8th+Grade+Homework


 * = **Due Date** ||= **Assignment** ||
 * = 9/10/12 || Welcome back! Today, students must have complete their summer reading books (ELA and Science). ||
 * = 9/10/12 || Bring in school supplies ||
 * = 9/14/12 || Complete summer reading project. Students will be sharing their projects in class. ||
 * 9/24/12 || Reading Log Due ||
 * 9/28/12 || "Hairs" Modeling Assignment Due [[file:Figurative Language Study Guide.doc]] ||
 * 10/1/12 || Chapter Titles Due [[file:Chapter Title worksheet.doc]] ||
 * 10/2/12 || Reading Logs Due ||
 * 10/2/12 || Figurative Language Quiz [[file:Figurative Language Study Guide.doc]] ||
 * 10/5/12 || First Draft of Autobiographical Incident Due ||
 * 10/9/12 || Reading Log is due ||
 * 10/9/12 || Signed Progress Report is due ||
 * 10/9/12 || Bring Post Its and __Roundtable__ textbook to ELA ||
 * 10/10/12 || 5 questions for shared inquiry due (will be started in class on 10/9/12) [[file:Shared Inquiry First Reading.doc]] ||
 * 10/12/12 || Autobiographical Incident 2nd draft is due [[file:Autobiographical Incident.doc]] [[file:Cluster Chart.doc]] ||
 * 10/23/12 || Read chapters 4-5 of __Copper Sun__ ||
 * 10/24/12 || Vocabulary Worksheet due ||
 * 10/26/12 || Read chapter 6 __Copper Sun__ ||
 * 10/30/12 || Autobiographical Incident Final Draft Due ||
 * 10/30/12 || Vocabulary and chapter 1-6 quiz for __Copper Sun__
 * Vocabulary Words:** Acrid, Fetid, Insubordination, Consternation, Coffle, Defilement, Surmised, Palpable, Addlepated, Doddering ||
 * 11/7/12 || __Copper Sun__ quiz on vocabulary and chapters 1-15 ||
 * 11/8/12 || Read __Copper Sun__ chapters 16-20 ||
 * 11/8/12 || Reading log due ||
 * 11/19/12 || Reading Log Due ||
 * 11/19/12 || Complete Reading __Copper Sun__ ||
 * 11/20/12 || Essay Outline Due ||
 * 11/21/12 || On Demand Essay Due ||
 * 12/3/12 || Reading Log Due ||
 * 12/4/12 || Rensizzle stories due (at least 1 page) ||
 * 12/6/12 || Research and print out an article on a topic that interests you. Write a one paragraph summary of the article. Use the ABCs of summary writing (see your notes) ||
 * 12/6/12 || Last day to turn in any missing work before progress reports are printed ||
 * 12/10/12 || Reading Logs are due ||
 * 12/10/12 || Signed progress reports are due ||
 * 12/12/12 || Vocabulary for Songcatcher article-write an interview with someone you admire ||
 * 12/13/12 || Read a paragraph from "Kabul's Singing Sensation", write a main idea and the supporting details from the paragraph ||
 * 12/14/12 || 801-Revised __Copper Sun__ essay due ||
 * 12/14/12 || Summary for "Kabul's Singing Sensation" ||
 * 12/17/12 || 802-Revised __Copper Sun__ essay due ||
 * 1/2/13 || Reading Log Due ||
 * 1/3/13 || Revise PB and J Quickwrites ||
 * 1/4/13 || Read "Guide to Computers" and answer questions in the margins ||
 * 1/7/13 || Reading Logs Due ||
 * 1/7/13 || "Do the Research" Due ||
 * 1/11/13 || Procedural Text graphic organizer due ||
 * 1/14/13 || Final Essay Due[[file:Procedure Essay.docx]] ||
 * 1/14/13 || Final Draft of Parts 1 and 2 due ||
 * 1/15/13 || Final Draft of Part 3 is due ||
 * 1/15/13 || Reading Log due ||
 * 2/4/13 || (802) Reading Log Due: Write a response to the bullying that occurs in the novel. Why is Junior bullied and what is his reaction to the bullying? Can you relate/make a connection to his situation? How was your reaction the same or different that Junior's? ||
 * 2/4/13 || Activity: Who __would have been if someone had paid attention to their dreams.__ ||
 * 2/4/13 || Read pages 32-66 ||
 * 2/6/13 || Read pages 67-81 ||
 * 2/8/13 || (801) Reading Log Due: Write a response to the bullying that occurs in the novel. Why is Junior bullied and what is his reaction to the bullying? Can you relate/make a connection to his situation? How was your reaction the same or different that Junior's? ||
 * 2/11/13 || (802) Reading Log due ||
 * 2/11/13 || Read pages 82-103 ||
 * 2/12/13 || Persuasive Essay graphic organizer due ||
 * 2/13/13 || 1st draft of persuasive essay due ||
 * 2/14/13 || Read pages 104-115 ||
 * 2/14/13 || (801) Reading log due ||
 * 2/25/13 || (802) Reading log due-Choose a discussion question from the back of the book ||
 * 2/25/13 || Complete reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian__ ||
 * 2/25/13 || Discussion questions due (on loose leaf) ||
 * 3/1/13 || Revised introduction and body paragraph [[file:Body Paragraph Outline and Model.docx]] ||
 * 3/1/13 || (801) Reading log due-Choose a discussion question from the back of the book ||
 * 3/11/13 || (802) Reading log due ||
 * 3/13/13 || Revised generalizations ||
 * 3/14/13 || Short response prewrite ||
 * 3/15/13 || (801) Reading log due ||
 * 3/18/13 || (802) Reading log due ||
 * 3/18/13 || Song analysis-Choose a stanza from your favorite song. Analyze sound devices, figurative devices, mood, tone, imagery, and structure for how they convey a poem's meaning ||
 * 3/22/13 || (801) Reading log due ||
 * 3/22/13 || Analysis of "A word is dead" and "Cynthia in the Snow" ||
 * 4/2/13 || Sound Device Poem due ||
 * 4/2/13 || Interim Assessment Unit 1 and 2 ||
 * 4/4/13 || Analysis of "The Courage That My Mother Had" ||
 * 4/8/13 || Poetry Quiz (know all poetry including mood and tone, be able to write an analysis of a poem studied in class) ||
 * 4/8/13 || (802) Reading Log ||
 * 4/12/13 || (801) Reading Log ||
 * 4/22/13 || Poetry analysis matrix ||
 * 4/23/13 || Research another nonsense poem and complete a sound device chart ||
 * 4/24/13 || Reading log due ||
 * 4/26/13 || Nonsense poem due ||
 * 4/29/13 || Poetry contest poem due (must be typed and 20 lines or less) ||
 * 4/30/13 || Poetry handbook due[[file:8th Grade Poetry Handbook Final Project.docx]] [[file:Handouts for 8th Grade Poetry Handbook.docx]][[file:Table of Contents 8th Grade.docx]] ||
 * 4/30/13 || Poetry presentation (must be memorized) ||
 * 5/6/13 || (802) Reading Logs due ||
 * 5/8/13 || Literary Element handout update (first two columns) ||
 * 5/9/13 || Read "The Lottery" and take directed notes (+ when the character seems excited or confidence, and - when the character seems nervous) ||
 * 5/10/13 || Shared Inquiry notes for "The Lottery": 6 quotes with inferences ||
 * 6/6/13 || Copper Sun Found Poe, ||
 * 6/7/13 || Reading log due ||
 * 6/11/13 || Found Poems (student reflection) due ||
 * 6/19/13 || Book return ||