ELA 8 Assignments

No HW all week!

No HW all week.

Argumentative Essay (bring a hard copy) due Monday.

Argumentative Essay (hard copy) due on Monday.  

Essay Outline:  Intro & Conc. Paragraphs

Essay Outline:  Do only 3 Body Paragraphs (due tomorrow) 

Finish organizing evidence (both pro and con)

Finish ALL research for your argumentative essay.

You should have a full set of research notes (both sides) by tomorrow.

Research & Note-taking for Argumentative Topic

Preliminary research your 3 topics.  Choose the best topic for your argumentative essay.

Periods 1, 5, 6:  Deconstruct "A Drinking Problem" essay

Periods 3 & 4:  Deconstruct "Quenched" essay

Periods 1,5,6:  Deconstruct "Quenched" Essay

Perios 3 & 4:  Complete Online Notes from "Argumentative Writing" Powerpoint.  Choose 3 possible topic (back side of handout) for your argumentative essay.

(Periods 1, 5, 6 only) Argumentative Assignment:  Take notes as you listen to the "Argumentative Writing" Lecture online.  (see post).  Read over the 42 topics on the back side.  Circle the 3 that most interest you.

Across Five Aprils -- 25 annotations (5 per chunk)

The Life of Frederick Douglass Annotations (do 2 annotations per each type -- example:  ask 2 questions, make 2 inferences, look up 2 words, etc.)

"House Divided" speech & Think Questions 1-5

No HW

No HW

No HW

No HW

No HW

No HW

Study for tomorrow's final.

Study your flashcards.  Bingo tomorrow!

Study Literary Terms (the ones we haven't covered yet).

Finish Literary Term worksheet.

No HW

Finish literary terms.  Due tomorrow.  (30 pts.)

Literary Term flashcards #8-15.  Examples MUST come from literature!

Finish literary term flash cards (1-7)

Finish literary term flashcards 1-7.

No HW

Clara Breed and Japanese Internment Camps writing assignment (Google Classroom)

WD Test tomorrow.

30 3x5 cards due Friday

Friday is the cut-off for all tests and makeup work.

"Dear Miss Breed" annotations (5 per chunk).  You must have at least one of each kind of annotations that is printed on the blue "annotations" handout.

Bring SS book tomorrow.

Are you ready for your theme presentation?

Group Project (optional)

Group Project (optional)

Milkweed: Chps. 34-41 (Questions -- both sides -- due tomorrow)

Milkweed:  Chps. 22-27 (plus questions)

Milkweed: chps. 11-18 (reading and questions)

Milkweed: Chps. 8-10 (Handout - pg. 2 questions)

Milkweed:  Chps. 1-7 Read & Answer Study Guide Questions (Pg. 1 Handout)

Parallel Journeys: Focus Questions (online)

Hitler Youth/Sophie Scholl Research/Writing Assignment on Google Classroom

No HW

Annotations (3 per chunk) for "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

Notes of Auschwitz-Birkenau due tomorrow.

Diary of Anne Frank:  The Play (Answer Think Questions 1-3 on Google Classroom)

Finish Dutch translation (handout).

Finish Google Classroom writing assignment.

Diary of Anne Frank: 13-15 annotations

"Blood, Toils, Tears and Sweat" annotations (min.10-12)

No HW tonight.

Study WD review sheet.  Final is Thursday.

No HW.  Enjoy shopping for your child at Target!

"Tom Sawyer" (Minimum 20 annotations online)

Target Permission Slip

WD Test tomorrow. 

Practice ASL.

Finish annotations for "Home."  In-class writing assignment tomorrow.

Practice ASL

WD 21/22 Test tomorrow

Practice ASL

 

"Abuela Invents the Zero" Think Questions 1-3

"Abuela Invents the Zero" (4-5 annotations per chunk)

Practice ASL and talk to parent about our Target trip on Dec.13th.

"The Cask of Amontillado" test tomorrow (all notes/summaries due tomorrow)

Look over notes on Poe's life too!

