Wednesday

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Halloween Costumes – – These were the Top 8 Halloween costumes last year.  Which one is the best and which one is the worst?  Explain (Think of this as a mini argumentative essay).

    ·  Fortnite  ·  Witch

·  Spider-Man    ·  Harley Quinn

    ·  Unicorn  ·  Superhero

    ·  Dinosaur  ·  Pirate

1.Foldable – Claim Statements

2.Foldable – Argumentative Essay

3.CARS – Source Reliability

4.In-text Citations

5.Works Cited List and Example

6.District Rubric

• The next few days are going to be filled with lots of notes. This is in preparation for our argumentative essay assignment.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs were due today.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Story Dice – – dice, skyscraper, key hole, bridge over water, tree, shooting star, light bulb, cane, foot print

1.Personal children’s book challenge: In a VERY surprising move, the executives of the Fryzel Publishing Company have decided that all of you should create a children’s book!  They would like EACH of you to create a book that is no longer than 21 pages, has illustrations, uses dialogue and quotation marks, and is created using Google Slides.  Good luck!  As president of the company, I am pleased with your work, but I don’t get my HUGE bonus until one of gets published!  So, write, write, write!

2.Goal:  Plot diagram and critical critique

3.Secret Goal:  start slides – exposition

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 1 day – In other words… TOMORROW 🙂

IXL  6.LL.4 (90%) and 5.SS.4 (90%) – Due Friday.