8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - January 14 - January 18

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PRE-AP 

Latin Roots Exam - January 31st
* PreAP - Set 3 all  & roots from Set 1 and 2

Idiom Poster due Tuesday, January 15th (quiz grade)
Work Cited Quiz due Thursday, January 17th

• Teacher Formatted Example - If you used NoodleTools and exported to Google Docs as instructed AND added your heading, it should look like this on top. 

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ACADEMIC

Latin Roots Exam - January 31st
*Academic - Set 3 roots & words

Idiom Poster due Tuesday, January 15th (quiz grade)
Work Cited Quiz due Thursday, January 17th

• Teacher Formatted Example - If you used NoodleTools and exported to Google Docs as instructed AND added your heading, it should look like this on top. 

Monday, January 14

Pre-AP & Academic

• Deconstructing MLK's Birmingham Letters
• Use SOAPSTONE technique to analyze the article
• PREAP ONLY: Complete Logos portion of the packet

Tuesday, January 15

Pre-AP 

• Discuss "Logos" section of Birmingham Letters Analysis
• Rhetorical Devices notes
• Annotate Ethos section and Pathos (use Rhetorical Devices) and answer questions. 

Academic

• Review Persuasive Notes 
• Read p984-985 Discuss Examples of Persuasive Techniques (p985 Persuasion in Text & Advertising
• Read “Zoo: Myth or Reality” p 990-993 
  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)

• Wednesday, January 16 - Career Day

Pre-AP & Academic - Work on Works Cited Quiz (due tomorrow)

Thursday, January 17

Pre-AP 

• Work Cited Quiz Due
• Discuss "Pathos & Ethos" section of Birmingham Letters Analysis
• Fallacy Notes

Academic

Work Cited Quiz Due

"Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World" p 994-99 (Bottom half of the worksheet)

Discuss

Rhetorical Devices Notes

Friday, January 18

Pre-AP

• p986-987 - Drinking/Driving Advertisement analysis w/ questions in Journal 
• Read “Zoo: Myth or Reality” p 990-993 &  “Zoos Connect Us….”  Pages 994-996
  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) in Writer's Notebook
• Homework: Watch Fallacy Video on ItsLearning

  Academic

• Fallacy Notes (on ItsLearning)
• Parallelism Mini Lesson
• p986-987 - Drinking/Driving Advertisement analysis