Language Arts 8 (Period 3) Assignments
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- 2010-2011 School Year
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- (b) English / Language Arts
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All late/missing work is due THIS FRIDAY. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Study for your grammar and vocabulary finals! Both of them are coming up on Tuesday/Wednesday next week (5/24 or 5/25)!
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Review for your grammar and vocabulary benchmark finals on Tues/Wed!
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If you are presenting Thursday or Friday, make sure to email me your PowerPoints before your class begins.
***Also, bring your rubric for me to collect (see attached)
***Also, bring your rubric for me to collect (see attached)
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Presentations are due for those going on Tuesday or Wednesday. Make sure to email me your PowerPoint the day before your presentation and bring a rubric in so I can assess you.
****Remember to create backups just in case :)
****Remember to create backups just in case :)
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Prepare for your PowerPoint presentation. Make sure you email me the day before your presentation! Nothing is due on Monday, just continue to work on your presentation.
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Type your evidence into the outline (attached). Make sure to embed your quotes into context.
Also, write your analysis onto your six flashcards. You need one piece of analysis per quote, which would be six pieces altogether.
Also, write your analysis onto your six flashcards. You need one piece of analysis per quote, which would be six pieces altogether.
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1. Thesis and topic sentences are due. They must be typed into your outline which is attached to the 8th grade assignment list.
2. Bring in 6 flashcards to class
2. Bring in 6 flashcards to class
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Fill out your three moods and literary devices on the back of your visual essay assignment sheet.
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Finish the grammar packet (exercises 3, 4, 5, and 6)
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Flashcards are due for all vocabulary units. See the 8th grade homepage for all vocab charts this year. Cards need to be organized by each unit so I can check them.
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1) Finish your vocab movie poster
2) Study for your vocab test on Thurs/Fri
2) Study for your vocab test on Thurs/Fri
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Read and fill out your "Mood Tracking" chart for sections 1-7
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Read the background packet on Stephen Crane, the Civil War, and Red Badge of Courage and complete the following:
1) Make comments and questions throughout
2) Highlight important dates, events, and facts
Be prepared for a quiz on the material!!!
1) Make comments and questions throughout
2) Highlight important dates, events, and facts
Be prepared for a quiz on the material!!!
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Bring note cards to class Tues/Wed to work on your vocab flashcards
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Purchase your Red Badge of Courage books at Anna's. You must get the same edition listed in my syllabus because we will only be reading selections of the text and you must have the same page numbers as me.
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Bring your Red Badge of Courage and Poetry books to class.
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Final letters due on Thursday/Friday. They must be typed and in the correct formal letter format. Please attach your letters together and the rubric to the back of both letters.
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Bring your lyrics and brainstorming sheets to class for our work day. If you do not come prepared, you will be given an additional assignment during this time.
The "Music for My Love" assignment is due this Thurs/Friday
The "Music for My Love" assignment is due this Thurs/Friday
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Find three songs per couple (6 altogether), print out the lyrics, and highlight the parts that connect to the relationship you have chosen.
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Complete relationship brainstorming sheet. Be thorough with your descriptions of the relationships!
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If you received a missing assignment sheet today, make sure you get your assignments in to me on Monday.
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Study for your Twelfth Night vocabulary test on Thurs/Fri
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Study for your vocabulary test! Remember, no retakes are allowed!
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Create flashcards for your Twelfth Night vocab test
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"Musical Connection" is due Thursday/Friday. See attached for an example.
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I handed out your missing assignment sheets today, so if you have any your homework is to get those missing assignments in on Monday.
If not, have a great weekend!
If not, have a great weekend!
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Study for your Animal Farm Exam on Thurs/Fri
***Your Animal Farm study guides (the ones you filled out while reading) are also due Thurs/Fri
***Your Animal Farm study guides (the ones you filled out while reading) are also due Thurs/Fri
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Flashcards to prepare for the Animal Farm exam are due (see your study guide)
***Study for the exam on Thurs/Fri
***Study for the exam on Thurs/Fri
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1) Your comic strip is due the Monday you return from break. Make sure your comic strip meets the requirements and shows that you have put forth time and effort in its completion.
2) Flashcards to study for the exam are due Tues/Wed when you come back
2) Flashcards to study for the exam are due Tues/Wed when you come back
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Your final draft is due Thursday/Friday!
Please come to class with your final draft (with cover page), rubric, and rough draft with peer revision all stapled together in that order.
Please come to class with your final draft (with cover page), rubric, and rough draft with peer revision all stapled together in that order.
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1) Essay Rough drafts are due! Rough drafts need to be complete and in MLA format.
2) Bring something to work on in class for after we complete Peer Editing. You will have about a half an hour to work in class.
2) Bring something to work on in class for after we complete Peer Editing. You will have about a half an hour to work in class.
