We ARE Ready!!!!

This is OUR week!!! The time has come to show how hard we have been working... I know that you are ready and prepared for this test. DO NOT be scared of this STAAR test but instead see it as a challenge that can easily be overcome through concentration and application of what you have learned.

On behalf of the 8^th grade team, we would like to let you, our students, know how proud we are of all the hard work you all have put forth, since day one. Even though there are days where we test each others patience or you catch us about to pull our hair out, we want to remind you that we have these frustrations because we want the best for you and from you.

Our hopes are that you will each reach your highest potential, and as a whole SOAR. It has been an honor watching you discover slowly but surely just how far your intelligence has taken you in just a short few months.

Now, the time has come to put all that daily brain exercise to use and show everyone at RGCCISD just how hard you’ve been working here at Ac2E Middle. So ‘hit those tests with your best shot’ and aim for your individual personal best.

Good Luck my students!!!! 

Mrs. Garcia

For the next two weeks 3/16-27/2015

For the next two weeks from March 16- March 27, 2015 we will be reviewing STAAR formatted passages in preparation for the STAAR exam that will be administered on March 31, 2015.

Skills we will be covering are
Compare and Contrast Difference Poetic Forms
Analyze How Playwrights Develop Protagonists and Anatagonists
Analyze Linear Plot Development in Fiction
Analyze How Characters' Qualities Influence Theme and Conflict Resolution in Fiction
Analyze Different Forms of Point of View
Summarize Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Relationships
Distinguish Factual Claims from Assertions and Opinions and Evaluate Inferences
Analyze the Use of Rhetorical and Logical Fallacies in Persuasive Texts
  

Reading Strategies

First off I would like to say congratulations on your benchmarks and that I am very proud of you all and all the hard work you have been doing.
I have found two articles that I would like you all to read about reading strategies and how you can improve you reading skills.
Let me know what you all think.

http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/VM/0132-dec05/VM0132Middle.pdf

http://www.ernweb.com/educational-research-articles/reading-strategies-to-help-high-school-students-and-middle-school-students-understand-their-textbooks/

Anne Frank

What do you all think of Anne Frank's dairy? Can you relate to her writing? 

So much has happened since her family and her went into hiding... How would you deal with having to leave everything behind? And having to live with people you didn't know? 

Anne Frank House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Enter-the-3D-house/#/house/23/hotspot/4104/audio/

This is a link to tour The Anne Frank House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Short Life of Anne Frank

This is the short film I was trying to show you about Anne Frank, hopefully, it works better this way

Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl

Here is the five part series on Hitler that I showed you parts of today.