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ALP: We watched the Nova production, "The Perfect Pearl" and took 25 facts while viewing.
8LA: We read an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's work, "The Birthmark" and completed a story chart on it.
ALL CLASSES: Study for tomorrow's Lesson 8 Vocabulary Quiz! Here's a power point to help you study. Download lesson_8_lauren.ppt
ALP: Watch nova video, The Perfect Pearl, and record 25 facts
8LA: Read "The Birthmark" by Nathanial Hawthorne and complete chart.
ALP: Flowers for Algernon Test & reading March novel
8LA: "Adventures of the Solitary Cyclist" and story chart
Know the following characters...you'll have a matching section on tomorrow's test:
Dr. Nemur |
Dr. Strauss |
Frank Reilly |
Miss Kinnian |
Mrs. Flynn |
Burt |
Charlie Gordon |
Algernon |
Mr. Donnegan |
Fanny Girden |
ALP: We finished "Flowers for Algernon" and answered questions 1-9. If you were absent, please do this tonight and hand in tomorrow. We'll have a multiple choice test on the story tomorrow. Please bring your March novel to read after the test. Lesson 8 vocabulary exercises A, B & C are also due tomorrow.
8LA: We finished listening to "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and started a story chart on the mystery. Please finish. As of today you should have four completed story charts. (Monkey's Paw, Tell Tale Heart, The Black Cat & "The Adventure of the Speckled Band") Lesson 8 vocabulary exercises A & C are also due tomorrow.
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8LA--Check your answers against this list. These definitions will be on the mystery unit test! Download mystery_vocabulary_key.doc
ALP: In celebration of "Dr. Seuss Day" and "National Reading Day" we took a trip back through time and read The Cat in the Hat preschool style. Students wrote a creative response in their warm up journals. we continued reading Flowers for Algernon, May 23- June 10. Tomorrow we'll finish the story. Wednesday we'll have a test on the story. Please bring your copy of The Pearl to class on Monday! (Oh, today's competition was scanning a list of 49 states to find the missing one. Nice job, winners!)
8LA: We started a Sherlock Holmes tale in class and added to our story charts. We also reviewed mystery vocabulary!
