English 8th grade Wolverines (Period A & D) Assignments

PRODIGY POET

 

15 minute SSR with Reading Log.

 

watch Video of Prodigy Poet

 

 

Group reflection: 

List something that stood out to you about the poet

Something that you have a question about

Something that inspired you 

 

Groups put on poster board and share out. 

 

 

Where I'm From Poem

 

 

Where I'm From Poem

 http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html

 

Ancestry.com

 

 

Here is the link to practice for the CAASPP. Please complete numbers 1-9. 

 

 

 

Test for Marigolds

Monday, April 16th

Warm up: Choose a topic and write a poem with your group with the rhyme scheme aabba

Each person is responsible for writing a line and collaborating together on the last line. 

Name Generator to  share out your group's poem. 4 groups

 

Get Textbook Collections out and read pg. 215- 220 watching text in focus and answering questions. 

 

Tuesday, April 17th

Warm up : Name Generator to answer speaking and listening questions. 5

Finish reading " Marigolds" . Then as a group read through pg. 225 and determine the theme. Due at the end of class today.

 

Homework: questions 6-8 on 226 in collections. Put this in your notebook on the next clean page.

 

Wednesday, April 18th 

Name Generator for affirmations. 2 kids

pg. 227-228 work in your group with facilitator, reporter, affirmer and on task person

 

Homework Read your AR book. Test on Marigolds tomorrow in class. 

 

Thursday, April 19th

Warm up Inner and outer circle. Roll the dice and move spaces. Quiz each other on the vocabulary words or questions from the story. 

 

Test on Marigolds.

 

Friday April 19th

Notebook check and analyze media video pg. 264 collections.

 

 

 

 

Homework: Plan before you leave class today.

In each group each person chooses one of the Academic vocabulary words , then finds an image  online that is a symbol for this word; that may in someway define it. Google Classroom Assignment

Wednesday, April 11th

Affirmation Name Generator 7 names groups write something positive about the person assigned to them.

Wednesday, April 11th

Affirmation Name Generator 7 names groups write something positive about the person assigned to them.

 

Listen to the reading. Second time begin drawing as you hear the reading. Third time listen for sensory language.

When I think of the home town of my youth, all that
I seem to remember is dust—the brown, crumbly dust
of late summer—arid, sterile dust that gets into the eyes and
makes them water, gets into the throat and between the toes
of bare brown feet. I don’t know why I should remember only
the dust. Surely there must have been lush green lawns and
paved streets under leafy shade trees somewhere in town;
but memory is an abstract painting—it does not present
things as they are, but rather as they feel. And so, when
I think of that time and that place, I remember only the
dry September of the dirt roads and grassless yards of the
shanty-town where I lived. And one other thing I remember,
another incongruency of memory—a brilliant splash of sunny
yellow against the dust—Miss Lottie’s marigolds.

 

Thursday, April 12th

Name generator with questions from the following text:

Question 1:

Figurative Language: Find an example of juxtaposition/ opposites

Question 2: Find another example of juxtaposition.

Question 3: How does the speaker feel about becoming an adult?

Question 4: Who do you think the you… is that she is waiting for?

Whenever the memory of those marigolds flashes across
my mind, a strange nostalgia[1] comes with it and remains
long after the picture has faded. I feel again the chaotic
emotions of adolescence, illusive as smoke, yet as real as
the potted geranium before me now. Joy and rage and wild
animal gladness and shame become tangled together in
the multicolored skein of 14-going-on-15 as I recall that
devastating moment when I was suddenly more woman
than child, years ago in Miss Lottie’s yard. I think of those
marigolds at the strangest times; I remember them vividly
now as I desperately pass away the time waiting for you,
who will not come.

Question 5: Continue reading pg. 214 and then listen to the close read.

Continue reading and find the two metaphors on this page

Watch the text in focus:

Writing response: Why did they author choose to compare her people to a flamingo born in captivity?

 

Friday:

Read pages 215-220

Close Readers assigned. Open to page 86. Your goal is to finish this in your collaborative group today! 

