8th Grade ELA (PreAP) - January 25 - January 29

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Final Draft of Letter to Editor due Tuesday, January 26 - Major Grade
* Latin Roots Test over Set 3 (includes roots from set 1 and 2) - Tuesday, February 2  ----> Quizlet Link   &  Set 1 & 2 Review Link

Monday, January 25

* Gutherie Center Field Trip
* Work on Birmingham Letters Packet

Tuesday, January 26

• Final Draft Letter DUE
• Discuss Birmingham Letters (Ethos/Pathos/Logos)

Wednesday, January 27

• STAAR PRACTICE TEST (Math & Reading)

Thursday, January 21

• MLK Speech Watch/Analyze
• Complete Speech Packet
• Annotate for: ethos, pathos, logos, kairos, allegory, alliteration, metaphor, simile, parallelism, analogy, antithesis, loaded words

Friday, January 22

• Discuss MLK Speech Packet
• Start Notes over George Orwell & Russian History 

8th Grade ELA (Academic) - January 25 - January 29

Academic Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Latin Roots  Set 6 quiz - Tuesday, Jan. 26 ----> Quizlet Link
* Rough Draft Letter to Editor - Wednesday, Jan. 27
* Final Draft Due - Monday, February 1 (Major Grade)
* Latin Roots Test (over both sets) - Tuesday, February 2  --> Combined Link

Monday, January 25

Gutherie Center Field Trip
* Work on Rough Draft (typed/completed)

Tuesday, January 26

• Latin Roots Set 6 Quiz
• Parallel Structure Lesson w/ worksheet

Wednesday, January 27

• STAAR Practice Test (Math & Reading)

Thursday, January 28

• Peer Edit Rough Draft (Final Draft Due Monday -- MAJOR GRADE)

Friday, January 29

• Watch/Listen to MLK Speech
• MLK Speech Analysis (homework if not completed)
• Annotate for: ethos, pathos, logos, kairos, allegory, alliteration, metaphor, simile, parallelism, analogy, antithesis, loaded words

8th Grade ELA (Academic) - January 18 - January 22

Academic Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 19
* Latin Roots Set 5 Quiz - Thursday, Jan. 21  ----> Quizlet Link
* Latin Roots  Set 6 quiz - Tuesday, Jan. 26 ----> Quizlet Link
* Rough Draft Letter to Editor - Wednesday, Jan. 27
* Latin Roots Test (over both sets) - Tuesday, February 2  --> Combined Link

*MEMBEAN STARTS this week (ends Sunday, January 24th) - 60 minutes due

Monday, January 18

NO SCHOOL - work on Membean

Tuesday, January 19

• Check Homework
• Persuasive Notes Quiz
• Letter to Editor (MAJOR GRADE) Rough Draft Due WEDNESDAY, Jan 27 PRINTED. This assignment also has the printed layout example.
•  ---> Example Letter
• Persuasion Map
• Read newspapers to find a topic you are passionate about. You can also view examples of letters to the editor/editorial in online and in print newspapers. Please look at these
• Homework: Rough draft of letter (Friday) & Work on Membean Minutes.

Wednesday, January 20

• HS VISITS
• Work on Letter to Editor (see Tuesday assignment)

Thursday, January 21

• Latin Roots Quiz Set 5
• Letter Discussion/Editorial Analysis

Homework: Membean & Persuasion Map

Friday, January 22

• Parallelism Lesson

8th Grade ELA (PreAP) - January 19 - January22

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 19
* Latin Roots Test over Set 3 (includes roots from set 1 and 2) - Tuesday, February 2  ----> Quizlet Link

*MEMBEAN STARTS this week (ends Sunday, January 24th) - 75 minutes due

Monday, January 18

NO SCHOOL   -  Work on Membean

Tuesday, January 19

• Persuasive Vocab Quiz
• Letter to Editor (rough draft due Friday -- PRINTED)  
• ---> Example Letter
• Letter Format
• Persuasion Map
• Read newspapers to find a topic you are passionate about. You can also view examples of letters to the editor/editorial in online and in print newspapers. Please look at these.

Homework: Letter to Editor brainstorm/rough draft & Membean

Wednesday, January 20

• High School Visits
• Work on Letter to Editor

Thursday, January 21

• Editorial Analysis
• Birmingham Letters Packet (due Monday)

Homework: Rough Draft Due Tomorrow --- PRINTED

Friday, January 22

• Peer Edit/Revise Letter to Editor

Homework: Revise Letter (Final Draft due Tuesday) & Finish Membean (due Sunday night)

8th Grade ELA (PreAP) - January 11 - January15

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 19
* Latin Roots Test over Set 3 - Tuesday, February 2  ----> Quizlet Link

*MEMBEAN STARTS this week (ends Sunday, January 24th) - 75 minutes due

Monday, January 11

• Check Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet (graded)
• Read p 985 & discuss

