Sunday, September 28, 2014

English 8

English 
Week of Sept. 29- October 3

Literature Study: This week students will be introduced to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his short story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." We will read this story in class while completing a popplet (http://popplet.com/) to organize the clues from story that help Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery. Students will be given the story in class to read; however, if a student misses a day of class, they can connect to this link and see the complete story online: http://melanconent.com/lib/holmes/text/text.html.

Novel Reading: Students will need to continue reading their novels outside of class and have their reading logs filled out and ready to hand in by Friday. Students are working towards their 12 book reading goal.

Writing: The narrative essays were due on Friday, September 26, 2014. I will be grading them throughout the week; please be patient with me as I work through grading each essay.

Grammar: Students will be working on using subordinating conjunctions and introductory commas in their Writer's Notebooks.


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