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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