8th Literature (Gold)/ELA Assignments

Directions for Characterization work: Thursday--Read “Test” by Theodore Thomas
-After reading, use the story to fill out the Characterization Google Slides as necessary. Work for this is due Friday. It may be helpful to read once for a general understanding, twice with questions in mind, and a third time to answer things specifically. Make sure to use examples from the reading to support your claims. Answers for each slides should be 3-5 sentences in length, complete sentences used for full credit. We will also read each of our 5 stories, or parts of it, together (we will read small sections from this together). You may include any commentary I or the class gives as part of your answers.

Directions for Narrative Perspective work: Tuesday--Read “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier
-After reading, use the story to fill out the Narrative Perspective Google Slides as necessary. Work for this is due Wednesday. It may be helpful to read once for a general understanding, twice with questions in mind, and a third time to answer things specifically. Make sure to use examples from the reading to support your claims. Answers for each slides should be 3-5 sentences in length, complete sentences used for full credit. We will also read each of our 5 stories, or parts of it, together (we will read small sections from this together). You may include any commentary I or the class gives as part of your answers.

Directions for setting work: Friday--Read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
-After reading, use the story to fill out the Plot Google Slides as necessary. Work for this is due Monday. It may be helpful to read once for a general understanding, twice with questions in mind, and a third time to answer things specifically. Make sure to use examples from the reading to support your claims. Answers for each slides should be 3-5 sentences in length, complete sentences used for full credit. We will also read each of our 5 stories, or parts of it, together (we will read small sections from this on Thursday together). You may include any commentary I or the class gives as part of your answers.

Directions for setting work: Wednesday--Read “Borders” by Thomas King
-After reading, use the story to fill out the Setting Google Slides as necessary. Work for this is due Thursday. It may be helpful to read once for a general understanding, twice with questions in mind, and a third time to answer things specifically. Make sure to use examples from the reading to support your claims. Answers for each slides should be 3-5 sentences in length, complete sentences used for full credit. We will also read each of our 5 stories, or parts of it, together (we will read small sections from this on Thursday together). You may include any commentary I or the class gives as part of your answers.

Monday--Read The Scholarship Jacket by Martha Salinas
-After reading, use the story to fill out the Theme Google Slides as necessary. Work for this is due Tuesday. It may be helpful to read once for a general understanding, twice with questions in mind, and a third time to answer things specifically. Make sure to use examples from the reading to support your claims. Answers for each slides should be 3-5 sentences in length, complete sentences used for full credit. We will also read each of our 5 stories, or parts of it, together. You may include any commentary I or the class gives as part of your answers.

Complete this viewing guide during and after our viewing of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet from the Globe Theatre. DO NOT turn this in before we are done watching the performance. Full points will only be awarded if you have specific references to what was shown in the performance. If answers are lacking this, you will NOT get full credit.

This is your final project for Romeo and Juliet. There are 4 major parts to it, one of which we will have some class time on Thursday to do in small groups but you are more than welcome to start on it. This is due by midnight Friday, but should not take you more than an hour to finish total, especially if you have been taking thorough notes/writing good answers in your packet. Follow the directions on each slide and reserve all questions for our live session so that I can answer them as a class.

Now that we've read the last scene of the play together, please complete this worksheet by end of day Thursday. As mentioned before, a new feature on this worksheet is that you no longer have to add a text box, just click in the area that you would like to add text to and the text box is there for you. Please make sure that each area's question has a complete sentence or two for an answer.

Now that we've read the last scene of the play together, please complete this worksheet by Wednesday. As mentioned before, a new feature on this worksheet is that you no longer have to add a text box, just click in the area that you would like to add text to and the text box is there for you. You can click and drag the red x to the appropriate answer for each section as well.

Read Act 5 Scenes 1 and 2 and have worksheet done by Wednesday. They are very brief scenes. A new feature on this worksheet is that you no longer have to add a text box, just click in the area that you would like to add text to and the text box is there for you. Yay!

