Sunday, March 1, 2015

English 8

English 8: March 2-March 6

Literature Study: This week students will finish reading Act One and begin reading Act Two of the dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank and complete questions over Act One. Questions over Act One are due on Thursday, March 5.

Writing: By the end of the hour on Monday, March 2,  all poetry projects and "typed-up" quick writes from our writer's notebook are due! 

Writing: This week a new writing assignment will be introduced, where students will be given fictional writing prompts, and will need to "add on" to the scenes. More information will be given on the assignment later this week. This writing assignment will be due on Monday, March 9.

Novel Reading: On our block-scheduled day this week, we will have "Status of the Class" and each student will share current book, page number, and a little about what part of the book they are currently at in their book. Each week, I'm tracking student progress in their books instead of having a reading log. Students are working toward reading 12 books this year from many different genres.

M-Step: Students will be taking the M-Step (the new MEAP test) starting the day we return from spring break on April 13. As a class, we will be working through example questions found on this site: 

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