For today's journal, please rewrite the following paragraph using proper capitalization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation:

today in class we are going to read the outsiders mrs hislop said we haven't read it since before thanksgiving break so you are going to have to try to remember what happened.

i really like the outsiders i cant wait to watch the movie in class the last week of school before break

yesterday we had a homework assignment i hope i remembered to do it

Welcome back to school! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving break. Please write a paragraph that begins like this . . .

"The best part about Thanksgiving break was . . . . "

and then write . . .

" . . . but the worst part about Thanksgiving break was . . . "

It's good to see you again.

11/29 to 12/3

Monday 11/29:
1. BR/October Extra Credit BR
2. Journals
3. Review The Outsiders Chapter 5
4. "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
5. Thankfulness Leaves
HW: Finish your questions.

Tuesday 11/30:
1. Journals
2. Grammar
3. The Outsiders
HW: Study your vocabulary words.

Wednesday 12/1:
1. Journals
2. Grammar
3. The Outsiders
HW: Study your vocabulary words

Thursday 12/2:
1. Journals
2. Grammar
3. The Outsiders
HW: Study for your grammar/vocab quiz tomorrow.

Friday 12/3:
1. Journals
2. Grammar/Vocab Quiz
3. The Outsiders
HW: NO HW!

What's good about your life?

What is good about your life right now? What are your favorite things about your life?

Good Morning!

Mrs. Hislop is on campus at a meeting today. Be very nice to Mrs. Davis!

For today's journal, I would like you to write a list of what you'd like to do over your Thanksgiving Break. Write a list of at least five things.

Thank you!

Thankfulness Journal

Good Morning!

For today's journal, write me a list of at least five things for which you are thankful. Please write in complete sentences and use capitalization and punctuation. Try to vary your answers from yesterday's. Thanks!

Thankfulness

For today's journal, write down at least five things for which you are THANKFUL.

Here is Mrs. Hislop's list:

1. I am thankful that I am healthy.
2. I am thankful that I have a nice husband and lovely daughter.
3. I am thankful that I have such kind, friendly, and SMART students.
4. I am thankful that I live in a nice town like Chico.
5. I am thankful that the leaves are turning beautiful colors.

For today's journal, write to me about how the sub was on Friday. If you weren't here on Friday, then tell me where you were and what you were doing instead. You will be interested to hear what Mrs. Hislop was doing. Perhaps she will tell you after you write. :) :) :) :)

You are darling children, by the way!

11/15 to 11/19

Monday 11/15:
1. Journals
2. Common Assessment #2
3. Outsiders
HW: NO HW!

Tuesday 11/16:
1. BR and Journals
2. Review Test
3. Outsiders Ch. 5 Poem
HW: Finish your poem questions.

Wednesday 11/17:
COMPUTER LAB
1. Journal (Blog)
2. 8th Grade Yearbook Survey
3. Plato (Punctuation)
HW: NO HW!

Thursday 11/18:
1. Journal
2. Outsiders
3. PR #5
HW: NO HW!

Friday 11/19:
1. Journal
2. Thankfulness
3. PR #5
HW: PR #5 DUE WHEN YOU GET BACK 11/22

For today's journal, copy the following paragraph into your journal using correct punctuation and capitalization.

do you know that we have tomorrow off for veterans day mrs hislop said oh yeah i am excited replied tonya do you know what a veteran is asked mrs hislop a veteran is someone who has been in a war said tonya that's right mrs hislop said

Today is Mix It Up at Lunch Day. Do you plan to participate? Why or why not? Write a paragraph about what you plan to do. If you have CFS during lunch today, write to me about what you WOULD do if you didn't have CFS.

Tomorrow is Mix It Up at Lunch Day. The school is encouraging you to sit with someone you don't know during lunch or to start a conversation with someone new. For today's journal, I would like you to think back to a time when you first met a new friend. How did you meet? Who talked first? What did you talk about?

11/8 to 11/12

Monday 11/8:
1. BR and Journals
2. Review Punctuation
3. Outsiders
4. PR #5
HW: PR #5 Due TOMORROW

Tuesday 11/9:
1. Journals
2. Review Punctuation
3. Outsiders
HW: Study Guide

Wednesday 11/10:
1. Journals
2. Review for Friday's Test

Thursday 11/11:
1. NO SCHOOL! Happy Veterans Day!

Friday 11/12:
1. Test
2. SSR

Hello! I am happy to be back in school. For today's journal, please write a few paragraphs describing what you did in class yesterday. THANK YOU.

For today's journal, please get out your PERSONAL RESPONSE #3 (the one about WHERE YOU GREW UP AND HOW IT INFLUENCED YOU). For the next five minutes, please work on it!!!!

GO GIANTS!

When you are done filling out your Binder Reminder, then please start fixing this paragraph:

i had fun on halloween we went trick-or-treating and got alot of candy did u know that i found mrs hislops house she gave me a whole handful of candy lily was dressed up like elmo