Attention Grabber The introductory paragraph has a strong hook or attention grabber that is appropriate for the audience. This could be a strong statement, a relevant quotation, statistic, or question addressed to the reader. Focus or Thesis Statement The thesis statement names the topic of the essay and outlines the main points to be discussed. […]
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Happy New Year! We are almost done with our 2nd quarter! These next two weeks, we will be watching Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, and writing a paper on the comparison of the two. This paper will be due 1/10/13! Students should have finished their book report book as was assigned the end of the […]
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Posted in 8th Grade English on Nov 18th, 2013
WRITE A LETTER TO HAMLET USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE BELOW. IN IT YOU NEED TO USE THE TITLE, THE AUTHOR AND AT LEAST 3 QUOTES TO GET HAMLET TO STOP BEING SO DOWN. MAKE SURE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARTICLE. DUE 11/26/13 what’s “normal” when it comes to mourning? We each experience the […]
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Modern Meanings of words used in Shakespeare’s plays ay o’er an otherwise anon thee art thy canst thou chamber thither dost wilt doth wherefore ere whither fair woe hath woo hither god-den ho ware kinsman ‘tis madam shrift marry sirrah ne’er soft
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Posted in 8th Grade English on Nov 15th, 2013
Hamlet Chapter Abstracts Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand […]
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Posted in 8th Grade English on Nov 15th, 2013
Cartoon Summary Hamlet 1. The play begins with guards and a young courtier nervously assembled on the castle battlements. The reason for their vigil appears – a ghost. In fact, it is the ghost of the dead king, Hamlet, but will not speak to them. 2. Prince Hamlet, the ghost’s son, is in the court […]
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Book report guidelines 5-7 minutes May have 5-7 notecards but should not be read from PROOF of what the book says should be included in conversation, for instance when discussing the difference in one of the phantoms that haunt Scrooge the speaker could draw upon a description of the phantom. On page 13, first whole […]
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In class today we created a house cutout to help us remember the parts of a short story. Students were given the entire class period, but not everyone could finish in that time. In case you didn’t get it, attached are the labels that need to be under moveable pieces….
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The Week of 9/16, there will be spelling for 8th graders and Greek and Latin roots for 9th graders due on Friday. There is an argumentative article due on Wednesday, as there is every week. We will be finishing up argumentative writing and the test/paper that is due on Tuesday. Each student should have gotten […]
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Rationale: At the beginning of the year, as a sort of benchmark and to be able to get know the students, I have the students write about their EDUCATIONAL PERSONALITY. After this has been graded and turned back to the students, students will take their papers and their life stories and compare to two famous […]
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