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PREAP /Academic ELA Nov 27 - Dec 1st

Monday Nov 27th PREAP Act II finish if necessary Act II SGQ"S with Text Evidence A study of Mary Warren - 25 worksheet in Packet -- text evidence with page number for answers An Illicit Romance Worksheet in Packet 1-5 (text evidence for 2 -5) Membean Due 11/28 90 minutes at 75% QUIZ grade Wanted Poster DUE NOV 30 - QUIZ grade Academic Giver Summaries - write together for chapters 2-5 Read and Annotate/Summary for Giver Chapter 6 Quiz over Giver 3-4 on Tuesday. Membean Due Tuesday NOV 28 90 minutes @ 60 percent accuracy Tuesday Nov 28th PREAP ACT II quiz on Separate Paper Crucible Major Grade Project introduced -- Rubric Handout Look at examples of Magazine -CANVA.com/CD projects Noodle Tools/Creative commons required Academic Giver 3-4 Quiz/Grade Past Giver vocabulary - discuss/define/pronounce Read Chapter 7 of Giver - annotate and complete Summary Nov 29th PREAP ck: Act II sgq's/Mary Warren/Illicit Romance Begin ACT III/annota

PREAP /Academic ELA 11/13-11/17

Monday 13th Academic:  Giver Packet Pass out Warm Up #1/J 14 Read Ch One of the Giver.  Annotate Answer SGQ's #1-3 J 15 Due Tuesday PREAP Complete Dialogue and Characterization worksheet (9) in Crucible packet Complete Events in Act One (16) in Crucible Packet Ck in class Crucible Study Guide for Crucible Background/Act One test on Tuesday Tuesday 14th Academic Giver Annotations-- Listen through Ch 2 SGQ's Ch 1 -2 with quotes for evidence in Writer's notebook/Journal side J15 Membean assignment PREAP: Background and Act One Crucible Test 50 multiple choice questions Wednesday 15th Academic Giver Annotations-- Listen through Ch 4 SGQ's Ch 1 -2 with quotes for evidence in Writer's notebook/Journal side J15 Membean assignment 90 min at 60% accuracy due NOV 28th PREAP Return and review Test HIghlight vocabulary for quiz for Act 2 and Act 3 - posted on board Begin Act II - assign new parts/annotations SGQ's 1-6 Du

PREAP/Academic 11/6-11/10

Monday: Academic: Read non- fiction piece:  Thanksgiving:  Fact or Myth Answer 10 questions in Writer's Notebook J10 PREAP:  Begin ACT ONE Crucible/character chart/summary/annotations/SGQ's 1-4 Tuesday: Academic: SOAPSTone introduction - paste J 12/skip J11 Read " Salem Witch Trials:  Teenage Hoax" SOAPSTone Analysis J 13 Create chart and answer SOAPStone analysis questions Latin Roots Set 3 worksheet - open note PREAP:  LRS2 TEST Wednesday: Academic:  Latin Roots Set 4 Worksheet - open note CK both LRoots worksheets - use to study for LRS2 Test CK Thanksgiving PREAP:  Ck SGq's 1-4 Continue Reading/Annotation of ACT ONE Thursday: Academic:  Latin Roots Set 2 Test Read in LIT BOOK:  "Us and Them" READ "Sleeping" PREAP: CK LSR2 ACT ONE Crucible Friday: Academic: Ck LRS2 TEST "Sleeping"  annotation Writing THEME statements PREAP:  ACT ONE:  annotate/SGQ's 1-15 due Monday/Character Ch

