8th Grade LA/SS

• Why Democracy Assignment

• Language Arts Word Wall

• Social Studies Word Wall

• Conclusions

• Body Paragraphs and Elaboration

• Introductions

• KWLChart: Reconstruction 1865 - 1877

• Spelling Lists (See the calendar)

• Current Events Assignment  See the Homework Calendar for specifics about which students are to turn in their current events when.  Next week is the last week  that we will be doing Current Events, so everyone who has not done a fourth current event will be expected to have them ready for next Friday, 05/16/08.

• Daily Edits (see the calendar)

• Persuasive Writing Support Documents

• To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive Essay Assignment Packet

• Just Wars Project

Creative Physical Expression (CPE)

• Word Wall (Creative movement)

• Creative Dance Assessment Prompt and planning form

• CPE Weekly Journal

Guild

Favorite Links:

• Homework Calendar

• ReadWriteThink

• US History Online outline

• Asia Times Online (http://www.atimes.com/)

• New York Times Online (http://www.nytimes.com/)

• Eastlake Library Website (http://schools.lwsd.org/ehs/)

• The Owl at Purdue (MLA Formatting and Style Guide: Works Cited: Electronic Sources - The OWL at Purdue)

Upcoming Performances/Field Trips

• First Annual Movement Showcase 10/30 @ 7:30

• UW World Dance Series 11/16 @ 10 am  Please bring a sack lunch to eat at the UW

• Bugsy Malone March 14th @ EHS Theater 7:00 PM

• June 4th Talent Show @ EHS theater 7:00 PM

Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning

Sammamish, WA 98074

425-836-6600

mdaman@lwsd.org