Get planner, assessment and AR handouts signed. Prepare to compare “Drummer Boy” p.5-12 &“Reflections on the Civil War”(attached). Read AR book. Quiz and project due February 12th.
H. English 8 SAS (Period Per. 6) Assignments
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- 2015-2016 School Year
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This year in 8th Grade English we will be studying all the genres — drama, short stories, novels, poetry, non-fiction, informational text, and essays, and as we continue to integrate learning across the curriculum, whenever possible, selections will parallel studies or themes in American history. Reading, writing, collaborative discussion, and analysis form the basis for this advanced course.
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Do "The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary worksheet (attached). Learn definitions too. Prepare to compare "The Tell-Tale Heart" film adaptation (seen in class) to story.
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Get planner signed for Monday.
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For Monday get planner signed. Good work this week on "The Tell-Tale Heart"!
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Do Text Question 5 on "The Tell-Tale Heart." (attached). Do Literary Analysis Mood worksheet on "The Tell-Tale Heart" p. 32.
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Do Text question 4 of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (attached.) Prepare to finish discussion.
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Get planner signed. Finish annotating paragraphs 15-18 of "the Tell-Tale Heart" (attached)
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AR quiz and project due. Annotated paragraphs 7-12 of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (attached) also due. Get planner signed for Tuesday and finish annotating paragraphs 13-18.
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Due today annotating paragraphs 1-6 of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (attached). AR quiz and project due tomorrow.
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Read. AR Quiz and project due Friday.
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Finish "Emancipation" p. 256-260 and "O Captain!" p. 261-262 comparison chart (attached below). Also chart is on the back of "Harriet Tubman" comparison.
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Get planner signed. Prepare to compare "Emancipation" p. 256-260 and "O Captain!" p. 261-262.
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Finish "Emancipation" Cause and Effect Reading Strategy sheet. Pin & Ribbon today! Remember to follow the dress code. Get planner signed for Monday.
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Read “O Captain!” pp. 261-262. Give 3 examples of figures of speech and explain.
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Read "Emancipation" pp. 256-260. Write down 5 MAIN ideas from the text and define all vocabulary you don't know. Get all AR printouts, planners and Tubman assessment signed if you have not already done so.
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Finish chart (attached) comparing "Drummer Boy of Shiloh" to "Reflections on the Civil War."
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Get AR letter and printout signed. Read and annotate “Reflections on the Civil War” handout. (Attachment below). Know its genre, tone, purpose, scope, organization, etc.
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Read “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”, pp. 5-12. Do p. 13 Questions 1-5.
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Read “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”, pp. 5-12. Do p. 13 Questions 1-5. Due Wednesday. Report to AR lab tomorrow.
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Get planner signed. Remember we will be retesting for new AR reading level on Tuesday. Please be in school. Spring AR letter and first project will be distributed Monday or Tuesday.
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In class assessment on all 3 Tubman texts. Use answers from your text questions to finish filling in graphic organizer. Due tomorrow. No exceptions.
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SAS Shakespearience Field Trip tomorrow. Read and annotate "The Most Remarkable Woman" handout and prepare to compare all 3 Tubman texts ("Guide to Freedom", "Harriet Tubman Is in My Blood" and "Remarkable Woman"). Know genres, similarities, contrasts, scope, themes, tone, purpose and organization of each.
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Get Shakespearience trip slip and planner signed. Finish highlighting and annotating “Harriet Tubman Is in My Blood” handout if incomplete. Prepare to compare with the story pp.130-38 "Guide to Freedom"(genres, content, similarities/differences focus/scope).
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Get Shakespearience trip slip signed. Read, highlight and annotate “Harriet Tubman Is in My Blood” handout. Prepare to compare with the story pp. 130-38 "Guide to Freedom."(genres, content, similarities/differences focus/scope).
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Study Underground Railroad Vocabulary. Prepare to discuss Tubman story pp. 130-138. Read AR book.
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Do “Harriet Tubman" Setting a Purpose: Reading Strategy” worksheet. Reread story pp. 130-138.
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Define UGRR vocabulary (attached). Read “Harriet Tubman” story pp. 130-138; know setting, conflicts, and how Tubman solves them.
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Read AR book for 30 minutes.
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Do “Second Read” on Close Read W.S (attached). Prepare to compare "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" and “Deposition”.
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Read "Deposition" pp. 311-313. Write one way Paul Revere in Deposition differs from Paul Revere in the poem.
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Read "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" pp. 302-305. Write down 5 examples of figures of speech from the poem and identify which kind they are (simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, hyperbole)..
