Grade 7 & 8 Tuesday 9.16

    An old American Indian legend says there are two wolves in all of us.

A good wolf, and a bad wolf - at war inside of you.   So - which wolf wins?   The one you feed!    

        1.    - What does this mean?

2. We looked at heroes ... now let's look at villains.  The other side of humans. 

Who are your favorite villains?    Why?     (villains = bad guys)


- keep sheet out - for daily quiz next


1.  What's a noun? 
2. What's a verb?
3. What's an adjective?
4. Give an example of a noun: 
5. Give an example of a verb:
6. Give an example of an adjective: 
7. Use all three in one sentence - underline them! 






  Thank you again for cleaning up our room.

1. Don't talk when I talk
2. Don't talk during movie clips
3. Help clean

= Respect and a great start to a great grade.






today we are studying ... 

    Parts of speech

Let's get some points on the board this week ... 




7 - 1
8 - 1

Ahhh the ways of the Ninja ...


    

True or False:  There are real, live ninjas in Ohio?



next,

Dr. Dre Says ...










    Take notes on all of this please - it's all testable. 




 

Next,

Let's meet a terrible villain from the Middle Ages

First the hero who fights him, then the monster ...

To Do: 

Verb activity -

1. Write 10 verbs a villain would use

2. Use those verbs in a half page story about a villain or monster who terrorizes a small town!





  Intro, 2 layers, wrap it up!  Thesis in both intro and wraper.

Next,


    Socrates - one of the smartest teachers to ever live - said you need to know yourself.  If you don't look at the man in the mirror, your life is a waste.

So - 

What tattoo would you get?  Why? 

1.  Draw the tattoo using art supplies, and  2. write a paragraph about why you'd get this piece of art. 







Keep it on tight Yellow - in your seats

   

Grade 7 - start The Explosion page 11. Read 11 to 13, fill out box page 13. 





Grade 8 - Just 2.5 pages. 


Start Playing the Game page 11. Read 11 to 13

• fill out box page 13. 

Social Studies Tuesday 9.9

First,

Storytime: Greece - the first democracy

- please take notes

- define democracy
- America is a democracy
- We got our ideas from somewhere else
- Greece led the way for all other democracies
- What's so special about democracy? People have power
- Rule of law - protects you
- Many countries have NO rule of law or power to people. 

- homework - one page paper on How Greece was an early democracy

LAST

  On the same paper as bell

Democracy is NOT automatically passed from generation to generation.  It's an idea and a tradition that must be taught.  

What will you do to teach your kids, friends and family about the importance of democracy?