1. Warm Up: Hook sheet (Wednesday Prompt: Everyone has a hero. Explain who your hero is and how they show courage.)
2. Sensory Details PowerPoint
3. Sensory Detail Practice
Homework: Use the Maya Angelou sentence structure about your room and add to it. Continue writing about your room using sensory details.
Advanced: Complete the assignment above and read chapters 3 and 4 in Night.
1. Warm Up – Preposition Wksht.
2. Study for Spelling Quiz 6 and take quiz
3. Work on “Hook Table” (Tuesday Prompt: Your cousin is thinking about moving to your city. Write a letter to explain why your city is a great place to live.)
Homework:
Complete spelling lesson 8
Advanced: Do the assignment above and finish the “Treasure of Lemon Brown” story map.
1. Warm Up: Prepositions
2. Spelling Quiz 6: Study and take quiz
3. Continue sentence structure
Homework:
Regular classes: None
Advanced: Read the the next chapter of Night.
1. Study for spelling quiz
2. Take spelling quiz
3. Continue copying sentence structure: items in a series
Homework: None
1. Warm Up: Journal – Freewrite!
2. Copy AWESOME sentence structures
3. Finish spelling lesson or study for spelling quiz tomorrow!
Homework: None…unless you are choosing to do the extra credit. The extra credit is due tomorrow!
We are on a modified schedule since 8th graders took the ITBS tests this morning.
Same schedule as Monday for periods 7 and 8.
Advanced: We will start reading “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” on p. 94 in the Lit. books. In addition, you should read p. 1-20 in Night.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Advanced students have the opportunity to earn ten tickets for extra credit. We are reading another class novel, so if you find your own copy of Night, and write two comments per page, you will be able to take advantage of this extra credit opportunity!
1. Conjunction and Interjection Worksheet
2. Spelling Quiz 5
3. Work on spelling lesson 6
Homework: None! (Due to ITBS testing)
Students will be working on part two of the GA Writing Assessment Pre-test. Today, they will be working to edit and revise their first draft. They will also need to write the final draft of the essay in blue/black ink pen.
Homework: Study Spelling Lesson 5 and the adverb worksheet for the quiz on Monday!
Students will be taking the 8th Grade GA Writing Assessment Pre-test. Today, students will be working to prewrite, compose, and edit the first draft of the essay.
Homework: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spelling Quiz 5: Adverbs will be moved to Monday.
Language Arts 