11/8/22 - Election Day - No School
11/15/22 - Field Trip TBD
11/21/22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Q1
11/22-25/22 - Thanksgiving Holiday Break
12/2/22 - GoCPS Application Closes
Homeroom/Advisory - We will continue the 7 Mindsets: Unit 5.1 Treasure Yourself . We are continuing to read Chapter 11 of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson as our Equity Read Aloud on Wednesdays. Thursdays - students will have time for Free Reading. On Friday, we will check Google Classroom Submissions to ensure all assignments were submitted, checked Aspen Gradebook for any missing word/assignments or opportunities for retakes, cleaned out binders, desks and lockers as needed.
ELA - This coming week, 8th grade will explore suspense/thriller stories looking to answer the following questions: What are some common characteristics of thriller/suspense stories? How is suspense used by writers to create mood and reader engagement? How does the successful use of suspense in literature impact the reader? How are suspense and tension used in literature?
Write - Students will practice grammar using Quill to continue to work on personalized skills from our diagnostic quiz on an ongoing basis as well as applying suspense/thriller techniques into a narrative story.
Civics/Social Science - Students will continue adding 5 sources to their Annotated Bibliography of sources for their History Fair topic using a template to guide their citations due on Friday (Checkpoint 1). We will explore Civic Action Projects which are the culminating projects of the course so that students can begin planning/thinking about where/how they want to make change to improve their communities.
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