ENGLISH 8A (Period 5) Assignments

1. Read at least 30 minutes, five times this week. Complete the Reading Log by Friday.

 

2. All late work must be received by Friday, December 9 for credit on the final grade.

 

3. Composition Books will be collected on Friday, Dec. 9. Make sure your pages are complete.

 

4. The deadline for the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition in Dec. 15. 

1. Read at least 30 minutes, five times this week. Complete the Reading Log by Friday.

 

2. All late work must be received by Friday, December 9 for credit on the final grade.

 

3. Composition Books will be collected on Friday, Dec. 9. Make sure your pages are complete.

 

4. The deadline for the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition in Dec. 15. 

1. Study Warm-Ups # 28, 29, 30 for the quiz today.

 

2. Bring your English Language Arts textbook (the thick one).

 

 

 

This is a computerized test to be taken in room 75. Please come to school well-rested and on time.

2. Read for at least 30 minutes, five days each week. A Reading Log is due each Friday.

 

3. Study Warm-Ups # 22, 23, 24 for the Quiz today.

 

4. Complete and copy out on binder paper the Voluptuary Essay.

The report should be in dark blue or black pen, skipping every other line, on the front of the page only. (Your first draft should be in your composition book.) 

(See the Wed., 10/26 assignment for the handouts.)

1. Return the signed Grade Report.

 

2. Read for at least 30 minutes, five days each week. A Reading Log is due each Friday.

 

3. study Warm-Ups # 22, 23 for the Thursday Quiz.

 

4. Complete and copy out on binder paper The Voluptuary Essay.

The report should be in dark blue or black pen, skipping every other line, on the front of the page only. (Your first draft should be in your composition book.) 

1. Turn in your Reading Log.

 

2. In your composition book, complete your assigned portion of the "Voluptuary" Character Analysis.

1. Study Warm-Ups # 19, 20 for the Thursday quiz.

 

2. Read for at least 30 minutes.

 

3. Return your signed Grade Report.

 

4. In  your composition book, complete the one page description of character evidence in "The Voluptuary..."

1. Meet in room 18.

 

2. Bring the first draft of your story to type.

 

3. Bring a flash drive to save your work, or have an e-mail or google account to save your work.

 

4. Read five days each week and record your reading in the Reading Log, due Friday.

 

5. Note: Composition Books will be collected on Friday, containing the 7 pages of your first draft story and the simile/metaphor page.

 

1. STUDY WARM-UPS #14, 15, 16 for the quiz on Thursday.

 

2. Read five times each week for at least 30 minutes each time. I am asking parents to sign the Reading Log confirming that the reading has been done.

 

Record the beginning page for the week, and the ending page number each reading day.

 

Write a FATT sentence (Focus, Author, Title, Text Type) for the week's reading.

 

3. Your original short story should be at least 7 full pages in your composition book:

1. Character scene

2. Problem for the main character

3. Rising Action #1 (the character takes action to solve the problem in a scene)

4. Rising Action #2 (the character takes a second step to try to deal with the problem)

5. One page of dialogue for any scene(s) in your story

6. The Climax or Turning Point is the event in which the character solves the problem or is overcome by the problem.

7. Falling Action and Resolution (the events that occur as a result of the Turning Point.

COMPOSITION BOOKS WILL BE COLLECTED ON OCT. 7, ALONG WITH ALL LATE WORK.

 

4. Finish the four similes for your story.

1. Turn in your Revised Character scene. TheRubric is attached.

 

2. Finish writing a minimum of one page in your composition book describing the event when the problem first appears to your character. We will be sharing class on Wednesday.

 

3. Read for a minimum of 30 minutes or 10 pages and make Bookmark entries.

(50 pages are required each week.)

 

4. Study Warm-Up # 8 and 9 for the Thursday Quiz.

1. Bring your English Language Arts textbook.

 

2. Turn in your Your character introduction revised to include setting.

1. Bring your independent reading book.

 

2. Turn in the Sensory Detail Chart for the setting of your original short story. I expect four details in each section.

1. Study Warm-Ups # 4, 5, and 6  for the quiz on Thursday.

 

2. Complete your composition book; it will be collected on Thursday.

    I will grade:  The plot diagram of "Priscilla and the Wimps"

                         The alternate narrator for the confrontation in Priscilla..."

                         The Character Chart for the main character in your original short 

                           story.

 

3. Turn in your Bookmark. This should represent 50 pages of reading for the week.

1. THE BOOKMARK (Vocabulary/Reading) Assignment is due. Read for 30 minutes, five times each week, (a book of your choice) and write 10 unfamiliar words and their page numbers, from the reading. Infer a meaning for each word, and write it next to the word. From the 10 words, use two correctly in a sentence.

 

2. Bring your Writing Workshop textbook.

 

3. Bring the Character Chart on either Monk Klutter or Priscilla Roseberry from "Priscilla and the Wimps." We will finish the chart in class and turn it in.

 

4. Complete the Plot Diagram in your Composition Book, adding details from "Priscilla and the Wimps," page 38, to each labeled entry on the diagram.