December 9th

LA

Learning Objective:  Students will determine Central Idea in a text with supporting evidence.  (RI 8.2)
Teaching Objective:  As a class students will read a text, then discuss the “WIN” strategy to identify central idea and supporting ideas.

Correct Monday’s Starter
pro    av/past    art       n       prep    art            N                 n       prep         N
  I          set         the   table     at       the    andersons   house      on     Saturday

Starter:  Identify sentence parts, (subject and predicate, complete subject and complete predicate), verb, direct object, prepositional phrase, object of preposition.
Starter Sentence:  i set the table at the andersons house on saturday 

Vocabulary/Spelling:  Know the definition and spelling for each of the following.  Summative Test Tuesday those who did not pass will take again on Thursday.
            *cite:  to give reference to, mention in support, proof,
                    example:  Cite details that support your main idea.
            *audience:  who you are writing for
                    example:  When writing Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain decided to communicate his      
                                            ideas to a wider audience.
            *plagiarism:  copying - taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as
                                   one's own.
                    example:  Plagiarism is cheating and illegal.

*argument:  defending a position/point of view based on evidence from personal

                     experience, research, facts, logic.

                    example:  His argument was invalid because it was not supported with facts.

Notes:  After you read a book or see a movie, do you ever tell someone else what it is about?  When you do this, you state the main idea.  The main idea is what something is mostly about.
Main idea = central idea
Main ideas are typically found in a literary passage. 
Central ideas are found in an informational text.
Use the WIN strategy to help determine the central/main idea:
WHO/WHAT - Figure out the most important who or what
INFORMATION - Figure out the most important Information about the who or what

Class Activity:  Volcano Mt. St. Helens text do together on white boards.  We did this other article yesterday and turned in. Sleepy Hollow excerpt to identify central idea and supporting details.  (H drive, “old stuff”, Tri 2, RI 8.2)


Novel:  Finishing the Introduction and correcting.   (See me for a copy of the handout).

December 7, Monday

Monday, Dec. 7  Language Art

Learning Objective:  Identify central ideas and details  (RI 8.2)

Teaching Objective:  Students will read the introductory pages to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and answer handout study questions in identifying central ideas and details.

Starter:  Write out the sentence.  Identify parts of speech including noun, pronoun, verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition. 

Starter Sentence:  (1st hour) we gave the dog its food before we took it for a walk

                               (6th hour) i set the table at the andersons house on saturday

Assignment:  Read the passages from the main idea hand out answer the first page,  We will be checking how well you do.  (You will need to get the handout from me).  Read the introduction pages to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Complete the handout.  (You will need to get the handout from me). 

Foundation Art

Learning Objective: Identify texture and creativity along with form.

Teaching Objective: Students will complete the texture for the hand each sections must be a different texture giving their best ideas forward.  Students will complete a creative alphabet using the definition of creativity, form, texture and encompass it all into their choice of examples. 

    A. Taking the first letter of the object to create the letter i.e. Ax, Banana, Claw, Diamond, etc. 

    B. Taking a common theme and designing each letter to complete the letters. i.e.plant life, tropical island

    C.  Taking both a and b to complete the letters such as animals. i.e. ape, bear, camel, dog, etc. 

Assignment: The texture the students will trace their hand and show it coming out of the ground. Each finger must be a different texture making sure they have a rough looking texture for the whole of the texture. 

Creative alphabet each must choose their choice from the ones above. 

8th grade art

Learning Objective: Identify color and value along with pattern 

Teaching Objective: Students will be painting a color wheel of 24 different colors along with two values of those said colors, student will do rough drafts then draw their pattern onto thick paper making sure they stay within the desired boundaries. They will be working with tempera paint and staying within their lines they have drawn.  Further instructions are found on the white board. 

Assignment: Rough drafts will be drawn for ideas drawn on thin paper, then on the thick paper they will draw their choice on the paper making sure the measurements are as exact as possible. Painting will be given on a pallet for mixing and painting. Further instructions are found on the board. 

Middle School Honors Program 8th grade

This is open to all 8th grade Students

Bear River Middle School has implemented a new Honors Program.  Classes will now be integrated with all of eighth grade students (which means that classes will be comprised of general ed and honors students).  ALL students will have the opportunity to achieve “honor” status in this new program.  The criteria for reaching honor status is as follows:

• Finishes each trimester with a grade in the 80% range
• Completes the extension project (for content relating to the core standards)--1 per trimester
• Reach a Level 4 (highest level of thinking and performance) on 80% of class assessments and projects
• Maintains an “H” in citizenship, by following all class expectations, actively participating in classroom discussions, and always turning work in on time

Reaching honor status will require more work and higher level thinking skills of each student.  Each student who reaches honor status will then have an “H” placed on their official transcript.

Your student must contact Mrs. C Udy at Bear Time tomorrow for further information.

Wednesday 2 and 3

Learning Objective:  Introduction to central idea, supporting details and summarizing.  (RI 8.2)

Teaching Objective:  Students will take key word notes while listening to the big read audio – introduction to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They will work in small groups to combine notes and categorize into central ideas.

 

Correct Monday Starter: 

pro         av/past                     art       n      pro    n            sc        pro        av/past                   pro      prep       art          n

we             gave        the   dog     its   food  before   we           took       it          for         a        walk

Starter:  Write out the sentence and identify sentence parts including simple subject, complete predicate, verb, direct object, prepositional phrase, object of the preposition.

Starter Sentence:  we gave the dog its food before we took it for a walk

Novel Introduction:  Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer Unit Plan 

Learning Objective:  Students will be introduced to identifying central idea and supporting details, point of view, dialogue and summarizing skills.  Reinforcement of skills previously taught will be on literary elements, parts of speech, figurative language and grammar. 

Teaching Objective:  Activities throughout the unit will vary:  individual, small group and class discussion

                Author – Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens

                                Hannibal, Missouri, a small town on the Mississippi River

                                Eleven when his father dies

                                Rebellious and high spirited – cut school to play in woods, swim in river, explore                                 caves

                                Best friend – Tom Blankenship – son of town drunk, Twain’s model for                                                 Huckleberry Finn

               

The novel

                Written in 1874-1875

                Twain’s first novel

                Narrator:   An adult who views the adult world critically and looks back on the

                sentiments and pastimes of childhood in a somewhat idealized manner, with

                 witt and also with nostalgia.

                Point of View:  The narrator narrates in the third person, with a special insight into                               the workings of the boyish heart and mind.

                Tone:  Satirical and nostalgic

Genres:  satire, frontier literature, folk narrative, comedy,

               

            Plot – Based on real events and experiences from Twain’s growing up years.  Follows the

            development of a hero from childhood throughout adolescence and into adulthood.

            Characters:  Tom Sawyer – fictional character – composite of three friends Twain grew up                   with

Audio/Assignment:   Take notes while listening to “The Big Read” audio guide.  (Google Tom Sawyer The Big Read or go to:   http://www.neabigread.org/books/theadventuresoftomsawyer/media/

Finish with going over the essays as well as the big read notes. Discussion