Ms. Attard

Friday, December 16, 2011

We have been working on an assignment this week with previous 8^th Grade Writing Prompts.  The students have been working on a project to analyze and evaluate former writing prompts.  The finalized project is due on Monday!

Announcements: On Monday and Tuesday you will be writing an essay in class!  This will be your last test grade of the quarter!

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!

The students have been given a Sentence Structures Review Packet/Project to complete as extra credit for the 2^nd quarter.  You MUST use your Sentence Structures Guide (in your Keeper’s section) to complete the assignments.

Extra Credit is due to my before you leave school on Thursday, December 22^nd!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

 

Letter to Meets - Download Letter to Meets - Student Template

Fast Food Essay I - Download Re-write Chart - Fast Food - I - Student Template

Fast Food Essay S -  Download Re-write Chart - Fast Food - S - Student Template

 

 

Miss Attard's Sample Letter - Download Letter to Meets - Transportation 8 - Example

Miss Attard's Sample Re-write Chart -  Download Re-write Chart - Transportation 8 - Example

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Tomorrow will be our classroom spelling bee!

Homework: SAT Volume 4 Quiz Friday, December 9^th

Friday, December 2, 2011

Thesis What?!?!?  We discussed thesis statements and looked at the qualities of strong and weak thesis statements.

The students read articles relating to a debatable topic from our literature textbooks.  We discussed “Are all games worth playing?”  More specifically, we looked at dodgeball as a factor in games being worth playing or not. 

 As we read both informative pieces, we created a chart to identify the persuasive techniques and tone each author used. 

We looked at writing prompts today and discussed how to interpret a prompt (Speaker, Audience, Purpose, and Format).  In addition, we went over the criteria for Pre-Writing.

The students began an outline for a dodgeball persuasive essay.  This outline is due Tuesday, December 6^th!  It will be counted as a quiz grade!

Homework:  SAT Volume 4 Notecards Due Monday, December 5^th

                   Dodgeball Outline Due Tuesday, December 6^th

                  Volume 4 Quiz Friday, December 9th

Announcements:  We will have a language arts Checkpoint test on Tuesday, December 6^th.  The students will be taking two assessments to review skills learned and assess skills needed.

Mock Writing Test – We will have the morning of Wednesday, December 7^th for a Mock Writing Test.  Make sure you have pencils and blue or black pens!