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PREAP/GT Semester Review- will pass out hard copy in class on Wednesday

PreAP Review Sheet for Final Exam – Fall 2018 This is a scantron test so bring sharpened/mechanical pencils.   All questions will be multiple choice or matching. Literary Elements   = 16 questions (IN WRITER’s notebook) internal/external conflict                                                           1 st p.o.v. plot                                                                                           3 rd person limited p.o.v. setting                                                                                       3 rd person omniscient p.o.v. rising action                                                                              connotation climax                                                                                       denotation resolution                                                                                  theme protagonist                                                                                mood diction

PREAP/GT Dec 10-15

Monday: Dec 10th Work on Crucible Project CANVA PAGES:   The following have 5 pages in each template students could use. Choose “magazine cover” in Create a Design.  Then choose the following: -Whaddup (under "Teen Mag") -Queens(under "Teen Mag") -Tenant (under "Fashion Mag") -Spoonful (under "Food Mag") -The Gourmet (under "Food Mag") -Sweet (under "Food Mag") -Bon Appetit (under "Food Mag") NO RED INK - Semester Review Diagnostic-- optional/no due date 15 questions on the final are from Grammar/Usage/Mechanics- covered on NO RED INK throughout the semester Tuesday Dec 11th Crucible Paper Due at the beginning of class.  Typed/12 point font/Times New Roman/Double Spaced with Noodletools citation Work on Crucible Project Wednesday Dec 12th -- pass out Semester Review Discuss elements on the Semester Exam Flag Writer's notebook/Pearl Packet/Crucible packet Thurs Dec 13th Work on

PREAP /GT ELA Dec 3-7

Monday Dec 3 NO RED INK - due Friday @ 11pm Crucible Paper:  Thesis Example/Body Paragraph example:  Introduce/State/ Explain Citations/Noodletools Tuesday Dec 4 Work on Paper Wednesday Dec 5 Introduce Crucible Project/pass out Rubric/go over directions/show examples (project due Dec 17th) Work on Paper Thursday Dec 6 Crucible Act III/IV Exam Friday Dec 7 Crucible Paper Self/Peer Edit Crucible Paper Revisions NO RED INK due by 11PM Crucible Paper Final Draft DUE Tuesday:  NOODLETOOLS citation REQUIRED

PREAP/GT Nov 26 - Nov 30

Monday 26 Begin Act IV:  Annotate and complete bullet point summary Complete Symbol worksheet in packet for title - Due Tuesday Reviewed WANTED poster elements:  Noodletools required for Book and Photo -- Due Tuesday (except 2nd period - Due Thursday) Tuesday 27 Ck Symbol worksheet Proverbs/Quotes-- thumbs up/down continue Act IV:  annotate/bullet point summary Complete IRONY worksheet - use Quotes - due Wednesday for a grade Wednesday 28 ck Irony Worksheet complete MY NAME Worksheet fill in PLOT chart Thursday 29 ACT IV quiz Pass out III/IV review Work on Crucible paper Friday 30 Work on Crucible Paper or review upcoming:  III/IV test on Dec 6 Typed Rough Draft of Crucible paper Due Dec 6

PREAP /GT ELA Nov 12 - 16

Monday 12th-- Veteran's Day Assembly schedule Act II pop daily quiz Act III continued Complete ACT III sgq's and summaries if we finish reading Tuesday 13th Check Act II Quiz Act III continued as needed Ck Act III SGQ's as completed Complete ACT III sgq's and summary Crucible Quote Selection Worksheet -- due Wednesday Wednesday 14th Pair/Share/add to Crucible Quote selection Worksheet Introduce WANTED POSTER -- show examples Crucible quote worksheet -- WRITING extension -- due Thursday Thursday 15th In the Crucible packet -- PROVERBS worksheet-- MORE work on quote selection Select even or Odd Proverbs Find a quote from the Crucible that could prove or be used as evidence of said Proverb Write out quote and page # from the Crucible Due Friday Friday 16th Pair Share -- PROVERBS/odd with odd/even with even Work on WANTED poster paragraphs Crucible Vocabulary Cross Word UPCOMING WANTED poster due Nov27 -- quiz grade -- must have noodletools cit

