8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - October 31-November 4

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Membean Window #2 - October 24th to November 6th  (60 minutes/70% accuracy)

PreAP ONLY - Latin Roots Test - Thursday, November 3  ---> Quizlet Link
Pre-AP ONLY - Crucible Act 1 & Background Exam - November 8th - Click here for Study Guide

Academic ONLY - Latin Roots Quiz 3 on Thursday 11/3 & Set 4 Thursday, Nov 10

Academic Latin Roots Test - Tuesday, November 15th ---> Quizlet Link

Monday,  October 31
Pre-AP 

• Go over "Dialogues" & "Illicit Romance" Worksheets
• Read Act 1 through page 40
• Complete Study Guide Questions 11-14 for tomorrow
• Act 1 & Background Exam Study Guide (Next Tuesday, November 8)

Academic

• Finish Chapter 4
• Answer Chapter 4 Questions (quiz tomorrow)
• Study Guide 

Tuesday, November 1

Pre-AP

• Finish Act 1 
• Complete SG question 15
• Complete "A Look at Act 1"
• Check it

Academic

•  Chapter 3-4 Quiz
• Check Quiz
• Check chatper 4 questions

Wednesday, October 26 - 
Field Trip to Ren Fair (Photography/Theater/Choir)

Pre-AP

• Complete the following worksheets (due Friday; assigned Tuesday)
• Study Guide Act 1 (should only have 15 left to complete)
• Mary Warren Act 1
• Conflict Circles (except Officials and Girls as a Group)
• Conflict Square only Act 1 (solid lines)

Academic 

• Work on Membean and Catch up on Reading/Annotating

Thursday, November 3

Pre-AP

• LATIN ROOTS EXAM
• Annotation Check

Academic

• Latin Roots Set 3 Quiz
• Go over quiz
• Annotation Check

Friday, November 4

Pre-AP

• Go over worksheets (listed on Wednesday)
• Introduce Wanted Poster Project 

Academic

• Start chapter 5 and answer questions

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - October 24-28

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Membean Window #2 - October 24th to November 6th  (60 minutes/70% accuracy)

PreAP ONLY - Latin Roots Test - Thursday, November 3  ---> Quizlet Link

Academic ONLY - Latin Roots Quiz 3 on Thursday 11/3 & Set 4 Thursday, Nov 10

Academic Latin Roots Test - Tuesday, November 15th ---> Quizlet Link

Monday,  October 24
Pre-AP 

• Review Pearl Exam (retakes Tuesday morning)
• Grammar p23-32 (due Friday)
• Start Crucible Act 1, Sc 1 p2-9
• Answer questions 1-5 on Act 1 Study Guide 
• Add to directions...specific answers with evidence and page numbers

Academic

• Start Chapter 3
• Grammar p23-32 (due Friday)
• Check study guide Chapter 1-2
• Study Guide 

Tuesday, October 25

Pre-AP

• Watch History Channel Video on Witch Trials
• Go over Act 1 vocab

Academic

• Continue Chapter 3

Wednesday, October 26

Pre-AP

• Continue Act 1
• Homework: fill out character chart over characters we have met so far

Academic 

• Finish Chapter 3 and Review PPT
• Work on Chapter 3 questions

Thursday, October 27

Pre-AP

• Continue Act 1
• Study Guide Questions 5-13 w/ quotations and page numbers
• Worksheet "Illicit Romance -- Is it Over?"

Academic

• Lottery Article
• Grammar Due Tomorrow

Friday, October 28

Pre-AP

• Check Grammar p23-32
• Go over worksheet
• Finish Act 1

Academic

• Lottery Article Analysis
• Check Grammar p23-32
• Go over Chapter 3 questions

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - October 17-21

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP ONLY - PEARL EXAM  - Tues, October 18 PRE-AP


Monday,  October 17

Pre-AP 

• Review Crucible Packet & fill out "Cultures that Shape You"
• Watch "Monsters on Maple Street" & Answer Questions on J18
• “The Monsters on Maple Street” Questions
  1.     Who starts leading the group into the idea that there are terrorists?
  2.     Why does the new neighbor become a target? 
  3.     Describe the accusations and suspicions his neighbors have against him.
  4.     What kind of suspicions do the neighbors bring up against each other as the story progresses? 
  a.      Give examples of these suspicions.
  5.     What ultimately causes the mass hysteria that leads neighbors to hurt one another?
  6.     At the end, what do the people running the experiment say about human nature?
  7.     Who are the “real” terrorists?  How so? 

