Friday, August 31, 2012

Friday, August 31st

Pre-AP:
1) Power Write: suddenly/green
2) Share/Discuss
3) Digital Citizenship 4
4) If Time: Free Writing Friday
HW: Finish and hand in Digital Citizenship Q's

8K:
1) Take your three Tolkien facts, and turn them into a paragraph about J.R.R. Tolkien.
2) Share/Discuss
3) Cliff Notes Explanation
4) Hand out books
5) Free-Reading Friday
HW: Complete chapter 1 and notes!

G/T:
1) Digital Citizenship 4
2) Homework Sharing
3) Odyssey Accountability
4) Hand out books- Free-Reading Friday
HW: Complete Book 1!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Thursday, August 30th

Pre-AP:
1) Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write for 3 minutes about one or both of the following words: angry/ lunch.
2) Discussion/ Sharing
3) Hand in/ share paragraphs from yesterday
4) Digital Citizenship 3
HW: Return forms!!!

8K:
1) Digital Citizenship 3
2) Digital Citizenship 4
HW: Find 3 facts about Tolkien, author of The Hobbit that you will be prepared to share tomorrow!

G/T:
1) Power write: What is epic poetry?
2) Epic Poetry Intro
3) Digital Citizenship 3
HW: Research and write a paragraph about the Trojan War, or Greek mythology.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Wednesday, August 29th

Pre-AP:
1) Take out a piece of paper, and write one 5-7 sentence paragraph about what you expect or want out of 8th grade. Work quietly, and independently.
2) Discuss Writer's Notebook
3) Digital Citizenship 2
HW: Return Forms, Finish Paragraph

All 8K:
1) Take out your wheel, and read the English checkpoints to yourself.
2) Discussion
3) Brainstorming session
4) Digital Citizenship 2
HW: Continue to brainstorm, have one solid idea by next Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Tuesday, August 28th

All Classes:
1) Introductions/ Ice Breaker
2) Classroom Procedures
3) Digital Citizenship Unit 1

HW: Return Forms!

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Welcome Back! August 27th, 2012

Welcome back to Krueger and KSAT! I am so glad that you are here!

Today, we will be in advisory all day going over a lot of campus, KSAT and classroom information. Be sure to get all of the necessary forms signed and return them to me no later than Friday!