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1) Make flash cards for your vocabulary test and begin studying (test is on Monday)
2) Work on your essay (rough draft is due Tuesday/Wednesday)
2) Work on your essay (rough draft is due Tuesday/Wednesday)
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1) Finish chapter 8 (there is no study guide, but you must highlight any connections you see to the Russian Revolution)
2) Complete your topic proposal
2) Complete your topic proposal
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Read chapter 6 & 7 and complete the study guide
DUE MONDAY
DUE MONDAY
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Read chapters 2, 3, and 4 and complete study guide
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Get your Animal Farm books and bring them to class starting Tuesday/Wednesday next week
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Complete the Russian Revolution historical background packet
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1) Study for your vocabulary test on Thursday/Friday
2) Get Animal Farm book by next Tuesday (ISBN is on my syllabus)
2) Get Animal Farm book by next Tuesday (ISBN is on my syllabus)
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1) Your topic proposal is due Monday (if you have not given it to me already in class)
2) Work on your "I Have a Dream" speech. The presentations will begin Tuesday/Wednesday; be prepared for the first date. Bring all of your speech materials to class on Monday because it is an in-class work day. Do not tell me your speech is finished or that you forgot everything at home!
2) Work on your "I Have a Dream" speech. The presentations will begin Tuesday/Wednesday; be prepared for the first date. Bring all of your speech materials to class on Monday because it is an in-class work day. Do not tell me your speech is finished or that you forgot everything at home!
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Practice for your speech on Tues/Wed!
Please bring:
1)Your rubric attached to the front of
2) Your speech to give to me with all of the requirements
3) A copy of the speech for you to read from
Please bring:
1)Your rubric attached to the front of
2) Your speech to give to me with all of the requirements
3) A copy of the speech for you to read from
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1. Finish Part II (2) on your "I Have a Dream" worksheet. I will be collecting the answers to all of your questions on Thursday/Friday.
2. Make flashcards for all of your vocabulary words (due Thursday/Friday also)
2. Make flashcards for all of your vocabulary words (due Thursday/Friday also)
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Complete questions 2-8 on your "I Have a Dream" worksheet.
***You must write in complete sentences and your responses must be thorough. This will be graded.
***You must write in complete sentences and your responses must be thorough. This will be graded.
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ALL MISSING AND/OR LATE WORK IS DUE THIS FRIDAY. Today and tomorrow (Wednesday and Thursday) I am handing out one last missing assignment report. Make sure to get all of those assignments in to me by Friday.
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Completed vocabulary charts are due Thursday/Friday
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Finish reading and annotating the historical background information of the Civil Rights Movement. You will be graded on your definitions of words you are unfamiliar with, highlighting main events, dates and places, and annotating the text.
There will be a quiz on the reading Tuesday/Wednesday
There will be a quiz on the reading Tuesday/Wednesday
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If you did not finish your journal entry in class, please finish it this weekend.
See attached entry.
***Remember, all rewrites are due tomorrow! Last chance for retaking the Tom Sawyer exam is tomorrow. You must have your test corrections complete when you show up to take the exam. You may come either during Core Advisory or after school.
See attached entry.
***Remember, all rewrites are due tomorrow! Last chance for retaking the Tom Sawyer exam is tomorrow. You must have your test corrections complete when you show up to take the exam. You may come either during Core Advisory or after school.
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This is your week to work on any missing assignments, rewrites, or retakes that you still need to do. I am giving no other homework!
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Study for your Tom Sawyer exam on Thurs/Friday!
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Flashcards due for the Tom Sawyer test on Thursday/Friday
*Author information
*Comic elements
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1)Final Draft due Thurs/Fri (no exceptions or excuses)
Come into class with your essay stapled together:
(From top to bottom)
-Final draft
-Rubric
-Rough draft with peer revision
-Outline with peer revision
2) Time to (finally) turn in your comic element chart also!
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Complete Rough Draft Due on Tues/Wed
The draft must be typed, in MLA format, and complete (just as if this was your final draft).
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Rough draft is due on Tues/Wed
***Must be typed and in the correct MLA format and complete
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Outline due Thurs/Fri
1) Must be typed and in the correct format (see attached)
2) Bring two copies to class
3) You do not have to complete the introduction (except for the thesis) or the conclusion
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Complete your thesis statement and topic sentence worksheet
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Look over your comic element chart and make sure it contains at least 15 thorough examples. Most of you probably have this done, so enjoy your break homework free!
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Read and annotate chapters 34 & 35
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Read and annotate chapters 34 and 35
***3rd period needs to read chapter 33 also
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Read and annotate (unless read in class) chapters 30 and 31
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Finish reading ch 22 & 23 (no annotations)
Read and annotate chapters 24-27
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ALL ESSAY REWRITES ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY! OF MICE AND MEN RETAKES ARE THIS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ONLY! You must have your completed test in to me by these days or you will not be eligible to take the exam.
Read and annotate chapters 20 and 21
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Read and annotate chapters 15, 16, and 17 in Tom Sawyer
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Vocab Test in class. NO RETAKES!
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Study for your vocabulary test on Thursday/Friday. NO RETAKES WILL BE GIVEN ON THIS TEST!!!!!