PREAP Academic ELA Oct 30- Nov3

Monday Oct 30 all classes:  Grammar pages 23-32 ADJECTIVES - Due Friday Nov 3rd 24/29/30/31 = do not complete EXERCISE 2 28/32 = do not complete WRITING APPLICATION Academic:  Complete PEARL Study Guide Packet Due Tuesday Tuesday Oct 31 Academic:  Check PEARL Study Guide Packet PREAP: Crucible Pop Quiz vocabulary Check Crucible Fill in Notes Non- Fiction Pyramid analysis with WEB PROFILE HAUNT STUDENTS = Reputation Theme for the Crucible What are the Cultures that Shape US worksheet - Due Wednesday = HOMEWork Wednesday Nov 1 Academic:  PEARL SAR in class with use of PEARL book and Packet PREAP:  Puritan BACKGROUND = Intolerance Theme for the Crucible "Puritans and Puritanism" worksheet "Sinner's in the Hand's of an Angry God" analysis worksheet Thursday Nov 2 Academic:  PEARL Exam PREAP: "Puritans and Puritanism" worksheet/check worksheet "Sinner's in the Hand's of an Angry God" analysis worksheet/ c

PREAP /Academic OCT 23 - Oct 27

Monday Oct 23rd Assignments:   VERBS  13-22 - Due FRIDAY   MEMBEAN Due SUNDAY 10/29 TEST PEARL TUESDAY - PREAP CRUCIBLE BOOK CK FRIDAY the 27th Academic:   PEARL Chapter 3 and 4 Study Guide Question Discussion PREAP:   Finish Chapter 6 / Annotation/Summary/SGQ's Verbs 13-22 TUESDAY Oct 24th  Academic:  PEARL 3-4 Quiz/GRAMMAR 13-22 PREAP:  PEARL TEST 50 multiple choice Wednesday Oct 25th Academic:  READ PEARL Chapter 5 - ANNOTATE/Summary PREAP:  PEARL Short Answer Response with book and writer's notebook.  Due at the end of the period.   CRUCIBLE Vocabulary Due on Thursday

PREAP/Academic ELA Oct 16 - 20

Oct 16 Monday Ck Nouns 1-6 Ck PEARL Ch 3/4 SGQ's/Summary PEARL Ch 4 Annotation/Summary Assign  MEMBEAN WINDOW 10/16 - 10/29 90 Minutes @75% accuracy for PREAP/ 90 @ 60 %Accuracy for Academic Grammar Pronouns 7-12 Due FRIDAY  PEARL 1-2 Quiz on TUESDAY Oct 17 TUESDAY Pearl 3-4 Quiz PEARL Vocabulary review Worksheet.  Due Wednesday Oct 18 Wednesday Ck Pearl 3-4 Quiz CK Vocabulary Worksheet Chapter 5 Annotate/Summary/SGQ's Oct 19 Thursday Continue Chapter 5 Annotate/Summary/SGQ's THEME worksheet in Packet #1-4 Friday 20 Friday Ck PRONOUNS Begin Chapter 6 - Annotation/Summary THEME worksheet #5-6

PREAP/Academic ELA OCT 9- OCT 13

Monday the 9th HOLIDAY Tuesday the 10th Lit Elements TEST all classes Wednesday the 11th PSAT all classes Thursday the 12th Bloom's Taxonomy Quiz Pass out Grammar Book Pass out Latin Roots Set 2 Return Lit Elements test - go over Grammar assignment due Monday NOUNS pages 1-6 Friday the 13th Ck Bloom's Taxonomy Quiz The PEARL - Listen/Annotate/Sgq's/Summary Due Monday Academic:  Ch 2 PREAP Ch 3

PREAP/Academic ELA Oct 2 - Oct 6

Run Membean Window One Grades - 90 @ 75% accuracy/60% academic for a quiz grade Assign Membean Window Two 10/2 - 10/8 45 min @75% PREAP/60% for Academic Bloom's Taxonomy Quiz on Thursday 10/5 PREAP "Song Analysis" paragraph due typed 10/5 Monday 2 Acadmic: Dictionary Packet - complete and turn in Pick up I AM" trait card and paste on inside cover Journal side PREAP: Pick up I AM" trait card and paste on inside cover Journal side Return "Sleeping" Paste on Journal side Page 7 "BlueFlag" Analysis -- check/turnin/ recorded/returned Introduce "Song Analysis" -- go over example and Text Evidence documentation Notes pg 17 Tuesday 3 Academic: "Mother to Son" poetry Analysis:  Theme/tone/mood/imagery/POV/Speaker/Conflict/Metaphor/symbol/dialect/repetition DUE WEDNESDAY PREAP: Miss Rosie Portrait Page 6 Journal side Read Personal Essay "Us and Them"   LIT Book 740 Write Journal s

