8th grade English & Language Arts
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Now Playing: Week of October 17 - 21, 2005
English:

Monday-Wednesday: We will create "Name Posters." Students will think about words, phrases, and pictures that describe them. They will write their names in big bubble letters and then fill in the letters with the words that describe them. These "posters" will colored and then displayed in the 8th grade hall.

Thursday-Friday: Students will use their name posters to write descriptive essays about themselves.

*There will be no DOL this week!

*Grades will be given on the name posters and on the essays.

*I sent progress reports home Monday. Please sign these and return.


Language Arts:
Monday: Students will finish their tests on "Flowers for Algernon."
Tuesday-Wednesday: We will be watching the movie version of our story.
Thursday: workbook pages 21-24; wksts. on idioms and figurative language
Friday: We will be writing a persuasive essay on
"How you feel about using or not using animals in laboratory testing."

*No Vocabulary Workshop this week!
*No homework this week! (unless you don't finish your work in class on Thursday...)
*I sent progress reports home Monday. Please sign and return.