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

Academic Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
* Membean - 60 Minutes due Sunday 4/10
* Poetry Vocab Quiz - Thursday, April 7
* Poetry Unit Exam - Tuesday, April 12th
* Latin Roots Set 7 Quiz - Thursday, April 14th 
      ***Quizlet on Set 7
* Latin Roots Set 8 Quiz - Tuesday, April 19
      *** Quizlet on Set 8 
*Latin Roots Exam over Set 7 & 8 - Thursday, April 21
     *** Combined Quizlet 7/8

Monday,  April 4

• Membean Window  (due April 10 - 60 Minutes)
• Grammar pages 109-116 (due Friday)
• Misplaced Modifiers Video 1 & Video 2 
• Check "The Lesson of the Moth" & "Identity"
• Read "The Grasshopper and Cricket"
• Complete paraphrase worksheet 

Homework: Membean & Grammar (due Friday) 

Tuesday, April 5

• Discuss "The Grasshopper and Cricket"
• Read "Ode to Solitude" 
• Complete paraphrase worksheet and questions #1-8 (skip 5) on p643

Homework: none

Wednesday, April 6

• Check questions and worksheet (daily grade)
• Read "Boots of Spanish Leather" w/ worksheet
• Haiku Assignment (Quiz grade due Monday)

Homework: none

Thursday, April 7

• Poetry Vocab Quiz
• "O Captain" by Whitman 

Homework: Grammar p109-116 & finish reading "O Capt"

Friday, April 8

• Check Grammar (daily grade)
• Go over quiz
• Short Story Notes

Homework: Membean & Haiku Assignment (quiz grade)