November

Oral Presentation Research the Civil Rights Era. 1. What was the Civil Rights Era? 2. Who were the people involved? 3. What roles did they play? 4. What was going on in the world at that time? 5. Have things changed much since then? How? Rubric Word Of The Day

1. Experience 2. Memory 3. Patience 4. Forgiveness 5. Conscience 6. Confront 7. Prejudice 8. Endurance 9. Repercussion

Homework I. II. In your assigned groups, discuss and complete a list of the types of conflicts that a person your age might encounter.Disuss what would be hard about each situation and generate a list of possible solutions. Assignment will be presented in the class.

III. Using the Words of the Day, develop original sentences, demonstrating your understanding of these terms. IV. Post-Thanksgiving Assignment:

Plot- Student Examples

Students were required to compose PLOTS to original stories and present them on construction paper, demonstrating their understanding of the concept - PLOT.

Tracey Cruz

Victor Ramos

Coleen Cobbs

Amber Johnson

Sarai Ramos

October

During the month of October we discussed the Essential ELA Skills:

• Main Idea
• Details
• Context Clues
• Making Inferences
• Making Predictions
• Drawing Conclusions

• Comparing and Contrasting
• Sequencing Events
• Summarizing

Word of the Day:

• Tsunami
• Transitional
• Retribution
• Extort
• Analyzing
• Demonstration
• Independent
• Application
• Honor
• Determination
• Decorum
• Implications

September

In the month of September, we explored the parts and types of a paragraph.

We reviewed three types of paragraphs:

1. Descriptive

2. Narrative

3. Persuasive

We also reviewed Topic Sentences - (Thesis sentence-Honors)

Parts of an essay are :

1. Introduction

2. Body

3. Conclusion

Word of The Day

• Experience
• Memory
• Patience
• Forgiveness
• Respect
• Forgiveness
• Conscience
• Consequence
• Confront
• Prejudice
• Endurance
• Repercussion

Homework:

1. My life 10 years from now

2. My dreams/aspirations for 8th grade

3. My favorite place to be

4. My Community

5. Choose 9 of the W.o.t.d. and formulate original sentences displaying your comprehension of these words.