8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP) - March 28 - April 1

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

• Poetry Vocab Quiz - Thursday, March 28

* Membean - 75 Minutes due Sunday 4/10

Monday,  March 28

• Membean Window Opens (due April 10 - 75 Minutes)
• Grammar pages 113-120 (due Friday)
• Common Usage Problems Resource 
• Read Willow & Ginko p611
• Create chart with columns: List Images, What do I notice?, What does it mean?
• Read "Lesson of  Moth" p 618-620 & "Identity" p621
• Answer questions #1-8 in journal and complete compare/contrast worksheet

Homework: Membean & Grammar (due Friday)

Tuesday, March 29

• STAAR MATH
• In Class: Complete poems from Monday

Homework: none

Wednesday, March 30

• STAAR READING
• In Class: Complete poems from Monday

Homework: none

Thursday, March 31

• Go over poems from Monday/Tuesday  (daily grade)
• Go over packet
• "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" p 633
• "Ode to Solitude" p639
• Answer questions #1-8 (skip #5) in journal
• w/ worksheet paraphrase

Homework: Grammar p113-120 & Finish poems from today

Friday, April 1

• Check Grammar 
• Check "Grasshopper" & "Solitude" questions (daily grade w/ "Identity" & "Moth")
• "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes w/ worksheet
• "Strange Fruit" w/ worksheet

Homework: Membean & Poem completion