Miyo+-+English+8

Teacher: Miyo Tubridy Email: miyotrcs@gmail.com Class: 8th English Language Arts

1. Homework is worth 20% of ELA grade 2. **//Late homework will NOT be accepted for any reason other than an absence.//** If students are absent, it is their responsibility to find out what they missed by checking the homework wiki, calling classmates, or asking the teacher. Students who have been absent may turn in homework one day after their return to school.
 * Homework Policy:**

1. Independent Reading & Log is worth 20% of ELA grade 2. **//Students will be expected to read for 30 minutes at least 5 nights per week.//** Students will submit a weekly Reading Log recording the title and author of the book and the number of pages read each night. There will be a variety of culminating assignments for the completion of each independent reading book.
 * Independent Reading & Log:**

Group Illustrated Guides Presentations Thurs 6/14/12
 * Upcoming DUE Dates for WWII Book Group Project:**
 * Individual Text DUE Mon 6/11/12**

2) Come prepared for your group to present briefly to the whole class about the important characters and settings in the book ||  || 2) Setting handout with illustration DUE at the end of the period ||   || 2) Character Traits handout 3) 1 paragraph - What makes the main characters unique? Describe and analyze your character using evidence you collected in the character traits handout ||  || 2) Reading Response DUE (1 page minimum) 3) Complete at least 6 lessons on I-Ready online - make sure you have your username and password! ||  || 2) Reading Response DUE (1 page minimum) ||   || 2) Finish Outline for "The Dare" Essay - you will write it in class on loose leaf! 2) Bring 2 #2 pencils for Practice ELA Reading Multiple Choice test - will be for a grade in ELA class 2) Finish Ready Lesson 5: Author's Purpose 2) Finish Ready Lesson 5: Author's Purpose 2) Finish Short Responses for the Jena Six articles ||  || 2) Complete Q's & Short Response from Friday's Main Idea & Details articles packet ("Kids Have Rights Too!") 3) Finish Reading "Scout's Honor" and answer 3 Q's on looseleaf: 1. What word best describes Prempeh 2. How do the personalities of DC Harrison and Ms. Flynn differ? 3. Prempeh admires Lord Baden-Powell, but why might others view him negatively? ||  || 2) Reading Response DUE 2) Complete Q's & Short Response from Friday's Main Idea & Details articles packet ("Kids Have Rights Too!") ||   || 2) Bring two #2 pencils for ELA Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Practice Test ||  || 2) Complete Ready Lesson: Main Idea & Details ||   || 2) Complete Post-Reading Q's Handout for "School Slave" - 801 students on Theater Trip Wed can make up the HW to hand in Fri 2) Finish Ready Prep - Lesson 7: Setting, Plot and Theme pgs. 57-64 2) Finish Ready Prep - Lesson 8: Character pgs. 65-74 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf 2) Study Poetry Term Flashcards for text on Friday 3/2/12 3) Reading Response DUE Thurs 3/1 4) Bring back Growing up Hip Hop to check back in 2) Study Poetry Term Flashcards for text on Friday 3/2/12 3) Reading Response DUE Thurs 3/1 4) Bring back Growing up Hip Hop to check back in 2) Poetry Term Flashcards Poetry Terms Flashcards - on notecards DUE Mon 2/27/12 – Write the term on one side of the notecard and on the other side write the definition and an example 2) Get Progress Report Signed 3) Poetry Final Project DUE includes: 2) Top 3 Poem #3 New Revision and Revision Reflection Sheet 3) Prepare best poem to perform in In-Class Slam! ||  || 2) Top 3 Poem #2 New Revision and Revision Reflection Sheet ||   || 2) Top 3 Poem #1 New Revision based on Peer Review and Revision Reflection Sheet ||  || 2) Personification Poem Draft 1, Draft 2 and Revision Reflection Sheet ||   || 2) Socio-political Narrative Poem: Finish Draft 1 and Revised Draft 2 with Revision Reflection Sheet ||  || 2) Reading Response DUE 3) Complete Socio-political Narrative Poem Handout & be ready to draft a poem in class ||  || 2) Revise "Speaking your Truth" free-write into a poem - clean copy 3) Get your Report Card Signed ||  || 2) Finish Revision - Clean Copy - and Revision Reflection Sheet 3) Get MP2 Final ELA Grade Signed ||  || 2) Revise today's free-write - "The World I See" - make sure your poem has at least 2 stanzas, with 4 lines each, and some rhyming ||   || 2) Finish chart on handout, creating metaphors and similes for life. We'll write the poem in class tomorrow. ||  || (No Class Mon & Tues cause of Math Exam) || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE (you may use __Growing Up Hip Hop__ as your IRB) 2) Do Free-write from prompt if you didn’t get to in class - Write one line describing a constant in your everyday life that you wish you could change (ex. "Nobody understands me"). Use this line as a repeating line in your free-write 3) Expand one of your answers to Guided Questions 3-6 on Friday's handout into a well-developed paragraph. ||  || 2) Final Draft DUE - Typed (12 pt font, double-spaced) and printed before class! Attach Rubric, Peer Review Handouts and First Drafts. ||   || 2) Make Revisions to Final Project based on Peer Review - Come ready to type/edit on laptops tomorrow! ||  || 2) Final Project Step 5 - Reformulated Scene 3) Draft 1 of Steps 1-5 Ready for Peer Review ||  || 2) Final Project Step 3 & 4 Paragraphs || || 2) Final Project Step 2 Paragraph ||  || 2) Final Project Step 1 Paragraph || || 2) For those who have not yet completed - Revise Analysis Paragraph - New Draft DUE stapled on top of old draft. This is for a Writing Project Grade! ||  || 2) Revise Analysis Paragraph. New Draft DUE stapled on top of old draft. ||   || 2) **Get Progress Report Signed!!