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  • Quest draws to a close!

    5/16/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, we are almost finished with our research papers! Please send me a final copy of your entire paper (all mini papers attached as one document) by Monday! I will edit and get back to you for a final copy. Please indent each new paragraph, double space the entire paper and put a proper [...]

  • Animal Farm updated reading schedule!

    5/03/12 • (0)

    Hey Grade 8, you all did a fabulous job with the Windmill activity yesterday. I was impressed with your teamwork and creativity! Because of the time it took to complete our Windmills, we lost reading time. If you did not read aloud with me yesterday, please read chapter 2 and 3 tonight! I have had [...]

  • Animal Farm!

    4/30/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, we will be reading chapter 2 in Animal Farm tomorrow in class, as well as watching a background power point on the novel as an allegory and the Russian Revolution. ***Please bring in any recycling (paper, boxes, cardboard, plastic, glass, etc.) for class on Wednesday as we will be doing a project connected [...]

  • Grade 8 Updates

    4/25/12 • (0)

    Here is an update on Grade 8 English: We have started a new novel, Animal Farm and I am attaching the reading schedule. As always, it is flexible. Animal Farm reading_schedule We had an introduction day to the author,George Orwell and had a discussion/power point on WWII for background and one on Orwell with literary [...]

  • Quest Deadlines

    4/16/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, we reviewed what is due and when it is due today in class. Since we don’t have class tomorrow, our Mentor Log Sheet and Personal Journal are due on Wednesday in class. I will be looking for Mentor signatures and dates! Also great job writing your Mini Paper #1 today. I will edit [...]

  • The Quest Continues!

    4/13/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, you all have done very well this week turning in all your assignments: research scaffold and introduction paragraph. On Monday, please bring a rough copy of your first mini-paper or section. This should be about 2-4 paragraphs on the first main subject you outlined in your research scaffold paper. Each paragraph needs to [...]

  • Grade 8!

    4/05/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, today in Quest class we turned in our four sources paper Research organizer-form, with specific details as to a source we will use for our research paper. Good work! Next we had a discussion about our current Quest grade percentage. I encourage all of you to turn in missing work and stay on [...]

  • Quest Update!

    4/03/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, we have a new timeline for our Quest paper, project and multi-media presentation. I added you all to a Google Docs version, you were given a handout yesterday and I will attach it here. Please make note of the final presentation dates. We need to start thinking about what day we want to [...]

  • Conferences and such!

    3/13/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, we have our two hour class tomorrow from 8:15-10:15am where we will do one if not all of these things: 1. Continue working on our Self-Assessments on Google Docs for conferences Friday. If you have a laptop, please bring it to school then we can stay in the classroom. 2. Continue with our [...]

  • Quest Paper Outline

    3/05/12 • (0)

    Grade 8, your Quest Research Paper Outline is due on Thursday this week, March 11. I have attached a sample outline. Remember, this is a brief look at what you want to include in your paper. Please email me a copy of your outline and I will give you feedback. Please include a proper heading [...]