English Homework - Grade 8

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Monday Assignment –

-Come up with the longest word you can that starts and ends with a vowel, but that has no vowels in between...like aha but longer!

-Read and answer questions to chapter 19.

-write a paragraph of 3-5 sentences as a new post on your blog...without ANY punctuation! Try and build sentences that SHOULD have all of the following... :;.""...'?!,\

-Wednesday Recitals and Debates

Visit three blogs and DO BETTER – the three names below you on your class list here…if your name is at the bottom, go to the top of the class…make sense?

In each case, pick one of the poems (at least) and leave a comment with your name on it. Try and be real – leave some constructive feedback, and be specific. Say something positive, and make a suggestion if you can…

Possibilities – corrections, word changes, isolate a line to make it stand out, add more, take air words out, work on your incentive, etc…

Here’s an example of a brief but reasonably constructive note: (yours might well be longer and more helpful to the writer) If writers want to respond to comments on their blog, feel free.

Sam -

Just read your poem - thought it was great - very little air words, nicely polished, and I really like a few of the words you used: "see my true mileage", "destined to eternal solitude"...

Is there space between the "shallow desires" line and the final line for a bit of explanation?

For example:
Beyond their shallow desires
-belongings, image, envy -

See my true mileage.

-Mr Coles

October 25, 2007 6:02 AM

8H

Essery - http://www.stallion22.blogspot.com/

All others end the same way… “.blogspot.com”

Essery - http://www.stallion22.blogspot.com/
Mattan – reidblog08
Boas – mongouse1
Noble-Marks – adamsbloggg
Goldfarb - jake-sterlinghall
Harris - samharris55-archie
Mahoney - alexsawesomeblog11
Parker – wwwalexparkermetal
Shopsowitz –
Hanmer – marshallhanmers
Macdonald –e-macsblog
Jamieson – amwj98
Lawson – Lawsoncd
Oh – pizzadoh
Stein – lukesawesomeblog
Wilder, Shane – shanespoems
Glatt – lgnygiants

8C

Almadi – atvguysworld
Baum - baum-poem
De Pasquale - mdp232
Farrill - maxf
Gordon - shspeotry
Isberg - duff-duffsblog
Kalifer – benkali61
Mandel – jakemandel
Medjuck - medjuck15
Page - poetry8c
Parker – parkerinodude
Pennock - newtworld
Sullivan – sullyspot
Urback - shspoetry-urback
Wilder, Mac - macwilders
Yanofsky - hacked61yanof4u

8H Debate Teams

BIRT the time is now for the Canadian National Anthem to be changed.

Essery and Mattan
vs.
Boas and Noble-Marks

Goldfarb and Harris
vs.
Mahoney and Parker

Shopsowitz and Hanmer
vs.
Macdonald and Jamieson

Lawson and Oh
vs.
Stein and Wilder
IN THE HOLE: Lewis Glatt

8C Debate Teams:

Almadi and Baum GOV
vs.
De Pasquale and Farrill OPP

Gordon and Isberg GOV
vs.
Kalifer and Mandel OPP

Medjuck and Page GOV
vs.
Parker and Pennock OPP

Sullivan and Urback GOV
vs
Wilder and Yanofsky OPP