8th grade English and Language Arts
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: Week of October 10 - 14, 2005
I was out Monday, October 10. I apologize for not being able to be at school yesterday, but it was a medical emergency...Everything's fine, and I'm back at school today!

English -
Monday: DOL; textbook pgs. 332-335; workbook pgs. 53-56; no homework

Tuesday: DOL; going back over prepositions; study the lists of them tonight for homework - quiz on them tomorrow!! (*We didn't do well on the previous test on prepositions!)

Wednesday: DOL; quiz on prepostitions (definition of and lists of); textbook pgs. 336-337; homework - wkbk. pgs. 57-58

Thursday: DOL; textbook pgs. 338-343 (review); wkbk. pgs. 59-60 for homework; Test tomorrow on Unit 8 - sentences (pgs. 326-343)

Friday: DOL; Unit 8 Test


Language Arts -
Monday - Begin Unit 2 Vocabulary Workshop - words 1-10 only; continue reading story - "Flowers for Algernon"; no homework

Tuesday - Voc. Wksp. Synonyms & Antonyms sections; finish reading story "Flowers for Algernon"; get study guide for Part 2; no homework

Wednesday - Voc. Wksp. review spellings and definitions of words 1-10; answer story study guide; homework: study for test on Voc. Wksp. wds, 1-10

Thursday - Voc. Wksp. - test; check study guide; wkbk. pgs. 21-24; test tomorrow on story and story vocabulary tomorrow

Friday - story test; "Ink Blot" activity, if time permits

Thanks so much to Isaac Newman's mother for sending the box of candy!!!!:) I really appreciate it!! Have a great week!