English+8+Homework

=__**8th Grade English Language Arts Homework**__=

Q's? contact: miyotrcs@gmail.com Civil Rights Movements Resources

1) Conference Reflection (2pgs. min) 2) Bring in notebook to hand in 3) Bring all handouts done in preparation for the conference to turn in
 * Thurs 6/3/10**

1)** Finish Character Creation: Character modeled on: Character name: Age: Gender: Race/Ethnicity: Occupation: Other background info:
 * Tues 6/1/10 (on looseleaf)

Pre-Conference Thoughts: Write a diary entry from the perspective of your character, exploring your thoughts on the night before the conference. Why and how did you get involved in this movement? How long have you been a member of the movement? Have you ever been to a conference like this before? What are your expectations? What are your goals for the conference and for the movement? 2) Finish group materials for the conference

DUE MON 5/24/10 1) Finish Document Summaries & Explanations handout 2) Research your movement's history online (use the list of search terms you brainstormed in class today). Cut & paste info into a //brief// document and print to share with your group members on Mon. [|Web Research Log.doc] (on looseleaf)
 * Thurs 5/20/10**
 * Wed 5/19/10**
 * Did you dis/agree with your classmates' choices during the ladder activity? Why?
 * What ideas and questions do you have based on the ladder activity?
 * Would they let the ladder fall? Why/not?
 * What connections do you make between the ladder activity and Civil Rights Movements?

//In class:// Write your letter in class using your outline. (We will do this assignment as an On-Demand Writing assessment in order to practice for the ELA Exam, but you will have the opportunity to revise for a higher grade after you receive your first grade.) //HW:// No HW – Have an awesome Spring Break! //In class:// Outline your letter using a provided graphic organizer, class notes and readings. //HW:// Finish outlining your letter
 * Fri 3/26/10** –
 * Thurs 3/25/10 -**

//HW:// Actively Read “Vote With Your Fork” & mark notes in the margin - what is the point/ purpose of each paragraph? At the end, briefly summarize the Main Idea & Purpose of the whole passage. 2) Read "The Omnivore's Solution: Some Tips for Eating" to get some ideas of actions YOU can take Compare & Contrast Writing assignment #3 2-3 paragraphs, typed or loose leaf. Address both of the following bullets: Actively Read Pollan "Polyface Farm" – excerpts from pgs. 145-170 In your response, draw some conclusions, and include your answer to at least one of these questions:
 * Wed 3/24/10** –
 * Tues || 3/23/10 || No HW ||
 * Mon || 3/22/10 || No HW ||
 * Fri || 3/19/10 ||  ||
 * What are the similarities and differences between the farming and slaughtering practices at non-industrial Polyface Farm and the industrialized CAFO’s, chickenhouses (organic & non-organic) and slaughterhouses?
 * Draw conclusions and state your opinion. What parts of each system do you think are better? Why? Support your opinion by discussing the impact on at least one of the following: animals, the environment, workers, consumers.
 * Thurs || 3/18/10 ||  ||
 * Wed || 3/17/10 || (2 + paragraphs, typed or looseleaf) What was similar or different about the working conditions in meatpacking industry in different time periods?
 * What was the best time period for workers in the meatpacking industry? Why?
 * Why did working conditions change in different time periods?
 * Should consumers care about the conditions of the workers who produce their meat? ||

3) Get Final Grade signed 4) 802: finish Marking Period 3 Reflection on Final Grade handout ||
 * Tues || 3/16/10 || Finish Actively Reading Schlosser pg. 182-191 & summarize the main idea at the end of each paragraph (write in the margin) ||
 * Mon || 3/15/10 || 1) ACTIVELY Read Pollan Chpt. 11 “More Big Organic 2) Write 1-2 well developed paragraphs (typed or looseleaf) that Compare & Contrast the similarities and differences between organic and non-organic chickens.
 * Use details from this chapter and from any readings or the film to support your answer.
 * Ideas you may discuss: conditions chickens are raised in, taste, cost, how “healthy” they are for humans to consume, conditions workers experience, amount of fossil fuels used for products to reach consumers

