May/June 1-5

All Finals will be in by the 2nd the drawing students theirs were due today the 29th, the foundation students theirs is due on Monday the 1st and the 8th grade students are due on Tuesday the 2nd. Late work will not get full credit.  Thanks for the great work all students have been doing this year.

Presentations for LA May 26-29

Language Art

Starter: sentence,s write the sentences and correct the mistakes.

Assignment;  Students will be presenting their Disaster Units to the class they should be finished but will see if time will allow for those not finished to complete.  If not you will need to work on them at home.


Foundation Art

Assignments:  FINAL PROJECT  DUE JUNE 1ST
                        FANTASY'S
                        WHEAT AND BEET DAYS COVER
                        ALL OTHER PROJECT SHOULD BE FINISHED


8th grade ART
           
Assignments: FINAL PROJECT DUE JUNE 2ND
                       ENGRAVING
                       WHEAT AND BEET DAYS COVER
                       ORIGAMI

Drawing

Assignments: FINAL PROJECT DUE MAY 29
                       OIL PASTELS LANDSCAPE
                       WHEAT AND BEET DAYS COVER

Language Arts May 20

Wednesday, 5/20

Starter:  none

Assignment:  Disaster Text Analysis - Part II

1.  Use Text Analysis Part I to complete Part II. 

2.  Follow the directions on the handout.  (You will need to get it from me).

3.  You will be required to: 
          *Write a theisis statement.  (A statement that shows what will be addressed).  
          *4 central ideas with 3 supporting pieces of evidence for each  (This will be a combination of 
            information that you documented on your Text Analysis Handout Part 1)
          *make a 9 slide power-point (minimum)
          *Share your power point with me (merlene.ewell@besd.net) in Google Docs
           *Prepare to present your research on your "disaster" to the class

4.  The handout also includes: 
          *The rubric that will be used for scoring your power point and your presentation  

***This was originally done as a group project.  I did not want to waste copies I already had, so please make the following changes to the handout:

          *Put your name, hour, date and topic on the handout
          *Slide #1 needs to include your title, name, hour and date
          *On Part 5, scratch #1 and the second #2 - add talk to the audience on #3
           *Scoring Rubric - Presentation changes
                3 - planned, does not rely on power point/notes, eye contact, loud
                2 - some disorganization/distractions, some power-point/note dependence
                1 - lack of content knowledge, planning, incomplete

***This is an end of year summative/TEST.  You have every opportunity to get full credit if you
      follow the directions, complete the work on time, and meet the outlined requirements. 
      There will not be an opportunity to "fix" your score, or your grade, if you neglect to meet the
       requirements. 

***Your citizenship grade  can go up or down, depending on how well you respect those presenting.

May 18

LANGUAGE ARTS

Starter: Sentences 1. he has spoke about the differences between trees many times in this here class (6)
                              2. roberta nancy and claire havent no reason to set and complain about the closing of mchenrys restaurant itll open again next week   (17)
                              3. jim has wore his red white and blue blazer every fourth of july for five yers but he has now outgrew it   (11)

Assignment: Research for Disasters it may be natural or other. The disaster must have killed multitudes of people. (Handout to fill out.) COW's  Informational Unit - Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking, Listening (L.)

Disaster Topic: _________________________________

Text Analysis Worksheet (RI 8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Name ________________________________________________   Hour ______    Score _____________

Directions:

PART I: Do a close read of each text. Document the required information for each. (RI 8.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Text Title #1: ________________________________________Work cited:____________________________

1.      Identify and define three words that would be most unfamiliar to readers.

Word                                                               Meaning

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2.      What is a central/main idea for the text?

____________________________________________________________________________________

3.      Cite five details from the text that support your central idea.

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4.      Cite two specific things (not already listed) the author said that you think are important.

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5.      List one thing the document tells you, or you can infer, about life in the United States at the time it was written.

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6.      Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the text.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Text Title #2: __________________________________________Work cited: _________________________

1.      Identify and define three words that would be most unfamiliar to readers.

Word                                                               Meaning

·                                                                           *                                                               

·                                                                           *                                   

·                                                                           *                                                       

2.      What is a central/main idea for the text?

____________________________________________________________________________________

3.      Cite five details from the text that support your central idea.

·            

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4.      Cite two specific things (not already listed) the author said that you think are important.

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5.      List one thing the document tells you, or you can infer, about life in the United States at the time it was written.

·             

6.      Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the text.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Text Title #3: _________________________________________Work cited: ___________________________

1.      Identify and define three words that would be most unfamiliar to readers.

Word                                                               Meaning

·                                                                           *                                                               

·                                                                           *                                   

·                                                                           *                                                       

2.      What is a central/main idea for the text?

____________________________________________________________________________________

3.      Cite five details from the text that support your central idea.

·            

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4.      Cite two specific things (not already listed) the author said that you think are important.

·           

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5.      List one thing the document tells you, or you can infer, about life in the United States at the time it was written.

