8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 30 - February 3

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP

Membean Window January 30 - Sunday, February 12 - 90 Minutes w/ 70% Accuracy

 PowerPoint of Notes - Persuasive Techniques
Russian Revolution Notes & Animal Farm Notes

Latin Roots Pre-AP Set 3 Quizlet
      * Review for Set 1 and 2

*Latin Roots Exam on Tuesday, February 14

Letter to Editor Rough Draft due Monday, January 30 (see databases below for research)

• Gale Database (on Library Website) Opposing Viewpoints Resource (you need your password bookmark in journal to access from home)

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ACADEMIC 

Membean Window January 30 - Sunday, February 12 - 60 Minutes w/ 70% Accuracy

 PowerPoint of Notes  - Persuasive Techniques

Russian Revolution Notes & Animal Farm Notes

*Latin Roots Set 5 Quiz on Tuesday, January 31  ---> Study Here

*Latin Roots Set 6 Quiz on Tuesday, February 7
*Latin Roots Exam Set 5&6 on Tuesday, February 14

Letter to Editor Rough Draft due Wednesday, February 1 (see databases below for research)

• Gale Database (on Library Website) Opposing Viewpoints Resource (you need your password bookmark in journal to access from home)

Monday,  January 30

Pre-AP

• Peer Edit Letter to Editor (Final Draft Due Tuesday)  Rubric Here
• Membean Window January 30 - Sunday, February 12 - 90 Minutes w/ 70% Accuracy

Academic

• Start Animal Farm Notes
• Membean Window January 30 - Sunday, February 12 - 60 Minutes w/ 70% Accuracy

Tuesday, January 31

Pre-AP

• Letter to Editor Due 
• Start AF Notes

Academic

• Latin Roots Set 5 Quiz
• Finish Animal Farm Notes
• Video
• Stalin Man of Steel

 Wednesday, February 1

Pre-AP

• Finish Animal Farm Notes
• Video
• Stalin Man of Steel

Academic 

• Peer Edit Letter to Editor (Final Draft Due Tuesday)  Rubric Here

Thursday, February 2

Pre-AP

• Start Animal Farm Chapter 1 w/ Active Listening and Annotation

Academic

• Start Animal Farm Chapter 1 w/ Active Listening and Annotation

Friday, February 3

Pre-AP

• Analyze Old Major's Speech

Academic

• Analyze Old Major's Speech w/ partner

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 23- January 27

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP

 PowerPoint of Notes - Persuasive Techniques

Latin Roots Pre-AP Set 3 Quizlet
      * Review for Set 1 and 2

*Latin Roots Exam on Tuesday, February 14

Letter to Editor Rough Draft due Monday, January 30 (see databases below for research)

• Gale Database (on Library Website) Opposing Viewpoints Resource (you need your password bookmark in journal to access from home)

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ACADEMIC 

 PowerPoint of Notes  - Persuasive Techniques


*Latin Roots Set 5 Quiz on Tuesday, January 31  ---> Study Here

*Latin Roots Set 6 Quiz on Tuesday, February 7
*Latin Roots Exam Set 5&6 on Tuesday, February 14

Letter to Editor Rough Draft due Wednesday, February 1 (see databases below for research)

• Gale Database (on Library Website) Opposing Viewpoints Resource (you need your password bookmark in journal to access from home)

Monday,  January 23

Pre-AP

• Introduce Letter to the Editor
• Go over Samples/Examples...Complete Concept Map
• Typed Rough draft due Monday

Academic

• Idiom Worksheet w/ partner

Tuesday, January 24 - Wednesday, January 25
STAAR PRACTICE T

Pre-AP

• Work on Letter to Editor
• Gale Database (on Library Website) Opposing Viewpoints Resource (you need your password bookmark in journal to access from home)

Homework: Rough Draft due Typed Monday

Academic 

• Check Idioms packet
• Work on Idiom Poster
Homework: Idiom Poster (Due Friday)

Thursday, January 26

Pre-AP

• MLK Speech - Annotate
• MLK Speech Watch and Discuss

Academic

• MLK Speech - Annotate
• MLK Speech Watch and Discuss

Friday, January 27

Pre-AP

• Complete MLK "I Have a Dream" Speech Packet p159/160

Academic

• Complete the MLK "I Have a Dream" Speech Packet

Homework: Rough Drafts Due Monday

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 16- January 20

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP

 PowerPoint of Notes - Persuasive Techniques

Latin Roots Pre-AP Set 3 Quizlet
      * Review for Set 1 and 2

Membean Window Opens Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 22
You need 75 minutes with 70% Accuracy

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 20th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Thursday, Jan. 19

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ACADEMIC 

 PowerPoint of Notes  - Persuasive Techniques


Membean Window Opens Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 22
You need 60 minutes with 70% Accuracy

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 20th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Thursday, Jan. 19

*Latin Roots Part 1 Quiz on Thursday Jan 26  ---> Study Here


Monday,  January 16

• No School

Tuesday, January 17

Pre-AP

• Idiom Packet w/ partner
• Start Idiom Poster (due Friday)

Academic 

• Persuasive Media in Print Ads
• Poster with identification of persuasive elements  (due Thurs)

Wednesday, January 18  - High School Visits

Pre-AP

• Work on Idiom Poster

Homework: Idiom Poster (Due Friday)

Academic 

• Work on Print Analysis

Thursday, January 19

Pre-AP

• Persuasive Notes Quiz 
• Check Idioms packet
• Check Parallelism Worksheet

Academic

• Persuasive Notes Quiz 
• Read in class p986 "Should the Driving Age Be Lowered?"
• Discuss Persuasive Elements to introduce Letter to Editor Project

