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Announcements:
*Happy 2nd Quarter! Congratulations to all students who attended Quarterly Recognition! Keep up the good work!
*Parent/Teacher Conferences Wednesday, November 5th from 3-7 and Thursday, November 6, from 3-7 in the large gym. Parents are requested to sign up for times through students' home base teachers.
*NO SCHOOL for students or teachers on Friday, November 7, due to conferences.
*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 continuing to draft their fictional narratives, incorporating figurative language and key aspects of narrative writing. Additionally, students are continuing to read, discuss, and respond to their narrative novels in small groups. Finally, students will be reviewing 2-chunk paragraph writing structure and practicing interactively.
Weekly Homework:
1) Turn in any leftover 1st Quarter Reflections (due Monday).
2) Novel reading and character hot-seating questions due on Wednesday. (Assigned last Tuesday, October 28).
3) Narrative Rough Draft due on Thursday.
MONDAY:
*Leftover 1st Quarter Reflections due
*Weekly Overview and homework
*Pick new classroom jobs
*Grade reports for Q1
COMPUTERS: TYPE NARRATIVE
-work with figurative language and key aspects of narrative writing
TUESDAY:
*Book Fair in Media Center
COMPUTERS: TYPE NARRATIVE
-work with headers, footers, and inserting page numbers
WEDNESDAY: NOVEL DAY
*Reading and hot-seating questions due
*Character hot-seating
*Reading assignment and homework for next time (Tuesday, November 11)
*WNB #9: Predictions of novel ending
THURSDAY:
*Narrative Rough Draft due at the end of class!*
Computers: Typing time
FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL!
