Ms. Carlton

August 29, 2011

Carlton: Today students worked on the rough draft of their "Where I'm From" poem or the "My Name Is..." poem.

HW: Tomorrow we will introduce the SAT 1 words. You will need a flashdrive next week.  Don't forget your composition book!

• SAT 1 note cards due Friday;
• SAT 1 bonus due Friday (if you choose to do it.) 
•  SAT 1 quiz Thursday 9/8/11

Attard/Carlton: Students continue to work on their "Where I'm From" poems.  We are writing the rough drafts in the media center.

Johnson/Carlton: Students began working on the rough draft of their "Where I'm From" poem. HW: poem brainstorming due Wed,8/31.

 

 

August 24, 2011

Carlton: Today we completed a grammar warm up and introduced the use of descriptive language and personal perspective.  Today's activities will help the students be prepared for the poetry assignments which we will begin tomorrow.

No HW

Attard/Carlton: We shared examples of "Where I'm From" poems and students began brainstorming their ideas.

Johnson/Carlton: The "Where I'm From" project was introduced today.  Students were given a brainstorming worksheet to begin developing their ideas for their poem.

HW: SAT 1 quiz tomorrow, 8/25; "Where I'm From" brainstorming worksheet due Monday, 8/29

August 23, 2011

8TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE IS THURSDAY, 8/25 AT 6:00.  PLEASE JOIN US TO MEET YOUR CHILD'S TEACHERS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CURRICULUM.

Carlton: Today, students completed their vision boards and baseline writing assignments.  Students began working on a descriptive language activity.

No homework

Attard/Carlton: We introduced the new writing assignment. Students will write a "Where I'm From" poem.  We discussed perspective and examined examples of the poem.

Johnson/Carlton: We completed a grammar warm up and introduced "10 Ways to Begin an Essay."  Students them did a scavenger hunt through the literature book to identify examples of each of the 10 ways.

HW: SAT 1 quiz Thursday; notecards for unit 1 were due today.

August 17, 2011

Please remember to return all forms to your first period teacher!

Attard/Carlton - 1st period: We worked on the mandala project today and reviewed the syllabus for our class. 

HW: Get syllabus signed and have notebook set up by Friday.

Carlton - 3rd period: The students completed a parts of speech pretest and we reviewed the syllabus. 

 HW: Please return signed syllabus by Friday.  Your organized notebook is due Monday.

Johnson/Carlton - 6th - 7th period: Today we began our SAT 1 vocabulary unit. 

HW: The mandala project is due tomorrow.

August 16, 2011

Welcome to 8th grade language arts.  This year is an exciting time of transitions and learning!  I hope each of you has a wonderful year!  If you have not returned the materials that were in the Cobb folder you received yesterday, be sure to ask your parents to sign them and return to your first period teacher.

1st - Attard/Carlton: We began our mandala project today.  Students will have time to work on the project tomorrow in class.

3rd - Carlton - The students completed a writing inventory and we challenged ourselves to find new and better adjectives for self description.

HW: Due Thursday: Please bring 6 - 8 4x6 photos or objects that represent things that are important to you.

6th - 7th - Johnson/Carlton - We began the mandala project today.  The mandala is due Thursday.