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

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Summer Reading Project -
PreAP - Due Thursday, September 27th
Academic - Due Tuesday, October 2nd

Literature Elements Exam - Thursday, September 27   Quizlet Link
*Know Literary Terms and how to apply & identify them in stories, poems, essays, books..etc

Monday, September 24

Pre-AP & Academic

• Intro to The Pearl
• Anticipation Journal
• "Golden Egg" by Aesop 

Tuesday, September 25

Pre-AP & Academic

• Start Chapter 1 - Active Listening in class
• Answer chapter 1 questions in complete sentences WITH page numbers and quotes

Wednesday, September 26

Pre-AP   

• Discuss chapter 1
• Start Chapter 2

Academic

• Finish Chapter 1
• Go over questions
• Star Chapter 2

Thursday, September 27

Pre-AP & Academic

• Literary Terms Exam
• PreAP - SRP Phone Project due today

Friday, September 28

Pre-AP

• Review exam
• continue in Pearl

Academic

• Review exam
• continue in Pearl

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

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Summer Reading Project -
PreAP - Due Thursday, September 27th
Academic - Due Tuesday, October 2nd

No Red Ink - Citation Lesson/Quiz - Due Friday 9/21

Literature Elements Exam - Thursday, September 27   Quizlet Link
*Know Literary Terms and how to apply & identify them in stories, poems, essays, books..etc

Monday, September 17

Pre-AP & Academic

• Work on Song Analysis Project

Tuesday, September 18

Pre-AP & Academic

• Work on Song Analysis Project (due Thursday)

Wednesday, September 19

Pre-AP   

• Discuss Tone/Characterization
• "Roaches" Poems - annotate complete questions (finish tomorrow)

Academic

• Annotate/Draw "Miss Rosie"

Thursday, September 20

Pre-AP

• Group Song Analysis Due
• Discuss "Roaches"/Complete questions
• Lit Elements Test Review Sheet

Academic

• Group Song Analysis Due
• Discuss "Miss Rosie"/Draw her with quotes from the text
• Lit Elements Test Review Sheet

Friday, September 21

Pre-AP

• No Red Ink - Citation Lesson/Quiz due
• Grammar Diagnostic (in class)

Academic

• No Red Ink - Citation Lesson/Quiz  due
• Grammar Diagnostic (in class)

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

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Summer Reading Project - Due Thursday, September 27th

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

No Red Ink - Citation Lesson/Quiz - Due Friday 9/21

Monday, September 10

Pre-AP

• "Mother to Son" Timed Writing

Academic

• Discuss "Roaches"
• Finish Analysis

Tuesday, September 11

Pre-AP & Academic

• MAP TESTING

Wednesday, September 12

Pre-AP   

• Intro Summer Reading Project (due 9/27)
• "BlueFlag" Packet 

Academic

• Intro Summer Reading Project (due 9/27)
• Characterization Lesson 

Thursday, September 13

Pre-AP

• Pearl Book Check
• Go over "BlueFlag"

Academic

• Pearl Book Check
• Intro/Start Song Project

Friday, September 14

Pre-AP

• Song paragraph due
• Intro Song Project
• Project Work Day
• No Red Ink - Citation Lesson 

Academic

• Work on Project (due Tuesday)
• No Red Ink - Citation Lesson 

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"