8 Blue English Homework for 6/1/15-6/5/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Grammar review
Finish worksheet if not completed in class.
***Return literature books. Students who do
not return books will not be allowed to attend
the 8th grade dance!
Tuesday
Grammar review
Wednesday
Grammar post-test
Finish worksheet if not completed in class.
***Return literature books. Students who do
not return books will not be allowed to attend
the 8th grade dance!
No homework
Thursday
Review for final exam
Friday
Open ended final exam question
Review concepts learned throughout the year
for the final exam.
Review concepts learned throughout the year
for the final exam.
English final exam is on Monday
8 Blue English Homework for 4/20/15-4/24/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
PSSA Math
Make sure double voice poem is ready for
class tomorrow. You will have 5 minutes in
class to prepare with your partner to read it.
Tuesday
Reading Double Voice Poems
None
Wednesday
Diamante
Diamantes and Double Voice poem for Friday
Thursday
Introduction paragraph lesson for
research.
Diamante and Double Voice Poem for Friday
Friday
Reading of Poems and Introduction to
Bucket List Poems
None
8 Blue English Homework for 4/06/15-4/10/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Review of ELA Practice test
None
Tuesday
Review of TDA. How to write a
successful TDA
Revise TDA written in class for Thursday
Wednesday
PSSA Practice
Revise TDA written in class for Thursday
Thursday
PSSA Practice
None
Friday
Jeopardy / Eggspert
None
8 Blue English Homework for 3/23/15-3/27/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Reading Comprehension Activity in
Yellow Booklet
Grammar Activity
Pages 2,3, and part of 4 in Parts of Speech
Packet (Nouns, Verbs, Helping Verbs) Due
Tuesday!
Tuesday
Finish Grammar Activity
Time to work on Parts of Speech Packet
Wednesday
Review of ELA Practice Test
Pages 4,5,6 in Parts of Speech Packet
(Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs) DUE
WEDNESDAY
Pages 7,8 in Parts of Speech Packet
(Conjunctions, prepositions) DUE THURSDAY!
Thursday
To be determined
Friday
To be determined
None
None
8 Blue English Homework for 3/16/15-3/20/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Recap Chapter 10
Introduce Quote assignment
Begin Chapter 11
Choose a significant quote from NOFD and
write a 7 sentence response to why the quote
is important to the Narrative
Tuesday
Finish Chapter 11
Put Quote on large paper
Wednesday
Work with quote in class
Recap 11
Thursday
Short Answer Test
Frederick Douglass short answer test
Thursday
Frederick Douglass Response – Given on
Friday, due Monday.
Frederick Douglass short answer test
Thursday
Frederick Douglass Response – Given on
Friday, due Monday.
Frederick Douglass short answer test
Thursday
Frederick Douglass Response – Given on
Friday, due Monday.
Frederick Douglass Response – Given on
Friday, due Monday.
Friday
In-class response
8 Blue English Homework for 3/9/15-3/13/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Listen to pages 46-50 of Chapter 10
Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday
Vocabulary Quiz
Listen to more of chapter 10
Answer two text dependent questions for
chapter 10 by Thursday!
Wednesday
Listen to Chapter 10 and discuss events
Answer two text dependent questions for
chapter 10 by Thursday!
Thursday
Finish Chapter 10 and discuss events
To be determined
Friday
Listen to chapter 11
To be determined
8 Blue English Homework for 3/2/15-3/6/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Vocabulary Quiz
None—Bring in TDA responses and poetry
terms from poem for Tuesday
Tuesday
Review TDA and Poetry terms
Listen to chapter 9
Finish in class prompts if you haven’t already.
Wednesday
Listen to Chapter 10 and discuss events
Finish in class prompts if you haven’t already.
Thursday
Finish Chapter 10 and discuss events
Finish in class prompts
Friday
Listen to chapter 11
Finish in class prompts. Vocab Quiz
10A,10B,11 on Monday!
8 Blue English Homework for 2/23/15-2/27/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Class presentations
TDA Response due Wednesday! See Edmodo
if you left your question sheet at school!
Tuesday
Chapter 8 – See Edmodo for recording if
you missed.
TDA Response due Wednesday!
Vocabulary Quiz 7-9 on Friday
Vocabulary Packet 10A,10B and 11 due
Friday!
Wednesday
Review of TDA and Poetry in Frederick
Douglass
Vocabulary Quiz 7-9 on Friday
Vocabulary Packet 10A,10B and 11 due
Friday!
Thursday
Friday
Chapter 9 and Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Quiz 7-9 on Friday
Vocabulary Packet 10A,10B and 11 due
Friday!
