8th Grade Literacy Assignments

8th Grade:

Text: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Google Classroom Code: egx6wiv

Khan Academy Enrichment Code: TY8WUERP

Students are required to complete 20 minutes of Khan Academy per day. 

Reagents in ELA Packet should be complete by 3/31.

Writing Assignment: Students are writing an original narrative that should be at least 3 pages long based on a painting of their choosing. (See Google Classroom for specifics)  

8th Grade Book Thief Projects are due TODAY! If they were not already turned in, they should be electronically. 

Remember, Book Thief final projects are due on Monday 3/16. I am attaching the requirements handout in case you lost your copy.

Quarter 3 Book Talk #1

Place your book talk in your shared folder. Create a book talk presentation on FlipGrid. 

Type in the URL flipgrid.com/feaman1

If this does not work go to flipgrid.com and login using the code feaman1

The Book Thief Packet Due

Vocab Packet 14 due 

Finish The Book Thief

Prepare for test

Prefix Quiz 41-50

Poetry Packet Due 

Vocab Packet 12 due + Quiz

Create a valentine for your 1st grade buddy! 

Read The Book Thief to page 324

Select one of your discussion questions from class and write ONE response. Include text evidence. Be prepared to write your second response in class! (HINT: re-read if need be)

 

Complete your Book Thief explode-a-note if not finished in class.

Remember, it should be in 12 point Arial or Times New Roman Font and double spaced. Your document must be clearly labeled and in your shared folder. If it is not in the shared folder by 8:45 tomorrow morning it will be considered late. 

 

Paragraph 1- Context: What background information about the book do we need to understand your text. Keep it relatively general and only focus on the characters/events that you will be writing about.

 

Paragraph 2- Analysis: Choose a piece of text from pages 272-303. Introduce the text by giving the context of what is happening at that precise moment of the story (NO "in the text it states..."!!!), give the quote and provide the citation. Analyze the piece of text in depth. It's not enough to summarize. You need to get to the underlying meaning or significance.

 

Paragraph 3- Interpretation: Why is this text important in the context of the book as a whole? You must make at least 1 connection to an earlier part of the text (cannot be from the same set of pages). You do not need to quote the other piece of text, but must specifically refer to it and fully explain the connection between the two pieces of text. 

Create 2 rich discussion questions based on the reading of Book Thief pages 272-303. Remember that a good discussion question does not have a simple yes or no answer and could be open to multiple interpretations. 

Prefix Quiz 2/11

antho- flower (anther)

anthro- man (anthropology)

anti- against (antibody)

apo- response, defense (apology, apologue) Extra Point if you can define apologue!

apt- fit (adapt, aptly)

aqua- water (aquatic, aquarium)

ar- relating to (lunar, solar)

archi- primitive, original (architecture, archive)

archy- a government (monarchy, oligarchy) Extra points if you can define oligarchy.

ard- always, regularly (coward, wizard)

Read to page 303 in The Book Thief. Be prepared to write about this section in depth.

Read through 271 of The Book Thief. Complete pages 15 and 16 of The Poetry of Current Events packet. 

 

Complete page 14 of Poetry of Current Events Packet

Complete Commonlit assignment. (Anne Frank)

• What did you learn as a reader first semester? Give examples from class
• What did you learn as a writer first semester? Again, give examples.
• What went well for you in reading class 1st semester? Be specific.
• What was difficult and/or what could you have done better in class? Be specific.
• What specific, actionable step will you take to improve your performance in class over the next 5 weeks?

Prefix Quiz 21-30 (1-30 EC)

 

ami- friend (amicable)

amphi- both (amphibian)

an- without (anarchy)

andro- man (android or androgen)

ang- bend (angle)

angel- messenger (angelic)

anglo- English (Anglo-Saxon or anglophile)

anim- life, spirit (animal, animate)

ann- year (anniversary)

ante- before (anterior) 

 

Quarter 2 Book Talk Due 

The Book Thief: Pages 17-29  Find 7 examples of figurative language. (pg#, FL, Impact)

"Adolf Hitler" and "Black Beauty" commonlit assignments completed. (questions, short response, and discussion)

Revised vignettes due Wednesday. Make sure that you copy and paste your first draft into a new labeled document within your shared folder. Do not resolve any comments or make changes within the 1st draft document. Your final draft should include an overall title and individual titles for each vignette.

