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Posted: April 23, 2013

Secret assignment

For those of you that read my teacher page: On a blank sheet of paper, name the six traits of effective writing and put it in the homework bin before you leave.  You will receive extra credit if it is in on Wednesday.  (pssst - Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, and Conventions...but you already knew that anyway.)

Posted: April 23, 2013

April 23 - Grade 8 HW

Practice your speech and be ready to deliver tomorrow!

Posted: April 23, 2013

April 23 - Grade 7 HW

Practice your speech and be ready to deliver tomorrow!

Posted: April 16, 2013

IMPORTANT SPEECH INFORMATION

If you have been keeping up and using your class time effectively, you should be almost ready to deliver your speech.  This should be 3-5 minutes.  You will be graded seperately on the written portion and on the delivery. For your delivery, you will be graded on:Posture - Stand up straight and try to look relaxed!Eye Contact - Look your audience in the eyes and connect with them.Enunciation - Open your mouth wide and speak clearlyRate - Don't speak too quickly or too slowlyVolume - Speak loudly enough for everyone to hear easily, but make sure you don't yell.

Posted: April 16, 2013

April 16 - Grade 8 HW

Finish the exercise on oxymoron and paradox.  Practice your speech.

Posted: April 16, 2013

April 16 - Grade 7 HW

Complete any unfinished assignments and practice your speech. Boys - We will be making a few things for the movie tomorrow while the girls are away.  Bring old clothes, you will have an opportunity to change.

Posted: April 15, 2013

Materials needed for movie project

We will begin preparing some things for our movie this week.  Any material donations would be greatly appreciated! Here's our list: Corn Syrup (preferably golden)Food Coloring (red, green, blue)Chocolate SyrupNewspapersFlour More to come!

Posted: April 15, 2013

April 15 - Grade 8 HW

Practice your speech.  Your draft should be complete at this point and you should be making revisions as you practice.  Remember, the speech is to be 3-5 minutes. There is no current events sheet this week.

Posted: April 15, 2013

April 15 - Grade 7 HW

Practice your speech.  Your draft should be complete at this point and you should be making revisions as you practice.  Remember, the speech is to be 3-5 minutes. Finish the questions from the article on Hydrualic Fracturing. There is no current events sheet this week.

Posted: April 11, 2013

April 11 - Grade 8 HW

Your speech drafts should be complete, we will continue to work on revisions tomorrow.  Questions from On the Sidewalk Bleeding should be turned in as well as activities related to the Fracking articla. Hang on to the Trip to the Moon story.  We will have a vocabulary exercize next week

Posted: April 11, 2013

April 11 - Grade 7 HW

Your Social Studies test should have been turned in today.  If it wasn't turn it in first thing tomorrow. Illustrator/Connector/Predictor sheet for The Butterfly Revolution should also be turned in. Run your speech draft by me tomorrow to make sure you're on the right track.  Most are looking pretty good at this point.  Try practicing your speech to ensure that it is about 3 minutes long.

Posted: April 8, 2013

April 8 - Grade 8 HW

Read and fill out reading log, complete Social Studies Current Events sheet (due Friday, April 12).

Posted: April 8, 2013

April 8 - Grade 7 HW

Work on Social Studies take home exam.  This is to be passed in Thursday, April 11. Read and fill out reading log, complete Social Studies Current Events sheet (due Friday, April 12).

Posted: April 5, 2013

Speech Draft - Deadline

Rough drafts of speeches were due today.  Anyone not turning in a speech draft should plan to attend study hall after school this Tuesday (April 9).

Posted: April 5, 2013

Grade 8 Vocabulary list

The format for the vocabulary quiz next week will be the same as our previous quiz.  You will be given a definition and a sentence with a blank.  You fill in the correct word from the vocab list.  Possible words are all listed below. empathyutopiacompulsorydraconianscapegoatphantasmsobriquetfacadescrutinizeincognitodebacleabhorpariahcynicalalibiprocrastinatemodus operandiimminentfeignepitomemeticulousperseveratetenaciouscajolevicariousapathy

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