CST review

Tuesday, May 15 through Friday, May 18, we will be taking the CST. Please take time at home to review using your CST notes from class and these helpful websites.

Social Studies
CST REVIEW:
http://www.studentsfriend.com/
http://room5ushistory.blogspot.com/

Language Arts 
CST REVIEW: 
http://www.studyisland.com/
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_8th_lang_new.htm

March 26-30

Social Studies:
Monday: Ch. 20 reading, WB pg. 140
Tuesday: Ch. 20 reading, WB pg. 141
Wednesday: Ch. 20 reading, WB pg. 142
Thursday: Ch. 20 reading, WB pg. 143
Friday: Begin Ch. 20 posters

Language Arts:
Monday: Ch. 3-4 The Outsiders, Sonnets
Tuesday: Ch. 4-5 The Outsiders, literary devices review notes
Wednesday: Ch. 5-6 The Outsiders
Thursday: Ch. 6-7 The Outsiders, Ch. 5-7 reading comprehension quiz, hw: couplets and quatrains ws
Friday: Ch. 8 The Outsiders

Causes of the Civil War

Watch Causes of the Civil War on PBS. See more from History Detectives.

Alliteration and Personification

Flowers for Algernon

A student made video about the story, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

 

February 21-24

Social Studies:
Tuesday: Review Ch. 14, hw: Ch. 14 Andrew Jackson study guide
Wednesday: Ch. 14 short answer quiz
Thursday: Ch. 15 S, S, lightbulb, Ch. 15 outline ws, hw: 15.3 and 15.4 on outline ws
Friday: Continue Ch. 15 outline ws

Language Arts:
Tuesday: Peer editing, hw: Persuasive essay final draft due Thursday
Wednesday: Finish peer editing, Begin "Flowers for Algernon"
Thursday: "Flowers for Algernon"
Friday: Parallel Structure warm up, "Flowers for Algernon"

John Adams and the XYZ Affair