DUE Mon 2/22 - 1) Chapbook w/cover image, intro and 3 revised poems 2) Envelope with all drafts, revision reflections and the rubric || Make sure to put page#'s and the date on top of the page. ||
 * Fri || 3/12/10 || 1-2 paragraphs (typed or looseleaf) Should access to healthy food be a right for everyone? ||
 * Thurs || 3/11/10 || 1) Actively Read Pollan Chpt. 5 2) Complete Main Ideas & Details handout ||
 * Wed || 3/10/10 || No HW ||
 * Tues || 3/9/10 || Factual Q's handout ||
 * ||  || MARKING PERIOD 3 ||
 * Thurs || 2/11/12 || DUE Fri 2/12 - Submission of one poem for class anthology (typed, with Title and author's name - no date)
 * Wed || 2/3/10 || * Revise Poem 1, 2, 3 for next friday2/10/10 ||
 * Tues || 2/2/10 || * Choose a different free-write to revise into __**Poem 3, Revision1**__
 * Complete Revision Reflection handout+ staple on top (typed or looseleaf) ||
 * Mon || 2/1/10 || * Read GUHH Section 5.1 response to 1 poem in at least one paragraph on loosleaf read "Burn" 2x ||
 * Fri || 1/29/10 || * No HW ||
 * Thurs || 1/28/10 || * Bring notes + artifacts from SS immigration Interview
 * Due Mon: Poem 2, Revision (typed) w/ complete revision reflection stapled on top staple Revision 2 on top of Revision 1. ||
 * Wed || 1/27/10 || * ||
 * Tues || 1/26/10 || * Finish Graphic Organizer sheet and stapled it in your notebook
 * Do a Freewrite ||
 * Mon || 1/25/10 || * No HW ||
 * Fri || 1/22/10 || * Revise Poem 1, Revision 2 (typed)
 * Complete + attach Poetry Revision Reflectional staple both on top of Revision 1 ||
 * Thurs || 1/21/09 || * No HW ||
 * Wed || 1/20/10 || * No HW ||
 * Tues || 1/19/10 || * Read Section 3: GUHH "I'm crying Everyone's tears"
 * Respond to 1 poem in prose (1 paragraph minimum) on poetry on looseleaf . ||
 * Mon || 1/18/10 || * No School Martin Luther King Day ||
 * Fri || 1/15/10 || * Finish the handout and rewrite your poem on looseleaf or typed ||
 * Thurs || 1/14/10 || * No HW ||
 * Wed || 1/13/1 || * Freewrite: Create an original beat+ write to it OR write a piece of music. Create your own prompt or use "Things that drive me crazy" or "I remember" in NB. ||
 * Tues || 1/12/10 || * No HW ||
 * Mon || 1/11/10 || * Read Section 2 "Grandma's Soup" of GUHH + respond to 1 poem in prose paragraph or poetry.
 * Write title of poem you responding to. ||
 * Fri || 1/8/10 || * Revise 1 poem Complete+ attach revision reflectional (typed or on looseleaf) ||
 * Thurs || 1/7/10 || * Poem: Letter to a family member (on looseleaf) ||
 * Wed || 1/6/10 || * Complete Notebook Self Evaluation + staple into notebook
 * Use brainstorm handout to write a place poem, try using metaphor and /or to use repetition. ||
 * Tues || 1/5/10 || * Red Section1- GUHH:Choose 1 poem + respond to it in pose(paragraph) or choose one of your own poem
 * Don't forget to write down the title of the poem you are responding to. ||
 * Mon || 1/4/10 || * ? ||
 * Wed || 12/23/09 || * No HW Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!! ||
 * Tues || 12/22/09 || * No HW ||
 * Mon || 12/21/09 || * Bring in a small object that is important to you or represents you. (Due Wednesday) ||
 * Fri || 12/18/09 || * Revise free write into a poem ||
 * Thurs || 12/17/09 || * Revise free write into a poem ||
 * Wed || 12/16/09 || * Unit 2 Reflection and Feedback handout ||
 * Tues || 12/15/09 || * Final Draft stapled into book cover with completed self Evaluation Sheet
 * Packet of all previous drafts+ feedback stapled together with most recent on top. ||
 * Mon || 12/14/09 || * Work on book covers and Final Draft
 * Tues will be Peer Edit for conventions
 * Final Draft and book covers are due Wednesday ||
 * Fri || 12/11/09 || * Complete Draft 3 typed in (12 pt font) due Monday. ||
 * Thurs || 12/10/09 || * Work on Draft 3
 * Complete conclusion sheet ||
