Language Arts 8 Assignments

Final draft of teacher appreciation letters due; wear PE clothes and bring a change of clothes; Poetry packet packet; work on a card for Father Michael due on Monday (make it pretty)

TKAM Movie Trailer Project due

Letter for teacher appreciation luncheon

TKAM final exam (study vocabulary words: recluse, alleged, persecute, purloin, frenzied, squander, staccato, spasm, garish, bland); work on poetry packet

TKAM chapter 30 & 31; work on poetry packet

TKAM chapter 29; work on poetry packet; create a stanza of poetry with rhythm and rhyme (at least 4 lines)

TKAM chapter 28; work on poetry packet

TKAM chapter 27; work on poetry packet

TKAM chapter 25

TKAM chapter 24; Quiz on TKAM ch. 19-24; Write a limerick (try your best to use correct rhythm and rhyme)

TKAM chapter 23; bring two limericks to class (print them out or copy them by hand)

TKAM chapter 21

TKAM chapter 20

TKAM chapter 19; English Test on Unit 6

TKAM chapter 18; English textbook Unit 6 Review; Quiz on TKAM ch. 13-18

TKAM chapter 16; English WB p. 132

TKAM chapter 15; English WB p. 130

TKAM chapter 14

TKAM chapter 13; English WB p. 128

TKAM chapter 12; Quiz on TKAM ch. 7-12, English WB p. 126-127

TKAM chapter 11

TKAM chapter 10; absent students should be prepared to take English quiz 6-1 to 6-3

TKAM chapter 10

TKAM chapter 9; English WB p. 124

TKAM chapter 8; English WB p. 118-120

TKAM chapter 7

TKAM quiz on chapters 1-6

TKAM chapter 5

English Test Unit 5; TKAM chapter 4

English textbook Unit 5 Review (extra credit)

TKAM chapter 2; English WB p. 116; English quiz 5-6 to 5-12

TKAM chapter 1 in composition book; English WB p. 114-115

English WB p. 112

Literature p. 182-183 (quiz grade); English WB p. 108

English WB p. 104 & 106; literature p. 180-181

Literature text p. 178-179

English WB p. 102; English quiz 5-1 to 5-5; Literature text p. 176-177

English WB p. 100-101

English WB p. 96 & 98; Literature text p. 174-175 for a quiz grade

English WB p. 94-95; literature text p. 172-173

English WB p 90-93; Literature text p. 170-171

Final draft of BitSP essay due (movie, theme, or symbolism); Literature Test on NewsELA articles

Second draft of BitSP essay (movie, theme, or symbolism)

 

Vocab log and annotations for NewsELA article "Issue Overview: Immigration Reform"

Rough draft of BitSP movie essay due

Complete annotations on NewsELA Alien & Sedition Acts article

Rough draft of BitSP symbolism or theme essay due; complete vocabulary journal for NewsELA article

Prewriting for theme/symbolism essay BitSP

Annotations on NEWSELA article

Boy in the Striped Pajamas final

English Test on Unit 4

BitSP chpaters 19-20 vocabulary page, definitions, questions, and discussion questions; English textbook Unit 4 review

English WB p. 87

BitSP chapters 16-18 vocabulary page, definitions, questions, and discussion questions 

WB p. 85; English Quiz 4-3 to 4-5

English WB p. 81-83

BitSP chapters 14-15 quesitons, discussion, vocabulary page, and definitions; Quiz on chapters 11-15

BitSP chapters 11-13 vocabulary page, definitions, questions, and questions for discussion.

BitSP chpaters 11-13

English WB p. 75-76; Quiz on adjectives

English WB p. 77

Quiz on BitSP chapters 6-10; English WB p. 75

BitSP chapters 8-10 questions, 2 discussion questions, vocabulary page, and definitions

BitSP chapters 6-7 questions, questions for discussion, vocabulary page, and definitions.

