Due Wednesday:
Due Thursday:
Due Tuesday:
NOTE: WE ARE OUT TO HAVE 100% of us bring in a one-pound can of ham or a 14 ounce can of pink salmon for St. John’s Food Pantry. Don’t forget to get yours! Tomorrow is DEADLINE! Thank you — these will be in the Holiday Food Bags given out to St. Johns. Thanks to Ruby G and Jasper for bringing in today!
Due Monday:
1. Be prepared to ask any final questions about the Retreat from Reconstruction that you have. We will have a written assessment in Core ALL 1.
2. FINISH Part-Time Indian. Enjoy! Also, you must read the interview with Ellen Forney, at the end of the book. We will have a final test on the book in class on Thursday 12/17. You will get information about the test in class on Tuesday.
3. Bring an Independent Book for Independent Reading in Core All 2.
4. Don’t forget a canned ham or salmon for our donation to St. Johns. If you want to bring both, great!
5. Holiday book is due in your hand on Tuesday! Also, by then you must have the Holiday book form completed with your parents’ signature.
Due Friday:
Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution: Read pages 268-272 , and make notes on the those pages on the handout under the corresponding headings. Your chart should be completely filled out.
Also, choose the Holiday Book that you are going to read over the break and bring in a signed Holiday Book form tomorrow. You just need to read the book, a project will be assigned when we return.
Due Monday:
Quiz on Retreat from Reconstruction on Monday in Core ALL. You will be able to use your notes. I will check your notes prior to quiz and make sure they are in your own words! 🙂
Part Time Indian–finish the book–pages 196-230. Be sure to read the very last 8 pages of the book (after the discussion questions portion) “Interview with Ellen Forney,” the illustrator. We will have an in-class writing assessment and creative assessment on Thursday, 17th. All students will be prepared to completed that as a final for the book.
Tuesday, December 8
**Begin formulating an opinion about why we have paired the novel Part-Time Indian with the Reconstruction Era. What are the thematic links between them? Speculate about what they might be in preparation for our culminating activity which is an in-class writing next week.
Due Wednesday:
A. Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution: Read pages 263-265, and make notes on the “Retreat from Reconstruction Grid” that you made in class. If you were not here, the grid is basically a blank paper folded into 4 rectangles. Each one has a title and notes for that section are put into the box with the corresponding title.
Sections of FRONT and BACK of Retreat from Reconstruction Grid:
B. Part-Time Indian–read pages 98-134 and be prepared to answer questions in class
Due Thursday:
A.Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution: Read pages 266 & 267, and make notes on the those pages on the handout under the corresponding headings.
B. Part-Time Indian–read pages 135-178.
Due Friday:
Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution: Read pages 268-272 , and make notes on the those pages on the handout under the corresponding headings. Your chart should be completely filled out.
Due Monday: Part Time Indian–finish the book–pages 196-230. Be sure to read the very last 8 pages of the book (after the discussion questions portion) “Interview with Ellen Forney,” the illustrator. Be quiz-ready!
Today is Pearl Harbor Day. “A day which shall live in infamy.” -Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Due Tuesday:
1. Part-Time Indian– read pages 66-97, and be prepared to answer questions in class.
2. Reconstructing America: Read chapter 17 and answer the questions on the handout. Ch 17 Hakim
For Wednesday:
1. Writer’s Workshop, complete the Three-Line Timeline that you started in class.
2. You will also have other HW so please plan ahead!
Due Monday:
O N G O I N G
Due Thursday:
Social Justice Project Launch: Find 3 Social Justice organizations whose missions interest you in NYC, and write their contact information on the chart as directed.
Do not put the same contact organizations as your friends just for credit. The point here is to gather as many organizations as possible so that ALL eighth graders will have a database with which to find organizations that they can work with.
Due Next Wednesday:
1. For Writer’s workshop, complete the Three-Line Timeline that was started in class. Bring it to class next week.
Due Wednesday:
1. Complete Hakim Preface and Chapter 1-7 w/ handout.
2. Bring in your Writer’s Notebook for Writer’s workshop tomorrow. No writing entry is due.
Due Thursday: Go Social Justice Project!
1. Completed grid with THREE organizations who work to make a difference with some social justice issue, their contact information and mission.
You do not have to choose yet, just gather ideas and start to see what interests you!