ELA-8 Gunn Blog

  GROW YOUR MIND Learn your societal issues to make the world a better place. Read, write, think, and reflect on the controversies that exist today. With the introduction of social media, there have been multiple instances of cyber, or online, bullying.  Have you ever been or known someone who was a victim of cyberbullying?  Explain how this is a serious issue in today's society and what YOU can do to prevent it.

   Open     Your Mind    Write a journal entry about your most exciting, terrifying, or entertaining experience. Be sure to make it an 8th-grade quality response with lots of details.

TODAY’S WORD:      notorious     DIRECTIONS  Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible  denotative   definitions  (dictionary definition). Write down any and all  connotative  definitions  of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word). Use the word in a  sentence . Write down  3 synonyms  and  3 antonyms  of the word. Add a picture

JOURNAL ENTRY What Do You See? Imagine you were asked to travel deep inside a dark cave in order to find buried treasure that would make you filthy rich. However, you have heard horror stories about terrible things that happen inside the cave. • Would you continue the pursuit of the treasure? Why? • Write/create a plan of action. 

GROW YOUR MIND Learn your societal issues to make the world a better place. Read, write, think, and reflect on the controversies that exist today. Is today's generation filled with narcissism due to their obsession with social media and selfies or is it just a new way of living and expressing oneself?

Open Your Mind What is normal?  It all depends on your perspective.  Write a poem with the first word being " NORMAL ".

TODAY’S WORD:      Calamity     DIRECTIONS  Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible  denotative   definitions  (dictionary definition). Write down any and all  connotative  definitions  of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word). Use the word in a  sentence . Write down  3 synonyms  and  3 antonyms  of the word. Add a picture

JOURNAL ENTRY What Do You See? What THREE words come to mind when you see this photo?  Explain why. If you could be anything in nature, what would you choose to be?  Ex: flower, tree, rain, etc.  WHY? Do you think it is important to keep our outdoors clean and preserve nature?  Why or Why not?

GROW YOUR MIND Learn your societal issues to make the world a better place. Read, write, think, and reflect on the controversies that exist today. Social media includes any web based social networking in which people can interact and communicate with one another. How familiar are you with social media? Do you think it is having a positive or negative impact on our society? Explain your answer! 

Using the ACE method we learned about in class, write an 8th-grade quality response to the following blog prompt: Thinking about what we learned recently in your opinion, how can changing the setting of a story impact its characters or the actions and events in the story?  

VOCABULARY TODAY’S WORD:      MAELSTROM     DIRECTIONS Look up the dictionary definition of the word and write down ALL possible  denotative   definitions  (dictionary definition). Write down any and all  connotative  definitions  of the word (an idea or feeling associated with the word). Use the word in a sentence. Write down  3 synonyms  and  3 antonyms  of the word. Add a picture

Look at the picture below.  This is one of the memorials at the World Trade Center site.  All of the names of the people who died are on this memorial reflection pool.   Why do you think this memorial was built?  How do you think this memorial can help the families of those who lost their lives?   Explain using specific evidence from what you have learned about 9/11.

Thinking about the ACE method we learned about in class, write an 8th-grade quality response to the following blog prompt: What Do You See? •  In your opinion, what does the American flag symbolize? •  What do you think people who live in other countries think when they see the American flag? •  Do you think America has a unique sense of pride in its nation?