 * Wed || 12/09/09 || * Work on Darft2- Complete all body paragraph's
 * evidence fully analyzed (TIED
 * transitions ||
 * Tues || 12/8/09 || * Work on Draft 2- make sure that you make 2 or 3 specific pieces of supporting evidence in each paragraph. ||
 * Mon || 12/7/09 || * Continue to collect textual evidence if you do not yet have 2 or 3 supporting details from the text per paragraph. ||
 * Fri || 12/4/09 || * Continue collecting evidence
 * Draft 1 due on Monday at the end of the period ||
 * Thurs || 12/3/09 || * Maker sure you have an arguable thesis
 * Finish the graphic organizer sheet
 * Begin in Draft 1 or continue to collect evidence ||
 * Wed || 12/2/09 || * In NB: Choose 1 of the characters performed. Free-write analyzing the character. What is their role/purpose in the novel? How do they relate to other characters? End with a strong assertion about the character.
 * Bring in CAT forms! ||
 * Tues || 12/1/09 || * Memorize your lines.
 * Bring in the script typed or neatly written for tomorrow.
 * Copy of dialogues are Due: Wednesday. ||
 * Mon || 11/30/09 || * Bring a prop for your scene.
 * Bring in your personal essays rubrics.
 * Bring in the sheet completed. ||
 * Wed || 11/25/09 || * No HW **HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!** ||
 * Tue || 11/24/09 || * (On loose-leaf) How can an individual change a community?How has Junior changed the community on the rez? How has Junior changed Reardan High? How has Reardan High changed Junior? (answer in 1 paragraph form) ||
 * Mon || 11/23/09 || * (on loose-leaf) What tribes are you a part of? How do you perform your identities when you are with these different tribes? Do you have a "part-time" identity? Choose 2 different contexts and write about how you are different in each one. ||
 * Fri || 11/20/09 || * Finish reading Alexie novel ||
 * Wed || 11/18/09 || * Read up to pgs. 179-198
 * Choose 5 quotes and illustrate them or write 1 paragraph in response to one of the quotes. ||
 * Tues || 11/17/09 || * Create a cartoon using the characters from the Cat Drama or the novel.You must use at least 5 of the new words.
 * Complete the back of the (Vocabulary Study) sheet. ||
 * Mon || 11/16/09 || * Read up to pgs.150-178
 * Double entry journal left side (5-10) quotes, right side response(comment, question, observations, or predictions)
 * Fri || 11/13/09 || * Read up to 118-149
 * Finish the sheet ( If Say, etc) w/ at least 5-10 quotes
 * Writing Assignment:When is it okay to break the rules (typed or on looseleaf)
 * Extra Credit: Essay Sentence Corrections (write original sentence and the new sentence, say what you change in the new sentence) ||
 * Thurs || 11/12/09 || * Read up to pg. 99-177
 * Double entry journal left side (5-10) quotes, right side (comment,Q's,explanation) in notebook
 * Reflection- Marking Period 1 and Essay Grades (question, observations, or goals)
 * Extra Credit: Sentence corrections of Essay ||
 * Tues || 11/10/09 || * Read up to pg. 67-98
 * Double entry journal (5-10 quotes) in notebook
 * What are the unwritten rules for being a teen in Reardan?for Junior?for Rowdy?How are the rules similar or diferent? in notebook ||
 * ||  || MARKING PERIOD 1 ||
 * Mon || 9/14/09 || * Bring in Supplies
 * Signed Syllabus and completed Parent Contact Info Sheet
 * Middle School Dues for Homeroom ||
 * Tues || 9/15/09 || * Why is reading important? In general? For you? (on loose-leaf, 1 page response) ||
 * Wed || 9/16/09 || * Supply Check Tomorrow!
 * Number the pages in your notebook
 * __Writing Territories__ (in notebook) - minimum 1 page list of the areas you can write about ||
 * Thurs || 9/17/09 || * Finish __Random Autobiography__ (notebook)
 * Choose one thing from either your Writing Territories or your Random Autobiography to flesh out in an at home “sneeze” (2) (in notebook, 1 page). ||


