

2.Reading Test (60 minute test) Practice #1 – 1 reading, 9 questions, 1.27 minutes per question (plus the reading), 12 minutes (15 minutes for the first test).

HOMEWORK:  Next book check in will be March 17^th – 5 books read – TOTAL

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Argue – – Which holiday is the best and why?

1.10 minutes to finish speech

2.Present mini-presentations

HOMEWORK: No homework 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  No Journal.  Log in to Google Classroom and continue working on the book check in.

1. 12 introductory poems – In Google Classroom

2.Read each one – pick THREE that most interest you

3.    Annotate those three

If you need to, finish your book check in first.

HOMEWORK:  Next book check in will be March 17^th – 5 books read – TOTAL

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Story Starter – – The looongg road lay ahead of me.  My warm milk had just run out.  Suddenly, a cow was spotted in front of me…

1.Hand back and go over TDA essays

2.Show some examples

3. Finish working on mini-presentations

HOMEWORK:  We WILL be presenting tomorrow 🙂

8th Grade

NO Journal today.

Students worked on their second book check in for their capstone projects. The assignment is in Google Classroom. They will get time tomorrow to finish.

HOMEWORK: 3rd book check in will be March 17th – 5 total books needed at that time.

6th Grade – 3rd Hour ONLY

JOURNAL: Your Choice – –

Worked on Mini- presentation topics – two groups get the same topic, but one group does it as persuasive and the other group   does it as argumentative.

HOMEWORK:  Presenting mini speech tomorrow.

Remember that tomorrow is a half a day – dismissal is at 10:30 AM.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Second Semester – – Reflect on your first semester and set realistic goals for your last semester as an 8^th grader.  REMEMBER…THIS NOW NEEDS TO BE A FULL PAGE.

1.“I like to see it lap the Miles” by Emily Dickinson (individual) – this will be posted in Google Classroom.

2.Discuss as a small group, then a large one.

HOMEWORK:  Book Check in #2 is TOMORROW.  You need your notes and/or books.  You will have access to a computer tomorrow, so you do not to print anything else.   

6th Grade – 3rd HOUR ONLY

JOURNAL:  Pizza – – Convince me that pizza is the best or worst food.

1.Finish discussing “Summer: 15 Days or 2.5 Months?” and “The Best Pet Ever…Gus”

2.Mini Debate topics with partner – two groups get the same topic, but one group does it as persuasive and the other group   does it as argumentative.

HOMEWORK: No homework 🙂

Remember that there is NO school Monday and that there are half days Tuesday and Wednesday. Enjoy the snow this long weekend 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Your Choice – –

1.“A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” by Emily Dickinson (with your team) 2.Class discuss what you discovered.

HOMEWORK:  Next book check is WEDNESDAY. You will need your 3 books and any notes that you have. You will have access to a computer this time, so if your notes are online you will not have to print them off.

6th Grade – 3rd Hour ONLY

JOURNAL:  Story Dice – – flashlight, fish, castle, house, fountain, half moon, footprint, turtle, and arrow

1.Read and highlight the facts discussed in the articles “Summer: 15 Days or 2.5 Months?” and “A Pet Story About My Cat…Gus”

2.Class discuss the facts found

HOMEWORK: No homework 🙂