MAP Prep and First Circles

by | Feb 27, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students began a three-day whirlwind MAP preparation by filling in a topic we really hadn’t worked on to this point this year, determining the main idea of a nonfiction text. English I students, after turning in their narratives, had their first lit...

MAP Fall 2016 Day 1

by | Sep 6, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

Everyone on the eighth-grade hall took the reading MAP test today, which resulted in shorted class periods — thirty minutes to be exact. All classes went over the first article of the week that they received back. English I Honors students looked at their first...
Social Studies and Monster

Social Studies and Monster

by | May 20, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

8 school days left All classes worked on Monster by Walter Dean Myers after today’s SC PASS social studies test. It will culminate in possible extra credit for students. In addition, English I Honors students received further instructions about their final...
End of SC Ready Testing 2016

End of SC Ready Testing 2016

by | Apr 29, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

We’ve finished up SC Ready testing for the year. We still have PASS testing in a couple of weeks for science and social studies, but for the next week, testing is done. We’ll be back to our usual broadcasting next week. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies:...