8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP) - April 11 - April 15

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

• Latin Roots Exam - Tuesday, April 19th
• Quizlet over Roots

* Membean - 75 Minutes due Sunday 4/24

Monday,  April 11

• Membean (due April 24 - 75 Minutes)
• Membean Quiz
• Haiku Project Due
• Discuss Tell-Tale Heart
• Check Worksheet
• Homework: Read "The Ransom of Red Chief" p 52-63
• Questions 1-7 on p63 in journal

Tuesday, April 12

• Check questions from "Red Chief"
•  Read "Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Myers p187
• Questions #1-9 p187 in journal

Homework: none

Wednesday, April 13

• Check "Lemon" questions (daily grade with "Red Chief"
• Discuss Short Story
• Review Vocab
• Read "Rules of the Game" p230-244

Thursday, April 14

• Read "The Monkey's Paw"
• Answer questions p372 #1-7

Friday, April 15

• Read "Pandora" p.476-479
• "Loo Wit" p480-483
• Answer questions #1-6 on page 484
• Make a Venn Diagram Compare/Contrast the Stories
• How are the stories similar?
• How are they different?

• Make a Chart and identify the following for each story
• What qualities does the supreme god have?
• What role does he play?
• What does the myth explain?