1) ASL practice 1.C

2) WD 19/20 (test tomorrow)

 

 

ASL Practice Sheet 1.A and WD 19/20 Lesson

Finish annotating and answering questions on "The Raven."  Test is Monday.

Essay packet due tomorrow (include all worksheets)

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Essay (1st draft)

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Essay (1st draft)

Finish outline.  Be ready to type 1st draft tomorrow.

Outline (for essay) due Friday.

Periods 1,4,5,6:  Work on Argumentative Essay (the worksheets from today)

Period 3: Practice ASL (finish argumentative worksheet from yesterday)

Periods 1/6 - Practice new signs

Periods 3, 4, 5 - Finish "Say, Means, Matters" worksheet

Evidence chart for "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Period 4:  Finish annotating "The Tell-Tale Heart" (min. 25)

 

Periods 1, 3, 6:  Finish "Insanity vs. Murder" wksht.

 

Period 5:  Practice ASL 

Periods 1, 3, 5, 6:  The Tell-Tale Heart annotations (min. 25)

 

Periods 4:  Practice ASL

None

Due Friday:  30+ annotations and Think Questions for "Ten Days in a Madhouse"

Due tomorrow: "10 Days . . . "  Annotations and Think Questions 1-3

Due Friday:  "Ten Days in a Madhouse" annotations (min. 30) and Think Questions

No HW

No HW 

Lord of the Flies:  Annotations and Think Questions (1-3)

Periods 1, 3, 4, 6:  Finish and submit "Cujo" Think Questions.

 

Period 5:  Annotate (online) "Lord of the Flies"

Periods 1/6: Annotate "Cujo" (min. 20)

Period 3: Practice, practice, practice new signs!

Periods 4/5:  "Cujo" Think Questions (1-3)

Periods 1 & 6:  Practice new ASL signs

Periods 3, 4, 5:  Cujo - 20 annotations minimum

Submit Annotations and Think Questions (1-3) tonight.

Periods 1,3, 6: Annotate "A Night to Remember" (min. 20)  

Periods 4, 5: "Think" Questions (1,2,3)

"A Night To Remember" - online annotations (min. 20)

WD 9/10 test tomorrow

Practice ASL conversation.

Study WD 9/10 for Friday's test.

 

Periods 3-6 -- Practice ASL Conversation

WD 9/10 Test on Friday.

None.  

 

We will be watching the movie Sorry, Wrong Number tomorrow and Wednesday in class.

"Sorry, Wrong Number" Think Questions (1-3 only)

Annotate "Sorry, Wrong Number" 

"Sorry, Wrong Number" Think Questions 1-3 (5th period only)

"Sorry, Wrong Number" Annotations (periods 4/5)

None

None

 

Ahmanson trip on Sunday.  Be at school at 11:15 sharp!

TCIDN - Read up to ch. 229.

 

ASL letter due tomorrow.

TCIDN - Read up to ch. 211.

 

WD 5/6 Test tomorrow

TCIDN - read up to ch. 181

 

ASL letter due Friday.

 TCIDN - read up to ch. 151

 TCIDN - Read up to ch. 109

 

WD 3/4 Test tomorrow!

 TCIDN - read up to Ch. 89

Permission Slip and Money due TOMORROW.

Read up to Ch. 53 in TCIDN (pdf is under "Posts" on my webpage)

 "The Monkey's Paw" - annotate parts 2 & 3 (2 per chunk)

1) Annotate "The Monkey's Paw" (2 annotations per every 5 lines)

2) Letter to Mrs. B (hard copy) due tomorrow 

3) WD 1/2 Test tomorrow

 In a paragraph, describe a suspenseful book, movie, scene from a TV show.  Explain what made it suspenseful.

 

Important:  Letter to Mrs. Bruner due THURSDAY!

 Revise 1st draft (see whiteboard)

1) Finish 1st draft of letter

2) Secure supplies

3) Kleenex box

 Work on Letter to Mrs. B (20 minutes)

 Work on brainstorm for your letter to Mrs. Bruner (15 min.)