'Homework' Category
Welcome Back!!!
I hope everyone had a terrific summer! This year will be exciting and challenging. I am getting forward to knowing all of you this year. Check my blog and my webpage often. You will find homework, worksheets, and links to help you on projects and assignments. Mrs. L
April 20-24: OAT test week I
This week we are taking our first set of OAT tests. It will consist of the reading and the math portion. In class 8th grade:We are beginning our autobiography project. We will be working on this piece in class and it will be due at the end of May. 8th grade reading: We have just started John [...]
Jan 5-9
We had a great week back to school. I am already back in “the groove” and excited about reading our first paper together. 8th grade – We are reviewing the writing process and are working on a paper to show each step. 8th grade reading – We are reading “Flowers for Algernon” a [...]
Happy New Year!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful break, and is refreshed and ready to learn. We have three weeks left of first semester. It is hard to believe that half of the year is already passed us by. Second semester will begin test prep and a switch of classes. Long periods will become short and short [...]
9/1/08
I just wanted to take a few moments to welcome everyone back to school! Many of you are returnees and some of you are brand new to McDowell. Either way, I am glad you are here! As you all know by now I will be out of the building for a few months because we are [...]
8th Grade Honors LA
Create a “Pirates Today” Powerpoint Skull and crossbones buccaneers have resurfaced with “Terminator”-style tactics, shining a spotlight on an age-old crime that some experts warn could inspire terrorists. Unlike the pirates of yore, today’s bandits of the sea use computers and satellite technology to track their prey. Then, under the cover of darkness, they sneak [...]
8th Grade Honors LA
We are starting a unit on the novel Treasure Island! Arrrrr, it do be hard mateys but it be worth it all in the end. Okay, seriously, this is a good book and we will learn a lot about the time period as well as the history of pirates and character portrayal in novels. Good [...]
I, Juan de Pareja
Here is the link to the webquest in activity we are working on. We will begin reading the book tomorrow (1.29.08) Mrs. L