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