Day Nine

English and Social Studies Grade 8 Block1 and/or 2
aka Eng/SocBlock
September 16th, 2011

Nuts and Bolts
Picture packet handouts
Moodle Quiz for 1st chapter of textbook must be completed by Monday, September 19th
Read and get signature on Class Syllabus at District Website - 5 points

Attendance

Notebook Check
Blk 1 - Hall (last call), Hastings and Haywood
Blk 2 - Lancaster and Larsen-Clifford (last call), Sandal

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

Geo Awardness - Tide-Sun-Moon
none today






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

DOL 6
So she wrote him a nasty, vituperative letter to tell him of her feelings.

DOL 7
4321 Rue Street
Hogtown, Florida 32609
September 5, 1989

Dear Hairy,

You’re a grotesque, ugly beast

I do not love you. There, that’s it!

Hatefully Yours,
Hilda ≈ evil

grotesque: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

Rue: bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen)

Analogy
book:library::student:__________
borrow  newspaper  school  club

Finish

Map regions and landforms

US History Overview 1: Jamestown to the Civil War (in 18.5 minutes)

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

Suggested Components to Group Profile Project

1. Choose group leader, secretary, writer and artist

2. Group Name
3. Group Slogan or Mission Statement

4. What expertise or service do you offer -

advertising, construction, landscaping, fashion

trends among youth, education consultants,  etc.

5. Describe each member of your team

6. Describe how well the group works as a team

7. Create work history for team include past

successful projects

8. Conclude with summary

Questions -

Is every one contributing?

Are you being specific and giving details?

Are there a wide variety of components to your presentation?

Words- clear, informative and interesting?

Pictures (good ones that make the team look

professional and competent (and just

good)?

Drawings (scanned)?

Audio and or video clips?

Imaginative different angles and documents

How exactly will you organize the actual live

presentation?

Blk 1 - Classic American Film - The Music Man - 1912 small town America
1 paragraph response to first segment - how realistic? (language, costume), what caught your interest?, what will happen in the end?

Blk 2 only
Discuss student responses

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.