Thursday, March 12

Warmup: Roots prin/prim (first), psych (mind) and quer/ques/quis (seek)
Word of the Day: prudent (4/6) potential (5)
Discuss ending of The Pearl
Computer lab first half of period: practice test for SBAC

No homework

Tuesday, March 10

Warmup: Holt Handbook pages 385 and 386 exercises 10 and 11
Discuss The Pearl Chapter 5
Review homework
Word of the day: provocative (4/6), policy (5)
Multiple Choice section of English 8 placement test given in class.

Homework: Read Chapter 6 of The Pearl and do sheet.

Friday, March 6

Warmup: Roots photo (light), phys (nature), and port (carry)
Clauses and sentences
Types of sentences
Discuss Chapter 4 of The Pearl
Word of the Day:
4/6 prosaic
5 perspective

Homework: Write a paragraph containing four sentences.
1. First sentence should be a simple sentence
2. Then write a compound sentence
3. Next, a complex sentence with an adjective clause
4. Last, a complex sentence with an adverb clause
5. fourth and sixth periods only: add a fifth sentence: compound-complex

Be here Tuesday: first part of test for 8th grade English placement

Wednesday, March 4, National Grammar Day!

Warmup: Review words for vocabulary quiz
Vocab quiz 9
Word of the Day:
4/6 precocious and pretentious
5 license
Worksheet for The Pearl

Homework: Read The Pearl Chapter 4 and do worksheet questions