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All partners gets project rubric signed by Wednesday. AR Quiz is due Tuesday.
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Prepare to present project. AR quiz due Tuesday.
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Get planner signed. Project on Salem Trials, The Crucible, or McCarthyism is due today. NO EXCEPTIONS! Make sure you have followed the rubric for your particular project.
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Test on the Salem Witch Hunt/ The Crucible/McCarthyism today. Know people, dates, events, causes, themes, well known lines, and how The Crucible is an allegory.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Work on Salem/The Crucible/McCarthyism project. Due November 30.
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Study for test on Salem/"The Crucible"/McCarthyism. Know terms, dates, people, events, causes, similarities and how "The Crucible" is an allegory. Test Friday.
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Periodic Assessment today. Please be in school. You may use your own earbuds if you want. Study for Salem/The Crucible/McCarthyism test Friday. Know dates, people, events, causes, outcomes. Unit project due 11/30.
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Study notes. Prepare to defend your argument for your group's Salem/McCarthyism recurring theme. Periodic Assessment Wednesday. Please be in school. Test on Salem/McCarthyism Friday. Work on project. Due 11/30.
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Get planner and AR rubric signed. Study Notes on McCarthyism. Salem/McCarthyism test this week. Work on project. Project due 11/30.
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Study Notes on McCarthyism. Salem/McCarthyism test next week. Work on project. Project due 11/30.
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Salem/Crucible/McCarthyism research project choice due Monday. Choose project and partners wisely. Due Nov. 30th.
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Read the notes on Arthur Miller and "The Crucible" handout. Be ready to select a Salem/Crucible/McCarthyism project on Monday.
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Highlight 5-8 important details in each "Salem" handout not presented in the video.
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Do side one of "Comparing Two Texts" worksheet. Compare Edwards' "Sinners" and Bradstreet's "Verses". Prepare to finish the back of the worksheet in class tomorrow.
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Homework: Get planner signed. AR quiz and comic strip due Monday. Review Salem/Crucible/McCarthyism project and think about your choice. Happy Halloween!
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Review Puritan/Salem/McCarthyism Unit project and be sure to understand the assignment. Read “Verses”. Divide it into sections(possible stanzas) according to shifts/main ideas. Work on AR Quiz and Character Comic Strip (due Monday).
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Review "Salem" video notes. Read AR book and work on Character Comic Strip project (See Tuesday for project download). Quiz and project due Monday.
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Prepare to share "Salem" video notes tomorrow. Read AR book at least 30 minutes. AR quiz and project due Monday November 2nd.
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Get planner signed. Read AR book. AR quiz and project due November 2. Project will be given to you Monday.
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Finish "Sinners" Vocabulary in Context & Figures of Speech worksheet. Find 2 examples for each figure of speech. Look up vocabulary you don't know.
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Read for 30 minutes. Review notes on figures of speech and the effect of rhetorical devices in "Sinners." Be able to identify and recognize figures of speech.
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Read for 30 minutes. Annotate Puritan tenets in sermon as well as noting unknown vocabulary. Review dispatch; make sure you understand the figures of speech and find examples of as many as you can. See Friday Oct. 16 for handout and Text Dependent questions.
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Get planner signed. Re-read and annotate "Sinners..." text identifying Puritan tenets you find in the text as well as circling new vocabulary. Answer Close Read question #5 and question #1 in the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" text. For a copy of the handout, see Friday Oct. 16. Good work everyone on your essay!
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Read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” excerpt. Answer Close Read questions #1-4. Get planner signed for Monday.
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Finalize essay including new revisions. Re-organize all parts of essay for turning in today. See attached for proper order. (12 pt. font, double spaced, Times New Roman, Helvetica or Arial, 1 inch margins, heading and title). NO LATE ESSAYS ACCEPTED.
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Typed final monomyth essay about "Racing the Great Bear" with prewriting (prompt, graphic organizer, outline, all drafts, including Introduction, essay rubric) due today. 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, double spaced, Times, Times New Roman, Helvetica or Arial font only. Paper must have a heading or it will not be graded.
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Finish revising and rewriting monomyth essay.Typed final with all prewriting (see 10/14) due Wednesday. 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, double spaced, Times, Times New Roman, Helvetica or Arial font only. Paper must have a heading or it will not be graded.
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Get planner signed. Revise essay Introduction and write Conclusion. Study notes and finish writing monomyth essay rough draft (skip lines).
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Work on essay and study outline and notes to prepare to finish writing body paragraphs in class tomorrow. Skip lines.
