June


 * Friday, June 1, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss/analyze tone and mood - Read “Tell-Tale Heart”

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Share/analyze propaganda techniques in advertisements - Read and outline summary of //Animal Farm//

HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Watch opening of //Lord of the Flies// - Outline summary of novel HW: Finish outline of novel summary




 * Tuesday, June 2, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss how diction, imagery, and sentence structure impact tone - Finish reading “The Tell-tale Heart” - Write a paragraph given the topic sentence:

Through his diction and sentence patterns, the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” adopts a __tone, which contributes to his characterization as a__ person.

HW: Finish tone/characterization paragraph for tomorrow.

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Finish outlining notes from //Animal Farm// summary - Discuss themes/characters HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- In groups, discuss outlines/summary of //Lord of the Flies// - As a class, create a common outline - Watch clips from the film and discuss significance

HW: Look over and begin reviewing for final exam




 * Wednesday, June 3, 2015 **

8th Grade:

Bell Ringer: none

- Share Tell-Tale Heart paragraphs

- Take notes on Pronoun Case and work on practice worksheets

HW: Finish Nominative Case Worksheet

Period 4, 7, 8:

Bell Ringer: none

- Review Clauses and Phrases

- Take notes on Verbals/Verbal phrases

- Practice writing/identifying gerund phrases

HW: Complete both sides of the Gerunds worksheet





Period 6:

Bell Ringer: none

- Review clauses and phrases

- Take notes on verbals

- Practice identifying and writing gerund phrases

HW: Complete both sides of the Gerunds Worksheet.

(see above for electronic copies of these two worksheets)


 * Thursday, June 4, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Have students compare homework answers for Nominative Case worksheet - Present notes on Objective case pronouns - Work on Objective Case worksheet

HW: Practice quiz on Pronoun Case, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, and Subject-Verb Agreement





Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Check answer key for gerund worksheet (hw) - Present notes on Participles/Participial phrases - Create sentences of your own that include participles HW: Participles worksheet for tomorrow





Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Check answer key for gerund worksheet (hw) - Present notes on Participles/Participial phrases - Create sentences of your own that include participles HW: Participles worksheet for tomorrow

(see above for electronic documents)