Using the Reviewing Act 4 worksheet from last week that was digitally passed back last night, work with a partner and write down what you notice about their writing in the first slide of your worksheet. On the second side, having had commentary from your partner, rewrite/make improvements to your analysis, copy paste the now better analysis into the bottom area and the old one into the top area.

Now that we’ve finished all of Act 4, complete the Reviewing Act Four worksheet in Google Slides. Do not SHARE the document with me, just press TURN IN in Google Classroom once you are done. I do not want any pictures of packets for today’s assignment. Use the Google Doc. Due by end of day Friday. In the “Writing a Paragraph of Literary Analysis” section on this worksheet, use evidence like we practiced this week with the “Juliet’s Actions” activity.

In small groups during Tuesday's live session, we will be talking about Juliet’s decisions to take the poison to get out of having to marry Paris. There is a worksheet that is due by midnight Wednesday that we will start together in our groups and you will complete independently, making sure to pay attention to how to cite evidence from the play (slide 2).

After having read Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Scene 3 together in class, complete the corresponding worksheet in Google Slides. Do not SHARE the document with me, just press TURN IN in Google Classroom once you are done. Due by end of day Friday.

Annotate the Prompt Book exercise posted here. You must have 5 stage directions on the left hand side and 5 line recitation directions on the right hand side. Make sure to click the slideshow with your name on it, click the box with the arrow to bring yourself to slides, edit, and then come back and press submit. DO NOT TRY TO LINK AGAIN

You will complete the work for Scenes 1 and 2 of Act 4 in your workbook. For those that can upload pictures without a problem, do that. For those that would like to edit the document using slides, press the link here and it makes a copy for you. Then come back here and turn in or link photos. For all other issues, send me an email. Work due by end of day Tuesday.

After having read Romeo and Juliet Act 3, complete Reviewing Act 3 in Google Slides. Do not SHARE the document with me, just press TURN IN in Google Classroom once you are done. Due by end of day. We are going to try editing using something called Kami so press "Open with Kami" up at the top and proceed with appropriate screens. It may ask you for info (If it asks for who you are press student, zip code is 91602 and St. Charles Borromeo). If this does not work DO NOT EMAIL ME. We will talk about it during live and I will walk you through how to do it. At the very least you can start some of it in your packet and then transfer answer later once everything works smoothly.

After (or during) your breakout session with your Zoom group, highlight, annotate, and answer the questions on the slides appropriately. Include the info that you talked about as a group. Also, decorate the title slide with images of light and darkness and then just press "TURN IN" back here (it'll already be linked).

Independently read Romeo and Juliet’s Act 3 Scenes 5 Take notes/annotations for understanding (you don’t need to show me these). Complete workbook page for Act 3 Scene 5. Make sure to do your research on Dramatic Irony. Due in Google Classroom (by taking a picture and uploading it) by midnight.

Independently read Romeo and Juliet’s Act 3 Scenes 3 and 4. Take notes/annotations for understanding (you don’t need to show me these). Complete workbook page for Act 3 Scene 3 including the creative exercise. For the Annotating a Prompt Book section, I should see more than 5 annotations on scenery, movement, speech, props, etc. Due here in Google Classroom (by taking a picture and uploading it) by midnight.

Independently do this Oxymorons sheet AFTER we have our Zoom class and turn in here by midnight tonight (Tuesday). Use markup feature on photos app or anything else you know can be used to fill this out and turn it right back in

Independently read Romeo and Juliet’s Act 3 Scene 2. Take notes/annotations for understanding. Complete workbook page for Act 3 Scene 2 but DO NOT DO part on Oxymorons. Be aware to do bottom section under Oxymorons. Due in Google Classroom (by taking a picture and uploading it here) by midnight.

Please make sure to attach your Google Slide here. Utilize all space on the slide. At least two pictures and at least two quotes

Please "turn in" here. Identify who your group members are in the comment section of your turn in.