Summer's almost over...

Grade 8 - Those of you doing the Cyrano de Bergerac study questions, please note that under Act IV and V on the study question sheet, the phrase "melt down their manhood" in Question 1 is taken from a different translation of the play. Your edition translates the French as "You'll weaken them by stirring up such feelings" (Carbon, p. 159).

Everyone - It turns out the school bought storage notebooks for you, so you don't have to bring one to class on Tuesday. These notebooks are cheaper and may have to be replaced later in the year, but you're good for now.

Hope you've had a great summer. See you soon!

And they danced (some of) the night away

Beautiful young ladies and handsome young men attended the Xavier Pemberley Ball last Friday night.

Grade 7 - Study your Latin/Greek roots. Read aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Practice your part for the act you will perform on May 12. Complete the fourth section of your Act II Tempest handout.

Grade 8 - Study your Latin/Greek roots. Read aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. The rough draft of your essay is due tomorrow.

Grade 9 - Study your Latin/Greek roots. Practice your part for the act you will perform on May 8. Underline and annotate the Book of Matthew handout.

Speech - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Creative Writing - Correct your stories and file them in the Final Phoenix folder by Friday (alliteration!).  

Eighth Grade Pemberley Ball

With pride, and no prejudice, Grade Eight proudly presents some of its beautiful young ladies and handsome young men:

Per aspera ad astra! (Through difficulties to the stars!)

Eighth Graders - Since there are a number of you who don't understand how to put your time lines together, I'll let you ask questions tomorrow and have you turn them in on Tuesday instead.

Meanwhile, I'll give extra credit to those of you that are ready to pass them in tomorrow.

Grade Eight Christmas family

Eighth Graders,

Here are the particulars concerning the family you are providing a Christmas for:

Mom - Kelly
Gift certificate (whole class)

Son - Matthew, age 10
pants, size 34x32 (Brady, Mike D., Kennedy, Maddie)
shirt, size men's Xlg (Laura, Janessa, Trevor, Darian)
shoes, size 10W (Tanner, James, Katie, Mckenzey, Alexa)
socks, warm gloves (Kiri, Veronica)
football (Jake, Mike, Colton, Dakota)
dragon (Cayden, Eva)
Shrek 3 DVD (Cole, Jared, Mike S.)

Food - turkey Thad
stuffing Dakota
ham Alonna
jello Jake
muffin mix Jake

Please bring all items Monday!

Grade Eight notebook sequence

Grade 8

• Notebook rubric in a page protector
• Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
  Name
  Grade 8
  2007-2008
  Xavier Charter School

• After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 8" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
• Time line in a page protector
• "The Successful Student" in a page protector
• "Class preparedness"/"Study Question" and "Entry Assignment" rubrics in a page protector
• "Independent study"/"Poster" rubrics in a page protector

• Divider labeled "Literature"
• "Elements of Fiction and Literary Terms" handout: to date defined through "characterization"
• Outline done in class on short stories with sections to date:
  Short story
  Irony
  Verbal irony
  Dramatic irony
  Tragic irony
  Situational irony
• October 19 paragraphs done in class for "An Honest Thief"
• October 18 study questions for “An Honest Thief”
• October 17-18: Margin sheet(s) for "An Honest Thief"
• October 17: Study questions answered in class for “God Sees the Truth But Waits” plus vocabulary: troika, samovar
• October 16: Margin sheet for “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
• October 16: Study questions answered in class for “The Bet”
• October 15: Margin sheet for “The Bet”
• October 11: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 10
• October 10: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 9
• October 9: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 8
• October 4: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 6
• October 2: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 5
• October 1: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 4
• September 17 paragraph: Why do we study classical literature?
• Handout: “An Honest Thief”
• Handout: “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
• Handout: “The Bet”
• Handout: "Roman Reading"
• Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector

• Divider labeled "Poetry"
  
• Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
• October 18 “An Honest Thief”
  moor-cock
  passport
  tedious
  humdrum
  veritable
  ennui
  forlorn
  tippling
  wretched
  dumb
  edifying
  
• October 15 “The Bet”
  discrepancy
  incongruity
  a priori
  philosophy
  pluck
  sirens
  posterity
  contempt
  
• October 3 Animal Farm vocabulary:
  pretext
  blithely
  breeches
  gaiters
  manifestly
  knoll
  dynamo
  unintelligible
  aloof
  procure
  articulate
  cunning
  tactic
  
• Our character vocabulary to date:
  respect
  self-discipline
  responsibility
  honesty
  integrity
  
• Our Word of the Week to date:
  benevolent
  cajole
  chasten
  desecrate
  digress
  effervescent

• Divider labeled "Writing"
• Keyword (it says "note", but it should be "word") outline handout in page protector
• October 18th: Organizational Outline for your Animal Farm paper
• October 15th: List of sources or quotes for your Animal Farm paper
• October 8th: Topic for your Animal Farm paper
• Handout: Animal Farm Analytical Paper
• Handout: Works Cited/ Sample Bibliography
• October 10 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian class system and priests
• October 5 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian pharaohs and Menes
• October 4 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian paper—papyrus
• October 3 keyword outline (initialed by parent or guardian) and paragraph: B.C. and A.D.
• October 2 keyword outline and paragraph: Semites
• Notes taken in class: “Public Speaking”

• Divider labeled "Grammar"
• Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
• Grammar worksheet: 5/6
• Grammar worksheet: 3/4
• Grammar worksheet; 1/2
• Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
  articles
  nouns
  pronouns
  verbs

• Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
• Latin worksheet ‘Let’s Practice’
• Latin sounds list written in class

• Divider labeled "History"
• October 13 paragraph written in class on sections 11-12 (Stalin and his reign of terror) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
• October 12 paragraph written in class on sections 8-10) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
• October 10 paragraph written in class on sections 6-7 of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
• October 9 paragraph written in class on sections 3-5 of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
• October 5 paragraph written in class on sections 1-2 (the Romanov family and Alexi) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
• September 26 paragraphs on the Truman Doctrine
• September 25 questions 2-4 on p. 720 of the Truman handout
• September 24 study question: When did the United States begin planning for collective security? What form did this planning take during the war?
• September 18 paragraph: Choose one event or person on the timeline and write what you know about it
• Handout: The Truman Administration

• Divider labeled "Geography"
• October 18 Russia map quiz: oceans and seas
• Student drawn map of Russia, colored with oceans and seas and neighboring countries identified
• Outline map of Russia and neighboring countries (in page protector)

• Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures" handout (6 pages, signed and dated)

• Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
• Divider labeled "Study Questions"