• Teacher reads Background info.
• Same Roles as Tuesday in groups

  Group Jobs

  Each group needs the following:

  • Facilitator: Directs the discussion. This person makes sure everyone is participating. Makes sure every answer is well defined.
  • Reporter/Spokesperson: Writes down responses and speaks for the group.( 2 people ok)
  • On Task/Timekeeper: Keeps the group focused on the task at hand and keeps track of time.

Kahoot Great Depression https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=ca88694a-9055-4494-81f4-8b17ec56a98e

 https://create.kahoot.it/create#/edit/ca88694a-9055-4494-81f4-8b17ec56a98e/done

 

Have A Great Spring Break!@!@!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Assign roles/ Fill out index card with your role and name for this week.

Group Jobs

Each group needs the following:

• Facilitator: Directs the discussion. This person makes sure everyone is participating. Makes sure every answer is well defined.
• Reporter/Spokesperson: Writes down responses and speaks for the group.( 2 people ok)
• On Task/Timekeeper: Keeps the group focused on the task at hand and keeps track of time.
• Affirmer: Acknowledges and supports the group/individual answers.

Today I will check your new AR book. Please be sure to have one!

 

Collection 4 Stream to Start Video on Approaching Adulthood

 

 

 

In notebook: Quickwrite- Recall the last time you felt like you needed an adult’s help with a problem. Did it make you  feel like a child?

 

Were you able to figure the problem out on your own?

Did that make them feel like an adult?

 

Groups share with one another what challenges they face being a teenager.

Students create  wordle with challenges of being a teen words. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students will begin writing their District Performance Task Essay. Articles were read last week. Please no talking or cellphones during testing. The goal for today would be to have find evidence you want to use from your highlighted sources,  your thesis finished and write topic sentences for Body 1, 2, Counter Argument for 3, Rebuttal for 3...

This will be graded on Friday morning by district graders. It must be submitted/ turned in on Google Classroom. 

Students  watched the Video of Source 1 for the Performance Task/ Argumentative Essay

They summarized what claim the video was making and listed two pieces of evidence to support its claim. 

 

Students read Source 2

Homework: Summarize the claim for Source 2 and list two pieces of Evidence to support its claim. 

Today in class students took a quiz on the parts of the argumentative essay, based on our lesson on Monday. 

They then proceeded to work independently, or in groups on highlighting an essay on Skills vs. Knowledge. This should be completed today in class, or tonight for homework in Google Classroom. All sentences should be color coded based on the Key on the assignment.

I will attach a copy of the homework below.  Students should use their copy in Google Classroom. The copy below is a PDF and is not editable. 

 

Homework: Complete the highlighting of every sentence in the essay Knowledge vs. Skills

Today in class we reviewed the parts of an argumentative essay.

See the attachment below for the order. 

Homework is to read your AR book for 20 minutes.

Test in 10 days. 

Click on Link and play flash cards. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argumentative Vocabulary Activities. 

 

Play Match and Flash Cards as your warm up today.

 

 

Vocabulary from Word Wall copied into notebook

 

Claim cards 1-4

Hi my wonderful students! Here is the video link for the TED TALK on Working Hard vs TALENT.

 

Please watch the video as a whole class, and fill out boxes 1-7. Afterwards, choose someone to partner with to finish boxes 8-11 and then pg. 30 short answer questions. Some are individualized, so if it is a personal question, you should answer it alone. Have a wonderful weekend. 

Monday, January 29th

BInder

REading Log on pg. 17 in NB every night for homework

Pg. 416 in collections questions 2 and 3 Put on pg. 18 in notebook

Pg. 417 Critical Vocab 1-8 pg. 18 in notebook

Tuesday, January 30th

Brain pop semicolon

Pg. 418 Practice and Apply 1-4 pg. 19 in notebook

Test on Wednesday/ Take AR test or read AR book

Wednesday, Jan. 31st

Binder: Reading Log

Test on One Last Time

Mentor Text if Time

Thursday, Feb. Mentor Text assignment due tomorrow for presentations

Friday, Feb. 2nd presentations

Monday, Jan.22

Pages 408-410

Analyze the Meanings of
Words and Phrases
(LINES 97–108)

ELA RI.8.4
ELD PI.8.6b, PI.8.8

Tell students that a metaphor is a comparison of two
things without the use of the word like or as. Explain
that authors often compare something unfamiliar to
something familiar in order to help readers relate to
what is being described.

