ELA 8 Block 5-6 (Blue-Violet) Assignments

AR 20 points due or AR Alternative Assignment

Essay Writing Folder Due (rough drafts and handouts)

Vocab Unit 11 Homework Due:

Use 7-10 Vocab words in a Poem, Song, or Puppet Show

Vocab Unit 11 Test

Read p. 141 - 157 (finish Ch. 10) in Two Among the Righteous Few

**Due Tomorrow (Tuesday)

Read up to Ch. 10 (p. 104-126) in Two Among the Righteous Few (TATRF)

Essay Terminology Quiz 1

Vocab Unit 10 Test

Vocab Unit 10 "25" points Due

Read Chapters 3 & 4 TATRF - due Thurs

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Two Among the Righteous Few

 

 

Animal Farm Timed Writing...4 paragraph persuasive essay on whether a society of true equality, a utopia, is possible. Support your answers with details/examples from Animal Farm.

**you will have 40 minutes to complete

 

 

Vocab Unit 10 Quiz

Book marks due!!

Grammar Ch. 8 Test - Agreement

Grammar Ch. 8 Review

Bookmark Due

Quiz Animal Farm - Ch. 1-3

Vocab Unit 9 Homework (25 pts) due

Vocab Unit 9 Test

Students need copy of Animal Farm

Students need a book to read each day during DEAR (Drop Everything And Read)

Please bring your copy of Animal Farm to class on Monday.

20 AR Points due

Grammar Ch. 7 Test (Sentence Structure)

Poetry Project (50 pts)

 

All items to be submitted in Green Poetry Folder (decorated or labeled "Poetry")

 

1. Descriptive/Sensory Poem "Song of..."

2. Sonnet (Noah's Ark or "Rollie Chair")

3. Lenten Sonnet

4. Dream Poem

5. One paragraph explaining your favorite type of poetry that we discussed and why.

Poetry Test (Poetry Vocabulary, Figurative Language and Analyzing Poetry)

Poetry Café!!!

Vocabulary Unit 8 Due

Vocab Unit 8 Test

Grammar Book p. 151 (Chapter 7 Review)

Exercise A only

Grammar Test Thursday 2/19 - Chapter 6 (Clauses)

**Open Note**

Vocab homework due Feb. 13

Regular 25 point activity selection

Grammar workbook p. 120 all, p. 121 #s 1-10, and p. 122 all

Source, print, and attach pictures to Sherlock Holmes literature folder.  Pictures should follow the mystery theme as assigned.

Grammar test Wednesday- Chapter 5 Phrases

Grammar workbook

page 113 all

page 114, 1-10 only

Vocab workbook pages 72-83

Decorate your mystery folders!  Find and attach 8-10 pictures about our theme (mystery), Sherlock Holmes, whodunit, red herring, alibi, etc.  Please keep all content Catholic School appropriate (no crime scenes, guns, etc).  TV shows/ Movies are okay too.

Vocab Ch. 6 TEST

Sherlock Holmes setting descriptive paragraph-- started in class, use your graphic organizer. Submit on Google (in your email inbox, follow the link).

Vocab homework due today (instead of regular 25 points):

Write a dialogue (script) for a scene entitled "The Mystery of the Dana Point Snowstorm."  It should include all 20 words for the week (highlighted).  Typed.  See example in class.  Materials for puppets/flashcards will be available from Ms. Filipek.  This is an individual activity; if yours is chosen to be performed for the class, you may have others "onstage" with you. 

Grammar wkbk p. 100-101

Gr. wkbk p. 98-99

Grammar wkbk p. 96-97

Grammar wkbk p. 94-95

Happy New Year!

Bookmarks checked today!

Mystery TV show/ movie analysis due (explained in class)

 

Grammar wkbk p. 92-93

Grammar wkbk p. 90-91

Grammar wkbk p. 89

"The Clincher" problem/solution paragraph-- started in class, use your graphic organizer. Submit on Google (in your email inbox, follow the link).

Keep working on your Brain paper... directions for each paragraph are posted after they are introduced/ explained in class each day.  Final draft due electronically by 3:30 pm Friday.

Bookmarks check #2

Grammar wkbk p. 349

Grammar wkbk p. 345-346

Abilene essay: final draft due @3:30 PRINTED w/ scoresheet

Vocab Ch. 5 Test/ 25 points due

Begin working on your Brain paper... It should be written/saved in GoogleDocs.

Diagramming Assessment-- you can use all your notes/homework to help you! 

AR/ Independent Reading bookmark check

Diagramming practice part 1: nouns and verbs (page 3 only)-- see notes

Use straight edges and color coding!

***INDEPENDENT READING***

Since we read so much as a class this trimester, I've eased up on the AR requirements.  For the Independent Reading portion of their Literature grade, all students need to take and pass 4 AR tests:

Each student has 2 chances to earn a passing grade.  If any scores need to be cancelled for a retest, you need to tell Ms. Filipek BEFORE Thursday at 3:30 so the system can be reset.  Students have time during class, during breaks, and after school to complete this requirement.  PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE AND PLAN AHEAD!  Deadline is 3:30 pm sharp to make the report card!

"Abilene" 4 paragraph "Bone-level" draft due by 3:30.  Follow your brainstorm/ graphic organizer packets.  Lots of time in class to work on this, but you should spend some time on it at home as well!

Points are based on strength of arguments/evidence-- see attached!

Final Draft will be a 2nd trimester assignment.

It's Writing Week!

Please work on your pre-writing for "Abilene."  Fill out the diagram, and add sticky notes with your evidence.

