Day Twelve

English and Social Studies Grade 8 Block1 and/or 2
aka Eng/SocBlock
September 21th, 2011

Nuts and Bolts
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 - Jacob (last call), Jones and Kinata
Blk 2 - Sandal , Magney and Maltbie (last call)

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

Geo Awardness - sunmoontides

Tides for Sandy Point, Whidbey Island starting with September 21, 2011.

Day        High      Tide    Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
          /Low      Time        Feet      Sunset                                   Visible

W 21      Low   5:43 AM     0.8     6:55 AM     Set  3:48 PM      47
   21     High   1:45 PM     9.6       7:10 PM      Rise ?
   21      Low   7:26 PM     7.2
   21     High  11:54 PM     8.4


DOL 2

“Look!” shrilled Isabelle Ingenuous in her high voice as she nervously twirled the purple, plastic butterfly that was perched in her wild, curly, auburn hair.  Always upbeat, Isabelle was dressed in her new outfit of purple shorts and bright green top.

DOL 3

all the lights are on and there is a teacher gazing out the window of each classroom isabelle ingenuous continued.  i wish we were going to marvelously magic magnet middle school instead of this old ordinary insipid one groaned william waggish whom was not his usual teasing cheerful self  

Analogy
landscape:still life::comedy:____________

(Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance)


Block 1 and 2
Question - John Hancock origins? Blk 1 - Gardner, Blk 2 - ?
Read Aloud/Read Along 1
Johnny Tremain
Chapter 1 “Up and About” section 4 (audio 1l 1:47)
Character Development

(Tag each entry you make with the page number and a score of plus 1 to 5 for positive events or a score of -1 to -5 for negative events.)

Block 2 only - Finish Map regions and landforms as homework - see Moodle web site for reference map

Read Aloud/Read Along 2
Blk 1 and 2 - A More Perfect Union - Chapter 1 lesson 2

Blk 1 & 2 - Desperate Crossing documentary - Blk 1 4:02
William Bradford - Of Plimoth Plantation - excerpt from Book 2



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Social Studies 6 -
Daily Oral Geography - GeoBee Question
Answer -
1. Which state has a larger area - Connecticut or Oregon?
New Question -
2. Which state is closer to the Pacific Ocean - ldaho or Kentucky?

Read A Message of Ancient Days - Chapter 1 lesson 2

History of the World in 100 Objects - part 2