PREAP/Academic ELA Sept 25-29

Monday 25th Discuss annotation and analysis of TONE passages Group ILLUSTRATIONS of the HOUSE of USHER on the DRY erase BOARDS Assign "Sleeping" annotation and analysis-- graded for accuracy, Due Tuesday Sept 26th at the beginning of class:  3-5 sentence Summary/plot/pov/theme/tone/mood/title BOOK FAIR Tuesday 26th Turn in "SLEEPING"  analysis to basket MAP Testing Wednesday 27th Grade "Sleeping" analysis "Blue Flag"  graded annotation and analysis packet Due Friday Academic:  Worksheet for LATIN Roots - study packet for test Thursday 28th LATIN ROOTS SET ONE TEST - 50 questions Academic:  Dictionary packet Friday 29th Discuss and grade Blue Flag CK LATIN ROOTS Academic:  Dictionary Packet/Sleeping Song Analysis-- HOMEWORK- Print in printed lyrics

PREAP/Academic ELA Sept 18 - 22

MEMBEAN WINDOW #1 OPENS 90 minutes at 75% accuracy is required for PREAP                90 minutes at 60% accuracy is required for ACADEMIC Monday 18th Discuss Lit Elements/Answer Bloom's Level questions with the Cutting of my Long Hair - Discuss Poetry Analysis for BLUE Write Bloom's Level questions for BLUE in Writer's notebook Journal side page 4 Tuesday 19th Discuss BLUE Annotation and Analysis Answer BLUE Level questions TONE - How does an author develop TONE? : diction, detail, connotation, imagery Passage Analysis:  The  Fall of the House of  USHER/JACOB I have loved Writer's notebook Notes side page 21/Due Wednesday Wednesday 20th "Abigail and the Pony" annotation and analysis Writer's notebook Journal side Page 4 -- Due Thursday Thursday 21st Miss Rosie Annotation and Analysis Miss Rosie IMAGERY - draw Portrait-- Due Friday Friday 22nd Discuss Miss Rosie Annotation and Analysis-- guided Practice-- add or correct in a differe

PREAP ELA Sept 11 -15

All week long we will begin the day with Activity.   Monday Sept 11:   Update on grades, policies, assignments Begin putting together Writer's Notebook - 19 entries Turn in "I AM"  Trait card Membean/Grammar Checks Due TUESDAY:  Rough Draft for "Letter to Mrs. Watson Tuesday Sept 12 "Letter to Mrs. Watson - PEER Edit/Self Edit day - follow directions posted on Activ -Board Final Draft Due Thursday at the beginning of class Complete Writer's Notebook Wednesday Sept 13 LIBRARY INFORMATION DAY -- take notes on NOTES side of Writer's notebook page 20 "Letter to Mrs. Watson" Final Draft Due Thursday at the beginning of class Thursday Sept 14 "Letter to Mrs. Watson "Final Draft Due Thursday at the beginning of class Membean codes:  Log in and join class 1: M6LQEKK          2: M6LQCD8 3: M6LQC2D 4: M6LQED4 5: M6LQAYJ 7: M6LQEXD MEMBEAN WINDOW ONE BEGINS SEPT 18- OCTOBER 1st 90 Minutes at 75% accuracy G

