PBh Due 3.11.14 (and other dates too!)

Hello All,

I hope you all did remember to bring your yellow workbook home. After the 8th grade debate tomorrow, we will accelerate our learning as we revisit the novel Inside Out and Back Again.

Please do the following each day of the week due 3.11.14:



1. Due to the overwhelming amount of work I assigned from the yellow workbook, I decided to change a few things. Please do the following in the yellow workbook:


A. Skip page 52. (It serves no purpose at this moment)
B. Complete pp. 53-59 - Due 3.11.14
C. Complete pp. 60-68 (Read and annotate the text only. For this assignment it is more important for you to thoroughly annotate the text and absorb the information from the reading) - Due 3.14.14
D. Complete pp. 69-72 - Due 3.17.14



Read the directions in the workbook and read the corresponding pages in the novel, if necessary, that it instructs you to read for each lesson.



When you read the nonfiction articles in the yellow workbook, please annotate it with a purpose. Read the questions or any instructions that precede the articles and ONLY annotate areas that provide you with the answers.


2. Debate Writing Reflection - Class 419 Due Date 3.10.14 & Class 421 Due Date 3.14.14
You have the option to either type it following the criteria of: Times New Roman, double spaced, last name numbered pages, college block style heading and the title, Debate Writing Reflection, in bold print. Or, handwrite it in your neatest and clearest writing.




The reflection questions are as follows:
¡In an essay, write about your experience researching evidence for the debate and collaborating with your classmates. Be honest and reflective.
¡What difficulties did you have finding  articles for your counter argument and presenting it? If not, why? Be very detailed (beginning to debate day).
¡What new information did you learn about  the Vietnam War? (3 examples from the articles)
¡Why was it important to understanding the novel Inside Out & Back Again? Provide examples from the novel and cite page numbers.
¡Place finished, stapled essays inside mailbox on the assigned day for your class.



Debate FYI:

Please research 5 of the strongest facts that explains the reasons for and purpose of the Vietnam War.



Reminders:

Please bring in a canned good (i.e. soup, veggies, meat, etc.) on 3.5.14 or 3.6.14 and give it to Mrs. Hamilton. One person from the class will collect it and bring it to her.



Movie/Book Review due 3.24.14. Recommended list of movies to watch TBA. I will provide you with a different rubric.

Vocabulary Game Project due 3.31.14. You will want these games to be created prior to the NYS ELA state test so that the class will have something to play after the test is done. Please follow the same rubric I provided you with for the first project. If you don't have one, please request one.



If you have any questions, please email thereadingcafe@aol.com by 7pm M-F, or call Dial-A-Teacher @ 212.777.3380 between 4-7 pm M-F.

Miss. N