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Welcome Back! Lets jump right into our TCAP review!

In an effort to review before TCAP testing, over the next few weeks, we will be conducting a thorough review of much of the material covered during the course of this school year. Students will complete a variety of activities including reading comprehension activites to identify main ideas, figuartive language, and point of view. Additionally, grammar lessons will be re-examined to see if additional teaching is needed in some areas. The material during this review period will be different for each class so that I can focus on the individual needs of the students and avoid mundane review that isn’t necessary. If you have specific questions regarding the daily assignments, please feel free to send me an email, and I will be happy to give you a detailed agenda for the class period in question.

TCAP will be here before we know it!

Monday: TLW present alternative book report projects
* Discuss and present individual alternative book report projects to the class.
* Turn in student copies of The Outsiders

Tuesday-Wednesday: TLW watch the movie version of The Outsiders

Thursday: TLW will complete 5 paragraph essay.
* Complete 5 paragraph essay choosing from one of 5 different topics relating to The Outsiders

Friday: TLW complete ThinkLink assessment test.

Monday: Complete oral review and study guides for chapter 8 test.

Tuesday: TLW review skills and concepts from discussions of government, citizenship, and the Constitution.
* Spanish 
* Complete a multiple choice test to demonstrate understanding of the ideas of the new government and the vocabulary and skills presented in the discussions and readings.

Wednesday: TLW list the causes and results of the Whiskey Rebellion. 
Chapter 9, Section 1, pages 278-283
* Read section 1 orally discussing the main idea and key terms

Thursday: TLW examine the Cabinet then and now.
* Review Cabinet appointments by G. Washington
* Discuss current Cabinet departments and Secretaries
* Work on group projects

Friday: TLW continue examining Cabinet departments
* Continue working on group Cabinet appointment assignment
* Present projects

Lessons may change to meet the needs of my students.

Welcome to an exciting new school year! I am thrilled to welcome your son or daughter as a student in my 8th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies classes at Germantown Middle School!