PREAP/GT ELA

MEMBEAN Window #3 begins 11/5-11/18 90 minutes at75% accuracy for a quiz grade NOREDINK begins today 11/5- 11/8 at 11PM Parts of Speech Monday 5 Review Study for Test:  see handout for review (passed out last week) Work on Membean/NoREDink Tuesday November 6th Crucible Background/Act ONE TEST Wednesday 7th Go over Test Complete Act II as needed Watch Movie Clip Thursday 8th Ck Mary Warren Act II CK Conflict ACT II Ck ACT II SGQ'S CK SUMMARY Watch movie through Act One NOREDINK due at 11:00pm Friday 9th Begin Act III

PREAP ELA Oct 29 - November 2nd

Monday Oct 29th Ck Illicit Romance Ck Dialogue and Characterization Complete Act I SGQ'S/Summary/annotations/Characterization Chart Tuesday Oct 30th Act One Quiz- 20 questions/T/F "A Look at Events in Act One" Worksheet in packet (16) "A Look at Mary Warren - Act One" Worksheet in packet (25) "Conflict Chart" ACT ONE ONLY (29) Background/Act One Test Review Worksheet Wednesday Oct 31st-- no homework night Ck all Act One Worksheets Invictus Analysis J22 Thursday Nov 1st Invictus analysis Ck Act Two Friday November 2nd Act Two continued. The following must be completed by Monday. Complete Act II Study Guide Questions Complete Act II Mary Warren worksheet 25 Complete Act II Conflict worksheet 29 Upcoming:  Background/Act One Test Tuesday November 6th NOTE:  Grade adjustment of 5 points on ACT ONE QUIZ-- Threw out the Lying question.  Grades have been adjusted on Skyward

PREAP/GT ELA October 22 - 26

October 22 Crucible Book CK NOREDINK - Hyphens Due Thursday at 11pm Comma Rules N18 Read and answer "The Late Troubles..." J19 Ck "Puritans/Sinners" J20 Pair and Share "Cultures" J21 October 23 Crucible Packets- Pass out /go over daily expectations Summary/Annotation/Sgq's/ Characterization Chart- to the point we read each day Anticipation worksheet-- Pair and Share Begin Act One October 24 Act One Continued... Summary/Annotation/Sgq's/ Characterization Chart- to the point we read each day October 25th Latin Roots Set Two Exam -- Set One will also have a matching section 50 questions - ZIP grade NOREDINK Due at 11PM October 26th Act One continued "Illicit Romance" Worksheet 19 in packet Due Monday Dialogue and Characterization Worksheet 9 in packet Due Monday

PREAP/GT ELA OCT 15-19

Monday Oct 15 Membean window # 2 NORED INK Commas Due Thursday at midnight Freewrite 5 J12 "You thought you were in trouble so you lied to avoid it" Read "Salem Witch Trials...Hoax?" and write a 7 sentence summary J13 Read "Mass Bay Colony" and write a 7 sentence summary J14 Tuesday Oct 16 Read Discovery Channel Salem Witch Trials with Fill in the Blank Notes (you will be tested over this information) Read "Puritan Laws and Characters" answer questions in J15- graded for accuracy Wednesday Oct 17 Ck Puritan Laws answers for accuracy SOAPSTONE Notes 17 "Mass Hysteria" article utilizing SOAPSTONE as analysis Journal 17 Thursday Oct 18 Ck Mass Hysteria Soapstone-- add notes in different color ink Non- Fiction Pyramid-- "Web profiles Haunt Students" What are the Cultures that Shape You? Worksheet.  Complete Sentences NOREDINK due by 11:00pm Friday Oct 19 Pair and Share-- Cultures that Shape Y

PREAP GT ELA Oct 8 -12

Monday 8 - Student Holiday Tuesday Oct 9 PEARL Vocabulary PEARL THEME Review PEARL Timeline Wednesday Oct 10 PSAT Modified Schedule Thursday Oct 11 PEARL EXAM Friday Oct 12 - End of nine weeks PEARL SAR MONDAY OCT 15th PEARL RETEST @ 8 AM -- email Watson to attend Crucible Book Check THURSDAY OCT 18th