ASK STUDENTS  to reread lines 97–108. What
metaphor does Soto use to explain how he feels as he
begins the second half of his workday? (“boredom was
a terror almost as awful as the work itself.”) What is the
impact of his metaphor on the tone or feeling of the
text? (The metaphor suggests a feeling of desperation;
he is resigned to surviving the experience but no longer
sees any hope in it.) Write answers in your notebook on pg. 8. Lines 97-108 Metaphors

Draw Conclusions
(LINES 120–132)

ELA RI.8.1
ELD PI.8.6b

Remind students that when they draw conclusions
they rely on evidence stated in the text

Have students on write the bolded statements    pg. 9 in notebook lines 120-132 drawing conclusions
lines 120–132 to find evidence of how Soto’s first day
of work has affected him and write it in their notebooks..

(“walked slowly to our car”;
“little joy in trying to avoid their tags because I couldn’t
get the fields out of my mind”; “when I closed my eyes, I
saw the fields”) What conclusion can you draw based
on that evidence? (Possible answer: Soto is haunted by
the idea of a lifetime of working in the fields.)

Tuesday, January 23rd

Substitute:

Journal Writing/ Write What You See 15 min

Article set up both sides of the chart Argumentative

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AXfliWnLquntXHbMSGD24nYiiNLbbvnI58CRvEnoUNo/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PnIDj2o0QZwrLVlyQSA97lKO8C2GjaNmQmhhQeyqk1U/edit

Translated

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1veMzqeL-OUEmgoDHyuHqnqN1vAGa49O_wiCu2mC5aU4/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17dXqtqcwE3bl0gaFjTGuK6-4gM7TKpdu-sZubTAdzm4/edit

Wednesday, January 24th

Analyze the Meanings of
Words and Phrases
(LINES 217–224)
Page 411 and 412

ELA RI.8.1, RI.8.4
ELD PI.8.6b, PI.8.8

Draw attention to the imagery in the details that the
author uses to convey the experience of working in
the fields. Remind students that imagery appeals to
one or more of the five senses.
Page 10 notebook

CITE TEXT EVIDENCE Have students reread  
lines 217–224 to identify descriptive words and
phrases the author uses to describe what he can see.
To what sense do these descriptions appeal? (The
“sun, like a broken orange coin”; “something not of this
world”; “taut line jutted with an occasional mountain”;
and “snapshot of the moon” all appeal to the sense of
sight.) How does Soto’s description impact the tone or
feeling in the text? (Possible answer: Soto is recognizing
the beauty in an otherwise dismal place. This provides
a more hopeful feeling and suggests that he may be
becoming more positive about his life.)

 

choose whether the phrases are positive or negative. 

Monday: Stream to Start Video Link " The Value of Hard Work"

 

 

"18 under 18" Meet the Young Innovators Who Are Changing the World

 

 Google Classroom Assignment will be due on Wednesday, January 10th. 

 

Review Social Contract/ Cut down to 10 words tomorrow. 

 

Tuesday, January 9th

Social Contract Voting and rewriting and signing on Google Form

Work on Google Slide Project

 

Wednesday, January 10th

Work on Google Slide Project

 

Thursday, January 11th  10 people Present Slide Show/ Grade Peers

 

Friday, January 12th  10 people Present Slide Show/Grade Peers

 

Tuesday, January 16th Finish Presenting Slide Show/ Grade Peers

 

Monday Plans- Homework: Read your AR book. Test is on WEDNESDAY ( Giving you an extra day) If you will not be here, please be sure to test earlier in the week! 

