8th Grade ELA Assignments
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- 2018-2019 School Year
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- English
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Writing an argument essay:
Monday and Tuesday - Research a topic which can be argued. Take notes & fill in the graphic organizer.
Tuesday and Wednesday - Type the rough draft.
Thursday - Edit, evaluate, and correct the draft.
Friday - Final draft copy and share in groups.
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8th Graders are reading a great nonfiction story called "The Funeral of A. Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis" in our literature book this week.
Tuesday - Read story and find examples on SIFT chart: symbolism, imagery, figurative language, and tone/theme.
Wednesday - Reread story and answer questions along with comparison and contrast of the 2 men.
Friday - Unit 3 Vocab Quiz. They received the 20 words last Tuesday and have a quizlet to study.
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Having finished a chapter on verbs last week, the 8th graders are starting a Collections Unit 3 Civil War stories this week. All homework for the verb worksheets are in Skyward and students have been encouraged to do corrections on them when they scored poorly.
Today we're reading "...the Life of Frederick Douglass..." in the literature book and using the online textbook so we can annotate as we read. They have a worksheet with questions and a SIFT chart to complete as well.
They will have a short reading passage to close read as homework tomorrow after discussion. Wednesday and Thursday will be in-class work in the Close Reader workbook.
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8th Graders are finishing Johnny Tremain this week, so it is packed with fast paced action!
Monday - Unit 10, pgs 232-244 and questions
Tuesday - Unit 10, pgs 244-254 and questions
Wednesday - Unit 9/10 guided reading questions due. Read Unit 11, pgs 255-268 and questions
Thursday - Read Unit 11-12, pgs. 268-287 and questions
Friday - Read Unit 12, pgs 187-300; finish guided reading questions for Unit 11/12 - due Monday
Sincerely,
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
Patton Jr High
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Parents,
We are going to start the novel Johnny Tremain this week in ELA 8! Today the students are building background on historical figures that took part in the American Revolution. The book has 12 chapters each with vocabulary and questions to guide their reading. Many other skills will be taught as well as a writing project and a test at the end.
Monday & Tuesday - Google Drawing of historical figure
Wednesday - Timeline of the build up to the Revolution
Wednesday - Friday - Reading chapters 1 & 2 with guided reading questions.
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8th Graders are continuing Johnny Tremain Units 8 & 9 this week.
Tuesday - Finish reading Unit 8, p. 200-213. Finish the Unit 7 & 8 guided questions worksheet.
Wednesday - Units 5-8 Vocab quiz. Work on Unit 8 main ideas & figurative language worksheet
Thursday - Read Unit 9, pgs 215-231 and answer guided questions
Friday - Finish Unit 9, pgs 231 - 235 and answer guided questions
Sincerely,
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
Patton Jr High
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Parents,
If your 8th grader is missing homework for Johnny Tremain on Skyward, which would be three assignments so far, please have him/her bring the book home over break and catch up on reading. We are reading to page 200 by tomorrow and will finish Unit 8 when we return along with the 5-8 vocab quiz later that week.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
Patton Jr High
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8th Graders are continuing forward in Johnny Tremain reading Units 5 & 6 this week along with a worksheet focusing on cause and effect connections.
There will be a total of three quizzes throughout the book: 20 words from every four chapters. This week we have words from 5 & 6 and on Friday I'll add vocab for 7 & 8 for a quiz right after Thanksgiving.
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
Patton Jr High
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This week in Johnny Tremain:
Monday - creating quizlet for the 20 words I wrote in red on the Ch 1-4 vocab documents which are shared on Google Classroom. 2) Assigned reading Unit 3, Ch 1-2.
Tuesday - Reading Unit 3, Ch 3-4 & Unit 4, Ch 1-2. (handing out the questions worksheet today)
Wednesday - Library Lesson
Thursday - Reading Unit 4, Ch 3-5; finish the Unit 3 & 4 questions worksheet.
Friday - Hand in questions; discuss; Vocab Quiz on Unit 1-4 words in red.
The chapters are called units on the worksheets since they are divided into subchapters which are called chapters on the worksheet.
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This week in ELA, 8th graders are finishing the "Horror/Suspense Unit" in the Collections literature book.
Monday & Tuesday - Reading "The Outsider" in the paperback student supplemental book kept in the classroom. Finishing the signposts worksheet and doing a plot diagram on the story.
Wednesday - Vocab QUIZ on the list of words for the unit. Document is on the Google Classroom.
Thursday - TEST on the unit.
Friday - "The Raven" poem by Poe; Library checkout time.
Next week, we will begin the Johnny Tremain novel.
Sincerely,
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
Patton Jr High School
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Change in homework for today in English 8.
Finishing "The Monkey's Paw" analysis with the following:
1) worksheet on vocabulary & making inferences on given passages
2) worksheet on character motivation and Venn diagram comparing and contrast the end of the story to a video of the ending.
Quiz on the story is postponed to Monday.
Sincerely,
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
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This week in English, we are reading "The Monkey's Paw" in the literature book.
Monday - Read story and write out the signposts.
Tuesday - Read story and answer the guiding questions.
Wednesday - Quiz on story. Compare-contrast chart for ending of the story & video ending.
Thursday & Friday - Parent/Teacher Conferences
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We have finished the literature unit this quarter with fiction and nonfiction elements throughout. I've announced that there will be a unit test on Monday using a selection to read and answer plot elements, characterization, and informational (nonfiction) elements of reading.
Monday - presented fiction book report essays today.
Tuesday - Greek/Latin Word Parts QUIZ
Wednesday - library
Thursday - Field Trip to Topeka
Friday - test review for Monday's test.
Celene Pallesen
ELA 8
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Monday: Students received new vocab list of Greek/Latin word parts. They made a quizlet. We are working in the Close Reader book on a new information text selection.
Tuesday: Finish Close Reader info text and have collaborative discussions. Continue with the "Writing as a Process" interactive student lesson online with a partner.
Wednesday: Nonfiction Signposts lesson and worksheet with nonfiction elements to identify in the Close Reader selection.
Thursday: Compare/Contrast 2 selections from Unit 1.
Friday: QUIZ on the Greek/Latin word parts given Monday.
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Week of Sept 4:
Tuesday - Finished the Close Reader story with group discussions in class.
Wednesday & Thursday - Reading "from The Latehomecomer" using online student text book and annotating to answer guided reading questions. Find signposts in the story.
Thursday - include a plot diagram for the story.
Friday - Story and annotations and plot diagram should be finished. Quiz on plot elements. Discussion of story using the annotations students made.
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ELA 8 Assignments on "My Favorite Chaperone" each due the following day:
Monday – graphic organizer of Signposts for fiction and textual citations
Tuesday – Characterization Chart
Wednesday – Plot diagram
Thursday – Close Reading article (in class)
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Tuesday - The first story in our literature book Collections is assigned today to be ready by Friday. Title: "My Favorite Chaperone" - p. 3-26.
Wednesday - STAR Reading Assessment in class.
Thursday - Library orientation and time to check out a book.
Friday - Quiz on the Greek/Latin word parts that were given Monday and students made a quizlet to practice studying. The list is on the students' Google Classroom for English 8.
Discussion and questions for "My Favorite Chaperone"