STAR Reading

Directions:
1. Take the STAR Reading Test.
2. Do the bell-ringer (add to your other bell-ringers)
3. Interactive Grammar Exercises


STAR Reading
1. Go the STAR Reading website => click here
2. Your username is the student ID# (9600)
3. Your password is the first letter of your first name and the first letter of your last name (ex: J.T. Spivy would use js as his password)
4. Take the Reading Test for Mr. Spivy
5. Take your time; do your best.

Bell-ringer (the first of the 2nd nine weeks)
We are at the end of the first 9 weeks of your 8th grade year. I want you to go to your LiveGrades account and look over your grades. Then, answer the questions below with complete sentences.

1. Are you pleased with the grades you earned this nine weeks?
2. Which class was the toughest? Which was the easiest?
3. If you could do one thing different (and it does not have to be academics related), what would you do?

Grammar Exercises
Complete the grammar exercises below. These exercises were selected specifically for you based on the essay portion of the test. Do not rush through these; you learn nothing by clicking and moving on!
Fragments--click here 
Apostrophes--click here
Pronoun Agreement--click here
There, they're, their--click here
To, Two, Too--click here
Subject-Verb Agreement--click here

When are finished...
1. You can work on your essay (which is due tomorrow).
2. Go to freerice.com