Your eighth grade year is almost over! Are you ready for high school? What are you looking forward to? Are you nervous at all?
Write at least 4 sentences using correct grammar please!
We are currently reading The Pearl in class. What are your thoughts about the novel so far? Do you have any questions about the novel? What predictions do you have about the rest of the novel?
What is the nicest thing that someone has done for you? What is the nicest thing that you have ever done for someone else?
Please use correct grammar. Responses should be at least 4 sentences.
Tell about a time when you did something that took a lot of courage for you. (Examples: learning to swim, giving a speech, standing up for someone else, having surgery, etc).
Remember to use correct grammar and write at least 4 sentences.
Should students have to study all subjects, or should they be able to study only what interests them? What would be some disadvantages to only studying certain subjects?
Remember, proper grammar must be used to get credit. Also, write at least 5 sentences.
Francis Bacon said,” Histories make men wise…” Do you think it is helpful to know our country’s history? Explain why or why not. Describe something that happened to you in the past that might help you in the future.
Remember, at least five sentences and use proper grammar!!
We have recently been introduced to the court scene in our reading of Walter Dean Myers’ Monster. Read the following link that concerns a recent court case.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/04/national/main3330186.shtml
What are your thoughts on this? Some things to consider:
Remember, you must write at leat five sentences using proper grammar to receive full credit!
Remember, discussions are for extra credit. The blog assignment is for a grade!!
If you were to stand in front of a school on the first day of kindergarden or first grade you would see kids running up to the doors. They would probably be jumping up and down and yelling their heads off. They are excited about going to school. They are excited about learning to read and write.
Somewhere along the way, learning seems to lose its fun. If you stand in front of a middle school or high school on the first day, students are trudging up the walkway frowning. What happens? Why is learning no longer fun? Why don’t we want to learn just for the sake of learning?
Please share your thoughts!! 
This is the first blog assignment that is for a grade. Please remember the requirements for posting so that you can receive credit.
Look at this image. Write a free write, story, poem, etc based on this picture.
Many of you have stopped by here and posted on our blog. I am enjoying reading all of the comments. Thus far, commenting on our blog has been for extra credit. We are going to take it a step further. Students will be given a time slot to go back to the computer and answer a blog assignment. Each day three people will be assigned to the computers at the beginning of class while the other students are working on their journals. Due to the number of students, we will have a two week rotation. You will be excused from doing the journal question on the day that you are assigned to the computer. Yes, you must answer the blog. Yes, it counts for a grade.
Requirements: Your response must be at least five sentences long. You MUST use correct grammar and punctuation. That means you capitalize what needs to be capitalized, you put periods where there needs to be periods, you do not use abbreviations, etc. Credit will not be given if proper grammar is not used. Remember our Discussion #1…we aren’t using text or IMing language here.
Computer assignments will begin the week of October 8th. You may only get on the computer during the blog time on your assigned day.
