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Last week students read silently and completed their final writing project, a personal essay about something that changed them during this school year.

This week readers and writers will:

• begin viewing the silent comedy films “The General” with Buster Keaton and “The Gold Rush” with Charlie Chaplin
• Write and perform their own silent film comedy sketch

Last week students completed reading aloud the play “The Miracle Worker” and viewed and discussed the original film.  They also took both science and social studies TAKS tests, which ended TAKS testing for eighth grade for this school year.

This week Readers will:

• receive and review a study guide for Thursday’s test over Acts II and III of “The Miracle Worker”
• read silently

Writers will:

• work on their personal essays by reading essays written by others, choosing a theme and an incident to illustrate it, sharing ideas with classmates and beginning a rough draft