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. 

8th Grade

JOURNAL: College Essay –  – Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more? – National Common Application

Individually students completed 3 reflection questions about their speeches, based on the feedback and other speeches that they heard.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.3 and G.3 (95%) by Wednesday, October 23.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Quotation Marks – – Write 8 sentences using quotation marks in the 4 different ways (2 sentences per each option).

1.  Personal children’s book challenge.

2.  Plan out with a plot diagram

3.  Start the exposition

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 2 days JIXL  6.LL.4 (90%) and 5.SS.4 (90%) – Due Friday. 

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Finish – – One day a man riding a cow appeared in my backyard.  When I asked what he was doing there, he replied…  Finish the story.

1.Finish Presentations

Individually, based on your feedback and other speeches that you heard, answer the following questions:  THESE WILL BE DONE IN CLASS TOMORROW!

1.What problems did you encounter while you were working on this piece? How did you solve them?

2.How do you feel about your speech? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike?

3.What’s the one thing that you have seen in your classmates’ speech or process that you would like to try in your speech?

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.3 and G.3 (95%) by Wednesday, October 23

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Philosophical Question – – Is a “wrong” act okay if nobody ever knows about it?  Explain.

1.Finish Quotation Marks foldable

2.IXL  6.LL.4 (90%) and 5.SS.4 (90%). 

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 3 days. IXL  6.LL.4 (90%) and 5.SS.4 (90%) – Due Friday. 

I think Michigan is going to need a miracle, but GO BLUE!

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Your Choice

Speeches and critical feedback discussions continued today and will wrap up on Monday.

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.3 and G.3 (95%) by Wednesday, October 23

6th Grade

Journal:  Your Choice

1. We finished looking and writing about the feedback they received from their story pitch presentations.
2. We started to create a foldable about the different and proper ways to use quotation marks in dialogue.

HOMEWORK: Book projects are due in 5 days 🙂

DSO Field Trip permission slips are due tomorrow.

8th Grade

Journal: Would You Rather? – – eat a peanut butter and pickles sandwich or a banana and ranch dressing sandwich?

1.Four Presentations

2.Verbal feedback – written down by presenting group

HOMEWORK:  IXLs C.3 and G.3 (95%) by Wednesday, October 23

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Would You Rather – – stay your current age or be 10 years older?  Explain.

1.Finish sticky note sort

2.Write CER reflections

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 6 days 🙂

DSO Field Trip permission slips and money are due FRIDAY – we are looking for 100% participation for this awesome opportunity.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Halloween – – Every year as Halloween rolls around, the debate of which candy is the best begins.  Look at the following pairs and explain which one is better from each pairing and WHY.

a.  Twix v. Snickers   

b.  Skittles v. Sour Patch Kids

c.  Twizzlers v. Gummy Worms   

d.  Peanut Butter Cups v. Hershey Bars

In class today, students cleaned up their speeches and we discussed procedures for the speeches. Speeches will start tomorrow with the 4 groups that volunteered to go first.

HOMEWORK:  Do you have your first book for the Capstone Project?

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  One Word Prompt- – Pumpkin

1.Sort your feedback into “useful” and “not useful” by gear color.

2.Sticky note sort and CER reflection

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 7 days 🙂

Late start tomorrow. School starts at 8:25 AM.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Story Dice –  – Have a seat and get ready to roll the dice.

Today students finished their speeches, received critical feedback from at least one other group/person (many groups were able to receive multiple feedback from different groups/people), and practiced their timing.

HOMEWORK: Speeches begin tomorrow.

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Grouch – – Today is “National Grouch Day.” If someone around you is being a grouch, what are some ways that you could cheer them up and help them be in a better mood?

We finished presentations today.

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 8 days 🙂

DSO field trip permission slips are due FRIDAY. We would really like ALL students to attend this unique opportunity.

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  Two Word Prompt – – Full Moon

Students continued to work on their team speeches today. Tomorrow will be the last day of class that they can work on these. We will start presenting on Wednesday.

HOMEWORK:  Tomorrow will be the last day to work on speeches in class AND practice.  Do you need to do something at home?

6th Grade

JOURNAL:  Dessert – – Today is National Dessert Day.  Explain in DETAIL your favorite dessert and why you like it so much.  Be specific.  I want to see it and taste it in my mind 🙂

• Let me just say… they did a GREAT job with the journal! They had me licking my lips!

We continued with story board pitches today. The questions that students were asking were phenomenal – deep and thought provoking!

HOMEWORK:  Book projects are due in 9 days 🙂

8th Grade

JOURNAL:  College Essay – – What is your theme song?   – University of Southern California

1. Capstone project was explained. Directions and requirements were glued into “Mr. Tabby”. They are also posted, along with the rubric, in Google Classroom. FIRST book check in is November 25/26. Two books need to be read by then.
2. We used the rest of the time to work on their speeches.

HOMEWORK: Make sure that you start reading for the capstone project.

6th Grade – 3rd hour ONLY

Journal:  Your Choice –

We worked on our book projects today.

HOMEWORK:  Make sure that you are reading your books.  Your first book project is due in 13 days.

Tomorrow is a HALF DAY – dismissal is at 10:30.

8th Grade

JOURNAL: Speech – – Tell me what makes a speaker good and what makes a not so good to listen to.

We continued to work on our speech and our goals for class were:

1.Begin writing the speech – each person MUST contribute to the writing.

2.Smooth out transitions

HOMEWORK: No homework.

6th Grade

JOURNAL: Overall – – Overall, tell me how you think your group did on the story pitch project.

1.Presentations (4)

2.Give targeted feedback using the critique gears and sticky notes.

HOMEWORK: Tomorrow I will not see 6th hour. 3rd hour will have a work day for their book projects.