Both classes today worked hard to learn different PASS skills that will help them pass the reading test in the spring. The 7th grade focused on Main Idea and Details, while the 8th graders Compared and Contrasted Historical Fiction with Historical Accounts. Although the 7th grade didn't score very well on the practice test, they did answer a lot of verbal questions and participated well in group discussion. They need to pay better attention to what the question is actually asking next time. Tomorrow the 8th grade will get to test their knowledge as we take 3 or 4 practice tests over information and PASS skills learned in this past unit.
7th English
*Discussed Main Idea and Details in B.A. p.23-25. Took pract. test p. 25 (1-5) for a grade.
8th Lang. Arts
*Did the reading check together, coming up with a summary that listed the main idea of the passage along with main characters, setting, conflict, and resolution.
*On their own, they have to do the graph on #7 p.212 which is comparing/contrasting "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" and "Drumbeats and Bullets." Due tomorrow.
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