PREAP/GT ELA

Oct 1 Monday Capitalization NOREDINK/ Practice AND Daily Quiz assignments.  There are TWO assignments Ck accuracy of Ch 1-2 Sgq's/Summaries Personification worksheet Pearl Chapter 3 listen/Annotation/Summary Ch 3 SGQ's with text evidence/page # Oct2 Tuesday Pearl 1-2 Quiz finish 3 as needed Oct 3 LIT ELEMENTS  RETAKE @ 8AM-YOU MUST EMAIL ME CK quiz Pearl Chapt 4/listen/annotate/summary Chap 4 SGQ's with text evidence/pg# Oct 4 3-4 Quiz Pearl Ch 5/listen/annotate/summary Ch 5 SGQ's with text evidence/pg # Capitalization NOREDINK Oct 5 Pearl Ch 6 listen/annotate/summary Ch 6 SGQ's with text evidence/pg #

PREAP/GT Sept 24-28

BOOK FAIR WEEK - bring $ if you want to purchase UPCOMING:  Literary Elements Test THURSDAY SEPT 27 40 multiple choice questions.  The following Literary Elements will be applied to passages throughout the test.  Make sure you really know/understand the definitions. ·         Simile                ·         Metaphor                     ·         Personification                     ·         Theme                       ·         Hyperbole           ·         Tone                            ·         Symbol                                   ·         Flashback                                                                     ·         Foreshadowing                                                              ·         Idiom              ·         Tone              ·         Mood            ·         Dynamic             ·         Static ·         Denotation   Connotation Monday Sept 24 Pass out Pearl Packets Discuss Themes of the Pearl Paste in A

PREAP/GT ELA Sept 17-21

Monday 17th Membean grades put in skyward Work on Song Story Board Group Project Miss Rosie Annotation and Questions for homework/accuracy grade Tuesday 18th Log in NOREDINK Class codes 2- steady frame 87 3- mellow plum 39 5 - living nutmeg 45 7 - roomy yarn 7 8 - spiffy hat 49 Discuss Miss Rosie Ck Questions for Accuracy Draw Miss Rosie using quotes from text to direct imagery NO HOMEWORK NIGHT Wednesday 19 Poe's "The Raven" Annotate in class NO HOMEWORK night Thursday 20 SONG STORY BOARD PROJECT DUE Simpson's "The Raven" Vimeo Use Annotations to accurately answer 10 text dependent questions- will ck Friday for accuracy and daily grade Friday 21st NOREDINK - Capitialization Diagnostic Ck "The Raven"  Text dependent questions Pair Share "The Raven" Discussion questions 1-2 "RAce Politics"/"Buried Onions"  annotations due on Monday BRING THE PEARL TO CLASS ON MONDAY

PREAP/GT ELA Sept 10 - 14

Monday September 10th Guided Annotation for" Jacob I Have Loved/The Fall of the House of Usher" Student attempt on the board with Imagery Illustration -- GUIDED revision Song Story Board Introduction/assignment sheet passed out DUE SEPT 18th Tuesday September 11th MAP Testing Wednesday September 12th Finish MAP testing as needed Group Work Song Story Board Quotations- Notes 13 Text Evidence - Notes 14 Thursday September 13th The PEARL Book check Daily extra credit grade Song Analysis Typed Paragraph DUE Quiz grade Group Work Song Story Board Friday September 14th Group Work Song Story Board UPCOMING:   MEMBEAN Window One:  90 minutes at 75% Due September 16th Quiz Grade Song Story Board Due September 18th Quiz grade

PREAP/GT ELA Sept 3 - Sept 7th

Monday September 3rd  HOLIDAY Tuesday September 4th "Mother to Son" annotation and paragraph due LIBRARY - Noodle Tools presentation/take notes on handout Wednesday September 5th "Mother to Son" - guided annotation-- add to your annotation DIFFERENT color INK Revise Paragraph - Typed Revision Due Monday Sept 10th Follow class paper format:  Times New Roman 12 point font/ double spaced/one inch margin Paragraph annotation /revise-- type to final draft- Due Thursday Library Quiz Thursday September 6th Latin Root Set ONE Test 50 questions with word bank.  Sentence completion. Friday September 7th TONE worksheet: "Jacob I Have Loved/The Fall of the House of Usher" Notes 11 Denotation/Connotation "Roaches" worksheet Notes 12

