Gr. 8 Literature Assignments

Read "The Ugly Duckling" in anthology book, answer Q's 1-6

Anthology - "Back There," answer irony questions 1-4

Drummer Boy of Shiloh - answer #1-7

Finish reading "Drummer Boy of Shiloh", Q. 1-7

"Top Man" - finish reading the story and answer #1-10 on p. 99

Finish reading "Paw Paw," answer #1-10 on p. 54

Get field trip permission slip signed, get check for $28.06

Reader Response #2 on your Holocaust novel. Choose a different response from the first RR. Use the list of options that you received.

Holocaust reading, illustration worksheet

Holocaust reading; work on RR #2 (due Friday)

Finish Quiz Maker for your Holocaust novel, reading in your novel

Holocaust reading; reader response #1 due on Friday 3/31.  Choose from the circled options on the handout

Holocaust novel - nightly reading

Holocaust reading; worksheet (summary of reading + 5 vocab words)

Holocaust reading

Holocaust reading

Holocaust reading and worksheet (list 4 questions and possible answer)

Holocaust reading as assigned

Worksheet #4 (R&J - figurative language)

Read/review the following scenes:

Act 1/Scene 1

Act 2/Scene 2

Act 3/Scene 1

Act 5/Scene 3 

Pay attention to the characters in each scene, the setting (place/time), conflict, resolution.

R&J - Theme Notebook due

R&J - Theme Notebook (due 2/16)

R&J Theme Notebook - spend 20 minutes developing your notebook: select theme, develop an icon for each page, find 1-2 items

R&J - Theme Notebook (spend 20 minutes)

Blog - post to "Parents"

R&J - post a response and a reply to the Parents blog

R&J - Blog post to "Parents," complete the character analysis chart (due Wed.)

R&J -

complete the Rosaline blog post and reply

review the upcoming scenes if you have a speaking part

R&J - post to Rosaline blog; preview roles in Act 3, scenes 1&2

R&J - blog post Rosaline

R&J -

masks due (on Friday)

responses to blog prompt on Masquerade are due (by Friday at 8 pm, PST)

Worksheet for Act II, Scene II 

Romeo and Juliet -

- masks are due

- responses and replies to blog ost #1 (Masquerade) are due

- rehearse roles for Act II: prologue, scenes 1, 2

R&J -

1. masks are due this week

2. post a response to the "masquerade" blog (romeojulietblog.blogspot.com), sign with your pseudonym (fake name)

3. read Act I, scene V (if you were assigned a role) 

R&J - Masquerade mask is due the week of Jan,. 23

R&J - read through the scenes to find your character.  Review your words and stage direction (Act I, Scenes I-IV)

Mr. Mendelsohn - finish reading the story

"A Christmas Memory" - answer questions 1-9, p. 66

Anthology book - read "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote, p. 57-62

Animal Farm - Complete the movie guide and lit grid

Animal Farm - review notes, vocab terms for final (Wed.)

Animal Farm - Reader Response #2 (focus on Ch. 9); select a different choice from what you did for RR #1

Animal Farm - make sure Ch. 10 has been read; RR #2 is due (quiz on Ch. 8-10) on Friday

AF - watch "Soviet Internal Propaganda" on YouTube by CIA (15:24 min.); write 10 things that you learned

Rehearse/practice your speech for the propaganda project

AF - type up your comments/speech remarks for the propaganda project

Propaganda project - drafts speech comments for your group

Animal Farm - Ch. 8 read half of the chapter 

Animal Farm - work on your reader response #1 (due Fri.)

Animal Farm - study vocab terms (test on Friday); Reader Response #1 (RR#1) is due Friday on a passage from Ch. 7; finish reading Ch. 7, select an RR idea from the handout

AF - quiz (ch. 1-5), open book

AF - Ch. 5

Animal Farm - define the 11 vocabulary terms on one page in your spiral (test in a few weeks)

Animal Farm - Ch. 3-4

Animal Farm - read Ch. 2

Animal Farm - read Ch. 1

Animal Farm - view "Top 10 Notes: Animal Farm" on watchmojo.com; take notes

TKAM - study for final test (multiple choice), Internet quizzes

TKAM - Ch. 31, online quizzes to prep for the final

TKAM - finish Ch. 30, work on vocab.

TKAM - read Ch. 29, review idioms for quiz; work on vocab for Ch. 21-31

TKAM - read Ch. 26, work on vocabulary

TKAM - read Ch. 25

TKAM - study for quiz on Ch. 18-24

TKAM - finish reading Ch. 24

TKAM - Read Ch. 23

TKAM - read Ch. 22

TKAM - read Ch. 21 (all pages)

TKAM - finish Ch. 19

TKAM - Finish reading Ch. 18, look for idioms and descriptive information about Mayella; work on chapter vocab.

TKAM - finish reading Ch. 17, add to Mr. Ewell's description

TKAM - finish Ch. 15

TKAM - finish Ch. 14

TKAM - finish Ch. 13; finish vocabulary terms for Ch. 1-11.  Spirals will be collected Friday for a grade.

TKAM - Read Ch. 12

TKAM - finish reading Ch. 11, think about how Mrs. Dubose changes from the beginning of the chapter

TKAM - finish reading Ch. 10

TKAM - Read Ch. 9

TKAM - do "shoes" activity sheet, read Ch. 8

 

TKAM - read Ch. 6

TKAM - read/annotate Ch. 4

TKAM - Read/annotate Ch. 2

"How to Build a Fire" short story by Jack London - read first section and answer questions 1-6 on study guide

"The Last Specimen" study guide - answer all 

Call of the Wild - permission slip to watch the movie is due

Call of the Wild - book test (multiple choice)

Call of the WIld - Yukon map template