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)