4/13-4/17

Home Learning:

Podcast Worksheet

Grammar Review

Irony Poster

Bring ear buds on Monday, 4/20 & Tuesday, 4/21.

Report to your testing room on Monday and Tuesday if you test in group 1. 
Report to the cafeteria on Monday and Tuesday if you test in group 2.

Periods 3, 7, & 8 will take their poetry analysis quiz next week after testing.  Be sure to study your notes/poetry framework.  

Try to get a good nights rest on Sunday and Monday; consider eating a high protein and nutrient rich breakfast on Monday.  If you test in group 2 consider bringing a bottle of water and a light/nutritious snack to enjoy before your session begins at 10:20. 

1/14-1/21

Use the previous blog post to log on to the Write to Learn website and revise your introductory paragraph USING THE NOTES FROM CLASS to guide your work.  Please submit a printed version of the essay OR a hand written copy of the introductory paragraph on 1/20 or 1/21.

We will take our CGA on 1/20 and 1/21.  Please come to school well rested and ready to do your best.

Enjoy your time off!

LAST BONUS POINT OPPORTUNITY FOR QUARTER TWO

Spread the word...tell a friend (or two) that I've posted this opportunity to earn bonus points.

All you need to do is:

1.  Log on to the Write to Learn website:
https://www.pearsonkt.com/cgi-bin/writeToLearn/login.cgi?schoolID=34664

2.  Username: S + your 8 digit student ID number
     Password:  First initial of first name + first initial of last name ( CAPS) + MMDD of date of birth

3.  Print out your essay: "The Perils of Indifference" or ask Ms. Taylor to print it for you if you don't have a working printer.

4.  Bring your printed out essay to class tomorrow or Thursday.

We will be using this essay to review best practices in writing and we will edit these essays in class in the coming weeks.

1/5-1/12

Analyzing a myth for the theme.

Standard:  LAFS.8.RL.1.2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Directions:  After reading the myth, “Pandora’s Box” on pages 456-459.

• ·         Write about the dynamic characters and tell how each character played an important role. 
• ·         Then research the setting by rereading the myth and state the various places the myth took place. 
• ·         Next, summarize the plot of the story; include the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. 
• ·         You will then identify the symbols (the symbolic items) in the myth and state how they actually mean more than the simplicity of the item(s). 
• ·         Lastly, you will use all four elements and ask yourself, “What did the author want to teach me?”  This is the theme of the story.

You will then draw a dowry casket and in a creative manner you will write about the setting, characters, plot, symbols, and theme of the myth; create your design on construction paper or copy paper.  Feel free to use your imagination and have fun with this assignment. 

Note:  time will be given during two class periods to work on this task and it is due on Wednesday, 1/14 for A day and Thursday, 1/15 for B day. 

Note:  on Tuesday, 1/13 (B day) I will have a sub.  Do NOT turn your assignment in to the sub. 

Additionally, since the quarter ends on January 15, I will not have time to grade all of the assignments; therefore, this task will be entered in on the grade portal as a quarter three assignment.  

Over the Break

--Finish your structure/shape poem that we started in class.

--Read two articles of your choice on the Achieve 3000 website (click on "My Lessons" and select any two articles that sound interesting).  Note:  you can only miss two questions out of 8 on each article to pass.  Read carefully and find evidence from the passages before you submit each answer.  If you get more than two questions wrong on either of the articles consider reading another article to increase your grade.

--Complete a close read on Chapter Six for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.  To support your analysis define the words below, answer the questions, and write the letter.  Use specific details from chapter six in your letter and feel free to get a little creative here.


Vocabulary:  Find and record definitions for the following words. Use definitions that fit with how the words are used in the story:

discard (pg. 57)
deliberate (pg. 58)
despite (pg. 59)
peckish (pg. 60)
obliged (pg. 61)
incredulous (pg. 64)


Questions:  Please answer the following questions using complete sentences.


1. Why do you think Bruno has such a long conversation with Maria in this chapter, when he had
never done so before?

2. Why do you think Maria is so thoughtful and careful with her answers to Bruno?


Letter Assignment:

Imagine you are Bruno, and you have just moved to "Out-With." Think about how the move makes you feel, what you miss, what you like and don't like about your new home.

On a separate piece of paper, write a letter to one of your friends back in Berlin (Karl, Daniel, or Martin).  Talk about your new home, and how you feel about moving. Your letter should be at least half a page long.

Preparing fr the Writing Assessment

Remember to review your notes and study them in an effort to be prepared for the writing test that will be administered on Monday and Tuesday during our class time.  We will use the Write to Learn web based program to take the assessment.  The following URL is a link to the website that we will use next week.  I will update this post with additional information as Ms. Taylor and Ms. Putnal obtain additional news from the district. 

https://www.pearsonkt.com/cgi-bin/writeToLearn/login.cgi?schoolID=34664

12/2-5

Tuesday, 12/2 and Wednesday, 12/3:

-Focusing on the theme or central idea of the novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.

Students should bring their copy of the novel to class everyday.  Thank you.

--We will start the novel in class and read as far as we can (time permitting).

Home Learning:

--Pick up where we left off in class and read to page 38 (finish chapter 4).
--Answer the following questions:
   1.  Summarize chapters 1-4.
   2.  What are the main differences between the old house and the new house?
   3.  Why do you think Bruno has pains in his stomach?

--Complete the engaging beginnings worksheet and remember to TAP out each prompt and apply the "Time Saver T-Chart" to each prompt.

Note:  The Florida Standards Assessment/practice test will not be accepted after this week.  Once we review the answers in class I will not accept the assignment and you grade will remain a zero in the grade book.  Please see the post that I created prior to the break in regards to this assignment; it is the assignment that requires you to visit www.fsassessments.org and document all 18 of your answers on notebook paper.  Thank you for your diligence and focus!