Announcements:*Students are expected to stay up to date with their Writer's Notebook Entries. All entry prompts can be found on the left of this blog page under "Writer's Notebook Entries." Writer's Notebooks are due on MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: Entries 1-8.
*NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 13 due to Teacher Inservice.
*October 31 is the end of first quarter.
*Students are required to read two books per quarter on their own, and post comments for SSR credit on Ms. Swiggum's library blog at http://www.kswiggum.edublogs.org/ (hyperlink on left of page). Posted comments can be viewed under 8th Grade Flammang link at top of page.
Agenda:
This week, students are beginning to read fictional narrative novels: Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian, and A Step from Heaven, by An Na. They are also beginning to plot and draft their own fictional narratives, as well as continuing to study apostrophe use in context and crafting dialogue.
Weekly Homework:
1) Check out novels from Media Center.
2) A Step from Heaven-- Read pp. 1-31/Forgotten Fire - Read pp. 1-58.
3) Record three concrete details and three comments on your bookmark. Heaven needs to be prepared by Friday. Fire needs to be prepared by Monday.
MONDAY: NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY:
*TTT #3 due!
*Weekly Overview and homework
*Novel choices and blank bookmarks
*Apostrophes in context: Interactive video Part 2 and video quiz
*Read sample student narrative & review narrative structure
WEDNESDAY:
*Laminated Bookmarks
*Narrative deadlines and grading rubric
*Narrative Leads
*WNB #7: Plotting your narrative
THURSDAY:
*Dialogue Workshop
*Dialogue for narrative
FRIDAY:
*Weekly Homework due!
*WNB #8: Book Impressions
*Small class dicussion: A Step from Heaven
NetTrekker Virtual Museum for Forgotten Fire
MONDAY:
Small class discussion: Forgotten Fire
An Na's website tour for A Step from Heaven