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Make notecards/ flashcards for EACH of your Tom Sawyer vocab words (you should have 20 cards)
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Read and annotate (write comments and questions) chapters 7 & 8
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1. Read and annotate chapters 3-5 in Tom Sawyer (you do not have to fill out the chart, but highlight examples of the comic devices)
2. Bring in your progress report signed!!!
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1. Complete ALL of your vocab chart!
2. Bring your Tom Sawyer book
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1. Read and annotate "Twain's Comic Voice" (come prepared with one discussion question to share with the class)
2. Get your Progress Report signed and return it on Monday
3. Bring your Tom Sawyer book to class from now on
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Staple ALL of your study guides together from Of Mice and Men and be ready to turn them in next class (you should have 6 chapters worth or three pages front and back).
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Of Mice and Men exam on Tuesday/Wednesday. See the attached study guide and PowerPoints if you forgot what to study. COME PREPARED FOR THE EXAM!
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1) Make notecards to study with for your Of Mice and Men Exam on Tuesday/Wednesday. I will be checking that you made these on Monday.
2) Study for your exam
3) Bring in the grade information slip signed
I posted the PowerPoint notes we took on Of Mice and Men (if you lost yours)
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Bring a stack of notecards to class in preparation for the Of Mice and Men test (which will be next week). 20-30 will be plenty!
***If you do not have any notecards, cut pieces of paper up to the size of notecards.
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Final draft of essay is DUE! Come prepared in class with your essay already stapled and ready to turn in. NO EXCUSES!
Attach in order (from top to bottom):
Final draft
Rubric
Rough Draft
Peer Revision sheet
Outline
Self Revision sheet
****Also, bring your movie permission slips if you forgot today
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Final draft of your essay is due! Bring in your final draft already stapled togather in the following order (top to bottom):
1. Final draft
2. Rubric
3. Rough draft
4. Peer revision sheet
5. Outline
6. Self-edit sheet
NO EXCUSES FOR NOT BRINGING IN YOUR ESSAY!
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The complete rough draft of your essay is due. Must be typed and in correct MLA format. Write your essay as if you are turinging in your final draft.
Do not come to me with excuses, we will be working a lot with this draft during class on Thursday/Friday and you will hopefully receive some helpful advice on how to improve your draft. SAVE YOUR PAPER OFTEN AS YOU ARE TYPING IT!
*****Also, bring your movie permission slips by Friday! (We will be watching the movie in class on Monday and I cannot let you view it if you do not have your permission slips in.)
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Fill out THE ENTIRE BODY of your outline (no introduction or conclusion). Bring in two typed copies of this to class with you. Cut and paste the file I have uploaded into your Word program and type directly into your outline.
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Fill in thesis and topic sentences on your outline. Your outline must be typed and in the same format as I gave you. Use the uploaded outline to fill in the thesis and topic sentences.
(Need help? Se my example as you scroll down to the third page of the outline)
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Respond to the following prompt in your journal.
How is sculpting a metaphor for writing? Explain each step we went through today and how it relates to writing. How did you feel with each step of the process? In what ways can this help you understand the writing process?
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Respond to this question in your journal (about a paragraph in length):
Was Lennie's death justifiable? (In other words, did Lennie deserve to die in the hands of George AND/OR did George do the morally/legally right thing by killing Lennie?)
Be prepared to discuss this on Monday!
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Complete ALL OF chapter 6 study guide questions
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Complete study guide questions 1-3 in your chapter 5 study guide
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Finish reading Chapter 4 and complete the Chapter 4 Study Guide
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Complete Study Guide questions for chapter 3 (only complete the specific questions I told you to)
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1. Finish reading chapter 2 in "Of Mice and Men"
2. Complete the chapter 2 study guide for "Of Mice and Men"
2. Complete the chapter 2 study guide for "Of Mice and Men"
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1. Finish chapter one study guide from "Of Mice and Men"
2. Study for vocabulary test on Thursday/Friday
2. Study for vocabulary test on Thursday/Friday
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1. Chapter one study guide (the part we discussed in class) due
2. Study for your vocabulary test next Thurs/Fri
2. Study for your vocabulary test next Thurs/Fri
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1. Complete your "Of Mice and Men" vocabulary chart. All sections must be filled in!
2. Read "Dream Deferred" and "I.Too" by Langston Hughes on page 75-76 of your poetry book. Respond to the poems directly in your book and come to class prepared to discuss them. If you do not have this book, look these poems up online and print them out.
3. Bring your "Of Mice and Men" book to class
2. Read "Dream Deferred" and "I.Too" by Langston Hughes on page 75-76 of your poetry book. Respond to the poems directly in your book and come to class prepared to discuss them. If you do not have this book, look these poems up online and print them out.
3. Bring your "Of Mice and Men" book to class
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Complete the synonym column ONLY on your vocabulary chart.
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Finish brainstorming your symbol to add to your "Mind Map". You must include an image (symbol) and an explanation of why you specifically chose that image.
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"Future Goal Timeline"- See assignment sheet attached
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Bring your Thief novels to class! Remember to get your syllabus signed if you haven't already.
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"The Thief'" Summer Reading Journal