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

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Latin Roots Exam - Thursday, September 6th
Quizlet Study Link

Membean due Sunday, 9/16 before Midnight
PreAP - 90 Minutes / 75% Accuracy
Academic - 90 Minutes / 60% Accuracy

Monday, September 3

No School - Labor Day

Tuesday, September 4

Pre-AP   & Academic

• Library Day

Wednesday, September 5

Pre-AP   

• Noodle Tools Mini Lesson 
• Work Cited Assignment (Quiz grade)
• Discuss "Miss Rosie" & "Masks"

Academic

• Noodle Tools Mini Lesson 
• Work Cited Assignment (Quiz grade)
• Characterization Lesson 
• Point of View

Thursday, September 6

Pre-AP

• Latin Roots Exam - Set 1
• Annotate "Mother to Son"

Academic

• Latin Roots Exam - Set 1
• Annotate "Miss Rosie"

Friday, September 7

Pre-AP

• Review LR1
• Class Annotation "M2S"
• Tone Worksheet

Academic

• Review LR1
• Mini Lesson - Context Clues
• "Roaches" - Dual Poem Annotation 

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8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - August 27 - August 31

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Latin Roots Exam - Thursday, September 6th
Quizlet Study Link

Monday, August 27

Pre-AP 

• Journal Check
• Class Annotation of "Sleeping"
• Homework: Thesis Video

 Academic

• Journal Check
• Class Annotation of "Masks"
• Homework: Thesis Video

Tuesday, August 28

Pre-AP   

• Thesis Statement Analysis and Notes Review
• Watch "Sleeping"
• In Journal: Compare the open-ended version by Katherine Weber to the closure we see in the video version. Which do you prefer? If you were the director of the movie, would you have interpreted it the same? Why/Why Not?

Academic

• Final Draft DUE
• "Life Is" Brainstorm
• Annotate "Mother to Son"

Wednesday, August 29

Pre-AP   

• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Thesis Statement Practice 
• Shmoop Video
• Strong/Weak Thesis Analysis in pairs ---> Class discussion

Academic

• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Thesis Statement Analysis and Notes Review
• Class Annotation of "M2S"

Thursday, August 30

Pre-AP

• "Us/Them" p 742-748
• Create a T-chart for Sedaris Family & Tomkey Family.  How does each family spend time together??
• Write 2 Thesis Statements 
• Directions: Please write one well-crafted thesis statement for each prompt. Use your notes from the "Sleeping Thesis Statement" sheet to help you.
• #1) As a result of the events of the story, what realization does David Sedaris make about his own behavior?
• #2) What’s one central theme Sedaris addresses in his autobiographical essay, “Us and Them?”
• * Identify 2 examples of Irony in the text. Quote w/ pg #s
• *Pick any 3 of the 6 levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and write one Bloom's question for each of the 3 chosen levels (label them) Use your Bloom's Pyramid & Stems sheets to help you.

Academic

• Discuss Thesis Statements from M2S practice
• "M2S" Timed Writing

Friday, August 31

Pre-AP

• Intro to Membean (see codes above)
• Start Monday 90 Minutes/75% Accuracy
• Discuss "Us/Them" Irony and Thesis Statements
• "Masks" Annotate
• "Miss Rosie" Annotate

Academic

• Intro to Membean (see codes above)
• Start Monday 90 Minutes/60% Accuracy
• Tone Faces Lesson & Tone Worksheet 
• Point of View PPT

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - August 20 - August 24

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Monday, August 20

Pre-AP  & Academic

• Online Reading Survey
• Sign up for Remind Messages
• Lit devises Pre-Assessment
• Work on Letter

Tuesday, August 21

Pre-AP  & Academic

• Trait Card Due
• Assemble Writer's Notebook

Wednesday, August 22

Pre-AP  & Academic

• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Andy Griffith Video
• PreAP ONLY: Cutting of my Long Hair w/ Questions
•  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

Thursday, August 23

Pre-AP & Academic

• Letter to Ms. Stark Rough Draft DUE
• Peer Edit
• Watch Annotation Video on ItsLearning

Friday, August 24

Pre-AP

• Final Draft of Letter due
• "Sleeping" Annotate & Answer Questions

Academic

• Review Annotation Notes
• "Mask" Poem
• Class annotation of "Mask"

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - August 13 - August 17

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Rought Draft due Thursday
Trait Card & Composition Notebook for Tuesday

Monday, August 13

NO SCHOOL 

Tuesday, August 14

NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, August 15

NO SCHOOL

Thursday, August 16

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!
Eagle Camp
Trait Card (due Tuesday)

Friday, August 17

Pre-AP & Academic

• Syllabus (see ItsLearning)
• Intro Letter to Ms. Stark 
• Rough Draft due Thursday 
• BRING A COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK TUESDAY

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Welcome 8th Graders!!! -- Syllabus 18/19

8^th Grade English Language Arts

Ms. Stark - Room 308

Email:  Jennifer.Stark@springbranchisd.com     

Please visit my teacher web page for additional information and my Blog for weekly assignments

http://starkmms.blogspot.com/

Conference Period: 4th

Extension: 4053

Please check student grades on Skyward / Family Access

In each 9 week grading period, the students will focus on various pieces of Literature, different modes of Writing, elements of Grammar/Mechanics/Usage and specific Vocabulary development.

DAILY REMINDERS

• Record all homework assignments from the board/blog each day in your agenda book
• Keep all papers for the semester. 
• Write in black/blue ink or pencil only (nothing else will be accepted)
• Ask for work you have missed due to an absence and look at my blog and calendar on my website!
• Type all final drafts or writing projects.  Use 12-pt Times New Roman font and double-space.
• TEST DAYS:  Tuesday and Thursday

TUTORIALS

• If you need additional help, please see me and we will schedule a tutorial time.

GRADING EXPECTATIONS:

•       Be prepared for class, and turn in your best work on the due date. 

•       If an assignment is due or scheduled and you are absent the day before it is due, you are STILL responsible for turning that assignment in on time.

•       Participate in class. 

DAILY:  20%   Class work, Assigned homework, Class discussions, Group and class participation

QUIZZES:  30% Examples:  Reading and pop quizzes, Presentations, Vocabulary quizzes (after each unit, Short writing assignments, Timed -writing assignments, In-class/short term projects

TESTS:  50% Examples:  Novel unit tests, Final drafts, Major essays, Major projects, Outside reading projects, Vocabulary/Roots Tests

LATE WORK POLICY

·       Homework/Daily Work:

o   1 day late: 0

·       Tests/Quizzes/Projects

o   1 day late: 30 points off

o   2 days late: 50 points off

o   3 days late: 0

Required Classroom Materials

 Elmer’s Glue sticks (2)

Black or Blue pens

      Highlighters

·       Package of multi-colored pens (for annotation)

·       Colored Post – It flags

·       Composition Notebook – college ruled

Required Booklist (NO digital/electronic copy)

·       The Pearl by John Steinbeck  - hard copy
      The Giver  by Lois Lowry - hard copy (Academic Only)

·       “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller – hard copy  (Pre-AP Only)

·       Animal Farm by George Orwell – hard copy

·       Night by Ellie Wiesel – hard copy

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