** 3) 1 page writing assignment: Option 1: W rite a letter from Junior in the future to himself at the end of the novel. What has he experienced since the end of the novel? What has he learned? How does he look back on that year of his life? What advice does he have to give to his younger self? Option 2: Answer one of the questions generated for the class discussion:  801 - Why does Junior laugh at weird moments? Why did Penelope actually decide to go out with Junior? Why does Junior cry a lot? Why does Rowdy forgive Junior so easily at the end of the book? Did Rowdy hate Junior? Why did Rowdy keep the drawing Junior made for him? 802 -
 * Last Reading Response was DUE Mon May 14, 2012 [[file:Reading Response Assignment.doc]]**
 * HW# || DUE Date || Details || Resources ||
 * || Fri 6/8/12 || Revise and edit draft of individual text for WWII Book Group Final Project. Come prepared to type your final draft which will be due on Mon 6/11! ||  ||
 * || Mon 5/21/12 || 1) Read assigned reading for book group
 * || Fri 5/18/12 || 1) Read assigned reading for book group
 * || Thurs 5/17/12 || 1) Read assigned reading for book group
 * || Mon 4/16/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
 * || Mon 4/2/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
 * || Wed 3/28/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Fri 3/23/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Thurs 3/22/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Wed 3/21/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Tues 3/20/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Mon 3/19/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf - I will collect this log NEXT Monday :)
 * || Fri 3/16/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * || Thurs 3/15/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Wed 3/14/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
 * || Tues 3/13/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * || Mon 3/12/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Fri 3/9/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * || Thurs 3/8/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Wed 3/7/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Tues 3/6/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Mon 3/5/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf DUE
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Wed 2/29/12 || *Finish Ready Lesson 1 - "Into the Wild"
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Tues 2/28/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on looseleaf
 * Bring IRB & Ready ELA Prep book every day! ||  ||
 * || Mon 2/27/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on looseleaf
 * Theme
 * Tone
 * Mood
 * Imagery
 * Figurative Language
 * Metaphor
 * Simile
 * Personification
 * Hyperbole
 * Repetition
 * Alliteration
 * Sensory Details
 * Rhyme ||  ||
 * || Thurs 2/16/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * Chapbook with typed Intro & Top 3 Poems
 * All Drafts, Revisions and Revision Reflections for Top 3 Poems
 * Separate extra copy of best poem for class anthology with your name on it
 * Rubric || [[file:Rubric - 8th Poetry 2011-12.doc]] ||
 * || Mon 2/13/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on looseleaf
 * || Fri 2/10/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Thurs 2/9/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log on loose-leaf
 * || Mon 2/6/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE on loose-leaf
 * || Thurs 2/2/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Wed 2/1/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Mon 1/30/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE (on loose-leaf if you don't have a handout)
 * || Thurs 1/26/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Wed 1/18/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log - Reading Log will be collected next Mon 1/23/12
 * ||  || **MARKING PERIOD 3** ||   ||
 * || Fri 1/13/12 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Wed 1/11/12
 * || Fri 12/23/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Thurs 12/22/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Wed 12/21/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Tues 12/20/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Mon 12/19/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
 * || Fri 12/16/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Tues 12/13/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Mon 12/12/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
 * || Fri 12/9/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log

Did Penelope ever like Junior?

Why did the grandma and Eugene and his sister die in a similar time period?