Friday, January 20

Pre-AP

• Persuasive Media in Print Ads in journal 

Academic

• Discuss Letter to Editor Project (test grade) - Pick any topic you want
• Go over more examples
• Explain format
• Concept Map (due Monday)
• Study for Latin Roots Part 1 Quiz

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 9- January 13

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP

 PowerPoint of Notes - Persuasive Techniques

Membean Window Opens Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 22
You need 75 minutes with 70% Accuracy

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 20th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 17

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ACADEMIC 

 PowerPoint of Notes  - Persuasive Techniques


Membean Window Opens Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 22
You need 60 minutes with 70% Accuracy

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 20th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Persuasive Vocab Quiz - Tuesday, January 17

Monday,  January 9

Pre-AP

• Check Zoos Worksheet
• Read "Should Dogs be Allowed in Public Parks"
• Annotate for Ethos,Pathos, Logos, Claim, Support, Counterarg., Opposing Arg

Homework: Ethos/Pathos/Logos Worksheet

Academic 

• "Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World" p 994-996
• Bottom half of worksheet
• Revisit "French Fries" article on page 983 and identify examples of Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Homework: Ethos/Pathos/Logos Worksheet

Tuesday, January 10

Pre-AP

• Check Ethos/Pathos/Logos Worksheet -- Collect with Zoos Analysis (Daily Grade)
• Fallacy Notes (back of packet)
• Discuss and provide Examples
• Fallacy Partner Activity (in clas)
• p986-987 - Drinking/Driving Advertisement analysis

Academic 

• Check Ethos/Pathos/Logos Worksheet -- Collect with Zoos Analysis (Daily Grade)
• Finish Persuasive Element Notes PPT w/ fill-in-blank worksheet

Wednesday, January 11 

Pre-AP

• Commercial Analysis - Persuasion in Media
• Analyzing commercials for different persuasive techniqueas
• Birmingham Letters Packet

Homework: Birmingham Letters MLK Ethos/Pathos/Logos Packet (Due Friday)

Academic 

• Fallacy Notes PPT
• Partner Fallacy Review Activity

Thursday, January 12

Pre-AP

• p1006 -1010 "Position on Dodgeball in PE" & "The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym"
• Read articles and in journal (on next 2 pages) Identify:
• Claim w/ 3 examples of support 
• 3 fallacies
• 3 persuasive techniques
• For Each LABEL the technique/support/fallacy and provide quote with page number

Academic

• p1006 -1007 "Position on Dodgeball in PE" 
• Read articles and in journal (on next 2 pages) Identify:
• Claim w/ 3 examples of support 
• 3 fallacies
• 3 persuasive techniques
• For Each LABEL the technique/support/fallacy and provide quote with page number

Friday, January 13

Pre-AP

• Discuss Birmingham Letters (grade)
• Parallelism Lesson w/ worksheet
• Homework: complete worksheet

Academic

• Commercial Analysis - Persuasion in Media
• Analyzing commercials for different persuasive techniqueas
Homework: Choose any other 4 commercials and analyze with worksheet

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 2 - January 6

Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP

 PowerPoint of Notes for Wed/Thurs - Persuasive Techniques

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ACADEMIC 

 PowerPoint of Notes for Wed/Thurs - Persuasive Techniques

Monday,  January 2
No School

Tuesday, January 3

Teacher In-Service

Wednesday, January 4 

Pre-AP

• Journal: "I Want...." with 2-3 examples / Partner Share
• Class Read p982 - Argumentation Introduction w/ examples of Claim, Support, Counterarg
• Read "Why Can't I Live on French Fries" and answer questions 1-4 on p983
• Discuss 
• Notes over Elements of an Argument (handout/PowerPoint)

Academic 

• Journal: "I Want...." with 2-3 examples / Partner Share
• Class Read p982 - Argumentation Introduction w/ examples of Claim, Support, Counterarg
• Notes over Elements of an Argument (handout/PowerPoint)

Thursday, January 5

Pre-AP

• p. 984 in Textbook over Persusasive Techniques
• Notes over Persuasive Elements/Techniques on fill-in-blank worksheet
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Ari Video & ASPCA (Pathos) Example
• Comics ----> Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Discuss Examples of Persuasive Techniques (p985 Persuasion in Text & Advertising)

Academic

• Read "Why Can't I Live on French Fries" and answer questions 1-4 on p983
• Discuss 
• p. 984 in Textbook over Persusasive Techniques
• Notes over Persuasive Elements/Techniques on fill-in-blank worksheet
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Ari Video  & ASPCA (Pathos) Example
• Comics ----> Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Friday, January 6

Pre-AP

• Read “Zoo: Myth or Reality” p 990-993 &  “Zoos Connect Us….”  Pages 994-996
  ·      Add the Opposing View point BETWEEN Claim and Counterargument
  o   Write it off to the side and label it and draw arrow
  o   Claim – NEEDS to be QUOTED w/ Page number
  o   "Evidence Against" backs up the CLAIM (you are countering the opposing argument to bringing it back to your side of the discussion --- your claim w/ support)
• Complete questions on page 997: 1-3 & 5 (complete sentences)

Academic

• Read “Zoo: Myth or Reality” p 990-993 
  ·      Add the Opposing View point BETWEEN Claim and Counterargument
  o   Write it off to the side and label it and draw arrow
  o   Claim – NEEDS to be QUOTED w/ Page number
  o   "Evidence Against" backs up the CLAIM (you are countering the opposing argument to bringing it back to your side of the discussion --- your claim w/ support)