PREAP/GT ELA August 27- August 31

Monday August 27th Membean cks Ck Latin Roots Set One - accuracy grade "Sleeping" annotation and class discussion.  Pair Share LARGE version to annotate Tuesday:  August 28th Thesis PWPT - " Sleeping"   Paragraph Outline Sleeping handout NOTES 6/take notes from powerpoint Create a paragraph to support "Sleeping" Thesis - Due tomorrow "Quoting from the Text" NOTES 7 "Masks" by Shel Silverstein Journal side page 4 - annotate/answer questions Due tomorrow Wednesday August 29th "Masks"  Pair Share/add to annotation.  List on board Journal 5 Theme/Thesis Generator Topics/Theme/Thesis Generator-- Due Thursday Thursday August 30th Pick up writing folder from last year Point of View anchor chart Notes side page 8 .  In your Lit book read 740 – 748 “Us and Them”  Answer questions #4/#5 only.  Use text evidence and write on complete sentences on Journal side Page 6.  - Pair/Share best Thesis for Mask

Eliminate To be Verbs/ I's

How to Eliminate “To Be” Verb

PREAP/GT ELA AUGUST 20- 24

Monday August 20th Comp Book Due:   Pass out Lit Terms/Proofreading marks/ Bloom's Taxonomy/Bloom's Question Stem for Writer's Notebook.  Bloom's Taxonomy Prezi/discuss examples Lit Pre-Assessment - 37 questions /Quiz Grade Tuesday August 21st Trait Card Due- post on board in room Ck Pre-Assesssment Set up Writer's Notebook Table of Contents NOTES side/Journal Side Bloom's Taxonomy Pass out Latin Roots Set 1 N4 - Test date Sept 6th Wednesday August 22nd Review Letter assignment Bloom's Taxonomy -  Andy Griffith style.   "Cutting of my Long Hair"  Read article Write a 5-7 sentence Summary( L2) on Journal side 2 Create a Dialectical Journal with 5 Level 2 questions using your Bloom's Question Stems on Notes 3 Typed Letter of Me Rough Draft due tomorrow.  Times New Roman/ 12 pt font /double- spaced/ one inch margin Thursday August 23rd Letter of Me - Self and Peer Edit Friday August 24th Final Draft of Lett

MMS 2018-2019 School Begins Thursday August 16-17 PREAP GT ELA

2018-2019 School Year Begins... Welcome back! Thursday August 16: Eagle Camp til 12:40.  After lunch:  15 minute periods. Periods 2,3,5,7,8: Syllabus and Trait Card Handout/Examples and  Assignment:  Trait card due AUGUST 21st - Tuesday.  Friday August 17: Introduction to Letter to Mrs. Watson assignment Example Letter Informal style Discuss:  Voice, Tone, Dialect Handout with Brainstorm:  Writer's Notebook J1 Upcoming:   Bring Comp Book and Glue Sticks Monday Trait Card Due August 21 Typed Rough Draft of Letter of Me Due August 23rd Final typed Draft of Letter of me Due August 24th

PREAP ELA Mayn 21st - May 25th

Monday May 21st Holocaust Poem Packet - Due Tuesday Watch Elie/Oprah Book Fair last 15 minutes Tuesday May 22nd Elie/Oprah Wednesday May 23rd MAP testing Thursday 24th ck Holocaust Poetry packet PWT Archetypes Semester Review Friday 25th Shrek as an Archtype Fill in Worksheet Due at the end of the period.

PREAP ELA May 14 -18

Monday 14th Night 8-9 Summaries Theme Chart Work on Photo Essay Project Tuesday 15th 89- summary and Theme chart due No Man is an Island Poem analysis Work on Photo Essay Project Wednesday 16th STAAR Thursday 17th Photo Essay due today.  Drop off in AM if I will not see you after testing STAAR Friday 18th

