Today's Class and Tonight's Homework - 04/30/15

TODAY'S AGENDA
1.) Graded, timed warm-up
2.) Work with your group on your writing challenge
3.) Agenda books

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework - 04/28/15

I am out again today :(.  I'm hoping to be back to you guys tomorrow (Wednesday)!  Anyway, the same basic rules are going to apply today - come in, get your work done in class that needs to get done in class, complete whatever you need to complete for homework - because I'm taking all of the assignments for a grade when I get back!

AGENDA FOR THE DAY
1.) Graded, timed warm-up (you may use your notes)
2.) Table talk discussion about the story using your question and connection
3.) Grade The Wise Old Woman worksheet (last night's homework) and turn in
4.) Whole class discussion about what the theme of this folktale is
5.) Start table writing challenge (if absent, you must do by yourself)
6.) Agenda Books

HOMEWORK
1.) Culture and Heritage Sheet
2.) Rewrite your notes from yesterday (this is a MANDATORY assignment).  You may color code them, annotate them, create a different graphic organizer for them, etc.  This will help you study because you never know when something else may POP up!

The Wise Old Woman - 04/27/15

So, apparently there was an issue with The Wise Old Woman story not being in the online text book.  I'm so sorry!!!!  Here is the link to the story, so you can still read it, dialogue with it and answer your questions for tomorrow's class.  Just keep in mind that the questions that mention specific pages or paragraphs will be off in this text, so you'll have to do some hunting!

Link to The Wise Old Woman

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework - 04/27/15

I am out today, so you need to take notes on the informational reading about the FOLKLORE genre and the types of stories that are a part of it. We will be diving deep into this genre over the next week or so, and you need to fully understand each type of story in order to complete the culminating assessment. Please take this assignment seriously. There is to be absolutely NO talking during this activity so that you can put your full attention and focus on to this.

You will be taking your notes in OUTLINE form.  My suggestion is that you do NOT try to create a blank outline first because you don’t know how much space you will need between each type of story. When I come back to school, we will go over these notes and we will add information, so make sure you leave some blank space as well! In the past, some students found it better to use a separate piece of paper for each type of story. It’s up to you!

After you complete your notes taking activity, you are going to read The Wise Old Woman in the ELA textbook (use the table of contents to find the page). You are to dialogue with your text as you read. You will come up with one deep thinking question to pose to the class during a discussion and one connection you can make to the notes you took in class (BE SPECIFIC). Finally, you need to do the multiple choice question sheet for the story.

ALL OF THIS WORK MUST BE COMPLETED FOR CLASS TOMORROW! I WILL BE TAKING ALL ASSIGNMENTS FOR A GRADE!

YOUR CHECKLIST:
o Read directions above
o Read and dialogue with notes handout
o Take notes from the handout in outline format
o Read The Wise Old Woman in the ELA textbook (use the Table
of Contents to find the page number)
o As you read, dialogue with your text. Each student is
responsible for:  ONE deep thinking question to pose to your group
about the story and ONE connection you can make between the
story and the notes that you took
o Complete the multiple choice page for The Wise Old Woman

LINKS TO NEEDED PAPERS:
1.) Notes Reading
2.) Checklist and Outline Format/Example
3.) Questions for The Wise Old Woman

REMINDER! 04/07/15

Tomorrow Night is THE Night!

Our Last Minute Question and Answer Session for parents/families of 8th graders traveling to Washington, D.C. next week is TOMORROW NIGHT - 04/08/15 - at 6:30pm in the TMS Auditorium!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework - 04/07/15

AGENDA
1.) Table Challenge and discussion
2.) Root words, prefixes and suffixes (two handouts given - see below)
3.) Knockout game!
4.) Agenda Books

HANDOUTS
1.) Breaking Down Meaning
2.) Common prefixes and suffixes

HOMEWORK
1.) Finish up your reading assignment for your literature circle tomorrow (if you're absent tomorrow, please make sure to reach out to your group and get the final literature circle reading assignment)

2.) Using your resources from class (and one more linked below if you choose to), compile a list of ten (10) words that highlight the root word, prefixes and suffixes.  You will be graded using the check scale based on the complexity of your words AND the fact that all ten words need different roots.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE:

Here is a link to more root words

HUMANITIES - Day Three - 04/01/15

AGENDA
1.) Meet up to watch two videos about the Salem Witch Trials (video 1 and video 2)
2.) Break off into small groups - First group to room 222 for Literature Circles and the second group to room 221 for Interviews
3.) Switch halfway through our time together
4.) Agenda Books

Literature Circle Agenda
1.) Greet each other and then everyone should discuss reactions to the reading so far (open table discussion)
2.) Choose one role to share out (make sure you explain your thinking)
3.) Discuss what that group member brought to the table (no HOGS and no LOGS)
4.) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until everyone shares
5.) Set roles and reading assignments for the next meeting
6.) Complete the summarizer (see below)

Summarizer
Answer the following questions completely.  Make sure that you explain EACH answer.
1.) How did you guys work together?

What was your role?  What did you bring to the table?

What worked/what did you enjoy?

What didn't work/how can you fix it?

History Component Agenda
1.) Quick table talk about your interview
2.) Let's meet your person!
3.) Whole class discussion about the people (summing things up!)
4.) Drawing homework - We would like a visual representation about what life was like back then.  Use the videos we watched, everything we've been studying up to this point and information you've gathered from your novel to help you create this.  We're looking to see how well you fully understand the Puritan's, their lifestyle and what this hysteria looked like.

HOMEWORK
1.) Visual representation
2.) Literature circle work