apr278

Tuesday 4-27-04: Eighth Grade
Warm Up (fill in the blanks: each correct column is worth 3 points extra credit). (10 minutes max)
Organization/Outline Practice
Each list below contains three different kinds of items. One describes the general category to which all the others belong. it could be called the theme. Three items are main topics. Each of these names a category of things or ideas. The rest are subtopics that belong under one or another of the main topics.

1. bananas, peanuts, dry cereal, fruit, cashews, bread, apples, grains, snack foods, walnuts, oranges, crackers, nuts

2. laboratory work, discussions, quizzes, kinds of schoolwork, written assignments, reports, tests, class activities, bubble tests, essays, debates, final exams, notes

3. ground, ferry, bus, air, steamship, hot-air balloon, jet plane, helicopter, bicycle, transportation, canoe, car, water

4. July 4th, religious holidays, graduation, celebrations, Hanukah, anniversaries, national holidays, Labor Day, personal holidays, Easter, birthdays, Christmas, Memorial Day

Theme: snack foods
I. nuts
    A. peanuts
    B. cashews
    C. walnuts
II. grains
    A. bread
    B. crackers
    C. dry cereal
III. fruit
    A. apples
    B. oranges
    C. bananas
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Correct Warm Up (5 minutes max)
Distribute and Explain Research Project Topic Handout (10 minutes max)
Figuring Out the Pictures Thang (5 minutes max)
Read Maus Aloud (remainder of the period)