 

Remember that the narrative vignettes should be autobiographical and should emulate the lyrical and descriptive language of Sandra Cisneros in The House on Mango Street. Look carefully at the final rubric as you revise. The final grade will be a summative assessment out of 100 points. 

Prefix/Suffix/Root Quiz 1-10 (a, a, ab, aci, acr, acro, act, acu, ad, aden)

NWEA MAP Reading Test

Bring five pennies tomorrow to class and know the code word to push back your vocab packet to January 6th.

 

Code word: bibliophilism

Finish HOMS Assessment Planner if not completed in class. Be prepared to begin writing tomorrow. 

Quarter 2 Book Talk due 12/13. This document must be placed in your shared folder. It MUST be labeled "Quarter 2 Book Talk 1".  Make sure to reference the rubric. 

Read pages 103-110 in HOMS and the introduction. Make 1 annotation per vignette and 3 annotations for the introduction. 

Read pages 88-102 in HOMS. One annotation per vignette. Think about what connections you can make to earlier vignettes. Also make sure that you understand the purpose or underlying meaning of each vignette.

Read pages 73-81 in HOMS. Complete one annotation for each vignette. 

Complete HOMS EAN if not finished in class on Friday.

 

Read pages 67-71 in HOMS. You do not need to annotate. 

 

Write your "My Neighborhood" vignette- use HOMS as a mentor text to add lyrical/figurative language to your vignette in the style of Cisneros. 

Vocab packet and quiz.

Read and annotate pages 53-66 in HOMS (1 annotation per vignette). Annotate for inferences, literary devices/author's craft, and themes that are starting to emerge. Be prepared to write about this section in class tomorrow. 

Read and annotate pages 33-52 in HOMS. Annotate for inferences, literary devices/author's craft, and for themes that are starting to emerge.

 

 

Read and annotate pages 19-32 in HOMS. You should have 1 annotation per vignette focusing on inferences and literary devices/author's craft.

 

Complete the "My Name" vignette if not finished in class. 

Verbal Skills Packet: Read pages 15-20 and complete examples.

Complete pages 136. 

1. Grammar Packet Due

2. Reading Comprehension Packet Due

3. Socratic Seminar Final Thoughts and  Folder Due 

 

1. Finish taking the reading comprehension practice test. Mark in your test questions you guessed on and questions you found difficult to answer. (Make sure to continue to time yourself)

2. Grammar packet due 

Read chapters 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 of The Catcher in the Rye. Continue working on your Socratic seminar quote journals. 

Continue working on quote journal for Socratic Seminar

Read chapter 15,16, and 17 of The Catcher in the Rye. Begin working on your Socratic seminar final document.

The Catcher in the Rye: Read chapters 11,12,13,14

Commonlit: At a Window was due 10/21.  

Sister Carrie reading: Read and write 2 paragraphs answering the following questions-

1. Explain the different experiences that Sister Carrie and Holden have when they decide to travel to big cities.

2. How are both characters' innocence and naivety emphasized through their thoughts and actions? Provide 2 pieces of text evidence. (1 thought and 1 action). 

 

Book Talk 1 Due Monday 10/21

Complete "At a Window" Commonlit Assignment. 

Work on quote journal.

Final Seminar Thoughts Due

Vocab Packet Due Friday

Quiz

Vocab Packet 4 Due

Read chapters 8-10 in The Catcher in the Rye for tomorrow's practice Socratic Seminar. Make sure you have completed "Teenage Brain" packet if not already complete. 

Continue working on quote journal with annotations from Chapter 7 of Catcher in the Rye

Make sure to have completed: "Excerpt From A Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man”

Vocab packet 3 and grammar packet due Friday 10/4

Salinger Biography Annotated: Compare Holden to Salinger

Read The Catcher in the Rye Chapters 3-5

Bring back signed NWEA MAP goal report or a note/email.

Commonlit.org Assignment Due:THE TAMING OF THE SHREW-INDUCTION 1.12 by Gary Soto

Wordly Wise Book 9/10 Packet 1 due

 

Vocab Quiz: Quizlet 

 

Grammar packet 1 pages 2-7 due

CLASSWORK: Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Pick one of the following to discuss: 3 paragraphs 

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Marcus and Charles. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Angie and Vanessa. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "Little Brother" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the story-line. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Commonlit: PRESIDENT BUSH’S “ISLAM IS PEACE” SPEECH

Re-read chapters 3 and 4 of Little Brother.

Research and take notes: What is circumstantial evidence? Other types of evidence?

 

Be prepared to discuss. Be prepared for a possible quiz.