Today 8th grade vocabulary papers from last week were returned to students. Students were also given the new 10 words plus 3 bonus words for this week. This assignment and spelling test are due on Friday. We also started to read The Old Man and the Sea paying careful attention to the concise construction of sentences by Ernest Hemingway. We have as a goal to improve our writing this year and aim for the "right words." Students are to read up to p. 15 by tomorrow and be prepared to share a good (terse) sentence from the text.
In U.S. History with Ms. Shields, 8th graders gave group presentations on the Maya, Inca and Aztec indigenous groups. Student visuals were designed with a museum format in mind as the students acted as "curators" to teach us. We all learned together. Students can be proud of their good presentations. Did you know? The Aztecs introduced chocolate; we sampled... yum, yum! The Mayans invented creatives uses of popcorn; we sampled Goober popcorn...yum,yum! The Incas made peanut butter; we missed the sample. It was lunchtime already... sorry!
We are hoping that many parents can join us tonight for dinner together and tours of classrooms. Thanks again for daily support.