'8th Grade Language Arts' Category
Five Million Forgotten
Since we have been studying the Holocaust we know the millions of Jewish casualties, but there were millions more persectuted who were NOT Jewish in faith.
Here is the link to begin your research project.
Choose a group from the list on the left of the page. Begin with this website to find out information about […]The Holocaust Pre WWII Picture Project
Monday we will begin our Pre WWII Picture Project. The objective behind this project is for students to see that before WWII and the Holocaust that German Jews were everyday people. They lived their lives just like you and I. We often see the negative images of the concentration camps and the […]
The Holocaust
We are going to wrap up the last couple of weeks in reading with our Holocaust Unit. There are many different aspects to the Holocaust and we are going to try to make sense of some of them. This project may carry over into second semester as well.
Extra Credit!!
Sorry this was not up yesterday as intended, but with that last day and all - things were hectic!
I am offering two forms of extra credit - one is for writing (language arts), the other for reading.
1. For reading, if you read over break and write one dialectical journal (if you forgot the format […]Only 3 Days!!!
With only three days this week - we will be wrapping up on projects and not really beginning anything new. I will be posting an extra credit assignment on here if anyone in interested. It will post on Wednesday and will be due the day we come back from break!
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Flowers for Algernon
Don’t forget that we are watching Charly, the film version of “Flowers for Algernon”. Your “Be Careful What You Wish For” project is due Monday, December 17th. The essay will be due two days after the film is over. Can’t “find” the sheet - well flowers-for-algernon.pdf it is.