Hello Students! I hope you are all enjoying your break... As I mentioned in class, you can now download the answer key to the reading comprehension packet that I gave out a week and a half ago. Please use this key to review your answers. Please pay close attention to the answers that you got wrong, and try to understand why you chose the answers that you did. To get the key, please visit the "assignments" tab at my class website (see link in the upper left hand corner of this page).
On the subject of NJASK prep, I will offer extra credit to any student who successfully creates a useful post on their blog entitled "Tips for NJASK Success". You can list and describe the strategies we discussed in class (or anything you may have discussed in math class), along with any others that you can think of. Posting these tips should help you remember them, while helping out your classmates who may have already forgotten!
Additionally, if you have found any good (and preferably free) sites offering NJASK practice or tips, please be sure to share those links with the class, as well!
OK, that's all for now. Enjoy the rest of your week off!
-Mr. Gallo
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Attention 8th Graders... Important Yearbook Information!
Hello Graduates-to-be...
As I mentioned in class today, this is the last week of yearbook editing before our final deadline! Please ask your parents if they are interested in submitting a booster, as it's not too late! Also, if you are interested in submitting your fond memories of your time at the school (around one, maybe two paragraphs in length - you can include favorite events, moments, trips, classes, projects, teachers, etc...), please submit that to me electronically ASAP. Only the first 12 submissions can be accepted (that's all I have room for!) Some time this week, I'm also going to be asking each of you to provide a "nickname", the school you will be attending next year, and possibly a brief quote or dream job for your portrait page. Finally, your individual and group portraits will be taken later this week - probably Thursday. I want to take them outside, so weather will be a factor... Don't say I didn't warn you!
That's all for now. If you have any questions, please e-mail me or feel free to bring them up in class.
-Mr. Gallo
As I mentioned in class today, this is the last week of yearbook editing before our final deadline! Please ask your parents if they are interested in submitting a booster, as it's not too late! Also, if you are interested in submitting your fond memories of your time at the school (around one, maybe two paragraphs in length - you can include favorite events, moments, trips, classes, projects, teachers, etc...), please submit that to me electronically ASAP. Only the first 12 submissions can be accepted (that's all I have room for!) Some time this week, I'm also going to be asking each of you to provide a "nickname", the school you will be attending next year, and possibly a brief quote or dream job for your portrait page. Finally, your individual and group portraits will be taken later this week - probably Thursday. I want to take them outside, so weather will be a factor... Don't say I didn't warn you!
That's all for now. If you have any questions, please e-mail me or feel free to bring them up in class.
-Mr. Gallo
Monday, April 6, 2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream Open Ended Response Questions
As discussed in class, each student must choose 3 of the following questions to respond to as a post on their blogs. ALL 3 RESPONSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ONE POST! Please Be sure to repeat the questions on your post, so I (and any other readers) know what topics you are responding to. Each response should be AT LEAST one paragraph (so you will be writing a total of at least 3 paragraphs).
1. Why is the play called, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? Could you think of a more appropriate title? If so, what would you call it and why?
2. If you were to act this play out on stage, which character would you choose to be and why?
3. What was your favorite Act/Scene? Why?
4. Who was your least favorite character? Why?
5. Would you change any part of the play? Why or why not? If you would, what would you change?
6. Did you like the play? Why or why not?
7. Write a brief scene (this does not have to be in paragraph form) that features something that Shakespeare purposefully left out of the play. Examples include "When Lysander and Hermia first meet", "Helena telling Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander's plan", "The wedding ceremony", or you can even write a scene that takes place after the craftsmen put on their play for Theseus. Choose from these examples or make up your own. This does not have to be written in Shakespearean English, but you may give it a try if you'd like! Be sure to include stage directions to let the reader know who is in the scene and where (geographically and sequentially) it is taking place.
Remember, you must choose ANY 3 of these questions. This assignment (which will receive a TEST grade) is due by the end of the day on Monday, April 13.
Once you have posted your response, please let everyone know by submitting a comment under this post announcing which questions you answered.
Finally, please try to make it a point to read as many of your your classmates' posts as you can and to share your thoughts on their writing with productive and appropriate comments.
-Mr. Gallo
1. Why is the play called, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? Could you think of a more appropriate title? If so, what would you call it and why?
2. If you were to act this play out on stage, which character would you choose to be and why?
3. What was your favorite Act/Scene? Why?
4. Who was your least favorite character? Why?
5. Would you change any part of the play? Why or why not? If you would, what would you change?
6. Did you like the play? Why or why not?
7. Write a brief scene (this does not have to be in paragraph form) that features something that Shakespeare purposefully left out of the play. Examples include "When Lysander and Hermia first meet", "Helena telling Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander's plan", "The wedding ceremony", or you can even write a scene that takes place after the craftsmen put on their play for Theseus. Choose from these examples or make up your own. This does not have to be written in Shakespearean English, but you may give it a try if you'd like! Be sure to include stage directions to let the reader know who is in the scene and where (geographically and sequentially) it is taking place.
Remember, you must choose ANY 3 of these questions. This assignment (which will receive a TEST grade) is due by the end of the day on Monday, April 13.
Once you have posted your response, please let everyone know by submitting a comment under this post announcing which questions you answered.
Finally, please try to make it a point to read as many of your your classmates' posts as you can and to share your thoughts on their writing with productive and appropriate comments.
-Mr. Gallo
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