8th GRade ELA: Homework and focus
weekly focus:5/9-5/13 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? The Power of words. Verbs/Moods. SLEs, Holocaust. Night.
5/2-5/6 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? The Power of words. Verbs/Moods. SLEs, Holocaust. Night. Making Movies that Matter Film Festival 4/11-4/15 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Verbs St. John Eudes/Mercy. Historical Fiction. SLEs, Holocaust. Night. 3/14-3/18 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Verbs; LENT; St. John Eudes/Mercy. Historical Fiction. A Tale-Tale Heart-Mock Trial; We've Got a Job Powerpoint Presention. 3/7-3/11 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Verbs POETRY; Fanboys, LENT; St. John Eudes/Mercy. Historical Fiction. A Tale-Tale Heart 2/22-26 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Verbs POETRY; To Kill a Mockingbird (theme, characterization, literary devices, etc.); Figurative Language; POV, LENT; St. John Eudes. Historical Fiction. 2/15-19 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Verbs POETRY; To Kill a Mockingbird (theme, characterization, literary devices, etc.); Smiley-Faces tricks ELA; Figurative Language; Event sequencing, POV, LENT, St. John Eudes. Historical Fiction. 2/8-2/12 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Pronouns. POETRY; To Kill a Mockingbird (theme, characterization, literary devices, etc.); Smiley-Faces tricks ELA; Figurative Language; Event sequencing, POV, LENT, St. John Eudes. 1/25-1/29 Week of Focus/Theme: Community; How do our words and Actions affect others? Pronouns. POETRY; To Kill a Mockingbird (theme, characterization, literary devices, etc.); Tell-Tale Heart; Figurative Language. 11/30-12/4 Week of Focus/Theme: Greek Mythology; Pronouns. commonly confused words 5. The Raven-Poe; mood. 11/16-11/20 Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Pronouns. Dialectical Journal: TPTTP-non-fiction; group work; analysis texts; commonly confused words 3. The Raven-Poe; mood. 11/9-11/13 Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Pronouns. Dialectical Journal: TPTTP-non-fiction; group work; analysis texts (hooks, thesis, topic sentences, evidence, transitions, etc.); commonly confused words 3. The Raven-Poe; mood. 10/19-10/23 Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Adjectives. Dialectical Journal, begin Ten Letters:TPTTP-non-fiction; 3D model-narratives; Adjectives; Vocabulary and blogs. JP II nonfiction, compare and contrast. 10/5-10/9 Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Nouns-re-take; Adjectives. Active note taking while reading, narratives. Narratives-revision=dialogue, setting, mood, choosing titles, transition words; informational texts- focus on Pope’s address to Congress. 9/21-9/24Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Nouns-Appositives, test on Friday; Latin based words, Italian influence. Themes in stories and active note taking while reading, narratives. 9/14-9/18Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do our words and Actions affect others? Nouns as Subjects and subject complements, object complements; business letter. Themes in stories and active note taking while reading, narratives. 9/7-9/11Week of Focus/Theme: The Power of Words; How do Our words and Actions affect others? Nouns as Subjects and subject complements; business letter. Themes in stories and active note taking while reading, narratives. Focus 8/24-8/28: procedures, set up, business letter, hot air balloon, summer reading, Star testing, t-shirt assignment |
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9/9/159/8/15
HW: work on summer project,finish annotating the rest of page 2 (front and back)"The Lottery.
HW: do exercise 1 and 2, in your composition book. p. 6- 1.3 in voyages, work on t-shirt.; put the theme questions in your composition book (cut, color and glue). Annotate up to paragraph 6 in "The Lottery"
9/3/15
HW- Finish 1.1 and 1.2; work on Summer reading project ,noredink.com (quiz tomorrow); annotate paragraph two of "The Lottery".
9/2/15 Finish cutting, taping/gluing, your "making, confirming, and modifying predictions" and "Taking interactive notes for reading comprehension" in your composition book (See picture on homework page); work on t-shirt tea party project; respond in complete sentences to the 8th grade blog.
9/1/15Hw-Finish Ms. Stula's card. Work on summer reading project; research your part of speech- post to website (definitions, images, videos, examples).
8/31/15 HW-Work on summer reading project, write a letter to a friend, telling them about Shirley Jackson and what was going on in 1948 (at least 5 details about Jackson, at least 3 details about 1948). Type, print out, post to your website.
8/27/15 HW- NY times assignment due; finish hot air balloon;
8/25/15 do blog comments; e-mail me NY Times comments by Friday
(or proof of the other assignment)
8/26/15 HW: hot air balloons due Friday(bring picture and markers); NY Times assignment due Friday. Add to list of expectations. Numbers in composition book.
HW: work on summer project,finish annotating the rest of page 2 (front and back)"The Lottery.
HW: do exercise 1 and 2, in your composition book. p. 6- 1.3 in voyages, work on t-shirt.; put the theme questions in your composition book (cut, color and glue). Annotate up to paragraph 6 in "The Lottery"
9/3/15
HW- Finish 1.1 and 1.2; work on Summer reading project ,noredink.com (quiz tomorrow); annotate paragraph two of "The Lottery".
9/2/15 Finish cutting, taping/gluing, your "making, confirming, and modifying predictions" and "Taking interactive notes for reading comprehension" in your composition book (See picture on homework page); work on t-shirt tea party project; respond in complete sentences to the 8th grade blog.
9/1/15Hw-Finish Ms. Stula's card. Work on summer reading project; research your part of speech- post to website (definitions, images, videos, examples).
8/31/15 HW-Work on summer reading project, write a letter to a friend, telling them about Shirley Jackson and what was going on in 1948 (at least 5 details about Jackson, at least 3 details about 1948). Type, print out, post to your website.
8/27/15 HW- NY times assignment due; finish hot air balloon;
8/25/15 do blog comments; e-mail me NY Times comments by Friday
(or proof of the other assignment)
8/26/15 HW: hot air balloons due Friday(bring picture and markers); NY Times assignment due Friday. Add to list of expectations. Numbers in composition book.