Hard work pays off. English is hard work. You can do it!
Announcements:
- Remember that it's your job to ask questions if you don't understand something.
- Skills Assessment #4 is next Thursday, December 15, 2011 and it will be your opportunity to continue to master or make up the following standards: RW 1.2, RC 2.2, RC 2.3, RC 2.4, and RL 3.2. If the standard you have not mastered is not on this list, talk to Mr. Herrera about how to make it up outside of regular class time.
- This Friday is our 8th Grade End of Quarter #1 field trip.
0. Look at the Table of Contents and see if there are any pages you still need to paste. Then take a look at yesterday's Quickwrite to see if you received a score of Met, Exceeded, or Not Yet. If you received a Not Yet, why do you think you got that score? Now look at the answers to Turn Off Your TV! and make any corrections in your Brain.
1. Track Mr. Herrera as he goes over today's Word Bank entry and explains Treatment, Scope, and Organization of Ideas. Take Cornell notes on page 86 of your Brain. Ask questions if you're confused!
2. As a class, read Proactiv Solution and answer questions related to the treatment, scope, and organization of ideas on page 87 of your Brain. Ask questions if you are confused!
4. Quickwrite: Define the following terms: treatment (biased. objective), scope (broad, limited), and organization (sequence, descriptive, compare/contrast).
5. If you finish, go to the Early Finishers page to choose how to spend your academic free time.
Options for Academic Free Time:
1. Check out the class website for things to do if you are finished early!
Homework:
- Personal reading for 15 minutes -- Be sure to update your reading log.
- Word Bank Vocabulary Story.
