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 8th LiteratureACCELERATED READER Book Finder Website: http://www.arbookfind.com/ Accelerated Reader QUIZZES READ READ READ!!!! Make Reading Your GOAL!!! Literary Glossary - Online! http://edsitement.neh.gov/litglos/index.asp http://www.grpl.org/perl/home.pl Grand Rapids Public Library http://www.kdl.org Kent District Library
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First Quarter
Checkouts
Raymond's Run
Stop the Sun
First Quarter 8th Grade Independent Reading Projects are due: Rough Draft due Monday 10/26/09 FINAL due Wednesday 10/28/09 First quarter Independent Reading Project: Eighth grade students will write a brief review of their chosen book. The audience for this review is other middle school students at our school and around the world who happen to explore our website! The purpose of the review is to reveal just enough information about the book to interest other middle school readers without giving away the whole story. Also included in the review will be a fascinating quote from the book. This quote can be a piece of interesting dialogue, an especially well written description, or a terrific example of a literary element such as alliteration, simile, or metaphor. Your chosen quote could just be a really exciting moment in the story that really grabs the reader's attention. Eighth graders will also be recording their voices reading their book review aloud - with animated, interesting voices. Think carefully, choose wisely, and write with excitement! Your review should be no longer than about half of a page, typed, double spaced, 12 point font. Think concise and powerful writing! .......................................................................................................................................
Second Quarter
8th Grade 2nd Quarter Independent Read when you have a minute or two of waiting! Read when you are finished with a test! Read for the FUN of it! Students are asked to read a book from the Accelerated Reader list of about 130,000 books. Please tell Mrs. Sochacki the title and author of the book you chose from the list. You must have this filled in by _Friday, November 21_. When finished reading the book, students will complete an online Accelerated Reader quiz. Please have your quiz completed by Friday, January 8, 2010. When you finish reading your book, take the quiz at the beginning of computer class. Mrs. Whitson will allow students to take their accelerated reader quiz at the beginning of computer class. You make not take the quizzes at home. Please do not use your book to take the quiz. Read your book to enjoy it, talk about it with friends. When taking your quiz, please answer the questions thoughtfully. Your "log in" for taking your quiz is the same you use to check your grades online. Mrs. Sochacki and Mrs. Whitson have copies of the directions for taking the quizzes. Just ask when you are ready. Always happy to help! Mother in Manville
Ransom of Red Chief
FIRST SEMESTER EXAM - 8th Literature will be on Wed 1/6/10
....................................................................................................................................... Third Quarter Third Quarter Independent Reading - The eighth grade students are asked to pick his or her own book. 8th Grade Literature – Independent Reading Project Pick ONE of the following projects to create, display, and explain to your classmates. For the third quarter you may choose your own book. Please choose your project and tell Mrs. Sochacki which project you are planning on completing. You will be given in-class time to begin working on this project. Completing the project by the date due is your responsibility. Lined paper and construction paper are available in the classroom. Written work must be very neatly hand written or typed. Typed work is preferred. Please keep within the one-inch margins on all sides, twelve or thirteen point font, Times New Roman, Garamond, or Arial font style, blue or black ink on white paper. Line spacing at 1.5 is best. Double spacing is acceptable. Please indent each paragraph. No extra cover sheet. Correct heading is the one used daily – Jim Smith 899 Literature Third Quarter Book Project Oct. 25, 2017 Please clearly identify the title and author of your book at the beginning of any written work. Please label the title and author of your book on any presentation or poster board. Record the title and author of your book in any audio recording. Use your imagination! Be creative! Have FUN! 1. Prepare a list of 15 to 20 questions for use in determining if other people have read the book carefully. 2. If you read a book that takes place in the past, pretend your characters have found or built a time machine and come to visit you. Write a journal of their reactions to your world. You can have several of them take turns making entries. Two pages minimum. 3. Think of five things going on in your world such as pollution, racism and so on, and decide how the characters in your book would react to them. This is a way of doing a character analysis. Remember that you have to really understand the character to be sure this is how they would really react. Two pages minimum. 4. Make a crossword puzzle using ideas from a book. Need at least 30 entries. Present a blank original and a completed crossword. Words can be part of a fill-in-the-blank question, vocabulary words and meanings, or key words related to locations, events, characters, traits, the climax, or complications. 5. Choose any topic from your book and write a two (2) page research report on it. Include a one paragraph explanation as to how it applies to your book. 6. Make a display of the time period of your book. You need to use a tri-fold board to present this to the class. Clearly explain time period and related clothes, food, household items, housing, economic base, and status of country as they relate to the book. 7. Create a radio ad for your book. Write out the script and tape record it as it would be presented. Don't forget background music! Must be a full 90 second advertisement including information pertaining to the details of the book. This will require approximately 2 page script. 8. Create a board game based on events and characters in the book you read. By playing your game, members of the class should learn what happened in the book. Your game must include the following: a game board, a rule sheet and clear directions, events and characters from the story. 9. Obtain a job application from an employer in our area, and fill out the application as one of the characters in the book you read might do. Before you obtain the application, be sure that the job is one for which a character in your book is qualified. Or make a resume. Include detail, fiction or fact, that relates to the story. In addition, write a business letter to the employer from the character explaining why they would be a good fit for this job. 10. Complete each of these eight ideas with material growing out of the book you read: This book made me wish that. . ., realize that. . ., decide that. . ., wonder about. . ., see that. . ., believe that . . ., feel that . . ., and hope that. . . .and explain why. Four full, rich sentences will be the minimum per idea. More is better. Quality is key. Two page minimum. Project is due on: _______________________________
