April 28th

LA 8D
lit circles tomorrow. Please have your role completed.

LA 8A
bring the ad you created in class on Thursday

SOCIAL 8A and 8C
questions are due Wednesday(pages 267 - 277)

April 22

SOCIAL STUDIES
Aztec Unit Exam tomorrow
Before writing the exam, essential questions chart, questions from the text and study guide that were assigned last week should be completed

LA 8A
- finish 3 questions from yesterday's powerpoint
- next lit circle role is due Monday
- students are encouraged to bring in old magazines for their media literacy unit.

LA 8D
- next lit circle role is due tomorrow
- first advertisement is due Monday
- students are encouraged to bring in old magazines for their media literacy unit.

April 21

Permission Forms for Science Field Trip were due today. Please bring them tomorrow if you did not do so today.

LA 8A
- finish 3 questions from today's powerpoint
- next lit circle role is due tomorrow
- students are encouraged to bring in old magazines for their media literacy unit.

LA 8D
- next lit circle role is due Wednesday
- students are encouraged to bring in old magazines for their media literacy unit.

SOCIAL
- Unit exam on Wednesday
- Tomorrow we will be working on study guides and finishing the activities that were assigned at the end of last week.

April 18th

NOTE:
SCIENCE FIELD TRIP FORMS ARE DUE ON MONDAY.
STUDENTS IN LA 8A, 8D, 8C, and 8B are encouraged to bring in old magazines for their media literacy units.

SOCIAL
BOTH 8A and 8C received study guides for their unit test on Wednesday. It has also been posted on the wikispace.

SOCIAL 8A
Today we worked on completing our essential questions charts. These are to be used as a self-assessment so students know what they don't know by the end of the unit.
Students should finish reading chapter 11 in their texts over the weekend.
Questions were assigned:
page 245 Over to You 1a, Zoom In- answer the bulleted questions and Explain.
page 255 #1, 4a-don't draw, just make a list.
page 256 #1c
Test Next week on Wednesday

April 17th

SOCIAL 8C
Today we worked on completing our essential questions. These are to be used as a self-assessment so students know what they don't know by the end of the unit.
Students should finish reading chapter 11 in their texts over the weekend.
Questions were assigned:
page 245 Over to You 1a, Zoom In- answer the bulleted questions and Explain.
page 255 #1, 4a-don't draw, just make a list.
page 256 #1c
Test Next week - likely Wednesday

LA 8D
finished our first literature circle session today. Students need to finish readings and 1st role for Monday

LA 8A
should have completed cover page, a list of strategies and a first advertisement for the media literacy unit

April 16th

LA 8A
stories were due yesterday
media literacy cover pages were due today
1st commercial is due tomorrow

LA 8D
stories were due yesterday
media literacy cover pages are due tomorrow

SOCIAL
We will have one more 40 minute period to complete the "Decline of an Empire" activity in the computer lab. (8C Thursday, 8A Friday)

questions on pages 219 and 222 were due long ago. I will be checking tomorrow.

April 15th

LA
The writing portion of the LA final exam will be on May 14th from 9:10 - 11:20.

SOCIAL
Aztec Unit test will likely be next week.

April 14th

LA 8A and 8D
stories are due tomorrow

SOCIAL
working in groups to identify factors that led to the decline of the Aztec Empire. We will be using criteria to determine the most and least significant factors. Students have been provide with an outline for the assignment. The final product is an individual assignment.

April 11th

LA 8A and 8D
- final draft stories are due on Tuesday

April 9th

LA 8A
finish figure of speech posters

SOCIAL 8C
todya we shared "expert" research information

HOT LUNCH money due on Monday

REMINDER

Just a reminder to send your LA story to your imail account if you typed it at home. We will be working on these in class tomorrow.