VOTE FOR BONZO!!!

SPIRIT WEEK!!

Monday: PJ DAY!
LA-
Skit make-ups and Skit #5 "The Engagement"
Tom Sawyer movie clip for ch. 4-6
Teacher read-aloud ch.7
and to get you ready for Halloween- "The Tell-Tale Heart"

SS-
YIKES! We HAVE TO get those tests passed out!
Read ch.16 section 2
Ken Burn's movie clip (Thanks Alex W.!)

Tuesday: Hippie Day!
LA-
Skits
CH. 1-6 TEST!!!
GROUP WORK: read ch. 8
Work on character analysis
Answer review questions for ch. 6-8

SS-
Ch. 16 section 3
Vocabulary discussion/work
Review Questions
Movie Clip

Wednesday: Halloween- wear your costume!
LA-
Skits
Teacher reads ch. 9 aloud
GROUP WORK:
study guide questions

SS-
Movie "Realities of the Civil War"

Thursday: Cartoon Character Day!
LA-
Present Whitewash scenes
Read ch. 10
Class discussion
Dialect

SS-
Ch. 16 section 4

Friday: Dress in blue and SHOW SOME SPIRIT!!!
LA-
AR reading.
You MUST have your AR book in class.

SS-
MANDATORY Current Event Day

Week of October 22-26

We've got a busy week! Full OF FUN! Be sure to have all your Adventures of Tom Sawyer papers with you each day. Also, you do not need to bring your Write in Reader for several weeks.

Monday:
LA-
Tom Sawyer movie clip for ch. 1-4
Teacher read-aloud ch.5
New vocabulary list passed out

SS-
On Friday I forgot to collect p. 456 chapter review. So, please have it today!
Intro. To ch. 16 p. 460-462
Ken Burn's movie clip (Thanks Alex W.!)

Tuesday:
LA-
Vocabulary review in journal
Character sheet explanation
GROUP WORK: read ch. 6
Work on character sheet
Answer review questions aloud for ch. 1-4

SS-
Ch. 16 section two
Vocabulary discussion/work
Review Questions
Movie Clip

Wednesday:
LA-
Skit #2 "Tom is Dying"
Teacher reads ch. 7 aloud
GROUP WORK: Questioning activity
Ch. 1-4 study guide questions

SS-
Ch. 15 test grade/discussion
Study for Candy Quiz TOMORROW!

Thursday:
LA-
Skit #3 "Dead Cat"
Whitewash activity part 1

SS-
SUPER BIG CANDY QUIZ DAY!!!
(Winning team earns a free review section!)

Friday:
LA-
Skit #4 "I Love You"
Complete Whitewash activity
AR reading. You MUST have your AR book in class.

SS-
MANDATORY Current Event Day

DRAMA CLASS:
Your final monologue performances are Thursday and Friday.
Make sure you know your script by heart!

This clip is for your moms to watch. It made me laugh pretty hard! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ati3k32-NXI

Week of October 15-19

Monday:
LA- Journal, Grammar Skills pre-test review and discussion
Introduction to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
SS- Chapter 15 p.448-450 (section 4)

Tuesday:
LA- Tom Sawyer vocabulary
Author study: Mark Twain
Read ch. 1
SS-
ALL CH. 15 QUESTIONS DUE
CIVIL WAR MAP DUE
Map presentations
Video Part 1

Wednesday:
LA- Class Discussion
Jane Schaffer writing prompt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
SS- Video clip part two
Chapter Review Questions

Thursday:
LA- Read ch. 3 and 4 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Discuss and review
Work on Jane Schaffer Writing Prompt- DUE AT END OF PERIOD!
SS- Big 'ol test review

Friday:

LA- AR reading day. GET THOSE AR POINTS BEFORE NOV. 28!

SS- Current Events

CHAPTER 15 TEST!

YEARBOOK COMMITTEE-

Don't forget that you have meetings this week at lunch on Tuesday and after school on FRIDAY!

8th Grade RULES!!

Online SECRET extra credit:

Make me an original list of 25 concrete nouns and an abstract noun related to each. Worth 25 extra credit points in LA. Due MONDAY OCTOBER 15 for credit.

Week of October 8-12

Monday:
LA- Journal, Grammar Skills pre-test
SS- Chapter 15 p. 446-438

Tuesday:
LA- Discuss and Review Jane Schaffer writing prompt from “Moon”, Nouns (GRAMMAR ROCK! YAY!)
SS- Chapter 15 p. 438-439, Introduce new Map Project

Wednesday:
LA- Jane Schaffer writing prompt from “Moon”
SS- ch. 15 read p. 440-444, work on map project

Thursday:
LA- AR reading day. GET THOSE AR POINTS BEFORE NOV. 28!
SS- Video Clip "The Civil War" (Thanks Alex for the video!), p. 445-447

Friday:
NO SCHOOL FOR YOU!
Lucky!!

YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS!!