All Classes:
- Vocabulary Lesson 21 due Tues., 2/17
- ** Read Self-Selected novel at least 90 minutes per week**
- See above for all classes
- Complete your Art/Literature Holocaust Research Project. This project is due on Tuesday, Feb 17.
- Check your incoming GoogleDrive folder, and fill in your thesis statement in the document entitled "8th Grade Research Thesis Statements. REQUIRED AND PAST DUE!!
- Fill in all of the the source cards for Sources #1 and #2 in the bright pink research/notetaking packet by Thursday, Feb 12. Take detailed notes:
- Central Idea: Write a paragraph to explain the main idea of this source
- Author's Purpose: What is the purpose of this information?
- Details and Facts: Fill in the boxes completelywith information --
- See above for all classes
- Congratulations on a superb Wax Museum Night! Your parents were so proud!
- See above for all classes
- Read pp. 27-30 in January's issue of Scholastic Scope. This is a piece of historical fiction. Complete all of the margin notes (green panel margin questions) 1. Inference 2. Word Choice. 3. Inference 4. Genre 5. Character 6. Characterization 7. Word Choice 8. Inference 9. Compare/Contrast 10. Plot. These questions must be typed and written in complete sentences.
- Research Paper:
- Please share your second draft with your peer editor. Each one of you should fill in some comments for your writing partner's work. Your final draft is due next Wednesday. Remember, all of your revisions are recorded in Google Drive, so I would like to see that you are making extensive revisions on several different dates. Your paper will improve to the extent that you are revisiting your work on a regular basis. Be sure your paper has clincher sentences in all body paragraphs.
