SHOJ - English Language Arts

8th grade, If you need to refer back to this: l Criteria for collage: l Student includes the phrase “Words About Me” and their name.   l Student creates quality à neat edges, clean design, utilizes color. l Student includes at least six different words and explains each one in complete and correct sentences.

8th graders, Here are study tools, though the review is the best thing you can start with! Fresh Prince rap, parts of speech style.    We could learn this as a class. What do you think?! For more practice: http://www.quia.com/rr/143009.html http://www.quia.com/quiz/661339.html?AP_rand=1846363390 http://www.quia.com/quiz/254737.html?AP_rand=710328566 https://quizlet.com/172850/parts-of-speech-flash-cards/ Challenge Quizzes: (These make you apply the parts of speech. The quiz won't be like this! This is going above and beyond.) http:// www.quia.com/quiz/300579.html?AP_rand=615269957 https://quizlet.com/8007817/parts-of-speech-sentences-flash-cards/

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Students, When we're in the lab tomorrow: 1. 7th and 8th: Please fill out this survey:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o2N-t-iXRgbhDizH9RCiLx2Wa3y42wf_mqkS9ijEbOc/viewform?usp=send_form 2. 8th grade only: Enroll in your Membean class - You need to know your password from last year or I can reset it. membean.com/enroll 8R:  S2JQCBT 8W:  S2JQEN7 *Record your username and password on a notecard! 3. 7th and 8th: To-Be-Read List: Looking for a new book? Check out these sites: March Book Madness Check out the brackets for the winning middle grade and young adult novels!    Whatshouldireadnext.com This site will suggest books based on a title that you have enjoyed.  Good Reads Check out the  Listopia section  of the site, which includes great recommendations!  Amazon If you have a book that you've enjoyed, find it on Amazon and see what other books were bought by people who enjoyed your book. They tend to be in the same genre!  Digitalbookworld.com

 I will be placing an order for Scholastic Friday, August 28th. To start off the school year, I encouraged the kids to find books that interested them.  Please check out the catalog or the reading brochures your students brought home to find books that interest them! Thanks for your generosity in the past. We received lots of new books for our classroom library.  To Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub One-Time Class Activation Code: L7ZJ6 Due by 8/28 *You can also click on the button below to take you to our class.    With Scholastic Reading Club: - Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library - You can choose from handpicked, grade- and reading-level-specific books for your child - You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks Each month, your child will bring home Reading Club flyers. Together you can choose from books hand-selected by teachers and experts, and then order online or by returning your order form a

Welcome back to school! It's been a wonderful first week back! I'm looking forward to having a great year. Book talks and the reading challenge (30 books!) have started this year. Students are reading each day in class and should be reading 15-20 minutes at home. We're working on setting up our Writer's Notebooks and will begin working on Scope Magazine and figurative language in the next weeks. Eighth graders will be starting Membean this week. We saw really impressive MAP score increases in the vocabulary section last year because of Membean. Way to go! Fall MAP testing will start next week.  After spending the summer in Ethiopia, I realized even more how blessed we are here to learn!  Siena House at the sorting ceremony for house!  Welcoming our newest members with the championship trophy!  8th graders encouraging Siena with a pep talk First House activity -- making puzzle pieces describing who we are and how we all fit together Mak