1. Test Prep Tuesday Take out your Bell Work packet.
Today is Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Test Prep Tuesday
Take out your Bell Work packet.
Today’s Objectives
Bell Work
Honors: Submit projects and conduct Socratic seminar discussion of entire novel
English 8: Paraphrase “The Raven” and view film adaptation
On Friday, we
Honors: Had a Socratic Seminar
English 8: Worked to paraphrase “The Raven”
Tomorrow, we will
Honors: Work on IXL and begin “The Open Window”
English 8: Review for exam
“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt
Learning Target: I can understand the function of prefixes.

3. Part of Speech: Noun or Verb
Today is Wednesday, November 8, 2017
New Word Wednesday
Term: Endeavor
Part of Speech: Noun or Verb
Definition: Attempt to achieve a goal (noun); to try hard to achieve something (verb)
Instead of an example, write a sentence or two about a time when you attempted to achieve a goal of your own.
Today’s Objectives
Bell Work
Honors: IXL and “The Open Window”
English 8: Review for exam
Yesterday, we
Honors: Submitted Hunger Games projects and materials and conducted final seminar
English 8: Paraphrased “The Raven”
Tomorrow, we will
Honors: Continue “Open Window”
English 8: Take suspense exam
“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt
Learning Target: I can define a vocabulary term and use it appropriately within a sentence.

4. Today is Thursday, November 9, 2017
Type I Thursday
English 8: You have an exam on our current “Suspense and the Short Story” unit today. Describe how you prepared for this exam. If you did not prepare for this exam, explain why.
Honors: Write a paragraph explaining how the use of third-person omniscient narration in “The Open Window” shapes our understanding of the story.
Today’s Objectives
Bell Work
Honors: “The Open Window”
English 8: Suspense Exam and IXL
Yesterday, we
Honors: Began “The Open Window”
English 8: Reviewed for the exam
Tomorrow, we will
Honors: Begin “The Monkey’s Paw”
English 8: Review Direct and Indirect Objects
“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt
Learning Target:I can explain what it means to paraphrase (English 8).
I can identify a theme in a work of literature (Honors).

5. Today is Friday, November 10, 2017
Parts of Speech Friday
Write a sentence explaining what a pronoun is.
Write a sentence explaining what an antecedent is.
Write a sentence containing both a pronoun and an antecedent. Circle the pronoun and draw an arrow to its antecedent.
Today’s Objectives
Bell Work
Honors: Read Part I of “The Monkey’s Paw”
English 8: Review direct and indirect objects
Yesterday, we
Honors: Reviewed “The Open Window” and viewed film adaptation
English 8: Took unit exam
On Monday, we will
Honors: Review Parts II and III of “The Monkey’s Paw”
English 8:
“Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt
Learning Target: I can identify pronouns in a sentence.