16 Today, first and fourth periods began with a starter about the types of sentences. We were given two sentences, and based on the number of subordinate and independent clauses were to determine...
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Monster
17 In first and fourth periods today, they started on a project, that is due tomorrow, about how Dickens develops the different characters in his novels. Today second and seventh period were reading...
Beginning Monster and Completing Foreshadowing
18 Today, first and fourth periods learned about the final type of sentence, the compound complex sentence. Compound-Complex Sentence two or more independent clauses one or more dependent clause...
Foreshadowing and Courtroom Vocab
19 First and fourth periods began the day looking at three sentences from Great Expectations, determining phrases, independent clauses, and (as needed) subordinate clauses. Afterward, we began,...
SCPASS 2014 Day 3: Science and Social Studies
20 Today all students took either the science or the social studies SCPASS test. Students in the eighth grade are randomly selected to take one or the other test. During the rest of the periods, we...
SCPASS 2014 Day 2: Mathematics
Today all students took the sixty-three question mathematics SCPASS test. During the rest of the periods, we worked on a common standard: comparing a media adaptation of a book we're reading to the...
SCPASS 2014 Day 1: Reading
Today all students took the fifty-question reading SCPASS test. During the rest of the periods, we worked on a common standard: comparing a media adaptation of a book we're reading to the actual...
Review, Point of View, Tense, Quick Reading, and Reading Day
First period did a PASS review today, and then learned how to quickly skim through Charles Dickens' work, making Great Expectations easier to read. Fourth period worked on two PASS review...
Skimming and Clauses And Point of Views
Today first period finished up learning about clauses by looking at new types of sentences: complex sentences. In fourth, they learned how to quickly skim the "Mr. Scott way." This will help the...
Point of View and Sentence Types
First period studied the first two types of sentences today, simple sentences, and compound sentences. We also did a PASS review assignment in preparation for the SCPASS test next week. Fourth...
Sentence Types and Inferring Word Meaning
First period learned about clauses. Students learned about the two types of clauses, independent and dependent, and then looked at some practice exercises from the writing textbook. Today, fourth...
Inferring Word Meaning and Motifs
Today in first, they discussed chapters 1-10 of Great Expectations. Included in this discussion, are different aspects of the book and how they will use these aspects to create the final project...
