Sunday, November 9, 2014

English 8

English 8
Week of November 10-November 14
 Reading/Literature: Monday we will complete the questions on “The Monkey’s Paw,” and read “How Many Stars in My Crown” and complete questions on the short story on schoology. On our block scheduled day, we will read “A Secret for Two” and complete questions on the story. Thursday will be our test over our unit vocabulary. Please study on quizelet your words: http://quizlet.com/46976633/mcbain-english-8-elements-of-fiction-flash-cards/  Friday we will begin reading “The Gift of the Magi.”
Novel Reading: Students should be reading at least three times each week for 15-20 minutes outside of English class. Reading Logs will be collected each Friday. Students need to be working towards completing the reading of least 12 novels this year!
Writing: Students will complete a quick write on our block scheduled day.
Grammar: Students using everything we've learned so far this marking period on making observations on sentences.
Vocabulary: Students will continue taking notes and reviewing vocabulary from our literary unit on quizelet. Thursday will be a vocabulary quiz over the Literary Elements vocabulary words. Please click this link to study the words: http://quizlet.com/46976633/mcbain-english-8-elements-of-fiction-flash-cards/   
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