ELA 8 News
The 411 for Room 803
What Happened in ELA Last Week?
Monday
We had our first lesson in how to find credible sources with Mrs. Tia Wood in the Media Center.
Tuesday
Mrs. Palmer came in to conduct her first guidance session and we began our first lesson in IXL to develop our reading comprehension skills.
Wednesday
We continued individual work in both No Red Ink and IXL.
Thursday
We went back to the Media Center to have our second lesson on finding credible sources with Mrs. Wood.
Friday
We read our second article on censorship and started an online discussion about censorship with our peers in Canvas. What we didn't finish in class became homework over the weekend.
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What's Coming up in ELA 8 This Week?
Monday
We will work in No Red Ink and have our first Socratic Seminar of the year!
Tuesday
Mrs. Earsing will be out on Tuesday; she is presenting at a local conference. While she is out we will write a reflection about the Socratic Seminar and work in IXL.
Wednesday
We will work in No Red Ink and create a thesis statement for our censorship essay. We will begin outlining the body of our essay, too.
Thursday
We will begin putting our ideas for the censorship essay together by participating in our first writing station rotation.
Friday
We will continue work in the writing stations.
Contact Info
Email: melinda.earsing@boone.kyschools.us
Location: Ballyshannon Middle School
Phone: 859-905-2620
Twitter: @msmelindacooper