1. Monday, November 29th, 2010 - English Agenda
Objectives: R – Identify main ideas and supporting evidence in short stories; R – Evaluate personal, social and political issues as presented in text; R – Read texts that reflect contributions of different cultural groups;
Essential Questions: What literary terms are operating in this story and how can they help me to understand the story?
Writer’s Notebook ideas: Have you ever been surprised to discover something new about someone? Describe completely.

2. Monday, November 29, 2010 English Agenda
WN - Have you ever been surprised to discover something new about someone? Describe completely.
Before you leave today – be sure to get your Hero picture from the bulletin board (they will be thrown away at the end of the day if you don’t!)
Read short story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara today in class pg
Define the following in WN:
Allusions
Dialect
Making Judgments as you read
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

3. Monday, November 29, 2010 PreAP English Agenda
WN – Have you ever been surprised to discover something new about someone? Describe completely.
Before you leave today – be sure to get your Hero picture from the bulletin board (they will be thrown away at the end of the day if you don’t!)
The Giver Ch Take Home Test DUE TODAY
Read short story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara today in class pg
Define the following in WN:
Allusions
Dialect
Making Judgments as you read
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

4. Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 English Agenda
Objectives:
(R )Vary reading strategies according to text and purpose; (R ) Read a variety of literature; (R11.8.5) Use context to determine meaning of multiple meaning words
Essential questions: What strategies do good readers use to understand text?

5. Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 English Agenda
WN: Respond to this quote – The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. –Oliver Wendell Holmes
-Library Day –
AR Deadline – Friday, December 10th
Remember to take VOCABULARY tests with every AR test
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

6. Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 - PreAP English Agenda
WN: Respond to this quote – The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. –Oliver Wendell Holmes
-Library Day –
AR Deadline – Friday, December 10th
Remember to take VOCABULARY tests with every AR test
2/28/2019
Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

7. Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 English Agenda
Objectives: R – Identify main ideas and supporting evidence in short stories; R – Evaluate personal, social and political issues as presented in text; R – Read texts that reflect contributions of different cultural groups;
Essential Questions: What literary terms are operating in this story and how can they help me to understand the story?

8. Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 English Agenda
WN – Write about your favorite (or worst) Christmas memories.
Complete reading of “Raymond’s Run” today thru page 554 of textbook.
Complete questions #1-7 on page 556 in complete sentences. (CSRQ)
Discuss at the end of class today
Read Understanding Supported and Unsupported
Inferences on pg
Take notes from this section in your WN
focus on the 3 bold print words
Read “Olympic Games” on p. 559
Read “Olympic Games Report” on 560
Complete Test Practice questions pg 561 –
including the constructed response questions with
your partner
Turn in completed questions - TODAY
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

9. Wednesday, December 1, 2010---PreAP English Agenda
WN – Write about your favorite (or worst) Christmas memories.
Complete reading of “Raymond’s Run” today thru
page 554 of textbook.
Complete questions #1-7 on page 556 in
complete sentences. (CSRQ)
Discuss at the end of class today
Read Understanding Supported and
Unsupported Inferences on pg
Take notes from this section in your WN
focus on the 3 bold print words
Read “Olympic Games” on p. 559
Read “Olympic Games Report” on 560
Complete Test Practice questions pg 561 – including the constructed response questions with your partner
Turn in completed questions - TODAY
Refer to “The Giver” calendar for where you should be in the novel
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English December 1-5, 2008

10. Thursday, December 2nd, 2010---English Agenda
Objectives: W – Revise style for selected vocabulary and information
Essential questions: What strategies do good writers use?

11. Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 English Agenda
WN – What would have to be added to our own society in order to make it perfect? What would be lost in this quest for perfection?
Discussion leading into Abstract/Concrete descriptions (Follow Powerpoint)
Take Notes on Concrete/Abstract and discuss/share examples
Divide into partners (within your pod)
and complete the Abstract/Concrete
quiz to check for your understanding
Turn in today before you leave!
If time - Assign Abstract word – draw cards – and write a paragraph describing your word
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English November 29-December 3, 2010

12. Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 - PreAP English Agenda
WN – What would have to be added to our own society in order to make it perfect? What would be lost in this quest for perfection?
Discussion leading into Abstract/Concrete descriptions (Follow Powerpoint)
Take Notes on Concrete/Abstract
and discuss/share examples
Divide into partners (within your pod)
and complete the Abstract/Concrete
quiz to check for your understanding
Turn in today before you leave!
If time - Assign Abstract word – draw card
Write a paragraph describing your word
Continue with The Giver – test tomorrow
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13. Friday, December 3rd, 2010 English Agenda
Objectives: W – Revise style for selected vocabulary and information
Essential questions: What strategies do good writers use?

14. Friday, December 3rd, 2010 -- English Agenda
WN – What defines you as an individual? Is it your family background? Your personal experiences? The things you enjoy? Name at least three things about yourself that are different from anyone else you know.
Get out your Abstract Word paragraph
Discussion of Concrete/Abstract paragraph
(handout green packet)
-Share examples & show process of revising to
eliminate abstract terms using the handout 
- Continue with deliberately choosing words
for an effect on our readers
Go through your paragraph and circle all
abstract words in your paragraph
Now rewrite your paragraph and
TAKE OUT all the abstract words.
What is not finished today in class is homework & is due at the beginning of class tomorrow – 1st and 2nd drafts!
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15. Friday, December 3rd, 2010-- PreAP English Agenda
WN – What defines you as an individual? Is it your family background? Your personal experiences? The things you enjoy? Name at least three things about yourself that are different from anyone else you know.
Test Today over The Giver – Ch. 14-?
Get out your Abstract Word paragraph
Discussion of Concrete/Abstract paragraph
(handout green packet)
Share examples & show process of revising to
eliminate abstract terms using the handout 
Continue with deliberately choosing words
for an effect on our readers
Go through your paragraph and circle all
abstract words in your paragraph
Now rewrite your paragraph and
TAKE OUT all the abstract words.
What is not finished today in class is homework
& is due at the beginning of class
on Monday – 1st and 2nd drafts!
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Mrs. Hull 8th grade English November 29-December 3, 2010