Harlem Renaissance Video Clip

http://www.history.com/topics/harlem-renaissance/videos

Banish Boring Words Link

http://ebookbrowse.com/banish-boring-words-pdf-d186879672

Book Character Dress Up Day!

In support of the school in Tunis, and in celebration of the great success you all are having with the AR program, Thursday November 22nd will be "Dress as your favourite book character day." Choose an old favourite, or a character from a novel you have read recently and get creative!

*You must bring in a picture of the character to show your homeroom teacher for approval
*You must follow school guidelines for dress (modest dress, no make up, shorts etc)
*You are not permitted to wear a mask
*You may use characters from novels, fables and fairy tales
*You may dress up with other friends. For example, you might choose characters from the Twilight Series, or come as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.
*Use google and Youtube to help you come up with creative costume ideas!

Have fun! 

Welcome Back!

Hope you've all had a safe and relaxing holiday! Please remember you have a writing assignment due. See you all bright and early! ☀

Test Hints/Tips

This is your one and only summative test for the quarter so it's very important that you are prepared. I expect  that all of you are completing your homework every night, and have started studying as recommended two weeks ago. DO NOT LEAVE STUDYING FOR THE LAST MINUTE.

Remember-- studying IS NOT STARING at the page. You must INTERACT with the information. This means re-writing, creating notes and flash cards, quizzing yourself etc.

Please make sure you can do the following for the upcoming test:

• know how to identify and construct topic sentences for an EXPOSITORY paragraph
• be able to construct a sound topic sentence using given big ideas and details
• be able to create and organize a paragraph outline
• be able to read a given paragraph and identify the type of writing (expository, descriptive or chronological)
• be able to identify and use transitional words within a paragraph
• be able to identify paragraph parts by colour coding
• be able to use and identify sensory writing

As this is a writing test, it is also very important that you use correct sentence structure. You will lose marks on the test if your sentences that you construct do not make sense.

Good luck! 

Study Help: quizzes, power points etc..

Power Point Presentation
http://teacher.kent.k12.wa.us/northwood/pmackenzie/documents/paragraph_lesson.ppt

Power Point Presentation:
http://www.pucpr.edu/titulovcoop/filesharing/khorowitz/English114/Module%202%20-%20Parts%20of%20the%20Paragraph.ppt

SPOT THE SENTENCE GAME:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence

MAKE A SENTENCE GAME:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-make-a-sentence

END OF UNIT SUMMATIVE TEST

Sunday October 21st (8.4, 8.2)

Monday October 22nd (8.5, 8.3, 8.1)

The test will focus on all areas of the writing process that we have covered from the beginning of the year. Please use your handouts as study guides and be sure to keep up with all writing assignments.