2009 - 2010
9/2 Welcome to English 8.
Please have expectation sheet signed.
Define courtesy, cooperation, and commitment. Give two examples of how each
of these concepts can be practiced in MESMS. Please do this assigment in
your writer's note book.
9/3 Expectation sheet due tomorrow. Wendy Mass summer reading assinments due
Tuesday, September 8. Log sheet and collage for second book also due on
Tuesday.
9/4 Please cover your new vocabulary book.
Enjoy your weekend.
9/8 Complete Crossword 13.
Cover vocabulary book.
9/9 Organize your binder to have five sections: Classwork, Homework,
Vocabulary, MUG, Literature.
Complete Crossword 14.
Postcard is due Monday, 9/14.
9/10 Read pages 6-8 in your vocabulary book and do the exercises on pages
7-8.
9/11 Postcard is due Monday.
Enjoy the weekend.
9/14 Please have scantron signed. This score is not included in your
quaterly average. Redo the vocabulary assessment in your book. Use word
attack strategies.
9/15 No written homework tonight.
Read a good book.
9/16 Read the fisrt page of "The Most Dangerous Game" and sketch the scene
that is described. After you have finished drawing, write one word at the top
of the page that describes the mood of the scene.
Quiz Tuesday, 9/22 on vocabulary terms and prefixes.
9/17 Describe your mystery object using 10 sensory images. Use similes,
metaphors and personification to make your images more vivid.
9/18 Enjoy your weekend.
9/21 Quiz tomorrow.
Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
9/22 Complete vocabulary for "The Most Dangerous Game"
9/23 Pretend that you are Whitney. In memory of your "lost" friend,
write "An Ode TO Rainsford" in which you tell about his life.
9/24 Complete comparison of adjectives and adverbs worksheet.
9/25 Please have your quiz signed.
Vocabulary quiz on Wed., 9/30.
Enjoy your weekend.
9/29 Complete "The Most Dangerous Game" crossword.
Study for quiz.
9/30 Write an antonym for each word on the list. Each antonym should be a
hyphenated-modifier.
10/1 Please have your quiz signed.
Answer the top questions on the review sheet.
Decide on your "Process Writing" topic.
10/5 Use each vocabulary word in a sentence.
Typed process writing piece is due Wednesday, 10/7.
10/6 Typed process writing piece is due Wednesday, 10/7.
Refer to writing rubric.
10/7 Quote and sketch details from the story about General Zaroff, the
dining room, and one of the traps. Create "The Nemesis" that could beat
Zaroff. Describe it and sketch it.
10/8 Read irb for 20 minutes.
10/9 Savor the beauty of autumn.
10/13 Complete the comma worksheet.
Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and complete the story map.
10/14 Complete comma worksheet and give a reason for each choice.
10/15 Complete "TMDG" questions 1-8.
10/16 Read your independent reading book.
Test on "TMDG" on Thurs., 10/22.
10/19 Complete questions 9-14. Create 10 jeopardy questions and answers:
3 about character, 4 about plot, and 3 about literary devices.
10/20 Test on "TMDG" on Thursday, 10/22. Complete "TMDG" study guide.
10/22 Typed "TMDG" paragraph and rubric are due Monday, 10/26.
10/26 Read independent reading book. Book log is due Friday.
10/27 Read the article, "Penmanship's a fading skill in today's computerized
world," and answers the questions about the article.
10/28 Cover ROT.
Read Chapter 1. List words from the text that describe the following
characters: Cassie, Stacey, Christopher-John, Little Man, and TJ.
10/29 Review Chapter 1 of ROT.
10/30 Have a safe and fun Halloween.
11/2 Have paragraph signed. Revision is due Wednesday. Make sure all parts
are included.
Complete Chapter One questions from ROT.
11/4 Read your new irb for 20 minutes. In your homework section keep a book
log for your new book. Summarize what you have read and include the
following: characters, setting, conflict, and exposition.
Enjoy the Yankees!!!!
11/6 Read Chapter 2 of ROT. Finish vocabulary sentences and be sure to use
the words correctly.
Quarter Two
11/9 Complete worksheets for direct objects, subject complements, and
indirect objects.
11/10 Read Chapter 3 of ROT. Make a T-chart evaluating the positives and
negatives of the bus incident.
11/12 Quiz tomorrow on direct and indirect objects.
11/13 Finish Chapter 3 questions. Read Chapter 4 up to page 86.
Quiz next Wednesday, 11/18 on Chapters 1-3 vocabulary.
11/16 Finish reading Chapter 4. Study vocabulary for Chapters 1-3 for a
quiz on Wednesday.
11/17 Study vocabulary for quiz tomorrow.
Finish slave narrative information outline.
11/20 Please get quizzes signed. Finish plot outline for irb.
11/23 Create your card. Include one general and one specific reason.
11/24 Happy Thanksgiving.
Perform a random act of kindness.
11/30 Complete context clues and theme worksheets.
12/1 Finish irb.
12/3 Read Chapter 5 of ROT. Did Big Ma do the right thing when she made
Cassie apologize? Be ready to defend your answer.
12/4 Finish theme paragraph in your writer's notebook.
12/7 Complete Chapter 5 questions from ROT.
12/8 Complete paragraph dissection. All sections must be completed.
Complete evaluation of your paragraph. This may be done in bullet form.
12/11 Have a nice weekend.
12/14 Read Chapter 7 of ROT through page 155. Using a Venn Diagram compare
the Logan's holiday meal to a special meal that your family shares. Include
foods, traditions, and people.
12/15 Use each vocabulary word from Unit 1 of the Vocabulary Workshop book
in an original,meaningful sentence.
12/16 Periods 1&6 complete Chapter 7 questions.
Period 7 finish reading Chapter7. Use each vocabulary word from Unit 1
of the Vocabulary Workshop book in an original, meaningful sentence.
12/17 Finish flash cards. Read your irb.
12/18 Read Chapter 8 in ROT. Be quiz prepared. Write five questions,
observations, and/or predictions about the chapter. That's a total of five,
not five of each.
12/21 Study for Unit 1 vocabulary test tomorrow.
12/22 Enjoy your day.
12/23 Enjoy your vacation.