Projects: We started our study of American government today. We will move from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, along with government structure. This will be covered over the next 3 weeks.
7th and 8th Grade Reading: Our Week in Rap covered ISIS and the attacks that have occurred over the last several weeks. We had strong, serious discussions.
Writing: Students started brainstorming and creating quick sketches for a "day in the life of..." narratives. They will choose any object or person and write a one page narrative detailing a day in the life of it. I read them a mentor text called "A Day in the Life of a Cell" so they could visualize structure and start generating ideas. I am seeing some FABULOUS ideas and can't wait to see what they come up with. Narrative writing is typically harder than informative (even though it's more fun), so we will take all of this slowly. During writing we also worked on sentence diagramming and had free writing time.
Homework: 7th and 8th both have Flocabulary due Thursday
Don't forget the pajama drive that student council is doing this month! We are collecting brand new pajamas for the Scholastic Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive. Pajamas are being stored in my room and student council members will see that they get sent off to the appropriate spot on December 18. Thank you so much for your support!
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