Quiz on BitSP chapters 1-5

BitSP chapters 3-5 questions, questions for discussion, vocabulary definitions, and vocabulary page

English test on unit 3

English textbook p. 168-170 odds (do all for extra credit)

English WB p. 66

BitSP section 1 due: Chapters 1-2 vocabulary page & definitions, questions, and two questions for discussion in composition book; English WB p. 58

English WB p. 64

English WB p. 62; bring Boy in the Striped Pajamas and composition book tomorrow

Quiz on direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives

WB p. 54 (follow classroom directions)

WB p. 52 (follow in-class directions; Quiz on all 12 tenses

Verb boxes for "speak" (all 12 tenses)

English WB p. 48

English WB p. 46 & verb boxes for "lie" as in "lie down"

English WB p. 44 & verb boxes for "find"; Final essay due for grading - choose between persuasive essay topic; Johnny Tremain charcter, theme, or symbolism; or Johnny Tremain movie analysis

Literature textbook p. 94 (compare and contrast Venn diagram and 2-paragraph response)

Final draft of Johnny Tremain movie essay due

Literature textbook p. 93

Johnny Tremain movie essay rough draft; Literature book p. 91-92

Final draft of Johnny Tremain character, theme, or symbolism essay due; English WB p. 2; Verb boxes for "be" (simple and perfect tenses - 6 boxes total)

Verb boxes for two verbs:love and jump (simple and perfect tenses - 12 boxes total)

English WB p. 40

Rough draft of Johnny Tremain character, theme, or symbolism essay due

English Quiz on helping verbs, 3-1 and 3-2

English WB p. 38; study helping verbs; Johnny Tremain project due

WB 5-4 #1-10 odd

English WB p. 36-37; study 23 helping verbs

Johnny Tremain chapter 12; Johnny Tremain vocabulary section 5 definitions/activity 

English test on unit 2

Vocabulary log for Johnny Tremain quiz words

Johnny Tremain chapter 10 & section 4 vocabulary definitions/activity; English WB p. 31

English WB p. 29-30

Final draft of 5 paragraph persuasive essay

English WB p. 23; Johnny Tremain chapter 8

Johnny tremain chapter 7; JT vocab section 3 (definitions & activity); quiz on chapters 6-7

Johnny Tremain chapter 6; rough draft of 5 paragraph essay

Johnny Tremain chapter 6; Write two conclusion paragraphs to go with two of your introductory paragraphs

Concluding paragraph for quote/song lyric/poem hook; Quiz on Johnny Tremain chapters 4-5; Johnny Tremain Vocab in vocabulary log (8 words given in class)

Johnny Tremain chapter 5; Johnny Tremain vocabulary section 2 (definitions in composition book + 1 activity on separate paper); introductory paragraph using quote/song lyric/poem hook

Johnny Tremain chapter 4

Johnny Tremain vocab words in your Vocabulary Log; quiz on Johnny Tremain ch. 1-3

Johnny Tremain chapter 3; Johnny Tremain Vocabulary - chapters 1-3

Johnny Tremain chapter 2; Introductory paragraph - unusual fact on topic of your choice

Vocab log for all 13 academic vocab words must be complete

Johnny Tremain chapter 1; Introductory paragraph using personal anecdote hook (topic: best high school); vocabulary log (determine & distinguish)

Introductory paragraph using a personal anecdote (topic - best high school); vocabulary log (construct & model); bring Johnny Tremain book to school every day.

Literature p. 86-87 (quiz grade); Vocabulary log (comprehend & assess); bring Johnny Tremain - we will start tomorrow.

Literature p. 84-85; English 3 questions introductory paragraph

Create a study schedule for HSPT/ISEE exams in your agenda.

Literature p. 82-83

English Test on Unit 1

English WB p. 21

Literature p. 78-79 (counts as a quiz)

English WB p. 17-18; Literature p. 78-79

English WB p. 15-16; Literature p. 76-77

English WB p. 13; Literature p. 74-75 Cite Evidence and Comprehension Check

English WB p. 9; Literature p. 72-73 Cite Evidence and Comprehension Check

English quiz 1-1 to 1-4

English WB 1-2 & 1-3 (first page only); Literature p. 68-69

p. 65 cite evidence and comprehension check