 * Fri || 9/18/09 || * Do another __“Sneeze” (3)__ (notebook) from a different Writing Territory or Random Autobiography memory (1 pg. min.) ||


 * Mon || 9/21/09 || * Finish Revision (typed or on Loose-leaf) ||


 * Tues || 9/22/09 || * __Sneeze 4__ (notebook) -Pull topic from Writing Territories or Random Autobiography OR write about a relationship with an individual who has influenced or changed you (1 pg. min.) ||
 * Wed || 9/23/09 || * Finish reading "A Gathering of Heroes" and mark the text with + and - where you see positive and negative actions. Bring in any q's you have about the text. ||
 * Thurs || 9/24/09 || * Re-read "A Gathering of Heroes" and come prepared to discuss with your copy of the text. ||
 * Fri || 9/25/09 || * __Sneeze 5__ (on loose-leaf) - //Why does someone act positively or negatively in challenging moments?// Write about a situation in which you faced a challenging choice. OR write about a time you took a risk by acting/reacting differently than the majority ||
 * Tues || 9/29/09 || NO HW ||
 * Wed || 10/1/09 || NO HW ||
 * Thurs || 10/1/09 || * Choose Sneeze 5 or 6: 1) Identify or create a thesis 2) use this thesis to shape __Revision 2__ (on loose-leaf 2 pg min. OR typed 1 pg min.) ||
 * Fri || 10/2/09 || * __Sneeze 7__ (on loose-leaf) - Write about a moment when you felt yourself becoming older or changing from a child to an adolescent OR write about something from your Writing Territories or Random Autobiography ||
 * Mon || 10/5/09 || * (DUE WED) - __Revision 3__: Use all of the strategies of revision we have discussed to revise a 3rd DIFFERENT sneeze into a Draft 2 (2 pgs loose leaf OR 1 pg typed min. ||
 * Wed || 10/7/09 || NO HW ||
 * Thurs || 10/8/09 || * Do 3 Sneezes (1 paragraph to 1 page in length) on 3 of your Topic Blast brainstorms in connection to your thesis. These will potentially become paragraphs in your essay. (Revise for a Draft 3 from your Conferencing feedback, if you're ready.) ||
 * Fri || 10/9/09 || * Complete a Draft 3 of your final essay using conferencing feedback and revision strategies (STAR, etc.) (loose-leaf or typed) ||
 * Tues || 10/13/09 || * __Writing about a line__ (notebook) - Choose one line/sentence from "My Mother's Food" that you think is important to the meaning of the text. Write 1 paragraph to 1 page discussing why. ||
 * Wed || 10/14/09 || * Directed Notes on "My Mother's Food" - write a + sign in the margin where you see positive actions/behaviors/thoughts and a - sign where you see negative ones ||
 * Thurs || 10/15/09 || * Revised Draft 4 (preferably typed 12pt, double-spaced OR written //very// neatly on loose-leaf). Attach Reverse Outline handout.
 * Bring in "My Mother's Food" for the Shared Inquiry Discussion ||
 * Fri || 10/16/09 || * __Final Thoughts on the Shared Inquiry__ (typed or loose-leaf) - Is trying to be first a positive or negative goal? Use examples from the texts and your own life to support your opinion. ||
 * Mon || 10/19/09 || * 1) Work on Revising Intro & Outro
 * 2) Bring in a thesaurus or dictionary if you have one ||
 * Tues || 10/20/09 || * Work on adding flavor to your essay through interesting word choice ||
 * Wed || 10/21/09 || * Complete Word Study Packet on Vocab List 1 ||
 * Thurs || 10/22/09 || * Draft 5 w/ revisions & edits from conferences ||
 * Fri || 10/23/09 || * FINAL DRAFT due MON 10/26 - Complete Process Writing handout and staple it to the FINAL draft, along w/Drafts 4 & 5 ||
 * Mon || 10/26/09 || * Complete Reflection & Feedback Handout ||
 * Tues || 10/27/09 || No HW ||
 * Wed || 10/28/09 || * www.wellpinit.wednet.edu/salish/spokans.php - use the website to find info about the Spokane Indians that you think is important background knowledge for the class.
 * Write one paragraph minimum presenting the info and why you think it is important to share. ||
 * Thurs || 10/29/09 || * Read up to pg. 14
 * (in notebook, 1 paragraph minimum) Respond & describe - Have you ever been in a bad situation where you didn't feel like you could change anything to improve the situation? ||
 * Fri || 10/30/09 || * Finish Prompt B on the "A, B & C of On Demand Writing" Handout
 * Read up to pg. 31
 * (in notebook - 1 paragraph minimum) Respond - "Can your best friend be more important than your family?" ||
 * Mon || 11/2/09 || * 1) Read up to pg. 47.
 * 2) (in notebook) Double-entry Journal: fold the paper in half, length-wise. In the left-hand side, record 5-10 intriguing quotes from pg. 32-47. On the right-hand column, respond to the quotes with comments, explanations or questions. ||


 * Tues || 11/3/09 || NO SCHOOL ||
 * Wed || 11/4/09 || * Finish reading the article/speech
 * Circle words that are unfamiliar. Look up and record the definitions in your notebook.
 * Highlight/underline 5 quotes you would like to explore tomorrow ||
 * Thurs || 11/5/09 || * Notebooks due Fri w/completed Self-Evaluation Rubric stapled on next available page.
 * Reread speech to prepare for Shared Inquiry ||
 * Fri || 11/6/09 || * Writing after the Discussion – Respond to one of the prompts from the handout (2-6 paragraphs, typed or on loose-leaf) ||