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Regular 8th Grade English (Period 1) Assignments
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- 2013-2014 School Year
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- English
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Students are working on a World War II unit in class. Each student chose a partner and topic to research for this unit. We have class time with iPads for research; however, students must complete research, write an oral report, and bring in at least 4 pictures to share with the class.
These pictures can be printed off of the internet, be pages from a book or other source.
Oral reports will begin on Thursday, April 24th.
Attached are the directions for research students were given during class.
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Students are working with a partner to research a topic of choice within World War II. Students have specific guidelines for research, and class time has been given with our iPads.
Class time will also be given to create an oral presentation. The parts of the presentation that cannot be completed in class are the visual aides. Students need to bring in at least 4 visual aides to show the class during their oral presentations. Students can bring in books with photographs or images printed off the computer. Or, students can create a power point.
Specific guidelines for writing the presentation along with the scaled for grading was given to students on Monday, April 14th.
Oral presentations begin on April 23rd; all students must be ready to present on this date, and it will likely take 2 days for all presentations to be delivered.
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Students will take a final exam on the novel The Outsiders. Students have study questions and answers, along with vocabulary to prepare for this test.
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Students must submit the final draft of their essays either in printed form or online. If students turn in a printed essay, I will grade it with corrections.
If a student chooses to have me grade the online version, a grade will be given without specific corrections. If a student would like to go over the essay on line either before or after school for discussion, we will agree on a time for this.
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In class, students began an essay, and the rough draft or outline is due Wednesday. On Wednesday, students will type their essays into MyAccess, a computerized program that will guide students through editing their papers.
During class, students were given directions for this essay.
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On February 19, students will begin a 3-day district English Language Arts test which is a released item from the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Students will read several pieces, answer short answers, and complete writing an essay. All parts of this assessment have been taught during class this year.
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Vocabulary Foldable for The Outsiders, chapters 7-9.
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Newspaper Article regarding an incident that occurred in chapter 4 of The Outsiders. Students need to include: Must be in dark blue or black ink, must have a title and your name as author, setting, unbiased point of view, correctly written dialogue with at least 4 lines of conversation, may make assumptions of what could have happened, vivid written description, and a conclusion. This article should cover one full page.
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Vocabulary foldable for the seven words from the Outsiders, chapters 1-3. Students have the vocabulary and blank white paper to create the foldable. Instructions and models were shown in class.
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Timeline on the 1960's is due. Students received specific instructions and materials needed during class. The guidelines: 3 examples from each category of the 1960's research; this totals 24 examples. This is a visual timeline so all information should be represented in symbols, icons, illustrations, pictures printed and cut out, and all images should have captions.Timeline must have color. Nothing should be in plain pencil. All dates and words should be in ink.
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Students have eight-squares of research on the 1960's due today. They will receive a grade for this assignment. In class, students took notes on this information and are now turning it into a visual time line.
If a student did not complete the research, he or she can add to it by Thursday, so his or her time line can earn a good grade.
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Students have had two periods to complete research on the 1960's. They have been given 8 categories to research. If they do not complete the research in class, they either need to finish it after school in our computer lab or at home.
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Students have notes and notecards for 38 vocabulary words that we have studied this quarter. There will be a test on these words Tuesday, January 14th.
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Two-sided review for comma usage.
Also, students need to review vocabulary words for a test on Tuesday, January14.
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Today there is a test on grammar. Beside each section of the test, I will write the pages you can check for review in your red Handbook.
Subject/verb agreement-pages 156 and 157
Identifying verbs and verb phrases- pages 51 through 59
Prepositions and prepositional phrases-pages 66 and 67
Also, review practice pages that we completed for homework.
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Students were assigned research for either the Great Depression or the recession from 2007-2009. They used iPads in class today and had to find 5 examples for EACH of these 5 catagories. Answers need to be in complete sentences.
The catagories:
Causes
Results or effects of
How people's lives were changed
Lifestyle prior to the event. ( Either 1920s going into the 1930s or the 1990s going into 2006
Lessons learned.
For Homework, students need to complete at least 5 examples for 3 of the catagories. Most students finished 2 catagories in class today. Tomorrow students will have 20 minutes to complete the remaining 2 catagories.
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The Circuit, page 189 of literature book. Questions 1,2,3,4,5 and 6
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All pieces of our short story project. To earn an A, all the following must be turned on time:
1.Final draft with specific requirements for presentation, which students have.
2. Rough draft
3. Rubric Scale
4. Outline of plot
5. 3-page character analysis
1.Final draft with specific requirements for presentation, which students have.
2. Rough draft
3. Rubric Scale
4. Outline of plot
5. 3-page character analysis
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Students have been writing a short story in class and the completed rough draft is due Friday, November 8th.
If the rough draft is complete, the student will work with an editing partner to score both stories using a Rubric Scale for guidance.
Students have received all instruction and information needed to complete this story.
If the rough draft is complete, the student will work with an editing partner to score both stories using a Rubric Scale for guidance.
Students have received all instruction and information needed to complete this story.
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Students need to choose a biography or autobiography by Tuesday, October 29th. On Friday, October 25th, students will spend time in Alvarado's library looking through our available biographies and autobiographies.
Books have to be at least 125 words in length.
No comic-style books are allowed.
Students should be reading this book regularly. A variety of assignments will revolve around the book. An assignment which covers the entire book will be given in class on Monday and Tuesday, November 25th and 26th.
Books have to be at least 125 words in length.
No comic-style books are allowed.
Students should be reading this book regularly. A variety of assignments will revolve around the book. An assignment which covers the entire book will be given in class on Monday and Tuesday, November 25th and 26th.
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Pages 9 and 15 on Prepositions. Guidance for completing these pages are in the student Handbook on pages 66 and 67.