Vocabulary Quiz Monday!
Be Sure That you have completed your poetry
terms as part of your group!
8 Blue English Homework for 2/16/15-2/20/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
President’s Day
7-9 Packet due Tuesday
Tuesday
Snow Day
Study Vocabulary 4-6 for Quiz Friday
Wednesday
Whittier Research
Study Vocabulary 4-6 for Quiz Friday
Thursday
Whittier Research
Study Vocabulary 4-6 for Quiz Friday
Friday
Vocab Quiz and Whittier Presentation
None
8 Blue English Homework for 2/9/15-2/13/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Chapter 4 listening and discussion
Chapter 5 vocabulary due Tuesday
Tuesday
Chapter 5 Listening and discussion
Chapter 6 vocabulary due Wednesday
Wednesday
Chapter 6Listening and Discussion
Vocab 7,8,9 due Tuesday!
Thursday
Chapter 7 listening and discussion
Vocab 7,8,9 due Tuesday!
Friday
No School
Vocab 7,8,9 due Tuesday!
8 Blue English Homework for 2/2/15-2/06/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Chapter 1 listening and discussion
Study Chapters 1-3 words for Friday! Quiz or
Vocab Assignment on Friday!
Tuesday
Chapters 2-3 listening and discussion
Study Chapters 1-3 words for Friday! Quiz or
Vocab Assignment on Friday!
Wednesday
Chapters 2-3 listening and discussion
Study Chapters 1-3 words for Friday! Quiz or
Vocab Assignment on Friday!
Thursday
Frederick Douglass Chapter 4
Study Chapters 1-3 words for Friday! Quiz or
Vocab Assignment on Friday!
Friday
Vocabulary Quiz / Activity over chapters 13
None
8 Blue English Homework for 1/26/15-1/30/15
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Introduction to Frederick Douglass
Work for Outside of Class
Vocabulary Packet Chapters 1-2 words
completed Thursday using
www.rewordify.com
Tuesday
Work on Vocabulary / Finish Practice
Assessment / get recommendations
Vocabulary Packet Chapters 1-2 words
completed using www.rewordify.com
Wednesday
Spelling Bee
Vocabulary Packet Chapters 1-2 words
completed using www.rewordify.com
Chapter 3 due Friday!
Thursday
Frederick Douglass Chapter 1
Vocabulary Packet Chapters 1-2 words
completed using www.rewordify.com
Chapter 3 due Friday!
Friday
Frederick Douglass Chapters 2-3
TBD
8 Blue English Homework for 1/19/15-1/23/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
No School
Good Copy of TDA due Friday!
Tuesday
TDA Drafting and rough draft peer editing
Good Copy of TDA due Friday!
Wednesday
Spelling Bee
Good Copy of TDA due Friday!
Thursday
ELA Practice Assessment #1
Good Copy of TDA due Friday!
Friday
ELA Practice Assessment #2
NONE!
8 Blue English Homework for 1/12/15-1/16/15
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Review of Benchmark Answers
Work for Outside of Class
None!
Tuesday
Introduction of Independent Novel
Assessment
NEW ROUGH DRAFT DUE DATE! DUE
TUESDAY 1/20!
Wednesday
Time to work on Independent Novel
Assessment
NEW ROUGH DRAFT DUE DATE! DUE
TUESDAY 1/20!
Thursday
Time to work on Independent Novel
Assessment
NEW ROUGH DRAFT DUE DATE! DUE
TUESDAY 1/20!
Friday
Work on Rough Draft
NEW ROUGH DRAFT DUE DATE! DUE
TUESDAY 1/20!
8 Blue English Homework for 1/5/15-1/9/15
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Counter Argument Paragraph
Counter Argument Paragraph completed for
Tuesday!
Tuesday
Introduction Paragraph
Introduction Paragraph and Body Paragraph #2
completed for Wednesday.
Wednesday
Conclusion Paragraph
Conclusion Paragraph and Body Paragraph 3 for
Persuasive due Friday!
Thursday
Benchmark Test Review (Test
completed--- students will be
reviewing their results)
Conclusion Paragraph and Rough Draft for
Persuasive due Friday!
Friday
Rough Draft review as well as introduction
to Independent Novel Assessment
Persuasive Essay due Monday!
8 Blue English Homework for 12/15-12/19
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Benchmark Day #1
Work for Outside of Class
Vocabulary Packet due tomorrow!
Tuesday
Benchmark day #2
Time to read novel if finished.