Spring Semester Review - sent to skyward as well

WATSON 8 th Grade   2018 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

PREAP ELA May 7-11

Monday May 7th Check Annoations/SGQs/summaries for Night 1-3 "Perils of Indifference"  Read and complete questions - Due tomorrow Chapter 4 of Night Read/annotate/SgQs/summary Due Tuesday Background and Anne Frank Test Tuesday.  Study all background notes/timeline/Power pt notes/AF scene chart/Night Terms sheet Tuesday May8th Anne Frank/Holocaust Background test Ck "Perils of Indifference" Wednesday May 9 Night Ch 1-4 Daily grade quiz Introduce Photo Essay project HMwk Read Chapter 5/annotate/SGQ's /summary Due Thursday Thursday May 10 Ck 1-4 daily quiz Night Chapter 6 Summary paragraph Theme Chart Friday May 11 Night 5-6 Daily quiz Photo Essay project - Due Thursday May 17th Hmwk Night Chapter 7/summary due Monday Print out Semester Review

PREAP ELA April 30 - May 3

Monday April 30 Act Two SGQ's review/chart -- Act Two quiz for Anne Frank on Tuesday May 1st Holocaust Background Pwpt with fill- in Notes Tuesday May 1st Act II Anne Frank quiz Night Terminology - Due Wednesday Wednesday May 2nd Check Terms Introduce THEMEs for NIGHT - pass out chart Read and Annotate Chapter One 3-22 NIGHT Thursday May 3rd TECH LIT assessment - Library Friday May 4th NIGHT Chapter 2 -3 Complete Chapter 3 Complete Annotations/Summaries Complete SGQS for Ch 1-3

PREAP ELA April 24 - 28

Monday 24 Ck:  Adolf Hitler Common Lit Questions Review Poetry Exam Diary of Anne Frank Play Act One - Active Listening:  charting Tuesday 25 Night Book Check Diary of Anne Frank Act One Continued Active Listening:  charting Wednesday 26 Complete Listening Chart of Act One DAF Complete Study Guide Questions for ACT One - In packet Journal page 31-- Thursday 27 Haiku Project DUE Act One Quiz Begin Act Two - active listening:  charting Friday 28 Act Two Continued SGQ's Act Two Due Monday

PREAP ELA April 16- April 20

Monday April 16th Check "o Captain, my Captain" "Strange Fruit" Analysis Tuesday April 17th Ck "Strange Fruit" Analysis Introduce Haikus- Due Tuesday April 24th - Quiz grade/typed with 2 illustrations -5 for each syllable over or under Wednesday April 18 Introduce Holocaust background - pass out timeline Anne Frank A& E Biography Assigned Anne Frank A-Z -- Due Friday Thursday April 19th Poetry Exam 50 multiple Choice Questions Hmwk:  Anne Frank A- Z review in pen with 3 pictures Friday April 20th Read Common Lit article "Adolf Hitler" answer questions and short answers in Writer's notebook Journal side page 30 Begin Diary of Anne Frank Act one S.1 in Lit book.  Students will be active listeners taking notes on Characters/plot/setting

PREAP ELA March 26- 29

Membean Window March 19 - April 1st 90 minutes @75 % accuracy LR#4 Test on Thursday  the 29.  Know LR1/2/3 for matching and all of LR#4  73 questions Monday 26: Grammar 141-146 Due Thursday Ck Definitions Ck Monkey's Paw Worksheet Read "Treasure of Lemon Brown" Lit Book Focus:  character Motivation/POV/Details/Inference Worksheet in Packet LEMON BROWN  Due Tuesday Tuesday 27: Ck Lemon Brown Read Loo- Wit/Pandora's Book Focus: Myth/Theme/Antidote Worksheet in Packet due Wednesday Wednesday 28 Ck Loo- Wit/Pandora's Box Assign Genesis Annotation:  Myth analysis/Theme/Antidote Thursday 29 LR#4 TEST FRiday - OFF

PREAP ELA March 19- March 23

Monday:19 Annotation and analysis of "Russians" by Sting - Due Tuesday Assigned Grammar 119/120,125/126,133/34 Due Friday Tuesday 20 Tell- Tale Heart - Read in Lit book Focus:  Suspense/Horror?Tone Tell - Tale Heart Packet -- Excerpt - paraphrase line by line for HORROR J 30 Wednesday 21 Tell Tale Heart Analysis Packet #2 -20 Example answers given by teacher for each Section Thursday22 Ck Tell Tale Heart Ck Russians Read Monkey's Paw Lit Book Focus:  MOOD Friday 23 Ck Grammar Complete Worksheets on Monkey's Paw in Packet Define #1-19 in Short Story Packet.  Due Monday Membean Window March 19 - April 1st 90 minutes @75 % accuracy LR#4 Test on Thursday  the 29.  Know LR1/2/3 for matching and all of LR#4  73 questions

