Completed jigsaw activity on Holocaust articles. Previewed books for upcoming realistic fiction literature circles. HW: If you want to read a certain realistic fiction book and have 2 people in the class who also want to read it, take some time this weekend to track it down.
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Talked about upcoming mid-year assessment for all 8th graders. Also, talked about starting literature circles on a realistic fiction selection. Started cooperative group activity using 6 Holocaust articles attached here. HW: Make sure two voice poems are typed for tomorrow. Worth a quiz grade.
Practiced two voice poems from the book, Joyful Noise. Explained new assignment due this Friday, January 30th. Started writing poem in class. Counts as quiz grade. Anne Frank text (scroll down)
Discussion of Anne Frank using journals as a starting point. Practiced reading poems for 2 voices. HW: C block: journal on Anne Frank--please respond to at least one of the prompts attached here. All classes: Commas with parenthetical expressions and direct address (2 exercises).
Finished movie. HW: Respond to The Diary of Anne Frank with a one page journal entry. Use at least one of the prompts from the attached page in your response.
Anne Frank movie continued. HW: A & C: Appositive worksheet D,E,G: Different appositive worksheet.
Anne Frank movie, except for C block. HWL Combining sentences using appositives.
Finished Anne Frank (except for C block). Small group work on quotes with everyone writing responses in journals. HW: Finish responding to quotes. Anne Frank text. (scroll down to find the diary). The first 3 quotes are in Act 1 scene one and the fourth one is from Act 1 Scene.
Anne Frank Continued/Finished by some classes. HW: A&C: Worksheet on appositives. D,E,G: Book reviews due.
Watch film on events leading to the Holocaust from the National Holocaust Museum and worked on book reviews. HW: Honors: Book reviews due. Typed, Times New Roman, single spaced. Non-honors: Work on reviews--yours are due on Friday instead.
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