Welcome MMS 8th graders PREAP Aug 22-25 2017

Monday 21 Welcome!  EAGLE CAMP 8:25-12:40  15 minute classes 1,2,3,4,5,7,8:  Pet Peeves and roll sheets Tuesday 22 Watson Syllabus -- grading Reading/English Elements Inventory Personal Traits card Instructions and examples  DUE FRIDAY Wednesday 23 Extra credit check:  College Ruled Composition Book + two Elmer's gluesticks - Due FRIDAY Pre Assessment Quiz Letter From Me Letter to Mrs. Watson Prewrite questions Informal Letter format Thursday 24 Check Pre Assessment Quiz Bloom's Taxonomy Prezi Bloom's Taxonomy Understading Quiz  Letter to Mrs. Watson with time left -- typed rough draft due Tuesday Friday 25 NON FICTION FRIDAY Grammar/Membean Check due one $20 check made out to MMS/gluesticks/Writing composition book Due I AM trait card due - post Introduce:  Agree to Disagree Watch:  "Auto Correcting Humanity" 5 min Journal response Pair and share "Cutting of my Long Hair" non-ficiton-- Summary UPCOMING:  Letter to Mrs. Watson

PREAP ELA May 15-19

Monday Ck Night 1-2 Quiz (quiz) Night Chapter 1-3 should be annotated, complete summaries, and SGQ's completed with text evidence in your writer's notebooks Read Night Chapter 4 in class/ annotate/complete summary T uesday Night 3-4 quiz (daily) In small groups complete Chp 4 SGQ's (8 questions) with Text evidence due Wednesday Read Night Chapter 5/ annotate/summary due Wednesday In the Night packet- read through the 4 Themes and begin working on quote chart - DUE THURSDAY Wednesday Ck Night 3-4 daily quiz In small groups complete Chp 5 SGQ's (10 questions) with Text evidence due Thursday Work on Theme Chart Read/Annotate/Chapter Summary For Night Chapter 6 Thursday In small groups complete Chp 6 SGQ's ( 4 questions) with Text evidence due Friday If you are going on the DC trip, your Photo Essay project is due today Listen/annotate Chapter 7/8/9 of Night Complete Chapter written summaries in your writer's notebook Friday

2017 PREAP ELA Spring Final Review

WATSON 8 th  Grade  2017 Pre-AP Language Arts Review – Semester II Final Exam Exam Date and Time:  ____________________________________________________   Bring two #2 pencils, sharpened – Scantron format   Imagery/Descriptive writing/Voice/Literary Terms Know/understand/ be able to apply:  vivid verbs, descriptive adjectives, and figurative language as applied to  imagery. Know mood, tone, connotation, and voice and how that applies to writing. Know: personification, inference, foreshadowing, irony, characterization, metaphor, symbol and be able to apply terms to examples Poetry analysis and annotation terms:  Stanza, traditional form, free verse, rhyme, rhythm   Persuasion Terms: counterargument, appeal to fear, persuade, appeal to  pity, support, ethical appeal, argument, loaded terms, claim, bandwagon appeal, pathos, logos Recognize TYPES of support:  examples, facts, quotes from experts, statistics   Rhetoric/Speeches Logos and Pathos-be able to identify e

PreAP ELA May 8th - May 12th

Monday May 8th-- altered schedule Night Chapter One Annotations Night Chapter One Summary Night Chapter One Study Guide Questions - answer with Text Evidence in Writers Notebook Journal side Tuesday May 9th Night Chapter Two Annotations Night Chapter Two Summary Night Chapter Two Study Guide Questions - answer with Text Evidence in Writers Notebook Journal side Wednesday May 10th  STAAR til 12:45 5/6/7/8 Thursday May 11th STAAR til 12:45 1/2/3/4 Introduce Holocaust Photo Essay -- pass out directions/look at examples/begin research DUE MAY 19th Quiz grade.  If you are going on the DC trip, the assignment is Due MAY 18th.  If you turn it in after you return from DC, it will have an accessed late grade. DIRECTIONS: Step 1: Find 1 online photo 1. Go to www.ushmm.org 2. Click on “Menu” (upper left corner). 3. Then click on the “Research and collections” link. 4. Then click on the “Collections Search” link. 5. In the middle of the page, choose t

PREAP ELA April 21 - 28

Friday April 21 A & E Anne Frank Anne Frank packets A -Z for Anne Frank - due Monday MEMBEAN DUE April 23rd Micro Fiction Typed Rough Draft Due Monday April 24 Monday Peer Edit Micro Fiction A- Z from Anne Frank due - turn in Begin Anne Frank - fill in active listening chart in AF packet Answer Act One Study Guide Questions in Writers Notebook Journal side April 25 Tuesday Micro Fiction Due - present in class Continue Anne Frank Act One  Active Listening/SGQ's

