Attention Homeroom: You MUST log on to Google Classroom and complete the attendance form every day Monday through Friday by 8:00 AM the latest in order for you to be marked as present!
June 14-18, 2021 - Mon. - review of Ch. X, Tues. - Ch. 6-10 quiz on Animal Farm, Wed.-Fri. - Edpuzzle of Animal Farm
June 7-11, 2021 -Mon. - present fables, complete listening check; Tues. - WOC Quiz C (the final grammar quiz); finish Ch. 8 & study guide; Wed. & Thurs. - read Ch. 9; Fri. - read Ch. 10!!! (the final chapter); the last quiz on Animal Farm will take place on Tues. 6/15! It will be on the second half of the book (Ch. 6-10).
June 2 - 4, 2021 - Wed. & Fri. - present fables, complete listening check, & read Animal Farm Ch. 8 & 9, Thurs. - LinkIt! benchmark for end of year 8th grade ELA (this is for data purposes and does not count as a grade on Genesis)
May 24-27, 2021 - Mon. - Animal Farm Ch. 6 Conflicts & Fables Guides; Tues. & Wed. - Ch. 7 Conflicts; Start Fables Slides; Thurs. & Fri. - Assignment 8; Please Note: On Tuesday and Wednesday, Career Day videos will be shown during extensions. Attendance is mandatory!!
May 17-21, 2021 - Mon. - Animal Farm Assignment 7 (independent); Tues. & Wed. - Animal Farm Ch. 1-5 Quiz; Thurs. & Fri.- Fables Group Assignment
May 10-14, 2021 - Mon. - Finish Assignment 5 (independent); 1 WOC B; Tues. - Assignment 6 (group); 2 WOC B; Wed. - Animal Farm Ch. 5 Quickwrites; 3 WOC B; Thurs. - Graded WOC Quiz B; Fri. - Allegory & Fables Ex. 2
May 3-7, 2021 - Mon. - Tues. - Allegory & Fables Ex. 1, "What's the Moral? #1", & Ch. 4 syn./ant.; Wed. - Thurs. - Ch. 4 sentences & Animal Farm Ch. 4; Fri. - WOC Chart #2
April 26-30, 2021 - Mon. - WOC Chart 1; Tues. & Wed. - Animal Farm Titles & Nutshells, Assignment 4, Ch. 4 Synonyms & Antonyms; Thurs. - Development of Animal Farm, Assignment 5; Fri. - Graded WOC Quiz A
April 19-April 23, 2021 - Mon. - Animal Farm Ch. 1-2 True/False assignment; Tues. & Wed. - Assignment 3; Thurs. - Easily Confused Words; Fri. - Prediction 1 Padlet & Words Often Confused Chart 1
April 12-April 16, 2021 - Mon. - Google Question: 5 qualities of a rally song/speech; Tues. - Persuasive Song/Speech Graphic Organizer; Wed. - Draft of Song/Speech (due on Fri.); Thurs.-Fri. - Read/listen to Animal Farm Ch. 2 & Create 1 True/False question *extensions: finish CommonLit selections; new article: "The Rise and Fall of Karl Marx" *
March 29-April 1, 2021 - Mon. & Tues. - Animal Personalities Padlet and Animal Traits Assignment; Wed. & Thurs. - Assignment 2 (Ch. 1 & 2 Hyperdoc) and finish Commonlit "Introduction to Communism" and "Czar Nicholas II" *during extensions - due by the end of the day on Thurs. *
March 22-26, 2021 - We are starting Animal Farm tomorrow! Tues. & Wed.: Animal Farm Ch. 1 Assignment 1 (due on Fri.); Thurs. & Fri.: Animal Farm Assignment 2; All week: Animal Farm Vocab. 1-2 Quizlet sets; Commonlit "Introduction to Communism" and "Czar Nicholas II" *during extensions *
March 15-19, 2021 - We will have a test on the American Dream unit this Thursday and Friday during class! Please use your study guide to review the components (on Google Classroom). Mon.: Finishing "DOI Persuasive Techniques" (Unit 5); Tues.: American Dream unit study guide Part II ("Dreamers" Chart); Wed.: American Dream unit study guide Part III (Short Constructed Response); Thurs. and Fri.: American Dream unit test (in 2 parts)
March 8-12, 2021 - American Dream Unit: Mon. - Finishing "I Have a Dream"; Commonlit Massignment; Tues. and Wed. - Lesson 5; Thurs. & Fri. - American Dream Study Guide (distributed on Wed.) & Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers; Fri. - Misplaced Modifiers C; Ext. Periods - Black History Month Choice Board (due on Fri.)
March 1-5, 2021 - (please refer to Google Classroom for more details about which component to complete for homework) American Dream Unit: Mon. - Lesson 4, Tues. - MLK Graphic Organizer & Dream Part 1, Wed. & Thurs. - Dream Part 2, Fri. - Misplaced Modifiers B
February 22-26, 2021 - (please refer to Google Classroom for more details about which component to complete for homework) American Dream Unit: Mon. - Lesson 2; Tues. & Wed. - Lesson 3; Thurs. & Fri. - Lesson 4/ Ext. Periods - Black History Month Choice Board (due 3/12)
February 17-19, 2021 - miniREP final drafts and presentations (on Flipgrid) are both due this Friday. See Google Classroom for more details on each assignment.
February 8-12, 2021 - Please complete your Elie Wiesel speech analysis assignment before the start of class tomorrow. Continue to work on your miniREP visual aid and, if you turned in your rough draft, work on the final draft. You should have completed the first 3-4 slides on your visual aid by Wednesday.
February 3- 5, 2021 - complete your Night unit test on Google Classroom by the end of the class period on Thursday; continue to work on your miniREP visual aid (all directions are posted on Google Classroom)