·             

6.      Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the text.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Text Title #4: _____________________________________________Work cited: _______________________

1.      Identify and define three words that would be most unfamiliar to readers.

Word                                                               Meaning

·                                                                           *                                                               

·                                                                           *                                   

·                                                                           *                                                       

2.      What is a central/main idea for the text?

____________________________________________________________________________________

3.      Cite five details from the text that support your central idea.

·            

·             

·             

·             

·             

4.      Cite two specific things (not already listed) the author said that you think are important.

·           

·            

5.      List one thing the document tells you, or you can infer, about life in the United States at the time it was written.

·             

6.      Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the text.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Language Arts Thursday 5/14

Thursday 5/14

Starter: Students will write and fix the mistake in the sentences.

1. the english Professor adjusted Her glasses shuffled her notes and began her lecture   (7)

2. neither rain sleet nor hail shall keep away the u s Mail  (7)

3. a glass of milk a cup of tea or a mug of coffee will be fine    (4)

4. planning the itinerary buying supplies and packing emergency items are all part of good camping preparation    (4)

Assignment: Review notes for comma rules 1-5 with dashes and ellipsis 

                   Summative on notes

                   Those who have not finished the sage could be called in to finish. 

                   We will be starting a new unit

Tuesday and Wednesday, 5/12 & 13

Sage Core Test

If you have ear phones or ear buds, please bring them.

Bring a novel to read, if you finish early. 

Get some good sleep, and eat a good breakfast.  Studies show that eating blueberries, sucking on candy, or chewing gum helps when testing.

Wednesday 5/6, 7, 8, and 11

Starter:  Rules on commas, dashes and ellipsis

Core Practice:  Go to iXL.  Use the log in information provided.  Work through areas of concern. Some will be done individually, and some will be done as a class. 

Upcoming:  Sage Core Test - 5/12 and 13.

May 11 - 15

May 11 through the 15 will be a full week for all students.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday, 11

Starter:  Explain the importance of the comma in the warrant.  Give at least one other example of your own, where a comma shows an example of a change in meaning.     

        

A woman once saved the life of a man by changing a single comma in a warrant. A criminal had been sentenced to imprisonment and death in Siberia. On the bottom of the warrant it originally read -   `Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.’ The woman changed the punctuation so that the instructions read: `Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia.’ The man was set free.

Notes: 

*ellipsis - indicates an omission of words within something that is being quoted, . . . and indicates lengthy pauses and trailed-off sentences.  An ellipsis is three periods with a space between each.      . . .

*dash - Dashes, like commas, semicolons, colons, ellipses, and parentheses, indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought.

Examples:
You are the friend, the only friend, who offered to help me.
You are the friend—the only friend—who offered to help me.
I pay the bills; she has all the fun.
I pay the bills—she has all the fun.
I wish you would…oh, never mind.
I wish you would—oh, never mind.

Rule 1. Words and phrases between dashes are not generally part of the subject.

Example: Joe—and his trusty mutt—was always welcome.

Rule 2. Dashes replace otherwise mandatory punctuation, such as the commas after Iowaand 2013 in the following examples:

Without dash: The man from Ames, Iowa, arrived.

With dash: The man—he was from Ames, Iowa—arrived.

Without dash: The May 1, 2013, edition of the Ames Sentinel arrived in June.

With dash: The Ames Sentinel—dated May 1, 2013—arrived in June.

Rule 3. Some writers and publishers prefer spaces around dashes.

Example: Joe — and his trusty mutt — was always welcome.

Assignment:  Eight Grade Usage Practice

1.      Go to http://www.testprepreview.com/common-core-test-prep.htm.  Complete 1-10 – questions pertaining to Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken.  (You will need to write your answers on paper).  Check your answers.  For each one you missed, explain on your paper, why you missed it.  

2.       Click “back to directory”.  If you scored at least a seven on the above, scroll down to the English category.  Pick the area you need more practice on.  When you are confident you understand the concept, select a different one.  Each time you are not confident that you have mastery of the concept, continue to try some more before moving on.  When you check your answers, explain why you missed those that you missed. 

3.      Record the activities and scores, on today’s date, in your planner. 

MAY 12 AND 13 

ASSESSMENT TESTING FOR ALL STUDENTS MAKE SURE THEY GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP AND GET A GOOD BREAKFAST EACH MORNING.  WE TEST IN THE AFTERNOON, 6TH HOUR. NO STARTERS FOR BOTH DAYS. 

FOUNDATION ART

ASSIGNMENTS: Intro to two point house

                      Intro to color on Tuesday for final projects

                      Fair book Covers

                      Final Projects

                      perspectives should be getting done and turned in

Drawing

Assignments: Final

                    Fair book Cover

                    Oil pastel landscapes

                    All other assignments should be in

8th grade art

Assignments:  Print making

                     Fair Book Cover

                     Final Sculpture

                     all other assignments should be in.