Ms. O'Brien's 8th Grade Blog

Analyze  "Letter to the Playground Bully from Andrea (age 8)"  by Andrea Gibson using the following prompt. Prompt : Choose one ...

Evaluate the spoken word poem, "A.D.D."  by Rafael Casal using the following prompt. Prompt : Does this poem effectively engage ...

Older posts following this are related to the March, 2012 Arts in Education focus, which was modern dance.

Writing Focus:  Argument Prompt:  Write a well-constructed paragraph about your opinion on  one  of the videos that we watched yesterday. T...

Expository Writing Focus:  Description Prompt:  Write a well-constructed paragraph that describes the experience of watching the Ellen Sin...

Expository Writing Focus:  Compare and contrast Prompt:  Write a well-constructed paragraph that compares and contrasts for the reader one...

Expository Writing Focus:  Sequence Write a well-constructed paragraph that describes to the reader the sequence of events for yesterday...

Expository Writing Focus: Description Write a well-constructed paragraph that describes to the reader one of your first days in Arts in Ed...