Parents,

Our new Grade Portal is up and running and ready for you to check your child's work.  Attatched to your child's gradecard was an information sheet about this new tool.  It included usernames and passwords that allow you to gain access to your child's grades.  If you notice an "X" where there should be a grade, it is because your child has not turned in that assignment or taken that Quiz/Test.  Please encourage your child to address the missing assignments so that they may receive a positive grade for their work.  Grades will be entered weekly as they are turned in and graded.

Welcome to Mrs. Haynie's 8th Grade English Class!

Week 1: Aug. 9-13

Monday: Welcome back! Team Information, Class Syllabus, Grading Scale, Haynie's Passes, Information Note Cards.

Tuesay:Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit (Mon.). Team Schedule. Project Information: The Soundtrack of Your Life. (Due Aug. 27!)

Wednesday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit (Tues.&Wed.). 2nd, 3rd, 7th: Writing Sample. Paragraph on following topic: What food could you eat the rest of your life? Begin getting to know you activity: 2 Truths and 1 Lie.

Thursday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit (Thurs.). Simple Subjects and Predicates. Complete Subjects and Predicates. WKBK p.9 &11.  Finish 2 Truths and 1 Lie.

Friday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit (Fri). Turn in week's Bellringers. Compound Subjects and Predicates. WKBK p.13. 6th period Writing Sample: Complete essay on following topic: What is one thing you would change about the world?

Week 2: Aug. 16-20 

Monday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Review for Monday. Vocabulary Assignment: define words 2x. Pick 5 terms to illustrate term's meaning. Vocabulary Quiz on Friday! 6th and 7th finish WKBK pages on Compund Subjects and Predicates.

Tuesday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Review for Tuesday. Write a five-sentence paragraph with a topic and conclusion sentence, making sure that each sentence has a subject and a predicate, begins with a capital letter, and ends with punctuation (graded only on 6 elements) on what you know or believe about the Holocaust topic on Promethean Board. Complete anticipation guide. Students MUST choose to agree or disagree. On the back of the anticipation guide, explain five of the statements.Introduction of novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. 

Wednesday:Bellringer:  Write a five-sentence paragraph with a topic and conclusion sentence, making sure that each sentence has a subject and a predicate on what you would do if you were the principal at OMS or if you believe that Bruno, the main character of the novel would know about the Holocaust as he is only nine-years-old. PowerPoint lecture overview of Holocaust. Listen to Chapter 1 of the audio recording of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, completing appropriate questions on the reading guide and discuss inference in the novel.

Thursday:Bellringer: Write a five-sentence paragraph with a topic and conclusion sentence on topic: Does discrimination exist today? Explain. 2^nd Period complete worksheet on irrelevant sentences. 6^th Period complete worksheet on conclusion sentences.Class discussion on genre – novel as a fable. Listen to Chapter 2 of the audio recording of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, completing appropriate questions on the reading guide and discuss inference in the novel.Class discussion on elements of a fable in Chapter 2.

Friday: Bellringer:  Write a five-sentence paragraph with a topic and conclusion sentence and no irrelevant sentences on topic: Can words change the world? Explain.Take vocabulary quiz and turn in Reading Guide and Bellringers. Introduction to group research project, presentation, and types of sources. Discern between primary and secondary sources.6^th period begin taking notes for presentation.

Week 3: Aug. 23-27

Monday: Bellringer: None. Students attend library presentation and work on group research presentations.

Tuesday:Bellringer: Write 5 sentences on how the research at the library was like and different from the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Copy vocabulary. ReadThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas and work on reading guide. Lesson on Genre. Create Venn Diagrams.

Wednesday: Bellringer: Wednesday Daily Grammar Review. Students read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and work on reading guide.Finish lesson on Genre and  Venn Diagrams.

Thursday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Review. Student presentations.

Friday: Bellringer: Friday Daily Grammar Review. Turn in bellringers and Soundtrack of My Life Project. Finish student presentations (3^rd and 6^th period only). Students work on Genre lesson and Venn Diagrams (3^rd period only). Read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and work on reading guide. Vocabulary quiz.

Week 4: Aug. 30-Sept. 3

Monday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit. Complete AIMS Web Benchmark Test (2nd and 3rd periods). Copy Vocabulary. Introduction to foreshadowing. Read The Boy in The Striped Pajamas and complete reading guide (turn in).

Tuesday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit. Dependent and Independent Clauses. Silly Sentences Activity. Read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and complete reading guide.

Wednesday: Abbreviated Day! Fundraiser Kick-Off! Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit (except 6th per.). Complete AIMS Web Benchmark Test (6th and 7th periods).

Thursday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit. Read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and complete reading guide. Characterization Powerpoint (except 3rd per.). 6th per.: Independent/Dependent Clauses. 3rd: Flashback Powerpoint.

Friday: Bellringer: Daily Grammar Edit. Turn in week's Bellringers. Vocabulary Quiz. 3rd period: Characterization Powerpoint.

Week 5: Sept. 6-Sept. 10

Monday: No School! (Labor Day)

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday: End of 1st 6 Weeks! (Yes, for some reason, there are only 5 weeks this grading period.)

Welcome to 8th grade Math

1st Grading Period Daily Schedule

(subject to change)

Welcome....below is our weekly schedule for the week of Sept. 14th-18th.  

Weekly Schedule

Monday Sept. 14th    Students completed a review sheet for Chapter 2 test tomorrow!

Tuesday Sept. 15th   Chapter 2 test classification/dichotomous key...intro to chapter 3 animal behavior and adaptation

Wednesday Sept. 16th  My student teacher Miss Cross begins teaching Chapter 3 to the students.

Thursday Sept. 17th  Students were introduced to Chapter 3 and had a vocabulary review worksheet for homework

Friday Sept. 18th  Students did an in-class lab on Section 1.  No homework for the weekend

Report cards are being sent home along with parent portal information and yearbook forms!

Monday Sept. 21  Students took notes on Ch. 3 Section 2

Tuesday Sept. 22  Lab on Ch 3 Section 2

Wednesday Sept. 23  Notes on Chapter 3 Section 3

Thursday Sept 24  Lab on Chapter 3 Section 3.  Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 3 Vocab words

Friday Sept. 25  Vocabulary Quiz on Chapter 3 Words and Notes on Section 4

Team News (Sept. 28-Oct. 2)

 Spirit Week!!!  Monday:  favorite sports team   Tuesday:  Hippie Day   Wednesday:  Wacky Tacky day  Thursday:  Blue/Gold Day...(pep rally)  Friday:  Team T-shirts Day

Tuesday:  Field Trip forms will be coming home...please sign these forms and return to school no later than Friday October 2nd.  Trip is $5.00 and we are going to Chilhowee to hike to Benton Falls.  Trip is Science topic related.  Observing how forest animals adapt in the wild and collecting leaf specimens for a classification key review!

Monday Sept. 28  Finish notes on Section 4  Lab on Section 4

 Tuesday Sept. 29  Chapter Review in class and study sheet  Chapter 3 Test Tomorrow!!  Study sheets should come home!!

 Wednesday Sept. 30  Chapter 3 Test  Vocabulary definitions for Chapter 4 due tomorrow!

Thursday  Oct. 1  Introduce Chapter 4 Section 1:  Charles Darwin