PREAP ELA March 5 - March 9 WHAT to study for AF TEST

Monday March 5th Students read through Animal Farm Background notes in Writers Notebook Notes side 33 Animal Farm Comparison Chart - MUST KNOW FOR TEST Ck AF Comparison Chart Tuesday March 6th Poetry Analysis - STING Due Wednesday AF review Wednesday March 7th AF Movie Thursday March 8th AF Test WHAT to KNOW for AF test/ 20 questions are matching, 30 Multiple choice Totalitarianism Communism Allegory Fable Animalism Maxims Review House of Persuasion -- Quotes from AF to apply Review all chapter Summaries.  several PLOT questions Know Character Comparison Chart - Russian Revolution Allegorical pairings 7 questions on test All Characters - study character chart 10 questions on test

PREAP ELA Feb 26- March 2

Monday Feb 26th Letter to the Editor DUE Ck Ch 7 Summaries Listen to AF Chapter 8:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Tuesday Feb 27 Ck Ch 8 Summaries Listen to AF Chapter 9:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update W ednesday Feb 28 STAAR PRACTICE: Math/ALGEBRA EOC after lunch:  1/2/3/4 Ck Chapter 9 Summaries Listen to AF Chapter 10:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Thursday March 1st STAAR PRACTICE  Science and Social Studies After lunch 5/6/7/8 Ck Chapter 9 Summaries Listen to AF Chapter 10:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Friday March 2nd STALIN "A Brutal Legacy Uncovered"  Read and answer questions in your Writer's Notebook Journal side page:28-29

PREAP ELA Feb 19-23

Monday - OFF Tuesday - 20 Ck Chp 1-3 Summaries Listen to AF Chapter 4:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Wedneday -21 Ck Ch 4 Summary Listen to AF Chapter 5:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Thursday - 22 Pop Quiz - DAILY grade Ck Ch 5 Summary Listen to AF Chapter 6:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update Friday -23 Typed rough Draft of Letter to the Editor Due/Persuasive Map Peer Edit Ck Ch 6 Summary Listen to AF Chapter 7:  Annotate/Summary/Sgq's/Character Chart Complete and Update UPCOMING: Final Draft of Letter to the Editor Due Monday Feb 26 AF Test Set for March 8th but could be moved to March 6th due to rescheduling STAAR practice

PREAP ELA Feb 12 - Feb 16

Monday 12 Ck Beasts of England Annotation Animal Farm Chapter 1/summary/character chart/Ck Listen to AF CHAPTER TWO SGQ's for Ch 2 due Wednesday Tuesday 13 Persuasive/AF CH1 TEST Animal Farm Chapter 2/summary/character chart/Ck Wednesday 14 Go Over Persuasion  Test Listen to AF Chapter Three/Annotate FAMILY NIGHT -- No Homework Thursday 15 Introduce "Letter to the Editor"--Packet Analyze Example Letter to Editor Discuss AF Genres Notes side 34/THEMES N32 Complete AF SGQ's Chapter 3 - Update Chart Friday 16 Letter to the Editor Pick Topic/select Audience Work on Persuasion Map for LTE Keep Track of Sources UPCOMING: Rough Draft with completed MAP due Wednesday Feb 21st Final Draft Due Friday Feb 23rd Animal Farm End of Book TEST March 8th

PREAP ELA Jan 29- Feb 2nd

Monday Jan 29 Idioms-- Check -- Idioms Project Dues Tuesday "I Have a Dream" Packet - Analysis questions Tuesday Jan 30 Latin Roots Test Wednesday Jan 31 Pass out AF Background notes/vocabulary/genres/Themes-- in writer's notebook NOTES side AF vocabulary Due Thursday  "I Have a Dream Annotation Quiz" --DAILY Thursday Feb 1 Ck " I have a Dream Annotation Quiz Animal Farm Chapter One Listen/Annotate Bullet Point Summary Friday Feb 2  Old Major's Speech Analysis-- Due Monday

