October 31st

Enjoy your evening.

October 30th

LA 8A
- REAL good copies of essays due Friday.


LA 8D
- Thank you for putting in so much effort on your essays.

SOCIAL 8A
- Thank you for working so well during both social studies periods today.
- Chapter 2 quiz next week (Tuesday?)

SOCIAL 8C
- Chapter 2 quiz next week (Wednesday?)

REMINDER : Tomorrow we will not be going to Sportsworld until after morning break. Please bring your books for the morning.
- There is no school on Thursday.

October 29th

Thank you to 8A for being so well behaved during the first two periods for the substitute today.

LA 8A
- rewritten Outsiders essay due tomorrow. You should have edited your work in one colour and had someone else edit it in another colour. I should have okay-ed your introduction already.

SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- Today I collected the 8 questions on the success of city-states, your work on the TRADE sheet linking each comment to trade, and your chart from the first social studies period this morning. If you did not hand these in, please make sure they are handed in first thing tomorrow.
- Tomorrow will will finish our charts on the success of city-states. It will also be collected.
- We will soon get a study guide for chapter 2. This will be due before you can write your test. The test will likely be at the beginning of next week.

October 28th

PROGRESS REPORTS
went home on October 21st. If you have not already done so, please have them signed and return them as soon as possible.

SPORTSWORLD FORMS
were due Friday. If you are not going, you must bring a note from your parent or guardian indicating that you will not be participating.

October 25th

LA 8A
- make sure you have had one other person edit your contrast essay for conventions and sentences. Make sure you have at least three different types of sentences per paragraph. Make sure you have included topics A,B, and C in your introduction.

LA 8D
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SOCIAL 8A
- using 47-57 in your text, finish recording information about Venice, Genoa, Florence and Milan.

ROLLER SKATING FORMS DUE TOMORROW. IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING, YOU NEED TO BRING A NOTE FROM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN INDICATING THIS.

October 24th

SOCIAL 8A
- using 47-57 in your text, finish recording information about Venice, Genoa, Florence and Milan.

October 23rd

LA 8D
- chapters 7 - 9 vocabulary due Thurs

October 22nd

GET PROGRESS REPORTS SIGNED!
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LA 8D
- finish Socs vs. Greasers contrast essay
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LA 8A
- finish chapters 7-9 vocabulary
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SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- finish 8 questions for pages 47 - 54
- PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW (final project as well as character profile, reference page, research information, scripts, outlines, and storyboards)

October 19th

NOTE: Permission forms went home for Oct. 31 roller skating. There will be classes in the morning. Please return the first page fully completed (front and back) with money.
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LA 8A
- finish rough copy of socs vs greasers contrast essay
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LA 8D

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SOCIAL
Projects due Tuesday
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October 18th

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- projects are due on Tuesday.

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- Come prepared to begin your contrast essay on the socs and greasers.
- If you did not bring in your permission form today, you may still bring it in tomorrow (FRIDAY) and we will try to get you a seat.

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- Finish rewriting the class-edited essay.
- If you did not bring in your permission form today, you may still bring it in tomorrow (FRIDAY) and we will try to get you a seat.

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NOTE: TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IS WACKY HAIR DAY!
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Homework October 17th

LA 8A
- come prepared to discuss ideas for a contrast essay on the socs and greasers.

LA 8D
- finish reading chapter 6. Be prepared for a chapter quiz.
- finish rewriting contrast essay we edited in class.

SOCIAL 8C
- we have finished working on our project in class. Completed projects are due on Tuesday. If you did not have four insightful questions, your reference page, or your character profile completed, you can still hand it in with your project for marks. All research information should be handed in with completed projects.

SOCIAL 8A - come prepared to work on Social Studies projects.

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NOTE: PERMISSION FORMS AND MONEY FOR THE CITADEL TRIP ARE DUE TOMORROW!
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Homework October 16th

LA 8A
- finish reading chapter 6

SOCIAL
- come prepared to work on project in class. Outlines, script, and information should be complete.

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NOTE: PERMISSION FORMS AND MONEY FOR THE CITADEL TRIP ARE DUE TOMORROW!
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Homework October 15th

SOCIAL 8A and 8C
- we have had our last computer period for our social studies project. If you have work that is not complete, the computer labs are available for use at lunch hours.
- Tomorrow we will begin working on scripts and outlines for our projects.
- The project is outlined in a previous post on the blog.

8A LA
- finish rewriting the contrast essay comparing school and home. Don't forget to use the editions we worked on in class.
- come prepared to discuss your ideas for an essay contrasting the Socs and the Greasers

Homework October 11th

SOCIAL - review rubrics for Project

Picture Orders DUE TOMORROW
"A Christmas Carol" permission forms due BY THURSDAY!

SOCIAL STUDIES RENAISSANCE PROJECT

We are currently working on a social studies project in class. We are using the computers in the labs to research Renaissance individuals. Each group has chosen the Renaissance individual they would like to study for their project. One focus for this project is to research, in an organized fashion, and understand the specific contributions of their chosen individual to the Renaissance. For example, they might develop an understanding of how the individual influenced society in the development of a humanist worldview. A second focus is on presentating this information in a visual format. The information should be presented in a clear and interesting manner. For example, posters should not be jumbled with text that require the audience to read pages of information. This is not an essay project.

Students who are making video presentations will have a couple periods to create storyboards as well as a detailed script. Those who are doing poster presentations will use this time to develop well-planned outlines for their posters (including specific information and layout). This will be proof of organization for the project.

All students will also be responsible for handing in a reference page and proof of organized research information. We have begun developing the reference page and organized research page in class. Students are able to email this information home if it is not completed in class.

Each student has received three rubrics which will be used for grading this project. Most of it will be completed in class, but he may be required to do a little planning, and some of teh final work at home. The project will not be due until the beginning of the week after next, probably around the 21st, but we will finish working on it in class next week.

Visit
http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/wqrenais.htm#1
to see the starting point we used in class.

Homework October 10th

SOCIAL - Project Planning. 8C Review rubrics.

LA - timelines and vocabulary

Homework October 9th

LA 8A
- complete picture timelines for chapters 1 -4
- complete vocabulary for chaps 4-6
- come up with an idea for a contrast essay.

LA 8D
- complete picture timelines for chapters 1 -4
- complete vocabulary for chaps 4-6

SOC 8A and 8C
begin planning for presentation

Homework October 4th

8A LA - finish vocabulary for Outsiders Chaps 4-6

8D LA - finish vocabulary for Outsiders Chaps 4-6
- complete character webs

SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information from these pages.

Homework October 3rd

8A LA - finish character webs (with adjectives) for Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, and Sodapop.

8D LA - finish character webs (with adjectives) for Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop.

8A SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information.

8C SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47. Identify 7 important pieces of information.

Homework October 2nd

8c SOCIAL - read pages 39 - 47.
Identify 7 important pieces of information.

8a SOCIAL - Chapter one test tomorrow. Study guide must be completed to write test.

Homework October 1st

SOC 8A
- test Wednesday

SOC 8C
- test Tuesday (tomorrow)
- review questions and chart MUST be completed

LA 8D
- test Tuesday

LA 8A
- finish reading chapter 4 of The Outsiders