Welcome to JANUARY! Can you believe you are almost halfway through the eighth grade? It won't be long before you start registering for high school classes!
SPEECHES: This month we are focusing on writing speeches for the Optimist Club's annual oratorical contest. This year's theme is "Is there a fine line between Optimism and Reality?" Ultimately, in just two weeks, you will be expected to write a four-minute speech answering that theme question. Draft 1 of this speech is due tomorrow, and we will continue to revise that draft throughout the next week. Speech presentations will begin on Monday, January 14.
NHD UPDATE: Your NHD Draft 1 was supposed to have been completed before winter break. While you are busy writing your speeches, you can take some time off of NHD. Each evening, I will give a handful of you feedback on your NHD project. Once you get feedback, you can start your next draft or you can wait until we are done with speeches.
NOTEBOOK UPDATES: We will continue to take notes and have quick writes. Please refer to the tab on top of my blog, or just click HERE for screenshots of the directions for quick writes and the notes. We are no longer doing DLP sentences. Our next notebook check will be the same week that speeches are presented, on Monday, January 14.