Academic

• Finish Chapter 1 
• Answer Questions
• Study Guide 

Tuesday, October 18

Pre-AP

• Pearl Exam

Academic

• Start Chapter 2

Wednesday, October 19

Pre-AP--- PSAT

Academic -- PSAT

Thursday, October 20

Pre-AP

• Salem Witch Trails Info Search Worksheet - Click here for Link
• "Sinners" & "Puritans" Worksheets (due tomorrow) Annotate BEFORE you answer the questions.

Academic

• Chapter 1&2 Quiz
• Go over quiz
• Fine tune annotations in chapter 1-2

Friday, October 21

Pre-AP

• Discuss "Sinners" & "Puritans"
• Go over Packet
• Start Act 1

Academic

• Check chapters 1-2 study guide
• Chap 1-2 timeline activity

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - October 10-14

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP ONLY - PEARL EXAM  - Tues, October 18 PRE-AP


Monday,  October 10

Pre-AP 

No School 

Academic

• No School

Tuesday, October 11

Pre-AP

• Lit Terms Exam

Academic

• Lit Terms Exam

Wednesday, October 12

Pre-AP

• Check Test
• Discuss Themes & Symbols in Pearl
• Finish Timeline w/ Partner

Academic

• Check Test
• Continue Chap 1

Thursday, October 13

Pre-AP

• PSA Benchmark

Academic

• PSA Benchmark

Friday, October 14

Pre-AP

• Check Grammar p13-22
• Check Chap 4-6 & discuss
• "Mass Hysteria" article and funnel discussion

Academic

• Check Grammar p13-22
• Continue Chap 1

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - October 3-7

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Tuesday, October 11 - Literary Terms Exam

• Academic Quizlet  -- Also know how to APPLY /IDENTIFY words in text

• Pre-AP Quizlet - Also know how to APPLY /IDENTIFY words in text

PRE-AP ONLY - PEARL EXAM  - Tues, October 18 PRE-AP

• Membean Setup - www.membean.com/enroll
• Period 1 - M6LQCN8
• Period  4- M6LQDDD
• Period 5 - M6LQE32
• Period 8 - M6LQ968
• Period 2- M6LQ8L6
• Period 3- M6LQB8Q

Monday,  October 3

Pre-AP

• Active Listening to Chapter 4 The Pearl in class ...annotate
• Grammar p7-12 Pronouns (due Friday)

Academic

• Finish Project
• Present Song Analysis Project

Tuesday, October 4

Pre-AP

• PICTURE DAY
• Answer Chapter 4 Study Guide Questions....specific answers and text evidence w/ page #

Academic

• PICTURE DAY
• Grammar p7-12 Pronouns (due Friday)

Wednesday, October 5

Pre-AP

• Read Article "$100 million pearl...." 
• Journal Page 13 - Write 1 paragraph summary and 1 paragraph response/reaction to the article
• Pearl Timeline activity (w/ partner) -- Textual Evidence Chapters 1-4

Academic

• Introduce Pearl Background Notes
• Book Talk Video w/ 1 paragraph prediction - Think Pair Share

Thursday, October 6

Pre-AP

• Active Listening Chapter 5 of The Pearl. Annotate and answer ch 5 questions w/ text evidence
• Hmwk: Personification Worksheet

Academic

• Parable/Novella Definition PPT
• Annotation Expectations (glue in)
• Pearl Packet introduction

Friday, October 7

Pre-AP

• Check Grammar p7-12 (daily grade)
• Personification Worksheet
• Read Chap 6 w/ questions
• Homework *Due Wednesday* - page J12-13 of Journal
• Symbol – PEARL
  Address the changing symbolism of the pearl throughout the book. What did it symbolize at the beginning? Middle? End? Why was it so important to Kino and his family? Provide specifics and text evidence (w/ page #) to support answers.

• Themes
  1)     Social Oppression
  2)     Greed/Corruption
  3)     Man as a part of nature
  4)     Good vs. Evil
  For each theme above, list 2-3 quotes for each that clear identify those themes throughout the book.  Please provide page numbers and explanation as to why that quote is appropriate. 

• Grammar p13-22 (due Friday)

Academic

• Check Grammar p7-12 (daily grade)
• Start Chapter 1 (Active Listening)
• Grammar p13-22 (due Friday)