8th+grade+writing+class+2015-2016

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 * Wednesday 11-18-15**

http://www.kwch.com/news/national/paris-attacks-what-we-know-so-far/36445578

http://www.kwch.com/news/national/gunfire-reported-amid-police-raid-near-paris/36515770

http://www.kwch.com/news/national/paris-attacks-wednesdays-developments/36515922


 * Tuesday 10-27-15**

Misplaced Modifiers


 * Tuesday 10-20-15**

Label the sentences that all the students wrote yesterday.


 * Monday 10-19-15**

Wrote sentences with S, V, DO, P, OP, INF, ADJ, ADV, and wrote them on a google form.

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 * Friday 10-16-15**

Completed a worksheet identifying S, V, P, OP, ADJ, ADV, and art.


 * Thursday 10-15-15**

Wrote sentences focusing on adjectives, adverbs and direct objects.


 * Wednesday 10-14-15**

Wrote sentences focusing on adjectives and adverbs.


 * Tuesday 10-13-15**

Presented and many were awesome!!! Finish IXL A.1-A.5


 * Monday 10-12-15**

Presented and many were awesome!!! Finish IXL A.1-A.5


 * Friday 10-9-15**

IXL all the A's. A.1-A.5


 * Thursday 10-8-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Monday.


 * Wednesday 10-7-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Monday.


 * Tuesday 10-6-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Wednesday.


 * Monday 10-5-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Wednesday.


 * Friday 10-2-15**

Write your paper!


 * Thursday 10-1-15**

Write 3 sentences. 1. SN, AV, P, ADJ, OP 2. SN, AV, P, ADJ, OP, INF Phrase 3. SN, ADV, AV

Start your story!


 * Wednesday 9-30-15**

Write 250 words about your antagonist.


 * Tuesday 9-29-15**

Write 250 words about your main character, 100 words describing the character's mother, and 100 words describing the character's father.


 * Monday 9-28-15**

Go over the worksheets from Friday.

Write 250 worlds about the setting of your story.


 * Friday 9-25-15**

Complete the following:

Prepositions

Label each preposition with a (P) and label each object of the preposition with and (OP) and put parentheses around the entire prepositional phrase. There are also 3 infinitives. Label them with (inf). p op inf p op Examples: My dog had fleas (on his belly). We are going to play football (in Ulysses) today.

Write 5 sentences of your own. You need to have at least one prepositional phrase in each sentence. Put parenthesis around the phrase and label the preposition and object of the preposition. 1 2  3  4  5  Write two sentences with infinitives in them. Label the infinitive for me, please. 6 7  We are going to practice writing sentences. Write an interrogative sentence. That is simply a question. 1 Write an exclamatory sentence. This sentence ends with an exclamation mark! 2 Write an imperative sentence. This is a command or request. It is understood that the subject is YOU. Example: Pass the potatoes. 3 Write a declarative sentence. This is the most common. This sentence makes a statement, just a regular sentence. 4 Write a 2 word sentence. Subject and action verb 5 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb and prepositional phrase. 6 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb, prepositional phrase and an adjective. 7 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb, prepositional phrase, adjective, adverb and an infinitive phrase. 8 Write a simple sentence. 9 Write a compound sentence. Combine 2 simple sentences with a comma and a conjunction: and, but, or, so, yet. 10 Write a complex sentence using the conjunctions on page 441. Start with the independent clause, so you will not have a comma. 11 Write a complex sentence using the conjunctions on page 441. Start with the dependent clause, so you will have a comma. 12
 * 1)  I was writing about a frog.
 * 2) I sat above my parents at the Buhler game.
 * 3) I walked across the isle in the movie theater.
 * 4) I put the frosting on the cake.
 * 5) I leaned against the cold wall after our big football game.
 * 6) I ran my fingers along the fence.
 * 7) I sat among the football players.
 * 8) My friends sat around me at the movies.
 * 9) At the mall, I ate a pretzel.
 * 10) I walked my dog before school.
 * 11) I ran behind the house.
 * 12) I sat below the bridge.
 * 13) I went beneath our house to look for snakes under it.
 * 14) At the basketball game, I sat beside Lebron James.
 * 15) At the concessions stand I had to choose between a hot dog or pretzel.
 * 16) I ran through the finish line.
 * 17) We drove by McDonald’s on our way home from school.
 * 18) I slid down the slide.
 * 19) During the game, I ate nachos.
 * 20) Everyone in my family had blonde hair except for me.
 * 21) I bought my mom chocolate for Valentines Day.
 * 22) At 4:00, I got home from school.
 * 23) I went in my room to take a nap on my new bed.


 * Thursday 9-24-15**

Use the S-E-E-D Writing Model below to write about a news article.

I read the article about xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx beacause xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Another example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. As a result I learned xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.


 * Wednesday 9-23-15**

Wrote simple, compound and complex sentences.


 * Tuesday 9-22-15**

IXL N.1, N.2, and N.3


 * Monday 9-21-15**

Identified prepositions, subjects, verbs and adjectives in sentences.


 * Friday 9-18-15**

Identified prepositions, subjects and verbs in sentences.


 * Thursday 9-17-15**

Write a 300 word paper. Finish IXL Q.2


 * Wednesday 9-16-15**

IXL Q.2


 * Tuesday 9-15-15**

IXL R.3 and Q.2


 * Monday 9-14-15**

Wrote sentences with action verbs, linking verbs and helping verbs.


 * Friday 9-11-15**

Read a library book and write down 5 sentences from the book with pronouns and prepositional phrases in them. Please put parenthesis around the prepositional phrases and underline the pronouns.


 * Thursday 9-10-15**

Wrote a paper with no pronouns!


 * Wednesday 9-9-15**

Finished note over nouns and pronouns. Wrote three quarters of a page about a fun time with friends or family.


 * Tuesday 9-8-15**

Write the prepositional phrases from each sentence in the PDF
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 * Friday 9-4-15**

Wrote sentences and identified the prepositional phrases.


 * Thursday 9-3-15**

Wrote sentences on the board and identified the prepositional phrases in each!


 * Wednesday 9-2-15**

Finish and hand in prepositional phrase poster. Make and share a folder on Drive with me, jwilliams@usd313.org

When naming the folder: Last, First hour reading