Writing Better Emails

wAT? y shud i rite betta emaisl?

UGH, gross.

You are almost 8th graders and you need to fully embrace your duty at digital citizens.

Most teachers are not pleased (or impressed) when they receive emails that just say "what is my grade" without a heading, subject, punctuation, or even closing "thank you".

Track your learning:
I can statements:

• communicate effectively
• write with purpose
• demonstrate understanding of effective vs. ineffective email communication

Keep in mind:

Today we will:

1. Follow this link and complete both concept areas

2. Correct the email below

3. Write me an email response about the following statement: I am considering adopting a sloth for our class pet. I am on the fence about this idea and I need you to convince me that this is either a good or bad idea. You need to include at least two reasons to support your argument. Make sure your email is in the correct format, contains appropriate word choice, correct grammar/punctuation, etc. Have fun and be creative. 

*materials from common sense media

Welcome Back!

Mon + Tues

LA

Period One
intro to Curriculet
create a log in and join the period one group 
assignment: read Fog by Carl Sandburg and Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

Period Four Stations

Group One
16 word poetry
please submit your work to me by the end of class

Group Two & Three
intro to Curriculet
create a log in and join the period four group 
assignment: read Fog by Carl Sandburg and Casey at the Bat by Earnest Lawrence Thayer

Group Four
Free read and log book minutes & reflections


SS 
Guidance
*Make sure you have submitted the Prince of Egypt response on Edmodo 

Wed

NWEA testing in both LA classes

SS
Judaism wrap up + catch up

Happy Valentines Day- Celebrate what you love with a poem!

Click here for info on the lesson
*based on resources from edmodo conversations, Corbett Harrison, and Kirsten Foti

Click a link below for your class collection
Period One

Young Filmmakers Contest- Brainstorm

This years theme for the Young Filmmakers Contest is CHANGE.

Gearing up:   What is change? What does change look like?

Explore this theme and create a thinglink of your ideas. Collect pictures, videos, poems, songs, ect! We will use your ideas to create stories. The stories will then be turned into films and entry submissions for the Young Filmmakers Contest. 


Thinking points:

“All things must change, to something new, to something strange.”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” – Leo Tolstoy

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”-Ovid

“When the music changes, so does the dance.”- African Proverb

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

*Check edmodo for more info

**The secret word is cupid (shhh!)

Holy Catch Up!

This week we are catching up on late work, reworking the timelines, and editing the banned book arguments. Check edmodo for rubrics and hand outs. 

On the horizon:  What we will be doing (but I have not explained) soon and what to look forward to. 

Portland Film Festival - We will be drafting stop motion movie ideas next week and plan for filming and editing after vacation. Submissions are due in March. 

Poetry writing contest: send me your best and we will send it away. Maybe you will be chosen and be published!

Prince of Egypt writing response. Looking at how fear played a role in how the Egyptian's reacted to Moses. 

Monotheism? So what? looking at the impact of monotheism and why it is such a HUGE deal!

STUDENT WORK!

Want to see what we are doing? Check out our student gallery blog! 

Celebrating Black History Month - Create a thinglink