Gretchen Buis - Language Arts

Next step: exams.   As I put the exams together, I will verbally give students a study guide in terms of exam content.  i will then plan to post an overview of the exam on this site.  At the moment, the eights are reading Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, the sevens are finishing Sherlock Holmes, Man Without a Country, and are now reading A Raisin in the Sun.  The sixes are reading the the poetry section in their red literature book and working on sentence diagraming.  Eighth Grade Exam/ next week/ definite questions will include the following:A. Memory work includes   1. The Gettysburg Address - write and explain   2. Macbeth's "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"   3. Puck's epilogueB. Great Expectations: essay questionsC. Reading Comprehension: Students can not prepare for this question.  They will read a long poem they have not     read in class. They will then answer questions leading to line by line understanding.D. There will be several questions related to both Macbeth and The Dream  I will update the sixes and sevens next week.