Progress Reports

Progress Reports will be sent home on Thursday, September 1, 2016.

Homework Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Close Reading Activity
"Who Can Replace a Man? by Brian Aldiss
P21

Assessment

Friday, August 19, 2016
"Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Remind 101

Sign up for important update from class.

Pick a way to receive messages for English:

A. If you have a smartphone, get push notifications.

On your iPhone or Android phone, open your web browser and go to the following link:
rmd.at/jcascio

Follow the instruction to sign up for Remind. You'll be prompted to download the mobile app.


B. If you don't have a smartphone, get text notifications.

Text the message @jcascio to the number 81010.

Homework

Monday, August 15th and Thursday, August 18th

Close Reading Activity:
Mark the text
Take notes
Highlight

"Raymond's Run" Toni Cade Bambara pg. 6 (Monday)
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Edgar Allan Poe pg 15 (Thursday)

Open House

The administration and teachers of Seminary Middle School cordially invite you to Open House Thursday, August 11, 2016 from 5:30-7:00 P.M.

Parents will have the opportunity to meet the teachers and principals. Again, we wish to invite all parents to attend the Open House meeting to support their children in the academic endeavors they will experience this year.

Homework August 9, 2016

Interactive Student Notebook Guidelines
Student and Parent Signature

Tier II Vocabulary List

2016- 2017 Grade 8 Tier II Vocabulary List

Aug 15 - 19	consequent	Oct 31- Nov 4	notion	Feb 13-17	focal
	evident		audacious		proprietor
	distinct		susceptible		abhor
	alternative
		Nov 7-11	sector	Feb 21-24	endeavor
Aug 22-26	anticipation		constitutes		commission
	assertion		perception		commerce
	pseudonym
		Nov 14-18	gruesome	Feb 27 – Mar 3	emphasize
Aug 29 - Sept 2	inconceivable		conjecture		coherent
	plausible		anarchy		subsequently
	apathy
	scheme	Nov 28 – Dec 2	orient	Mar 6 – 10	surmise
			encompass		liberal
Sept 6 – 9	compensate		confer		belligerent
	exposition
	evidence	Dec 5-9	simulate	Mar 20 – 24	warrant
			assimilate		impel
Sept 12-16	evoke		dimension		cons
	integrate
	facilitate	Dec 12-15	REVIEW	Mar 27 – 31	disputable
					compels
Sept 19-23	confiscate	Jan 3 - 6	despondent		validity
	imminent		devise
	feasible		reverberate	Apr 3 – 7	bizarre
					discriminate
Sept 26 - 30	entity	Jan 9-13	spontaneous		epic
	sector		revenue
	conceivably		status	Apr 10-13	convert
					scheme
Oct 3 - 7	transmit	Jan 17-20	manipulate		susceptible
	initial		acquire
	surmise		convene	Apr 18-21	spontaneous
					reside
Oct 10-12	REVIEW	Jan 23-27	ambiguous		conspire
			meticulous
			marginal	Apr 24-28	amiss
Oct 17- 21	acquire				perish
	simulate	Jan 30 – Feb 3	novice		embark
	despicable		subsequently
	status		evolve	May 1-5	REVIEW
Oct 24 - 28	obsolete	Feb 6 - 10	criteria	May 8 – 12	REVIEW
	abrasion		convey
	philosophy		tirade	May 15-18	REVIEW