Day Eight

English and Social Studies Grade 8 Block1 and/or 2
aka Eng/SocBlock
September 15th, 2011

Nuts and Bolts

Read and get signature on Class Syllabus at District Website - 5 points

Attendance

Notebook Check
Blk 1 - Griswold (last Call), Greene and Hall
Blk 2 - Gardner (last call), Lancaster and Larsen-Clifford

Moodle account info  http://moodle.nwesd.org
Class Blog - http://englishsocialsnelling.blogspot.com/

Geo Awardness - sunmoontides





DOL 4
Fickle Hilda, however, decided that Hairy Beast was too ugly for her.

DOL 5
Hilda, the mean lady, could no longer stand Hairy’s repulsive, warty visage.

DOL 9
so she wrote him a nasty vituperative letter to tell him of her feelings

Analogy

rhyme:_______::rhythm:beat
(a. sound b. poetry c. nursery d. jingle)

Map regions and landforms

Timeline - Google Docs

Group Project - Profile - Day 2 “Who are you and what can you do?”

Suggested Components to Group Profile

Choose group leader, secretary, writer and artist

Group Name
Group Slogan

What expertise or service do you offer - advertising,

construction, landscaping, fashion trends among

youth, etc

Describe each member of your team

Describe how well the group works as a team

Create work history for team include past successful

projects

Conclude with summary

Blk 2 only
Conquest - The Backstory

Making history documentary - Discuss responses

Quick Write 2 - Note your reaction to the segment by describing 2 things you found interesting and tell why, in some detail, you chose those 2 things.