AND FINALLY...

In this final quarter of your 8th grade year, we will focus on ethics and an ideal society. You've been introduced to Confucius' Great Unity, his ideal society, and you were asked to consider the list of fundamental problems that exist in our world as we know it. With an attempt to arrive at solutions, it's difficult not to begin to question what is an ideal society and the role ethics play in forming such a society, for good and for worse. 

Through our studies of the fantasy novel,The Giver by Lois Lowry, we will examine one example of a so-called ideal society and explore the controversial issues of ethics that arise

If you have misplaced your Literature Circle Role Sheet, please click on the following:

 img-4161024-0001.pdf (104,7 kB)

Once you have finished reading the entire novel,

submit your TYPED answers to 5 questions from the following list of questions:

Ch.21-23 Questions.doc (21 kB) 

Due: Friday 5/29 for all sections (20pts)

For an overview of plans for 4th Quarter, please click on the following:

4th Quarter Plans 08.09.doc (37 kB)

Greek and Latin Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots

If you've misplaced your handout, please click on the following link and scroll down to pages 7, 9, & 11:

www.texasreading.org/downloads/middle_school_instruction/RTSAppendix_Pt2.pdf

For more practice with GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES,

check out this video!

"Pleasantville"  

COMING SOON...to an Interamericano Library projection room near you!

Word Study #4 Quiz: C - Thurs (4/23) + A/B/D - Fri (4/24)

The WS#4 Quiz will require you to write a story of your choice, using all 10 words on the list! Your story should follow a basic plotline and include all elements of literature. Also, your story must be written in the PAST TENSE.

You may use any part of speech for each of the 10 words and you may use any of the words more than once; however, you will be scored only once for each word. The quiz will be worth a total of 25 points and you will be evaluated according to correct usage of the word within the sentence.You may earn 2 points for each word used correctly, and 5 additional points for the following: Word Choice (1pt), Grammar (2pts), Spelling (1pt), and Punctuation (1pt).

The ideal way to study for this type of quiz is to practice your story writing in advance, self-edit, and learn it. During the quiz, you will be expected to write your story from memory. GOOD LUCK AND BE CREATIVE!

If you've misplaced your WS#4 Handout, please click on the following:

WS#4 Handout.doc (43 kB)

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