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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 ...

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   ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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