Monday, August 22, 2016

8th Grade ELA Assignments (Academic & Pre-AP) - August 22nd to August 26th, 2016

Monday, August 22

  • ·       EAGLE CAMP
  • ·       Assignment:  Personality Trait index card.  Noun&Adjective describing you, part of speech, 1 Visual representation per side, 1 Sentence describing your trait per side, First and Last name 
·       Homework  "Personality Trait" card due Friday.

Tuesday, August 23
  • Syllabus
  • Bring Comp Journal - College Ruled and two glue sticks by Friday
  • Introduction Letter example and assignment sheet
  • Intro. Letter  - Pre-write activity

Homework
  • "Personality Trait Card"  Due Friday
  • Typed Rough Draft of LETTER of ME to Ms. Stark DUE THURSDAY.
    • 12 point font/ Times New Roman/Double Spaced/1" margins

Wednesday, August 24
  •   Pre Unit Assessment - Literary Terms
    • Check Pre-Assessment
    • Academic Only - Work on Letter of Me and Trait Card 
    • PRE-AP ONLY - Read "Cutting of My Long Hair" and 1) write 7-9 sentence summary 2) write 3 surface level (information based) questions and write 2 higher level thinking open-ended (short answer) questions

Homework
  •     Typed Rough Draft of LETTER of ME to Ms. Stark DUE Tomorrow.
    •  12 point font/ Times New Roman/Double Spaced/1" margins


Thursday, August 25 
  • Into. Letter  Rough Draft Due at the beginning of class 
    •  12 point font/ Times New Roman/Double Spaced/1" margins
  • ·       Peer & Self Edit Day

Homework
  • ·       Typed Final Draft Due Tuesday, August 30th
    •  12 point font/ Times New Roman/Double Spaced/1" margins


Friday, August 26
  • Glue Sticks due
  • Literary Term Notes Review
  • Setup Composition Journal
    • Table of Contents, page numbers, clock partners, proofreading marks
    • First 14 pages of journal (see directions here)
  • PRE-AP ONLY - Read "Cutting of My Long Hair" and discuss 7-9 sentence summary 
    • Write 3 surface level (information based) questions and write 2 higher level thinking open-ended (short answer) questions
Homework
  • Decorate Journal
  • Typed Final Draft Due Tuesday, August 30
    • 12 point font/ Times New Roman/Double Spaced/1" margins

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