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Dear Eighth Graders,

You were amazing in Minimester! So many teachers said you were just wonderful–kind, and so bright. I was proud of you all. GREAT JOB.Thank you and well done.

As you know, I will be gone next week.  Janice will be in and has detailed plans for the week.  Here is the entire HW for the whole time!

Have a GREAT week! I will be watching the election from afar and thinking of you all!

Sarah

Due Monday, November 3:

1. Your typed up full first draft of your resistance essay, including a conclusion that follows the packet’s guidelines.

2. Please select a photo of yourself or your life that you love and bring it Wednesday! DO NOT FORGET!

Due  Tuesday, November 4 (Election Day!):

Civil War letter #2 due at 8:20 AM, 2 copies printed out.  Don’t forget to respond to your partner’s letter and then go on to write about what you have read since your 1st letter.  Use the checklist and be sure to use proper format!  AND apply what you said you would do to upgrade this time in your letter to me about Civil War Letter #1  (in your hanging file under paper cutter if you forgot).

Due Wednesday, November 5:

1. 20 minutes of free writing in your writer’s notebook from your starters list

2. Bring in one favorite photo of you as a kid and/or your life. Do not forget! ☺

Due Thursday, November 6:

Revise draft one of your essay. Use the rubric, and your work in class on Monday on grading essays. Start by reading it aloud–DO NOT SKIP THIS—and note where it needs work. Then complete the two things you wrote across the top of your paper in class when grading students’ essays from years past.  Be sure your conclusion follows the guidelines in the packet.

Due Monday, November 10:

Lincoln chapter 3: vocabulary definitions and sentences & read the chapter and complete handout (click to open).

Due Tuesday, November 11:

Civil War Letter #3.  Book should be ½ way done by about then!

Due Wednesday, November 12:

Visual Archeology 20 minute writing piece about your photo due in writer’s notebook.

Original post by sbarlow

Here are your reflection questions. Please answer them and put them in your advisory folder no later than Friday. You should add one piece of work that you would like to talk about during your family conference next week. See me if you are not sure what to put in the folder. 

1. What are 2 strengths in this class?
2. What is an area that you feel could use improvement?
3. What is at least one goal for next quarter as well as one for the entire year in this class?
4. What specific assignment or type of activity was most meaning/helpful to you?
5. What did you enjoy the most about this class?

Original post by shahn

I hope you all have a wonderful time at minimester!

Due next Tuesday (election day):  the “Why California?” handout I gave out today. You will hear more about the electoral college voting system in the news.  Completing the handout may give you a better sense of the numbers you hear about.

Original post by mboehm

Due Monday 11/3

1) Typed, full draft of your TBAS essay with Introduction, 4 body paragraphs, and Conclusion.

2) Read Lincoln: An Autobiography Chapter 2. Quiz on Chapter 1 and 2 on Monday when we return.

3) Read your Civil War Books. Prepare for the Letter #2 due on Tuesday 11/4

Please:

Turn in your Writer’s notebook

Turn in another copy of your Family Interview.

Due Tuesday:

Civil War Independent Book Partner Letter #2

Original post by smroberts

Español 8

SC8 y MM8

En clase:

1. Leímos sobre el uso del imperfecto/we read about the usage of the imperfect ie for saying “I used to verb” “I was verbing” and “I would verb” as well as for mental activity and describing in the past

Tarea:

1. Send me an email with your test grade from 10/16 or 10 17 as well as your top three quiz grades- gkeller@lrei.org
2. Prueba del vocabulario del “Enemigo, I, II” el lunes/”Enemigo I, II” vocab quiz on  Monday
3. En Spanish Grammar, hagan ej. 68 y 69/ in Spanish Grammar, do ex. 68 & 69

Original post by gkeller

Un Ete: Make sure that your chapters 1, 2 and 3 are completed. This includes A and B in all of the chapters, the vocabulary, and the exercises that were assigned already in chapters 1 and 2.
For next time, (next Monday):
Complete activity E in chapter 3, read chapter 4, complete A and B, add your vocabulary list and complete the definitions. This should all be on a separate sheet of paper (not in the book!)

Original post by shahn

Due Tuesday:

Your first letter to your Civil War Independent Book Partner! You must come to class with 2 copies of your letter and one must be turned into me. Make sure that your letter addresses a few of the examples we discussed in class.

Important

There will be NO QUIZ tomorrow in class on Lincoln. We will save the quiz for Chapter 1 and 2 until after minimester. Yea!

Original post by smroberts

Now that we have started construction of your vehicles, make notes of any construction issues you are running into.

I can help your group trouble shoot these issues.

Ongoing homework associated with this project is to be observing how machines around you transfer energy.

Original post by svolkmann

Español 8

SC8 y MM8

En clase:

1. Tratamos de organizar todo el trabajo de la semana pasada/ we tried to organize all the work from last week
2. SC8: Hicimos el vocabulario del “Enemigo” y repasamos el cuento no. 3/ we did the vocabulary from “Enemigo” and went over story #3
3. SC8 y MM8: Entregamos los ej. 94 y 95/ we handed in ex. 94 and 95, on paper

1. MM8: Completamos el vocabulario del “Enemigo” y el cuento no. 3/we completed the “Enemigo” vocab and story #3
2. Algunos terminaron los ej. 94 y 95/ some finished ex. 94 & 95, on paper

Tarea:

1. MM8: Completan Spanish Grammar hasta el “Repaso” en la p. 73/ complete all of the preterite ex. up to the “Repaso.”
2. SC8 y MM8: Estudien el vocabulario del “Enemigo” para una prueba el lunes

Original post by gkeller

Due Monday:

Read your Civil War book for at least one hour this weekend. You may want the Civil War Cheat Sheet to help you get some of the terms in your book.

Due Tuesday:

Your first Civil War letter is due to your partner!

Wednesday to Friday: Minimester!!

Original post by sbarlow