 

In class Finish reading part two of "The Monkey's Paw".

 

Tuesday Plans- Finish reading the short story today.Watch the  movie  With your partner read the information on Theme and then answer question 6 in Analyzing the Text. 

Finish Critical Vocabulary and Subjunctive Mood questions.

 

Wednesday- AR TEST/ Chance for extra Credit or work from another class. 

 

Thursday- Fun Day! Kahoot for prizes etc. 

 

" The Monkey's Paw" ,takes place in the late 1800s. The home has no electricity; candles and oil lamps provide light and fireplaces provide heat. Laburnum Villa is the name of the house.Many English houses used names instead of street numbers.

 

Encourage students to read footnotes carefully to understand historical and cultural references. To illustrate 19th-century attitudes toward India, show the video about British imperialism.

 

Remind students that context clues can help them define unfamiliar expressions. Point to this expression on (line 44): “he was a slip of a youth . . .” Model how words in the preceding paragraph (“his broad shoulders”) and subsequent sentences (“Now look at him.”) help us define “slip of a youth” as “undersized youngster.”

 

ASK STUDENTS to reread lines 3–7 and identify the details that tell something about the father’s personality. Ask how this aspect of his personality could affect the plot. (“radical changes”; “sharp and unnecessary perils.” The father seems like the type of person who might take risks or do

 

ASK STUDENTS what can happen in chess or checkers if you put your game piece in peril. 

 

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 After groups finish their worksheet. Watch the movie up to 7:45 only today.

 

 " 2011 Version of the Monkey's Paw" 

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjegclLNhM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyze Stories: Foreshadowing (LINES 3–7)

ELA RL.8.3 ELD PI.8.6a–b

r.

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Explain that this story takes place in the late 1800s. The home has no electricity; candles and oil lamps provide light and fireplaces provide heat. Laburnum Villa is the name of the house.Many English houses used names instead of street numbers.

• Encourage students to read footnotes carefully to understand historical and cultural references. To illustrate 19th-century attitudes toward India, show the video about British imperialism

Explain that this story takes place in the late 1800s. The home has no electricity; candles and oil lamps provide light and fireplaces provide heat. Laburnum Villa is the name of the house.Many English houses used names instead of street numbers.

• Encourage students to read footnotes carefully to understand historical and cultural references. To illustrate 19th-century attitudes toward India, show the video about British imperialism

ZOOM IN ON BUILDING CONTEXT Help students understand the story’s setting.

• Explain that this story takes place in the late 1800s. The home has no electricity; candles and oil lamps provide light and fireplaces provide heat. Laburnum Villa is the name of the house.Many English houses used names instead of street numbers.

• Encourage students to read footnotes carefully to understand historical and cultural references. To illustrate 19th-century attitudes toward India, show the video about British imperialism

ZOOM IN ON BUILDING CONTEXT Help students understand the story’s setting.

• Explain that this story takes place in the late 1800s. The home has no electricity; candles and oil lamps provide light and fireplaces provide heat. Laburnum Villa is the name of the house.Many English houses used names instead of street numbers.

• Encourage students to read footnotes carefully to understand historical and cultural references. To illustrate 19th-century attitudes toward India, show the video about British imperialism

Tuesday, December 5th

 

Binder Reminder: Read your AR book tonight. Test is on 12/ 13! 

 

 

 

 

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 HIghgate Cemetery in London/ You Tube

 

 

 

Cozy Cooking by Kelley Mills

 

 

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The Monkey’s Paw

Short Story by W. W. Jacobs

Why This Text?

Students are often challenged to determine the theme of a story, play, or poem. This selection presents a strong, universal theme within a suspenseful and entertaining story.

lesson plans and access resources online.

The Monkey’s Paw

Short Story by W. W. Jacobs

Why This Text?

Students are often challenged to determine the theme of a story, play, or poem. This selection presents a strong, universal theme within a suspenseful and entertaining story.

