Wednesday, October 22, 2014ELA 8

Critical Analysis Draft ON YOUR DESK!Agenda:

Critical Analysis FINAL 10/24 Bookmark 10/27 Irony Quiz 10/24

Writing Prompt:How would you define suspicion? How do people behave when they feel suspicious? How do suspicious characters look or act differently from other characters?

What makes you suspicious?

Revising and Editing Procedures

Peer Editing

Read “The Tell Tale Heart” (LT pg. 82-87)

Argument Writing / Text Analysis

Wednesday, October 22, 2014ELA 7

Extended Response Draft ON YOUR DESK!

Agenda:

Literary Letter 10/24 Bookmark 10/27

Letter to Mr. H. Give to ME What did YOU see? What did YOU

hear? What did YOU do? Finish Extended Response Paper: Hand In

Wednesday, October 22, 2014ELA 7

Roll of Thunder Introduction: Anticipation Guide / Introduction A Place at the Table

What do you Know?

Jim Crow Laws Sharecropping Great Depression

Thursday, October 16, 2014BOOST

Read Aloud: Freak the Mighty

Reading Drill # 5: Dogs

7th English: Grammar Brief

Grammar Brief:

Comparative Adverb: Compares one action with another. With regular adverbs, we add –er or –est.

The pianist arrived earlier than the violinist.The drummer arrived earliest of all the players.

Sometimes we need to use more or most instead of adding –er or –est.

The violinist plays more often that the harpistWhich musicians play most often?

7th English

Daily Language Review: Wednesday

Editing: What is editing? Mr. Hootman’s Procedure:

Today’s Task: Edit on your own Edit with a partner Final copy IN INK!

Due FRIDAY!