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