Key Learning Objective: The student will be able to determine and analyze a universal theme and to analyze foreshadowing in a short story

Hi Students, 

Today you will be reading the District Quarter 2 Performance Task Prompt, along with the sources. Please use your annotation bookmarks, as well as highlighters, or other graphic organizers to annotate and break apart the sources. Think about the Task and choose parts of each source that stand out to you and that you feel you may use in an informative essay to the City of Santa Clarita. 

 

THERE MAY NOT BE ANY CELL PHONES OUT AT ALL! If you are caught with a recording device of any kind, you will receive a 0 for this performance task and Administration will give consequences. YOU MAY NOT TAKE A COPY OF THIS TASK HOME!

 

 

 

 

• examples (anecdotes, hypothetical situations, scenarios, etc.)
• quote and explanation
• data/statistics
• cause and effect statements (“If… then…”)
• problem and solution statements
• rhetorical question and answer
• analogies/comparisons (similes, metaphors, etc.)
• facts and specific details (descriptive, precise language)

Today is the last day to edit your Informational essay in Class. There will be no extra time for writing other than during your class time today, or at lunch. Please plan accordingly. Stay focused. This is for a grade for my class, but also a District Test. 

 

 

 

Today you will first take quizzes on the Poe work that you just researched .

 

"Anabel Lee" readers take this quiz

 

 

"Hop Frog" readers take this quiz

 

"The Pit and the Pendulum" readers take this quiz

 

"The Raven" readers take this quiz

 

 

When you finish with your quiz, write down your score on pg. 45 in your English notebook. Write a reflection as to your understanding of the main idea and message Poe was trying to get across to the reader.  At least 8 sentences. 

 

Monday, November 20th

Digital BreakOUT day! Take a Break from writing and critically think with a partner!!!!

 

 

 

Finish your informative essay in Google Classroom today!

Finish writing Body 1 and 2 in class.

Body 3 is for homework. 

Binder: Read your AR book. Test is Thursday!

 

CRAAPP test lesson.

 

 

 

Hi Students, 

Today you will be reading the District Quarter 2 Performance Task Prompt, along with the sources. Please use your annotation bookmarks, as well as highlighters, or other graphic organizers to annotate and break apart the sources. Think about the Task and choose parts of each source that stand out to you and that you feel you may use in an informative essay to the City of Santa Clarita. 

 

THERE MAY NOT BE ANY CELL PHONES OUT AT ALL! If you are caught with a recording device of any kind, you will receive a 0 for this performance task and Administration will give consequences. YOU MAY NOT TAKE A COPY OF THIS TASK HOME!

 

 

 

 

• examples (anecdotes, hypothetical situations, scenarios, etc.)
• quote and explanation
• data/statistics
• cause and effect statements (“If… then…”)
• problem and solution statements
• rhetorical question and answer
• analogies/comparisons (similes, metaphors, etc.)
• facts and specific details (descriptive, precise language)

Today is the last day to edit your Informational essay in Class. There will be no extra time for writing other than during your class time today, or at lunch. Please plan accordingly. Stay focused. This is for a grade for my class, but also a District Test. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After I tell you your choice you will  find your reading on this website.

 

Hop Frog Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework: Read your AR book

 

15 minutes Free Write What is a......??????? Explain what it is and then draw a picture

 

Speed Date your AR BOOK

 

 

Naviance Training with Mr. Atkins

 

Homework: Write a paragraph about what you learned using Naviance today. 

 

 

Read your AR book tonight for 20 minutes.

 

Written Response Questions to prepare for: 

 

Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the story.
11. Use details from the story to describe the appearance of the old man’s eye and how it affects the
narrator.
12. In what way does the narrator try to prove that he is sane? Cite evidence from the story to support
your answer.

 

Finish Break Out in Library

Finish The Tell Tale Heart and start working on assignments in book. 

Read pg. 92. Complete text in Focus and then Close Read. 

Then read page 93. Visual Images Video

Page 94. 

Watch the Level Up Suspense Tutorial and take notes.

 

Take the quiz on paper.

 

Read your AR book silently. 

