Posted: April 2, 2019
Currently, we are working on a persuasive writing piece. Students have analyzed mentor texts and began researching their arguments. For homework this week, students will use one of their sources as their Article of the Week. As always, they will close read the article, highlighting and commenting. In addition, they will complete the attached questions. This is due on Thursday.
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Posted: February 14, 2019
Over the past month, we have been using a critical lens to look at social media and targeted marketing. As a culminating project, students will create a video or print ad for a product, connecting it specifically to teens. Attached is the project outline.
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Posted: January 24, 2019
Grade 8 classes are reminded that their questions on the documentary Generation Like are due tomorrow. Please take your time this snow day to complete these questions to the best of your ability.
If you need to rewatch the documentary, you can find it here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/generation-like/ Remember that we watched up to the 15:00 minute mark and restarted at the 29:00 minute mark.
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Posted: January 16, 2019
Blue Knight letters are due this Friday!
Posted: January 14, 2019
We have begun an Atlantic Canada geography unit. We have looked at the physical area of Atlantic Canada and today will be learning how to read lines of longitude and latitude.
Posted: January 14, 2019
We are currently working on our Blue Knight letters. Most students are ready to move on to final copies. Tomorrow will be the last day in class to work on this. After that, it will be a homework assignment.
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Posted: December 12, 2018
We have read up to the end of chapter 10. Please make sure that your "What/So What" sheets are handed in to Mr. Pugh.
Posted: December 10, 2018
Today we read chapter 8 in class. If you were absent, please read this chapter on your own.
Posted: December 10, 2018
Homework: Read chapters 66-69 for tomorrow.
Posted: December 9, 2018
8S and 8R: On Friday we read chapter 7, so if you were absent, please read this on your own.
8M: We have read up to the end of part two of the book. There is no reading homework over the weekend. Please start thinking about your final project.
Posted: December 5, 2018
Today we finished reading chapter 5 of the book and began an analysis of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", which is a very important poem within the novel. Tomorrow we will continue our discussion of the poem and begin reading chapter 6.
Posted: December 4, 2018
If you were absent today, please make sure that you have read up to the end of chapter 50 for tomorrow's class.
Posted: December 4, 2018
Today we worked on our eye motif assignment and read half of chapter 5. If you did not finish it in class, it is due tomorrow for homework.
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Posted: December 3, 2018
Read chapters 46-47 tonight!
Posted: November 28, 2018
Please read chapters 39-43 (pages 155-172) for Monday. If you did not finish the Flashback excercise, please do so for Monday. Articles of the Week are due Monday as well.