PREAP ELA Feb 5-9

Monday 5th CK OLD Major's Speech analysis worksheet:  Ethos/Logos/Pathos Pass out AF Chapter Study Guide Questions  Logical Fallacies/Notes/discussion AF Group Project introduced/explained/examples Annotate OLD MAJOR's Speech for your Claim Tuesday 6th Pass out AF Character Chart-- Fill in for Chapter One Work on Group Analysis Project Wednesday 7th Work on Group Analysis Project Thursday 8th Work on Group Analysis Project Friday 9th Check Chapter One SGQ's Check AF Character Chart Analysis of "Beasts of England"  Due Monday Upcoming: AF Old Major Speech Analysis Group Project:  Due Tuesday 13th Persuasive Unit/AF Ch 1 Test 40 Multiple choice Questions TO STUDY FOR THE TEST:   It is an application level test. All multiple choice covering Persuasion and Ch 1 of Animal Farm   With several different sections: 1.   Be able to define key Persuasive terms- all in Writer's notebook pages 26-29 / Elements of an argument ( page

Pre AP ELA Jan 22 -26

Monday Jan 22 Ck SOAPSTONE:  " Deconstructing MLK's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'" article J 25 CK 983,986,987 Close Reading question PERSUASION UNIT Lit Book J 23-24-daily grade Ck Ethos/Pathos/Logos Worksheet - daily grade Pass out "Letter's from Birmingham Jail" Building a Foundation/Logos/Pathos/Ethos packet Assign 227-228 Annotate and complete questions 1-9 (2nd/3rd period due Thursday) (4,5,7 th Due Tuesday) Tuesday Jan 23 High School visits Return during 4th Period 4/5/7 CK "LFBJ" Logos Page 227/228 Assign "LFBJ" Pathos/Ethos due Thursday Wednesday Jan 24 STAAR PRACTICE reading 1 -5 7th work on "LFBJ" packet Thursday Jan 25 Ck "LFBJ" packet "I have a Dream speech" - Watch Parallelism Packet Friday Jan 26 Animal Farm book ck Ck Parallelism "I Have a Dream" analysis packet -- DUE MONDAY

PREAP ELA Jan 8 - Jan 12

Monday Jan 8th MEMBEAN CODES 2nd Period PREAP M6LQCD8 3rd Period PREAP M6LQC2D 4th Period PREAP M6LQED4 5th Period PREAP M6LQAYJ 7th Period PREAP M6LQEXD IN Class Timed Writing.  Bell to Bell with Crucible Quotes/Timed Writing packet only = Quiz Grade Grammar pages 93-98 Due TUESDAY Tuesday Jan 9th CK Grammar 93-98 Update Membean Codes Pick up Wanted Poster/Projects Reorder Writer's Notebook.  Spring Semester Sections Add: NOTES side:  LR set 3, Persuasion Notes, Logical Fallacies, House of Persuasion Assign MLA quiz - DUE THURSDAY typed/Times New Roman Jan 10th Journal:  Argument with your Parents:  analyze for Claim, Support, Opposing Viewpoint, Counterargument ARI - Ethos, Pathos, Logos-- Watch -- fill in Persuasion Notes Notetaking Worksheet:  Types of Support- fill in and discuss 982 Lit Book: 983-984  French Fries - Read Answer Close Reading questions 1-4 in Writers notebook Journal side Jan 11th Persuasive Techniques:  Powerpoint,

PREAP ELA JAN 3 - 5

Wednesday 3rd Watch Crucible Answer Movie analysis questions in complete sentences.  Due when we are done watching the movie. Thursday 4th Watch Crucible Answer Movie analysis questions in complete sentences.  Due when we are done watching the movie. Friday 5th Grammar assignment: Classifying Sentences by Structure SIMPLE/COMPOUND/Compound Complex/ Four Functions of a sentence 93-98 Pass out Timed Writing Prompts and Directions Discuss Plan: prompt/thesis/quote support UPCOMING: In class TIMED Writing on MONDAY.  Bell to Bell MEMBEAN WINDOW Begins Monday Jan 8th-Jan 21 90 minutes at 75% accuracy