Did Rowdy & Junior make up? Option 3: Do both Options 1 & 2 and get extra credit ||  || 2) Finish reading Alexie novel - ends on pg. 213 ||  || 2) Read up to pg. 198 in Alexie novel ||  || 2) Read up to pg. 178 in Alexie novel 2) Read up to pg. 149 in Alexie novel 3) Finish Character Analysis paragraph ||  || 2) Reading Response - can be on Alexie novel OR IRB 3) Read up to pg. 66 in Alexie novel 4) Get Sticky Notes! ||  || 2) Get Sticky Notes! ||   || 2) Get Sticky Notes! ||  || 2) Answer Q's from "Stereotyping" on loose-leaf under your Aim ||   || 2) Finish writing poem using ideas brainstormed on graphic organizer ||   || 2) Complete 2 Vocab Word Studies or all 4 for extra credit 3) Get ELA MP1 Grade Signed OR Bring Signed to P/T Conferences || || 2) Reading Response DUE ||  || 2) Finish draft of vocabulary word news article || || 2) Final Draft Personal Essay Due. Staple on top with previous draft and rubric attached behind ||  || 2) Reading Response DUE ||   || 2) Add Revisions to your draft based on Peer or Teacher Conferences. Make sure you have a paragraph explaining your theme/message ||  || 2) Write a new draft of your personal essay including thoughts, feelings, and reflection on the moment of challenge or change. Make sure your theme/message is clear. ||  || 2) Revise your personal essay draft to include a zoomed in moment using sensory details from Friday's brainstorm chart and descriptive words from today's brainstorm chart. 3) Bring $ for Book Fair - We will attend on Thurs or Fri! ||  || 2) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE ||   || 2) Make sure you found a moment to zoom in on in your personal essay ||   || 2) Bring IRB for Independent Reading 3) Make sure you found a moment to zoom in on in your personal essay ||  || 1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log 2)Get PROGRESS REPORT Signed || || 2)Complete handout for writing after the Shared Inquiry Discussion on "A Gathering of Heroes" 3)ELA Progress Reports will go out on Tues 10/11 || || 2) Finish Vocab classwork assignment for "A Gathering of Heroes" || || 2) Finish Revising your draft on a new piece of loose-leaf. You should be able to see where you made changes in your writing. ||  || 2) ( ½ page min) What is your response to “A Gathering of Heroes”? What questions do you have about it? ||   || 2) Completed Reading Log DUE MON & Bring IRB for Reading Workshop ||   || 2) Completed Reading Log DUE MON & Bring IRB for Reading Workshop || || 2) 1 page minimum - Write about one of your Writing Territories ||   || 2) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  || 9/19/11 || 1) Bring in Independent Reading Book (IRB) 2) Complete Profile Handout - Remember you should do a brainstorm and rough draft on loose-leaf. The writing on the handout should be a revised/edited draft. || || 9/15/11 || 1) Review Syllabus with parents and fill out Parent Contact Info Sheet 2) DUE Mon 9/19/11 - Bring in an Independent Reading Book (IRB) || ||
 * || Thurs 12/8/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Wed 12/7/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log
 * || Tues 12/6/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
 * Miyo will collect Reading Log & Character Analysis Paragraph HW's originally due Mon on Tues! ||  ||
 * || Mon 12/5/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Reading & Log DUE
 * || Wed 11/30/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log - can be Alexie novel OR IRB
 * || Tues 11/29/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
 * || Mon 11/28/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log DUE
 * || Wed 11/23/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log ||  ||
 * || Tues 11/22/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log ||  ||
 * || Mon 11/21/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log DUE
 * || Thurs 11/17/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
 * || Wed 11/16/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Ind. Reading & Log
 * || Tues 11/15/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Mon 11/7/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
 * || Wed 11/2/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Mon 10/31/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
 * || Mon 10/24/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - LOG DUE
 * || Fri 10/21/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Thu 10/20/11 || Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
 * || Wed 10/19/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Tues 10/18/11 || Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
 * || Mon 10/17/11 || 1) Reading Response DUE (see assignment under 10/12/11 Resources)
 * || Fri 10/14/11 || 1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Thurs 10/13/11 || 1)Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Wed 10/12/11 || *READING RESPONSE WILL BE DUE MON 10/17/11
 * || Tues 10/11/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log - READING LOG DUE
 * || Fri 10/7/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Thurs 10/6/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Wed 10/5/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Tues 10/4/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
 * || Mon 10/3/11 || 1) (1 page minimum) Take a "snapshot" in your mind of a moment of challenge or change - Describe that snapshot.
 * || Tues 9/28/11 || Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
 * 4 || Mon 9/26/11 || 1) (1 page minimum) Write about a relationship with an individual who has influenced or changed you OR write about anything on your writing territories.
 * 3 || Fri 9/23/11 || 1) Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log
 * || Thurs 9/22/11 || Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
 * || Wed 9/21/11 || 1) Bring #2 Pencil for ACT Explore Diagnostic Practice Test during periods 1 & 2. Bring IRB to read if you finish early.
 * || Tues 9/20/11 || Daily HW: 30 min Independent Reading and Log ||  ||
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 * 1 || Thurs