Wednesday, October 25th

 

Go over Hashtags with the Edgar Allan Poe Article

Then play match that hashtag game.

 

 

Tuesday, October 24th

Monday, October 23 

Homework: Read your AR book.

AR book check in class

Pull out student paragraph that we are editing whole class.

Finish editing and then correct your own on a clean sheet of paper. Turn in at the end of the period. 

Friday October 20th. We edited a student's effective paragraph together from their work yesterday in class. 

Thursday in Class:

 

 

 

 

Tuesday in class, we will be reading an informative article about Horror Movies/ Brain Research, as we begin our new Unit this Quarter on the Thrill of Horror! We will annotate the article and summarize using hash tag summarizing technique. 

Students will choose a new AR book from my library or the library. 

Today we will peer edit our informative essay in class. Tonight for homework, use your peer's suggestions and edit your essay. Copy paste it into Google Classroom Final Draft Essay. 

Body 1 paragraph for Informative Essay 

Topic Sentence: When earthquakes occur, the earth's surface changes. According to the informational brochure, " If you Traveled to Gondwana..." because of the amount of force, " where continental plates meet, mountains form, earthquakes rattle, and volcanoes erupt" ( Source 1). 

Because the earth's plates are not stationary, " they slide slowly over the planet's molten mantle, colliding and ...creating new land forms( Source 1).  The earth will continue moving, and our world's surface will look differently to future generations than it did to the world's first inhabitants. Not only do earthquakes affect the structure of the earth, but they also have adverse effects on its people. 

 

In class:

Warm up Kahoot on In text citation

Grade pages 49 and 50 from Performance assessment books. 

Begin talking about the parts of an essay.

Check out performance Task on Volcanoes. Read Sources 1 and 2 and annotate

Google Classroom full assignment. Rough draft due at beginning of class Wednesday.

 

 After test is finished, watch and listen to my.hrw.com Level Up tutorial on Stories and Novels under your assignments. Do not complete the quiz on hrw.com. Please complete the quiz below!

Then take assessment on the link below. 

 

Level Up Tutorial Quiz

 

Finish for homework if not finished in class. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to finish reading " My Favorite Chaperone" through page 20. 

We had a notebook check on pages 13-24 yesterday in class.

We filled pages 25 and 26 today.

Pg. 25 had a response to a Text in Focus Video and a question to analyze.

Pg. 26 listed the jobs Maya had to take over for her mom and then an annotation. 

Homework was graded today on my.hrw.com. It was due at the beginning of class today. If you would like to get credit, please print it from your account when finished. Or, rewrite it on paper and turn in late. 

 

Lesson Plans September 5- 9 2017 A and D period English 8 Wolverines

Jean Davies Okimoto " My Favorite Chaperone"

Tuesday, Sept. 5th

Warm up: Vocab match picture with word envelopes

Vocab squares in notebook. Each person in group takes 1 to do alone and group does one together. Pg. ____ in notebook

Frias copy of My Favorite Chaperone Slide Show in Google Classroom

Respond to questions on pages _____ in notebook.

Wednesday, September 6th

Finish up with Slide show from yesterday and begin reading “ My Chaperone”

Thursday, September 7th

“ My Favorite Chaperone”

Friday, September 8th

“ My Favorite Chaperone”

Kahoot with vocab and questions from our reading so far.

1. Syllabus

2. Respect bubble map

3. Disrespect bubble map

4. who what where when why how summary

5. Star Reading Lexile Results Ar title

6. Hot Words from AR

7. Probable Passage/ kids' AR books

8.Academic Vocab Slides notes and Questions

9. Missing Work

10. Cite Images using EASY BIB  Easybib.com

 AR BOOK PROPOSAL FORM

Link to list your two songs. Follow directions.  

 

 

Monday Agenda Day 3 August 14

Binder/ Homework

1.Syllabus group read Say something positive to a custodian today!

2.Song of the day Google Form.

3..Respect Disrespect activity

4.Super Student Questionnaire on Google Forms/ Paper

 Getting to Know You Activity