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Write an INTRODUCTION to the monomyth essay. Review class notes and check 5 paragraph essay handout for what an introduction should contain. Rework your outline if necessary to make it more effective.
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Finish monomyth essay Outline or Tree Map.Use your graphic organizer and the 5 Paragraph Essay Outline you received in class to assist you.
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Finish graphic organizer for monomyth essay relating Swift Runner in "Racing the Great Bear" to Campbell's The Hero's Journey. Outline or Tree Map for essay is due Wednesday.
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AR Quiz and accompanying Story Quilt project due. Check AR letter for more specific information.
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Get planner signed. AR quiz and Story Quilt due Monday (no late assignment accepted). Study 5 paragraph essay structure and Writing Steps (for possible quiz).
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Study "Big Mac" essay structure and review Informative/Explanatory Writing rubric (handout). AR quiz and Story Quilt due Monday. Try to take AR quiz tonight in case if you fail, it it can be deleted.
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Study your notes on “The Hero’s Journey.” AR quiz and Story Quilt project due Monday Oct. 5. (See assignment and rubric on homework for Oct. 5.) Try to take quiz by tomorrow in case it needs to be deleted.
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Read AR book for 30 minutes. AR Quiz and Story Quilt due next Monday 10/5. Failed quizzes will not be deleted after Friday 10/2.
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"The Hero's Journey" packet: Do Activity 1.9 Fill in # 4 pp. 27-29. Put Campbell's steps into “Your Own Words’ & give “Examples” of each step from a story or movie you know.
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Get planner signed. Re-read Joseph Campbell article and notate (highlight main ideas; ask questions; circle unclear vocabulary and mark any questions you have with ?). See homework for 9/25 for handout. Don't forget AR quiz and Story Quilt due October 5th.
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Define "stereotype" and give an example of a stereotypical hero ("The Hero's Journey" packet, p. 26 #1 and 2 attached below). Read Campbell article and circle all unclear vocabulary.
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Work on filling in flow map of plot events for "Great Bear" to share with your group. Follow template below.
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Finish filling in the names of the parts of the narrative structure (begun in class) in the Story Plot Flow Map for “Racing the Great Bear.”
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Read and annotate/mark/highlight all important ideas in “The Peacemaker”. Get planner signed. Continue to read AR book.
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Read AR book 20 minutes. Bring in signed AR letter tear-off and printout if you have not done so.
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Read "Racing the Great Bear" and highlight/annotate anything that talks about:
1. values or what’s important to the people.
2. setting
3. problem in the story
4. repetitions
5. main characters
6. Mark questions you have or ideas that are not clear
2. setting
3. problem in the story
4. repetitions
5. main characters
6. Mark questions you have or ideas that are not clear
You may use symbols or different highlighters to clarify and differentiate your annotations.
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Context Clues Worksheet: Pretest 1-10 and Types of Clues #1-8. Follow directions. Get Culture Bag rubric and AR handouts signed.
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Please have parent sign planner and also get your AR Letter and AR Reading Level printout signed. The IRL is the level of the book you should be reading. If you are reading at a lower level, you need permission to do so. Your journal/project for your first book will be handed out next week.
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HW: Read 30 minutes. AR lab tomorrow. Be in school please. Get Culture Bag rubric signed.
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Read 30 minutes. AR lab on Friday to get new reading levels. (Please be in school.) Get Culture Bag rubric signed. Presentations continue tomorrow. 5 Week Progress Report distributed on 9/16.
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Read 60 minutes. AR lab on Friday to get new reading levels. Get Culture Bag rubric signed. Presentations continue tomorrow. 5 Week Progress Report distributed on 9/16. Parents thank you all for coming to Back to School Night! It was a pleasure seeing so many of you.
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Read 30 minutes. Prepare to present oral report on Culture Bag. Have parent come to Back to School Night for your Fredy.
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Students will fill a "bag" or container reflective of their culture or heritage with 20 items representing various cultural and personal aspects including family, friends, "old country" traditions, arts, and values and orally present their "culture" to classmates. No late projects will be accepted.
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Read "The Medicine Bag" pp. 582-590 and briefly tell what the bag symbolizes to Grandpa Joe. Work on Culture Bag. Due 8/31 Monday.
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Finish reading "Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon" pp. 920-923 and make a Tree Map showing 3 values of the Zunis as reflected in the story. Use 2-3 pieces of textual evidence for each value you choose.
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Please have parent complete Parent Survey Handout.
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Getting to Know You Handout.