8-5 and 8-6

Locker Clean out on Tuesday June 16

aalgrade8 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:54:59 +0000

Locker Clean out on Tuesday June 16, please make sure your student has enough bags to take everything home in.

ELA – Outsider Review and Plotline, Orion and the Sisters Due Mon.

aalgrade8 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:46:26 +0000

ELA – Outsider Review and Plotline, Orion and the Sisters Due Mon.

ELA Dust review and begin Outsider Review for Friday June 12

aalgrade8 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:49:04 +0000

ELA Dust review and begin Outsider Review for Friday June 12

SS – exam review for Thurs. June 11

aalgrade8 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:58:54 +0000

SS – exam review for Thurs. June 11. Students are to be finished the back of the review sheet (Society Comparison Chart).

ELA – exam review for Wed. June 10

aalgrade8 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:56:48 +0000

ELA – exam review for Wed. June 10. Students are to be finished the first page (terms) and the back of the second page (identify alliteration, metaphor, etc.). Students are welcome to work on the rest of the booklet at home ahead of what is posted.

Exams

aalgrade8 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:28:08 +0000

The exam schedule has been handed out. Review week begins on June 9th with reviews handed out.

Suggestions for studying a head of time:

ELA: poetic devices, types of poems, literary terms

SS: vocabulary and key concepts

Ms Cherniack will be available 3 lunches out of the 5 lunches in each week before exams for extra help.

Week of June 1 – Tues, Wed, and Thurs. (students had been informed of these times on Mon.)

Week of June 8 – TBD based on student needs.

SS for 8-5 and 8-6 Middle Ages booklet Due Fri. June 5

aalgrade8 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:47:08 +0000

SS for 8-5 and 8-6 Middle Ages booklet Due Fri. June 5. Students have class time to work and we are correcting approximately 15-20 questions a day.

SS Rome Write-Up for 8-5 and 8-6 Due Mon. June 1

aalgrade8 — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:27:27 +0000

SS Rome Write-Up for 8-5 and 8-6 Due Mon. June 1

Each student has chosen a topic (some have chosen to work in pairs or in threes) and is writing a one page (if typed) paper, which uses paragraphs, summarizing the key information about their topic.

If students have chosen to work with others, each student is responsible for a page but will receive a group mark based on all the work as a group.

Students are to have a minimum of one print resource and one online resource. Students have received library, class, and computer time.

ELA 8-5 and 8-6 Outsiders Update – Due Tues. June 2

aalgrade8 — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:51:13 +0000

ELA 8-5 and 8-6 Outsiders Update – Rough and good copies of all Tuff Talks (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12) will be due on Tues. June 2. Students will also have a reading response due then, which will be introduced in the next couple of days.

SS 8-5 and 8-6 Pax Romana, Decline, Legacy, and People due Wed. May 26

aalgrade8 — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:44:50 +0000

SS 8-5 and 8-6 Jot notes on Pax Romana, The Decline of the Roman Empire, The Roman Legacy, and People (list on Roman Unit instructions) due Wed. May 26. Students have had class time.