In Class during the 3rd Quarter we will be reading: Behind Rebel Lines This is a book about a very unusual American Civil War spy!Section 1 Due F 1/9/09 Section 2 Due T 1/13/09 Section 3 Due W 1/14/09 Section 4 Due F 1/16/09 Section 5 Due T 1/20/09 Crossword Due W 1/21/09 Review TH 1/22/09 TEST F 1/23/09 Outsiders CH 1 due W 1/28/09 CH 2&3 F 1/30/09 QZ CH 1&2 & Vocab, CH 4&5 due T 2/3/09 CH 6 & 7 due W 2/4/09 Day 5 F 2/6/09
The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain -
The Bet by Anton Chekov -
Poetry by Dickinson & Roethke
....................................................................................................................................... Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Independent Reading Projects 8th Grade Choose your own book. Please pick a book at least 200 pages in length and appropriate reading level. You will create an imaginative project that reflects the main characters, setting and plot of the story. 8th grade – fill out the job application form for the main or one of the main characters in the story. Use your imagination – what job are they applying for? What past work experiences do you need to “create” to fulfill the job requirements? You may need to be inventive and create names of places, bosses, references, schools etc. that are appropriate to your character’s experiences, the setting, time period and other relevant details. Please use the job application given to you at school. As with any job application, your handwriting reflects the individual applying for the job. Your goal for this character is to get the job! Neat handwriting counts towards the final grade. In other words, neat handwriting counts towards employment! Independent Reading Project DUE: WED 5/27/09
In Class during the 4th Quarter we will be reading: Unit 2 Part 2 Study Guide Notes for test - on W 4/11 TEST Unit 2 Part 2 - F 4/13 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor begin M 4/16 A Wrinkle in Time Due Dates CH 1 & 2 & Quiz T 4/21/09 CH 3 & 4 & Quiz W 4/22/09 CH 5 & 6 & Quiz W 4/29/09 CH 7 & 8 & Quiz F 5/1/09 CH 9 & 10 & Quiz T 5/5/09 CH 11 & 12 & Quiz W 5/6/09 Crossword DUE W 4/29/09 Story Review Letter Juggle DUE T 5/5/09 Vocabulary Review Letter Juggle DUE F 5/1/09 Literary Analysis Questions DUE 5/11/09 Written Response to the Novel DUE F 5/8/09 FINAL Book TEST M 5/11/09 Anne Frank by All But My Life by - ( One Survivor Remembers) The Westing Game SECOND SEMESTER EXAM Study Guide 8th Grade Literature Second Semester Exam Study Guide COMPREHENSION Literature Genres – Be able to describe, distinguish, and identify these literary genres: Fiction Realistic Historical Science Fantasy Traditional: myth, legend, fable, folktale, tall tale, parable Nonfiction Autobiography Biography Informational/Technical Science books History books Reference books Software manuals Communication Media – newspaper, periodicals, professional journals Factual Stories Diaries, Journals Essays Poetry – free verse, concrete, form, meter, rhythm, rhyme Drama Literary AnalysisSetting Characters and Characterization: developed through... Direct – expository writing Indirect – use of: - dialogue (Identify colloquial language and/or dialect and how it enriches story/character) and use of - action - to develop a character Characters types - protagonist, antagonist, foil, major and minor characters, dynamic and static characters Plot - stages/elements of a plot: expostion, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution Conflict - Internal (person vs self) and - External (person vs person) (person vs nature) Theme Mood Tone Critical Analysis – evaluate, interpret, infer, conclude Summarize Paraphrase Comprehend cause and effect Formulate predictions Identify topic, main idea & supporting details Identify fact versus opinion Compare and contrast story elements Sequence events Draw conclusions based on text Identify complications in the plot Real world connections – Be able to relate a literary work to reality. Be able to compare, relate, predict, recommend, and state personal opinion across genres in written form. Literary Devices – be able to define, identify and create: Figurative language: Simile Metaphor Personification Alliteration Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Flashback Foreshadowing Imagery Symbolism Irony Satire Allusions Critical thinking – Media tactics – (methods of persuasion)Identify advertising and propaganda techniques Evaluate qualifications/validity of author/source Slant or bias versus fact Identify author’s purpose and motivation Explain Persuade - Call to action Describe Entertain Inform Defend Identify logical reasoning versus illogical Library and Reference Materials - uses: World Almanac, Reader's Guide to Periodicals, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, card catalog, international who's who, Farmer's Almanac Parts of a Book - title page, index, glossary, table of contents, prologue, epilogue Parts of a Newspaper - font page, sports, classified, entertainment, index
Practice summarizing and identifying important details and unneccessary details: http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=6434 Fifteen (15) Poems you can write right now! http://www.poetryexpress.org/15poems.htm POETRYShel Silverstein http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html National Poetry Month is APRIL http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41 30 Days of Poetry http://www.msrogers.com/English2/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm#Poetry_Lesson_Chart clickable poems http://www.clickablepoems.com/# the Interactive RAVEN http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/raven/ More on Poe and Literary scary devices http://www.weeklyreader.com/poe/ ACCELERATED READERthrough Ren. Learning LOG IN |
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