8th Grade Language Arts Assignments Assignments
- Instructor
- Teacher Dave Dormaier
- Term
- School Year 2018-19
- Department
- Language Arts
- Description
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Research Paper MLA format sentence outline
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Trimester 2 Journal Entries- all entries should be at least 3/4 of a page
Nov. 27- Revisit your goal from Sept. 7. Give an update. Write a new SMART goal.
Nov. 29- Open Written
Dec. 4- Open Written
Dec. 11- Open Written
Dec. 13- Write your Christmas wish list
Dec. 18- Open Written
Jan. 3- Write about your vacation and/or what are your New Year's resolutions?
Jan. 8- Open Written
Jan. 9- If you could end one world problem, what would it be? Explain.
Jan. 15- Open written
Jan. 22- Open written
Jan. 24- What are three things you are grateful for. Explain.
Jan. 29- Open written
Jan. 31- What is your verse? Based on the Dead Poet's Society clip
Feb. 5- The best month of the year is...
Feb. 12- Open Written
Feb. 19- Open Written
Feb. 21- February is Black History Month. The importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is…
Feb. 26- Open written
Feb. 28- Do you believe that books should be banned? Why or why not?
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"O Captain! My Captain!" questions
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" questions
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"The Monkey's Paw" persuasive essay
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"Th Monkey's Paw" vocabulary
"The Monkey's Paw" questions
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Watch this video before beginning Of Mice and Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mQOyOGKjFo
Of Mice and Men (Only students reading this novel)
Chapters 1-2 (p. 1-37)
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4.1 Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Adverbs
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Rough Draft Summary of "The Third Wish"
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"The Third Wish" vocabulary and questions
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3.2 Interrogative and Indefinite Adjectives
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3.2 Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives
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Fall Student-led Conference Slides
Template is found on Google Classroom
Class Code: rewwiuc
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3.1 Adjectives as Modifiers: Compound and Proper Adjectives
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Writing Journals Collected. Journal is graded based on organization, length (1/2 page minimum), neatness, and content.
Entries Include:
Sept. 7- Write yourself a SMART goal
Sept. 11- Open written
Sept. 13- Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one.
Sept. 18- Open written
Sept. 20- What part of high school are you most excited about? Why?
Sept. 25- Open written
Sept. 27- When do you believe a person becomes an adult? Why?
Oct. 9- Open written
Oct. 16- Open written
Oct. 18- Who is a person from history that you would most like to meet? Why? What would ask him/her?
Oct. 23- Open written
Oct. 25- The door was locked, and I couldn't find the key...
Oct. 30- Open written
Nov. 1- Make an argument on whether 8th grade students should participate in Trick or Treating
Nov. 8- What are your Thanksgiving Plans? Explain.
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3.1 Adjectives as Modifiers: Adjectives with Nouns and Pronouns
3.1 Adjectives as Modifiers: Articles and Nouns Used as Adjectives
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"Cask of Amontillado" questions
"Cask of Amontillado" vocabulary
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Interim Assessment- This must be done here in class.
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1.3 Four Special Kinds of Pronouns: Interrogative and Indefinite
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1.3 Four Special Kinds of Pronouns: Demonstrative and Relative
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Partner Interviews