Sunday, December 14, 2014

English 8

English 8: Week of December 15- December 19
Informational Writing Unit: This week students will be choosing a critical issue to use as their topic for an informational compare/contrast research essay. We will begin researching the critical issue this week, and after Christmas break begin writing the essay.
Informational Reading and Writing Vocabulary: Link to vocabulary words to study on quizelet: http://quizlet.com/62241945/informational-reading-writing-unit-flash-cards/
 Grammar: Each day at the beginning of class, students will be answering questions in their everyday editing part of the writer’s notebook as bell work. The questions are formatted like questions from standardized tests on grammar and mechanics.
Novel Reading: Students should be reading at least three times each week for 15-20 minutes outside of English class. Students need to be working towards completing the reading of at least 12 novels this year!
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