None
Wednesday
Argumentative articles and writing
Finish Argumentative Graphic Organizer (1 side)
Thursday
Argumentative articles and writing day
#2
3 Questions for book talk due Friday!
Friday
Book Talk
50% of novel should be read by Tuesday.
8 Blue English Homework for 12/8-12/11
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Distribution of Independent Novels and
Projects.
Review of current Grades
Begin Reading Novel. 25% of Novel due by
12/15.
Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Tuesday
Review for Benchmark
Time in class to work on Independent
Novel or Vocabulary Packet
Wednesday
Review for Benchmark
Time in class to work on Independent
Novel or Vocabulary Packet
Thursday
Review for Benchmark
Review for Benchmark – Worksheets due
Friday!
25% of Novel due by 12/15
Work on Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Review for Benchmark – Worksheets due
Friday!
25% of Novel due by 12/15
Work on Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Review for Benchmark
25% of Novel due by 12/15
Work on Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Friday
Review for Benchmark!
Benchmark Monday!!
25% of Novel due by 12/15
Work on Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
8 Blue English Homework for 12/1-12/4
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
In class presentations and immigration
article distribution.
Finish Reading Article and answer 4
questions. The 4 questions are posted on
Edmodo if you did not write them down in
class.
Tuesday
Immigration debate (Argumentative
unit intro)
None
Wednesday
Vocabulary Unit 3 Introduction
Anticipation Statements for Independent
Novel Selections
Complete Anticipation Statements for
Independent Novel Selections
Thursday
Independent Novel introductions
Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Vocabulary Quiz 12/22
Friday
Finish Independent Novel introductions
Vocabulary Packet due 12/16
Vocabulary Quiz 12/22
8 Blue English Homework for 11/24-11/26
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Workshop Day #3 for Independent Novel
Project
Short Story Museum Project due Tomorrow!
Tuesday
Short Story Museum
None!
Wednesday
Introduction to Argumentative
None!
Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!
None!
Friday
Happy Thanksgiving!
Short Story Project due Tuesday!
8 Blue English Homework for 11/17-11/21
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
The Landlady Quiz
Begin working on Short Story Literary
Terms grid.
Short Story Literary Terms Grid due
Wednesday!
Tuesday
The Landlady movie versus text
Short Story Literary Terms Grid due
Wednesday!
Wednesday
Introduction to Short Story Museum /
Project
Come to class with your project type and the
literary device that you have chosen
Thursday
Short Story Project in-class work time
Short Story Project due Tuesday
Friday
Short Story Project in-class work time
Short Story Project due Tuesday!
8 Blue English Homework for 11/10-11/14
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Intro and beginning to “The Monkey’s
Paw”
Complete questions from “A Glimpse to the
Future” that we have read.
Period 6/7 revisions due tomorrow!
Tuesday
Marking Period 1 review
Finish Making Meaning questions for “The
Monkey’s Paw.”
Wednesday
Monkey’s Paw Compare and Contrast
None
Thursday
The Monkey’s Paw Wrap-up
None
Friday
“The Landlady” introduction
Finish reading “The Landlady”
Quiz Monday!
8 Blue English Homework for 11/3-11/7
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
The Pedestrian Imagery Scenes activity
Study for Tell Tell Heart Quiz Thursday
Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Vocabulary Review
Thursday
TTH Quiz
BOOK FAIR!
TTH Quiz Thursday
Vocab Quiz Friday
Period 1,2 Revisions due Friday!
Period 3,6/7,11 Revisions due Monday!
TTH Quiz Thursday
Vocab Quiz Friday
Period 1,2 Revisions due Friday!
Period 3,6/7,11 Revisions due Monday!
Vocab Quiz Friday
Period 1,2 Revisions due Friday!
Period 3,6/7,11 Revisions due Monday!
Friday
Vocab Quiz
Finish Imagery Activity
Period 3,6/7,11 Revisions due Monday!
