The Week of October 12, 2008

PSSA PREP:
We will be discussing pages 47-68 of Measuring Up.

PERIODS 4, 5, and 7----English 8
Monday: In-Service Day
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: None
Thursday: None
Friday: Quiz on linking verbs

PERIOD 6---JOURNALISM
Monday: In-Service Day
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: None
Thursday: Copy 1 of the news article
Friday: None

6 October 2008

PSSA:
We will be working on the second draft of the essay and issues related to transition.

PERIODS 4, 5, 7--- ENGLISH 8
MONDAY: Finish Vocab 1 work
TUESDAY: Vocab test; bring a DIRT book
WEDNESDAY: Read the transition paragraph
THURSDAY:None
FRIDAY: DIRT due

PERIOD 6----JOURNALISM
MONDAY: Finish current event packet
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: None

The Week of 29 September 2008

PSSA PREP:
This week our focus will be on writing an essay, per the order of importance set-up.

PERIODS 4, 5, and 7---ENGLISH 8
MONDAY: Finish graphic rendering of an appositive
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: Review sheet and cut-paste activities
THURSDAY: Noun Test; bring a DIRT book
FRIDAY: None

PERIOD 6------JOURNALISM
MONDAY: None
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: None

22 September 2008

PSSA PREP:
We will be working on pages 25-29 of Measuring Up.

PERIODS 4, 5, 7---ENGLISH 8
MONDAY: None
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: Quiz on plural forms of nouns
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: DIRT due

PERIOD 6: JOURNALISM
MONDAY: Test----The History of Journalism/Newspaper Terms
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: None
Thursday: None
Friday: None

HAPPY AUTUMN!

The Week of 15 September 2008

PSSA PREP:
We will be working with issues related to bias and propaganda in Measuring Up.

ENGLISH 8: PERIODS 4, 5, 7
MONDAY: Submit DIRT if you haven't already
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: Quiz on common and proper nouns
FRIDAY: None

JOURNALISM
MONDAY: Copy 2 of the essay due
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY:None
THURSDAY: Newspaper terms packet---due
FRIDAY: None

The Week of September 8, 2008

PSSA PREP:
We will be discussing pages 25-34 in the Measuring Up text.

PERIODS 4, 5, 7---ENGLISH 8
MONDAY: Read Paragraph 1 per transition
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: Bring a DIRT book
FRIDAY: Dirt due

PERIOD 6---JOURNALISM
MONDAY: None
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: Copy 2 of the essay due
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: None

The Week of September 1, 2008

PSSA PREPARATION
*Students will be work with Study Island, as per comprehension exercises.

ENGLISH 8: PERIODS 4, 5, 7
MONDAY: Labor Day
TUESDAY: Copy 2 of the essay is due at the end of the period, Wednesday
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: Paragraph dealing with directions/transition
FRIDAY: None

JOURNALISM: PERIOD 6
MONDAY: LABOR DAY
TUESDAY: None
WEDNESDAY: None
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: None