Homework: Read p 986 "Should the Driving Age Be Raised to 18?" and complete questions 1-4 and read p 987 and complete questions 1-3 on page 15 of your journal

Tuesday, January 12

• Check Homework
• Fallacy Notes/Rhetoric Notes
• Fallacy Identification Activity

Homework - On pages 16-17 of your journal:
 Read 2 articles on pages 1006-1010 "Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education" & "The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym"
1) Identify the claim and 3 examples of support for each article (need page number and quotes for each example of support)
2) Identify 3 examples of fallacies w/ page numbers and quotes
3) Identify  3 examples of persuasive techniques used w/ page numbers and quotes

Wednesday, January 13

• Check homework
• Commercial Analysis - Persuasion in Media

Homework: Analyze 3 commercials for persuasion used (worksheet)

Thursday, January 14

• Parallelism Activity
• Homework: Complete back of worksheet

Friday, January 15

• Pro/Con Discussion
• Read “Zoos: Myth and Reality” p 990 – 993 and “Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World” p 994-996.
•  Complete the questions on page 997 #1-6.  Due Monday
• Work on Membean

8th Grade ELA (Academic) - January 11 - January 15

Academic Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 19
* Latin Roots Set 5 Quiz - Thursday, Jan. 21  ----> Quizlet Link
* Latin Roots  Set 6 quiz - Tuesday, Jan. 26 ----> Quizlet Link
* Latin Roots Test (over both sets) - Tuesday, February 2  --> Combined Link

*MEMBEAN STARTS this week (ends Sunday, January 24th) - 60 minutes due

Monday, January 11

• Check Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet (graded)
• Read p 985 & discuss

Homework: Read p 986 "Should the Driving Age Be Raised to 18?" and complete questions 1-4 and read p 987 and complete questions 1-3 on page 15 of your journal

Tuesday, January 12

• Check Homework
• Fallacy Notes/Rhetoric Notes

Homework - On pages 16-17 of your journal:
 Read 2 articles on pages 1006-1010 "Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education" & "The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym"
1) Identify the claim and 2 examples of support for each article (need page number and quotes for each example of support)
2) Identify a total of 4 (2 from each article) of fallacies w/ page numbers and quotes
3) Identify a total of 4 (2 from each article) of persuasive techniques used w/ page numbers and quotes

Wednesday, January 13

• Check homework
• Partner activity over fallacies (identification)
• 
  

Thursday, January 14

• Parallelism Lesson
• Commercial Analysis - Persuasion in Media

Homework: Analyze 2 commercials for persuasion used (worksheet)

Friday, January 15

• Persuasion in the Media Poster (in class)
• Due Tuesday

8th Grade ELA (Academic) - January 4 - January 8

Academic Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Latin Roots 3rd 9 Weeks - Set 5 quiz - Tuesday, January 19
* Latin Roots 3rd 9 Weeks - Set 6 quiz - Tuesday, January 26
* Latin Roots Test (over both sets) - Tuesday, February 2

Monday, January 4

• No School (last day of break)

Tuesday, January 5

• New seats & review procedures
• SOAPSTone in Writer's Notebook p19, SAM p20, SAM Words/Phrases p21
• Start Elements of Persuasion Notes (up to Logos)

Homework - none

Wednesday, January 6

• Finish Notes
• Discuss Examples of Ethos,Pathos, Logos
• Watch ARI Video

Thursday, January 7

• Read Elements of Persuasion p982 & 984
• Read/Analyze "French Fries" p983
• Use SOAPSTone & Identify types of support. Also answer questions 1-4 on page J14 in journal. 

Friday, January 8

• Discuss "French Fries" Article - identify Ethos/Pathos/Logos and types of support in article
• Review Ethos/Pathos/Logos briefly
• Discuss examples in media

Homework: Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet

8th Grade ELA (PreAP) - January 5 - January8

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Latin Roots Set 3 Exam - Tuesday, February 2


Monday, January 4

• No School (last day of break)

Tuesday, January 5

• New seats & review procedures
• SOAPSTone in Writer's Notebook p19, SAM p20, SAM Words/Phrases p21
• Discuss SOAPSTone
• Apply to article "Coke Blinks" by Bittman in journal J19

Homework - none

Wednesday, January 6

• Discuss "Coke Blinks"
• Watch commercial and discuss persuasion used in it in comparison with article
• Identify support used in article
• Start notes - Elements of an Argument  (p980)

Thursday, January 7

• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Notes w/ Examples
• ARI Video and Pathos Sample Video w/ Loaded words
• Types of Argumentation and Examples Notes w/ fill-in-blank worksheet
• Up through "Individuality"

Friday, January 8

• Finish Notes
• Read and discuss p 982 and persuasion in poster example
• Read and annotate "Should Dogs Be Allowed at Parks" (on back on notes chart)
• Identify E.,P.,L., support, claim, counterarguments used in article
• Discuss

Homework: Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet