Sept. 11

• handed in poem
• silent reading
• parts of speech overview
• nouns video
• noun exercises

Homework:

Choose a writing prompt (Who's Responsible OR Alone and with Others) and write a paragraph to use for next English class. Due Thursday

Sept. 10

CE

• reviewed the week (parent meetings, late start, Mass, jersey day)
• turned in letters (and tissues)
• discussed service hours
• went over why we study the Bible
• discussed the development of the Bible through the oral, written, and edited stages
• started working on a work sheet of the timeline of the Old Testament

*** CE form (not hours) due Friday, October 5.

SS

• discussed rights and responsibilities (as Canadians, as members of our families)
• brainstormed in groups rights and responsibilities as Grade 8 students at ND
• selected our top two answers for each for Grade 8 poster
• started Geography unit - introduction to Atlas

Please remember to bring in your good copies of your "To Be" poems tomorrow.

Sept. 7

Today, we finished off the t-shirts, went to the library to check out AR books, shared our t-shirts in groups, and wrote bio poems for partners.

Homework:

1. Finish a good copy (for display) of the bio poem if you haven't already done so (due Tuesday).
2. Bring your novel to all Humanities classes.
3. Sign up for Edmodo (code sgcdto).
4. Remember to bring your letter to yourself on Monday if you haven't already done so.
5. Bring a box of tissues to class.

Sept. 6

We worked on our t-shirt activity and our letters to ourselves.

Homework:

1. If you haven't completed your letter, have it done by Monday, Sept. 10.
2. Sign up for an edmodo account by the end of next week. Use group code sgcdto.
3. Bring a box of tissues for next week.

Welcome to Grade 8!

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