Hello Everyone,This coming week, September 8–11, promises to be another hot one; dress accordingly, within school code. As usual, the eighth grade floor will be toastier than the rest of the school. Remember that the quieter and less active you are, the cooler the rooms stay and the longer the doors can stay open to circulate air!
This week, we will work on objective summarization, identification of themes in narratives, and how to properly defend a point.
- On Tuesday, students will read a passage from their individual reading books, summarize it objectively, and provide a possible theme of the story so far, including how that theme relates to the events in the story.
- On Wednesday, students will discuss in teams and with the teacher what a theme is, and how evidence can be used to support it.
- On Thursday, students will review their answers and improve them as needed, and help team members with their answers and definitions until the entire team can provide working definitions and examples of both summary and theme.
- On Friday, students will complete a Week in Review letter and present their week's reading to their team and the teacher.
Finally, Learning Lab begins this week; it runs every Tuesday–Thursday from 2:15 until 4:00 in the library. Students must sign up in the main office beforehand, and they must have work to complete; it is not social time. The activity bus can take all students home after. Many clubs and events begin this week as well; check with teachers and coaches for official times.
Welcome back to school, and enjoy the heat!
Sincerely,
Mr. DeMaris
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