"B" Day - Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Reminder: There is no "C" day this week! 

Today in Honors ELA: 
Objective: 
I will try to match the Theremin's sound to the mood of the poem my partner and I created.

Agenda: 
Warm Up: Silent Reading
Theremin Mood Magazine Poem presentations (did not finish, due to the class being too talkative and disrespectful)

Homework: 
Come back to school a little calmer and better prepared to work.


Today in Drama: 
Objective: 
I will create a mask that my partner and I will use for imaginative story telling!

Agenda: 
Instructions
Mask Video
Make-a-Mask!
Classroom Clean-up

Homework: 
None

"A" Day - Friday, May 27, 2016

Mrs. Colella will not be here today. Please be respectful to the substitute. 

Today in ELA: 
Objective: 
I will create a fun poem out of magazine clippings.

Agenda: 
Instructions
Theremin Mood Magazine Poems
*If it gets too loud, you will be assigned Sentence Correction Worksheet instead!

Homework: 
None

"B" Day - Thursday, May 26, 2016

Today in Honors ELA: 
Objective: 
I will understand the difference between mood and tone.

Agenda: 
TURN IN ALL LATE/MISSING/INCOMPLETE WORK TO IN BOX! MRS. COLELLA WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTING LATE WORK!
Tone vs. Mood (Journal Entry)
Theremin Mood Magazine Poem Instructions
Theremin Mood Magazine Poems

Homework: 
None.

Today in Drama: 
Objective: 
I will show how much I practiced my Lip Sync by rocking the Battle!

Agenda: 
Lip Sync Battles!!!

Homework: 
Nada!

Note: I not be in school tomorrow--be nice to the substitute!

"A" Day - Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Today in ELA: 
Objective: 
I will understand the difference between mood and tone.

Agenda: 
TURN IN ALL LATE/MISSING/INCOMPLETE WORK TO IN BOX! MRS. COLELLA WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTING LATE WORK!
Warm Up: Substitute Expectations (Journal Entry)
Interactive Reader pg. 216-219 "On The Grasshopper and The Cricket" (20 points)
Tone vs. Mood (Journal Entry)
Theremin Mood Magazine Poem Instructions

Homework: 
Bring a school-appropriate magazine to donate/cut up for Magazine Poems.

"B" Day - Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Today in Honors ELA: 

Grade 8 ELA Benchmark #4

Today in Drama: 
Objective: 
I will solidify my performance or dance moves for Lip Sync Battle. 

Agenda: 
Practice
Watch other schools' Lip Sync Battle videos

Homework: 
Practice for your Lip Sync Battle!

"A" Day - Monday, May 23, 2016

Grade 8 ELA Benchmark #4

"B" Day - Friday, May 20, 2016

REMINDER: Next week goes A-B-A-B-A

No C day!

Today in Honors ELA: 

Objective: 

I will find a poem where I didn't even know to look for one. 

Agenda: 

Interactive Reader "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" pg. 216-219

Tone - What is it? How do you "hear" it?

Found Poems 

Homework: 

ALL MAKE-UP WORK IS DUE BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH

Benchmark #4 is on Tuesday of next week. 

Today in Drama: 
Objective: 
I will work with my group, or solo, on my Lip Sync Project.

Agenda: 
 Lip Sync Project practice

Homework: 
Practice Lip Syncs will be performed