1. Monday, August 10, 2015 ELA-8 Pick up your MUG bellwork and find the errors (5 in each section)  Pullout lesson in your composition book (1 st section) Lesson: Clear Thinking ‘D’ – Partners Sentence structure/W&G ‘Round the World - WWTW Homework: Unbroken Writing Prompt Paragraph—Your main focus is the use of varied sentence beginnings and structures. Due tomorrow. *Study for WWTW Quiz (it’s tomorrow)

2. The Tricky Spelling Rule of “I before E” You may have heard:I before E except after C, Or when sounded as "a" As in "neighbor" or "weigh." If so, then you will have accounted for a range of exceptions. Still, you'll be out of luck on "weird" and "ancient." And if you learned it as follows: I before E except after C, When the sound is "ee" you will have dealt with exceptions like "their," "heir," and "sleigh," but not "species" or "seize." If you continue with qualifications you can get closer to a useful rule—don't apply it to names or foreign borrowings; don't apply it to plurals of words ending in –cy; don't apply it to words from the Latin root "sci" (conscience, prescient, omniscient); only apply the "after C" part to words from the Latin root "cept" (receive, deceive, conceive). But the more qualifications you add, the less catchy and memorable the rule becomes.

3. Your/You’re Your is possessive: your mother, your home, your manners, your name, etc. You’re is a contraction for “you are”: You’re a nice person! You’re going to make a difference! What other words can you think of that confuse you with possessives and contractions?

4. Tuesday, August 11, 2015 ELA-8  Turn in your “Unbroken” paragraph to the tray.  Get out your composition book for Tuesday notes. Lesson:  Literary Term #2 Notes/Practice  Clear Thinking assessment  WWTW practice and quiz Homework: No homework— unless you didn’t complete last night’s work.

5. Wednesday, August 12, 2015 ELA-8  Pick up your WWTW packet from bellwork tray. You are working on the first page (name) ONLY. Lesson: Words Connotation Homework: Work on and complete your WWTW packet. It is due on Friday.

6. Thursday, August 13, 2015 ELA-8 Pick up Vocabulary in Context A and complete. Lesson: Review of tests Connotations Homework: Work on and complete your WWTW packet. It is due tomorrow. You also need a book to read for SSR tomorrow or you can select one from my room.

7. Friday, August 14, 2015 ELA-8  Get out your WWTW homework packet and put on your desk. Be reading silently (25 min). Don’t forget to record the date, title, and genre of your book in your composition book.  Choose a reading prompt from the appropriate list (Fiction/Non-fiction) and write your response in your composition book under the fourth (last) section. Homework: None—although you can study your WWTW List 2 packet for Tuesday’s quiz.