Tuesday, 2/22/11
Copy homework into assignment book.
Warm Up.
List as many things as you can that should be capitalized. List an
example for each. Partners! Go!
Go over Test 19.
Check 600 Words. Dates: 2/16-2/22.
(P) Having their images placed on postage stamps has honored
many famous people, both real and fictional. Choose a real or fictional
person who you feel deserves this honor. Write a paper that would
persuade others your choice is good.
(B) Describe the person who has had the greatest impact on
your life (either positive or negative). Show how/why.
(T) Write a speech called "How to Laugh." First define what
laughter is. Then compare and contrast different kinds of laughs (chuckle,
guffaw, snicker, titter, giggle) and describe/show each.
(R) "The people in my neighborhood are so weird..." (or normal,
or scary, or friendly, or...)
(R or E) Middle School isn't as bad as I thought... but here's
what would make it better.
(T) Tips for surviving middle school.
(T) Make a slang dictionary. Make it funny. Write an introduction
to it and a guide for usage. Be sure to include POS and examples of context.
(R) Show the same incident from two or three different points
of view: a car wreck, a fight in a restaurant, a person being wrongly accused
by the teacher, etc.
(L) Continue The Monsters are due on Maple Street. Write
it in the form of a play, and show what happens the next day. Do they realize
what happened? Do they report it? Are the aliens successful?
(P) What items would you place in a time-capsule, which would be
buried here at Laguna, and unearthed in the year 2065? Why would you choose
those items?
First Essay Rough Draft (in one of the approved
genres) Due Next Tuesday, 3/1.
Charlotte aloud.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Warm Up.
List as many things as you can that should be capitalized. List an
example for each. Partners! Go!
Check 600 Words. Dates: 2/16-2/22.
(P) Having their images placed on postage stamps has honored
many famous people, both real and fictional. Choose a real or fictional
person who you feel deserves this honor. Write a paper that would
persuade others your choice is good.
(B) Describe the person who has had the greatest impact on
your life (either positive or negative). Show how/why.
(T) Write a speech called "How to Laugh." First define what
laughter is. Then compare and contrast different kinds of laughs (chuckle,
guffaw, snicker, titter, giggle) and describe/show each.
(R) "The people in my neighborhood are so weird..." (or normal,
or scary, or friendly, or...)
(R or E) Middle School isn't as bad as I thought... but here's
what would make it better.
(T) Tips for surviving middle school.
(T) Make a slang dictionary. Make it funny. Write an introduction
to it and a guide for usage. Be sure to include POS and examples of context.
(R) Show the same incident from two or three different points
of view: a car wreck, a fight in a restaurant, a person being wrongly accused
by the teacher, etc.
(L) Continue The Monsters are due on Maple Street. Write
it in the form of a play, and show what happens the next day. Do they realize
what happened? Do they report it? Are the aliens successful?
(P) What items would you place in a time-capsule, which would be
buried here at Laguna, and unearthed in the year 2065? Why would you choose
those items?
Pigman Project Due Next Tuesday, 3/1.
Pigman aloud.