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Monday

September 22nd

8th Grade LA - RFP.  Triangle summary of "The Man Who Had No Eyes."  Passed back homework and essays.  HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night. 

8th Grade HONORS - RFP.  Triangle summary of "The Man Who Had No Eyes."  Passed back homework and essays.  HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night. 

 

Tuesday

September 23rd

8th Grade LA - Summary practice.  Cause/Effect worksheet.    HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.  Summary practice/Cause and Effect worksheet due tomorrow.   

Here is a link to the story:  "A Man Who Had No Eyes"

8th Grade HONORS -. Summary practice.  Cause/Effect worksheet.  Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely response.  What is the connection between the song and the theme in the story.  HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.  Summary practice/Cause and Effect/Triangle Summary of "A Man Who Had No Eyes" worksheet due tomorrow. 

 

 

Wednesday

September 24th

8th Grade LA - Listened to Stevie Wonder song "Isn't She Lovely".  How was what he communicates in this song similar to what the author is suggesting in the short story?  Collected homework.     HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.  ROUGH DRAFT SUMMARY OF "A Man Who Had No Eyes."  Want to see it put into your own words with inferences.  It needs to ultimately be 1 paged typed (double spaced 12 pt. Times New Roman, ).  Your rough draft is due TOMORROW, September 25th. 

Here is a link to the story:  "A Man Who Had No Eyes"

 

Here is the blueprint on how to write a summary:

Introduction (Title, author, and mini-summary) - main characters - setting

Paragraph #2 - From the beginning of the story up to where the corner is turned.

Paragraph #3 - From where the corner is turned up to the climax.

Paragraph #4 - From the climax to the resolution/end. (The end, in this story, is left up to the reader.  Draw some conclusions.

Paragraph #5 - State any meaning you glean from the story.  Comment on author's purpose

 

8th Grade HONORS - Worked on rough draft of "A Man Who Had No Eyes."  Began reading "The Landlady".    HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night. ROUGH DRAFT SUMMARY OF "A Man Who Had No Eyes."  Want to see it put into your own words with inferences.  It needs to ultimately be 1 paged typed (double spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, .5 inch margins all the way around).  Your rough draft is due TOMORROW, September 25th.  

 

 

Thursday

September 25th

8th Grade LA - Proofreading of rough drafts. HOMEWORK - FINAL DRAFT SUMMARIES DUE TOMORROW!  Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.  Summary practice/Cause and Effect worksheet due tomorrow.   

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINAL DRAFTS

1. TYPED

2. DOUBLE SPACED

3. NO MORE THAN ONE PAGE IN LENGTH

4. 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT

 

Here is a link to the story:  "A Man Who Had No Eyes"

8th Grade HONORS - Proofreading of rough drafts. HOMEWORK - FINAL DRAFT SUMMARIES DUE TOMORROW!  Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.  Summary practice/Cause and Effect worksheet due tomorrow. 

Friday

September 26th

8th Grade LA - RFP.  Turned in Final Draft Summaries of "A Man Who Had No Eyes."  Looked at Art Quote rubric and examples.  HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.

8th Grade HONORS - RFP.  Turned in Final Draft Summaries of "A Man Who Had No Eyes."  Looked at Art Quote rubric and examples.  HOMEWORK - Book Report due October 14th.  Should be reading your book every night.