8 Blue English Homework for 10/27-10/31
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Close Read of Tell Tale Heart Quotes
Finish Tell Tale Heart Handout
Tuesday
Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe and
The Tell Tale Heart
Vocabulary Packet Due Monday
Wednesday
Reading of The Tell Tale Heart
Vocabulary Packet due Monday
Thursday
To be determined
Vocabulary Packet due Monday
Friday
To be determined
Vocabulary packet and Imagery Worksheet
due Monday 11/3
8 Blue English Homework for 10/20-10/24
Date
In Class Activity
Work for Outside of Class
Monday
Self and Peer Edit of Rough Draft of
Essay
Good Copy due Friday
Tuesday
Good Copy due Friday
Wednesday
Self and Peer Edit of Rough Draft of
Essay
Vocabulary Introduction
Vocabulary Activity
Thursday
4-Sight and Flowers test Review
Good Copy due Friday
Vocabulary Packet due Monday, 11/3
Friday
4-Sight Review
Vocabulary packet due Monday 11/3
Good Copy due Friday
Vocabulary Packet due Monday, 11/3
8 Blue English Homework for 10/13-10/17
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Flowers for Algernon Test and
Grammar Review
Work for Outside of Class
None
Tuesday
Charly Part 1
Compare, Contrast, Evaluate Essay due
Monday 10/20/
Wednesday
Charly Part 2
Compare, Contrast, Evaluate Essay due
Monday 10/20/
Thursday
Drafting time in class for Essay
Compare, Contrast, Evaluate Essay due
Monday 10/20/
Friday
Drafting time in class for Essay
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Listening to Progress Report 11
Compare, Contrast, Evaluate Essay due
Monday 10/20/
Work for Outside of Class
Grammar Assignment #1 due Wednesday
Pre and Post PARTS Chart due Wednesday!
Tuesday
Listening to Progress Report 12
(Through June 19th)
Grammar Assignment #1 due Wednesday
Pre and Post PARTS Chart due Wednesday!
Wednesday
Grammar Review for Capitalization
and Commas
Complete Progress Reports due Monday
10/13.
Thursday
2nd Half of Progress Report 12.
Discussion of entire story.
Complete Progress Reports due Monday
10/13.
Flowers for Algernon Test on Monday!
Friday
To be determined
Complete Progress Reports due Monday
10/13.
Flowers for Algernon Test on Monday!
8 Blue English Homework for 9/29-10/3
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Listen to
11
1st
half of progress report
Work for Outside of Class
Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday
Vocabulary Quiz
None
Wednesday
4-Sight
None
Thursday
4 Sight Day 2
None
Friday
Introduction of Grammar Packet
Grammar Packet activity #1 due Wednesday.
8 Blue English Homework for 9/22-9/26
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Progress Reports 6-8
Direct vs. Indirect Characterization
Work for Outside of Class
Finish Progress Reports 6-8
Letter Revision due Wednesday
Vocabulary Packet due 9/26—Extra Credit if
turned in 9/24
Tuesday
Progress Reports 9-10
Wednesday
Progress Reports 9-10
Thursday
No School
Friday
Vocabulary Review Game
Progress Report #9
Letter Revision due Wednesday
Vocabulary Packet due 9/26—Extra Credit if
turned in 9/24
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26
Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday 9/29
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26.
Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday 9/29
Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday
Holt (Reading Pre-test) Wednesday and
Thursday. (This test is to test knowledge and
identify strengths and weaknesses.. .This is not
a test to be studied for… it will not count in
Power School.
8 Blue English Homework for 9/15-9/19
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Vocabulary Preview and distribution
of Vocabulary packet #1
Work for Outside of Class
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26. Be working
on this 15-20 minutes per night.
Tuesday
Flowers for Algernon Part 1 – Day 1
Progress reports 1-3
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26. Be working
on this 15-20 minutes per night.
Wednesday
Flowers for Algernon Part 1- Day 2
Pgs: ______
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26. Be working
on this 15-20 minutes per night.
Thursday
Return of Letter Assignment—
Revision due 9/24
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26. Be working
on this 15-20 minutes per night.
Flowers for Algernon Part 1- Day 3
Pgs:____
Revision of Letter due 9/24! This will impact
grade significantly.
Vocabulary Packet #1 due 9/26. Be working
on this 15-20 minutes per night.
Friday
Revision of Letter due 9/24! This will impact
grade significantly.
8 Blue English Homework for 9/8-9/12
Date
In Class Activity
Monday
Creating a mask
Tuesday
Work for Outside of Class
Finish Mask if not completed
None
Wednesday
Write a 3 paragraph letter to teacher,
detailing information about character
and personality.
TBD
Thursday
TBD
TBD
Friday
TBD
TBD
TBD
8 Blue English Homework for 9/1-9/5
Date
Monday
In Class Activity
Labor Day – No School
Work for Outside of Class
NONE
Tuesday
Introduce Class Syllabus and
Personal Information Card handed out
Signed Syllabus due Friday
Wednesday
Ice Breaker Games
Signed Syllabus due Friday
Thursday
Grammar Pre-quiz and Introduction to Establish Edmodo Account if not done in class.
Edmodo
Syllabus due Friday.
Friday
Google Docs introduction as well as
informational letter and mask introduction.
Brainstorm and gather materials for introductory
mask.