Friday, September 10

Due Monday:

1. Bring in the classic you read this summer and have selected for a book talk (but don’t write anything yet)

2. Bring in your completed Warriors Don’t Cry writing

3. Bring in a signed copy of your Core Expectations (signed certifying that you and one of your parents/guardians has read it). Click here for a new copy if you left yours at school: CoreExpectations10-11

4. Write your own “Theme For English B” based on Langston Hughes’s poem that we worked on today in class. It must be at least 15 lines long and give a sense of who you are.  You may lift from his work or not, as you choose. Here is the original poem for your reference. Theme for English B Text

O N G O I N G

Due Friday, September 17: If you want to run for eighth grade student representative, write your speech and practice it for this day! You will deliver it at noon.