PREAP ELA March 6-10

Monday March 6th "Russians" analysis-- parallel context with Animal Farm Due Tuesday Tuesday March 7th 50 Question Animal Farm Test Know/Review:  All chapter Summaries/ All chapter SGQ's/  Characters/Allegory chart/Themes/All changes to the 7 Commandments/Maxims/Songs of Animal Farm/Persuasive Techniques/Logical Fallacies/ Rhetorical devices Wednesday March 8th Receive Animal Farm writing prompt and directions for timed writing on Friday.  You may prep but not write Thursday March 9th Timed writing over Animal Farm Prompt.  Rough Draft only/ open book/open note Friday March 10th AF Movie

Preap ELA Feb 27 - March 4

Monday Ck Chp 8 Summary/Sgq's Animal Farm Chapter 9- active listening/annotate Annotations/Summary/SGQ's Tuesday STAAR testing 4,3,2,1 = Ck Chp 9 AF SGQ's/Summary Wednesday STAAR TESTing 5,6,7,8 Ck Chp 9 AF SGQ's/Summary Thursday AF Chapter 10 Active Listening/annotate AF Chapter 10 Summary AF review Crossword puzzle - Due Friday AF Irony Worksheet- Due Friday Friday Ck Crossword and Irony Worksheet AF Study Guide Questions Ch 10 Complete sentences with Text Evidence AF Theme discussion AF Allegory level PWPT UPCOMING:  AF test Tuesday March 7th March 9th and 10th AF open book timed writing in class

PREAP ELA Feb 13 - 17

Monday 13 Ck Grammar 49-58 Basic Sentence Structure Ck AF vocabulary/Chapter 1/2 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Ck AF Study Guide Questions Chp 3 Read and annotate/Summary/SGQ's Tuesday 14 AF Chapter 4Read and annotate/ Complete Chap 4 SGQ's AF Chapter 4 Summary Wednesday 15 Ck Chapter 4 Study Guide Questions/Summary Watch AF Movie through Chapter 4 Thursday 16 AF quiz Chapters 1-4 30 questions includes vocabulary Active Listening/Annotate AF chapter 5 complete AF Chapter 5 summary Friday 17 Journal Prompt #2 - full page response Writer's notebook J36 " Why do Revolutions occur?" Check AF chapter 5 summary AF Chapter 5 SGQ's Journal Prompt #2

PREAP ELA Jan 30 - Feb 3rd

Monday: Letter to the Editor Final Draft Handout.  Discuss Opposing Viewpoints Animal Farm Book Check Animal Farm -- active Listening /Annotation pages 3-11 Analysis of Old Majors Speech for Persuasion - Due Tuesday Typed Rough Draft for Letter to the Editor Due Tuesday Tuesday: Check and Discuss Old Major Analysis Peer Edit of Letter to the Editor:  Final Draft Due Feb 3rd PEER EDIT Read through the letter one time BEFORE you start the edit 1.     Write out the topic: 2.     Write out the claim in their letter: 3.     Write out the first sentence in the letter: 4.     Does the first sentence grab your attention? (remember, the first sentence DOES NOT have to be the Claim)If yes, how/if not--how could they improve the sentence? 5.     Have they utilized: Logos, Pathos, Ethos? a.      Identify the type/s of support they used for Logos: stats, facts, quotes, experts, example b.     Have they used emotion/Pathos?  How? c.      Identify any persuasive technique