 

Grammar Ch. 4 Test

Absent this week?  All make-up tests have been sent to Lunch & Learn!  Please make up your work before the report cards deadline Thursday 11/20. Thanks! :)Grammar wkbk p. 79 & 83-- Review for test Monday

 

 

Vocab Ch 4: 25 points due/ Test

Try a "15 pointer" this time!

Grammar wkbk p. 78, Ch. 4 Test Monday (look at your notes!)

Word Roots Cumulative Test

Grammar wkbk p. 77

Grammar wkbk p. 74-75

Grammar wkbk p. 73

 

Moon Over Manifest Folders collected

Finish Moon over Manifest

Grammar wkbk p. 72

Moon over Manifest Part 11  Read/Answer (through p. 323)

Moon over Manifest part 10 Read/ do Questions

Moon over Manifest part 9 (read to p. 263) finish reading/ questions.

Vocab p. 42-50 due, be ready for an open-book test on Ch. 1-3

Read/Finish/Answer Ch. 8 Moon over Manifest (p. 229)

 

Grammar wkbk p. 62-- Review for Test Monday

Grammar wkbk p. 60-61

Moon over Manifest Finish Ch.7 started in class-- Read to p. 200.

Grammar wkbk p. 57-58

All classes: make sure you have read/finished through part 6 of Moon over Manifest. Finish the 6 question sheets and 4 cover responses. All green folders collected Monday.

Character paragraphs due Monday.

Grammar wkbk p. 56

Vocab Ch. 3 test / 25 points due

Grammar wkbk p. 56

 

MoM: Red-Orange/ Blue-Violet: read p. 150-168

yellow-green: read p. 135-150

Answer part 6 questions

 

Adverbs practice-- Grammar wkbk p. 54-55 odds

Moon over Manifest-- finish part 5 (read through p. 129), answer questions

Finish character development activity started in class. Typing optional.  Be sure your paragraph is written in 3rd person, and includes a hook, the character traits you described at the top of the paper, the character's hopes/dreams, and a dilemma/problem that he/she faces. 

Finish reading part 4 of Moon over Manifest (p. 108).  Finish the questions in your green folder.

Finish Navigating Early; be ready to discuss next week!

Have your blue sheet ready for asking questions with Clare Vanderpool!

 Grammar p. 51 (YELLOW-GREEN) or 52-53 (RED-ORANGE & BLUE-VIOLET); Verbs test Tuesday

Keep up the great reading efforts!  We're moving along nicely!

Navigating Early: read to p. 234 (Ch. 24-27) by Thursday

Moon over Manifest: we began part 4 in class today (see previous post for a downloadable copy)-- we will mostly read this together in class.

 

Grammar p. 50 wkbk

Doing lots of reading to prepare for Mrs. Vanderpool's visit... thanks for keeping on top of the assignments!

 

Navigating Early: read through Ch. 24 (p. 199)

Moon over Manifest: finish the section started in class, Part 3-- through p. 80

 

Work on proofreading your HTBC essays, final copy (the whole packet!) due Wednesday.

 

Grammar wkbk p. 47-49

Moon Over Manifest Comprehension sheets thus far (they should be in your green folder, print out another if you need it...).

 

Navigating Early is here!  Let's get reading!  Please read through Ch. 18 (p. 151)  on your own by Tuesday! :)

 

Keep working on your How To Be Cool Essay drafts!

Navigating Early is here!  Let's get reading!  Please read through Ch. 18 (p. 151)  on your own by Monday! :)

Vocab Ch. 2: 25 points due/ Test

***please note this is an early deadline due to Grandparents' Day 10/10!

How To Be Cool: Work on draft; Bone Level Revision-- Make changes suggested by your partner, Muscle Level Revision-- re-read your paper for sentence complexity/variety

Grammar wkbk p. 42, review for test!

Grammar wkbk p. 36 all, p. 37 even, p. 38 even

Grammar Test: Ch. 2-- Nouns and Pronouns ONLY.  Open notes.

Finish reading Part 2 of Moon over Manifest; answer questions

Work on your HTBC Graphic Organizer/ draft

Grammar wkbk p. 35, even; p. 40 #1-10; p. 41, #6-20.  Use your notes from class!  Review, Test Thursday

How To Be Cool: Graphic Organizer filled in and ready at the beginning of class.

Grammar wkbk p. 31-34 (assigned as classwork, most classes finished before the bell rang)

Grammar wkbk p. 26-28

Vocab Chapter 1-- 25 points homework/ Test

 

Grammar Test: Chapter 1

 

MAY BE MOVED DUE TO ALREADY SCHEDULED VOCAB TEST FRIDAY; IOWA TESTING NEXT WEEK

Grammar wkbk p. 18-21 EVEN

Summer Reading Part 2-- Witch of Blackbird Pond

See BOTH powerpoints below, along with score sheet

Grammar wkbk p. 13 all, p. 15 even

Grammar wkbk p. 16-17

Grammar wkbk p. 9-12

Grammar wkbk p. 8

 

Finish the Graphic organizer we started in class.  Subject: "Cool"

Each "bubble" should have 8-10 ideas attached to it. 

Grammar wkbk p. 5-7

Grammar wkbk p. 2-4

Summer Reading Project due (NOT Witch of Blackbird Pond!)

We begin our Vocab book (Orange) on Monday 9/8.  You may want to look over the words in Chapter 1 over the weekend... :)

Footprints project (1-2 started Weds. in class, other classes will start Thursday)

Please cut out and paperclip them together! :)