Merry Monday

 Hey Huskies! This week is our last week before winter break and grades are due very soon but that doesn’t mean we won’t be working on our last few days. So if you happen to miss today, here’s what we did in class:

• No DLR
• Free Read (8.RL.1)
• Hand in “Periodic Puns”
• Make sure everything is completed and ready to turn in
  • KIDBLOG: Everything on the posted list and 4 entries for The Outsiders Chapter 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
  • Study Guide Unit 4 completed including plot diagram and Outsiders Idioms

• Begin the Outsiders test

Quote of the Day:

“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.”

-Will Rogers

Facts of the day:

• A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 68 years!
• A rodent’s teeth never stop growing.
• Avocados are poisonous to birds.
• So are Chocolate and Onions

Remember Class;

Tissues are always needed as it is cold and flu season. So if you’re ever out, feel free to pick up a box and bring it in.

The Winter Wonderland Dance will be held Fri, Jan 23 from 7-9pm. The dance is free with an $8 PTSA membership.

If you have overdue books, make sure you get those in as soon as possible!

This is our last week before winter break!
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Charlie is a shy teenager without friends that has just joined the high-school. He misses his best friend, who had committed suicide, and he writes letters to an imaginary friend telling his feelings. Further, Charlie has a mental illness problem in his past. Soon Charlie befriends the veterans Patrick, who is gay, and his stepsister Sam and they become best friends. Charlie wants to be a writer and he also becomes the favorite student of his teacher of literature, Mr. Anderson, who lends him books. Sam and Patrick introduce Charlie to their friends and Charlie falls in love with Sam, but he does not have self-confidence to date her. Charlie discovers a new world and feels happy with his friends, and he dates their common friend Mary Elizabeth. But when they end their relationship, Patrick asks Charlie to stay away from them for a while and soon he triggers his mental illness again. He goes to the hospital where a doctor finally discloses the origin of his problem.

For extra practice using participles, click the links below:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/268919.html?AP_rand=112443124

http://teachro.publiccomputingservices.org/grammarpractice/participle/participle.htm

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

GO HUSKIES

By: Anna Corder