PREAP ELA Jan 23- Jan 27

Monday Jan 23rd _ PRINT AD ANALYSIS DUE Watch MLK JR. Deliver "I have a Dream" speech. Add to annotations- identify:  Theme, anaphora, repetition, loaded language, claim, opposing viewpoint, imagery, analogy Persuasive Terms Quiz Thursday:  study 24,25,26 in Notes side of Writers notebook Tuesday Jan 24 4 hr STAAR practice in the AM -- see 5,6,7,8 for abbreviated time 7th - Ck 159-160 of MLK jr speech analysis Wed Jan 25 4 hr STAAR practice in the AM -- see 4,3,2,1 for abbreviated time Parallelism Worksheet  Thursday Jan 26 Persuasive Terms Quiz Essay Map example -- Reality TV REad " The WEak shall Inherit the Gym in Lit textbook pg 1008 and complete Essay Map for the piece.  Identify Claim, Main ideas, Support Friday Jan 27 Ck Essay Map Parallelism Practice Pass out Letter to the Editor Rubric Pick Topic -- Must be debatable Look at Gale on Library Website -- Opposing viewpoint links Rough Draft of Letter Due Tuesday for Peer

PREAP ELA Jan 17- Jan 20

Monday - Holiday Tuesday Jan 17  Complete Idiom assignment - Final due on Thursday Begin Print Ad Analysis --Make sure and bring in a full page magazine AD MEMBEAN WINDOW #3 due on the 18th Wednesday 18th -- High School Visits through 4th period 7th Period --Work on Idioms and Ad analysis 8th Period-- ELA LAB HMWK LATIN ROOTS SET 3 Test on Thursday the 19th.  Make sure and review the roots from Set 1 and Set 2 as well as the Roots and Words from Set three.  Same format as Sets 1 and 2 Thursday 19th Idiom Poster due - quiz grade Latin Roots Set 3 Exam--  Friday 20th Discuss Rhetorical Devices - Notes 24 Pass out " I have a dream" speech Discuss Tone and Mood and context of speech Annotate IHAD" for Monday:  Theme, claiM, Repetition, Allusion, Analogy, Anaphora, alliteration, Repetition, Rhetorial Questions, opposing viewpoint, Loaded Language, connotation word list Work on Print Ad analysis PRINT AD DUE MONDAY/ ANNOTATION DUE MONDAY

PREAP ELA Jan 4-6

BEGIN PERSUASION UNIT MEMBEAN Window #3 Jan 4 - Jan 18th 90 minutes at 70 % accuracy -- please change Membean class codes if you are in a different period this semester 1: M6LQEKK 2: M6LQCD8 3: M6LQC2D 4: M6LQED4 7: M6LQEXD January 4th - Wednesday Reorder Writer's Notebook.  Spring Semester Sections Add:  LR set 3, Persuasion Notes, Logical Fallacy Notes Notes side Journal:  Argument with your Parents:  analyze for Claim, Support, Opposing Viewpoint, Counterargument Notetaking:  Elements of an Argument-- fill in Claim /Support/counterargument Jan 5th Thursday Notetaking:  Types of Support- fill in and discuss ARI - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Lit Book: 983  French Fries - Read, discuss, analyze Persuasive Techniques:  Powerpoint, Fill in the blank notes in Writer's notebook Jan 6th Friday: Persuasive Techniques:  Powerpoint, Fill in the blank notes in Writer's notebook - continued Read ZOOS 990-993 Zoos 994-996 Complete worksheet analyze of Argument i

PREAP ELA Jan 9 - 13

PREAP ELA Jan 9- Jan 13 MEMBEAN DUE JAN 18th 90 minutes @ 70% accuracy Jan 9th: Check Zoos - discuss analysis Ethos/Pathos/logos Worksheet - 10 minutes, grade for accuracy "Open Note" Introduce MLK Jr "Letters from Birmingham"  5 minute Youtube background video Pass out " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" LOGOS  pgs 227-228 Annotate, answer questions 1-9 Due Tuesday Jan 10th Pair and Share Just laws, Unjust Laws Check and discuss annotations and questions 227-228 " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" PATHOS pgs 229-230 Due Wednesday Jan 11th Pass out Commercial Analysis Worksheet -- Explain give examples-  DUE FRIDAY " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" ETHOS pg 231 Read Lit Book Paired Text Analysis 986-987 "Driving Age"  Answer Close reading questions 1-4, 1-3 in Writers Notebook Journal side 26 Jan 12th Discuss Ethos in " In