ENGLISH 8 – 1ST PERIOD

Second Semester/4th Quarter

Mrs. Lynn O’Brien

 

WEEK OF May 12 – 16, 2008

Monday

Finish five-paragraph essay on analysis of your chosen poen. Final draft is due tomorrow 

Tuesday

Practice presentation of chosen poem with your partner (Objective:  making the abstract concrete).  Presentations for test tomorrow

Wednesday

After presentations, start review in grammar (parts of speech)

Thursday

Continue grammar review

Friday

Review for final exam for Monday morning – 1st period.

 

 

WEEK OF May 5 – 9, 2008

Monday

Finish writing essay

Tuesday

Determine plan of presentation for poem.  Go over poetry terms. 

Wednesday

To library to type essay.  Work on presentation of your selected  poem

Thursday

Finish prepositions in grammar and discuss clauses. Test tomorrow on poetry terms (part I of Poetry Test)

Friday

Test (Part I – Poetry).   Re-enactment of your poem is due next Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

WEEK OF April 28 – May 2, 2008

Monday

Review poetry (rhythm and rhyme).  Analyze your poem selected for presentation (determine rhythm and rhyme).  Write a one-paragraph poetry analysis of rhythm and rhyme.

Tuesday

Analyze poems looking for imagery, alliteration, repetition, assonance, similes.   Write an essay in which you analyze these terms as used in your selected poem (Introductory paragraph started in class and finished at home)

Wednesday

Discuss your poem in class.  Work with partner on re-enactment strategy of your selected poem.

Thursday

Review the five paragraph essay, and continue writing paragraph 2 about your poem

Friday

Continue writing essay about selected poem

 

WEEK OF April 22 – 25, 2008

Monday

No school

Tuesday

Go over grammar homework you did in class last Friday. Do ex. 6-10 on page 125 as review (fragments/comma splices/fused sentences/incorrect noun plural forms/incorrect noun possessive forms/incorrect verb forms).

Wednesday

Prepositions – pg. 130.  Do exercises 7.1 and 7.2 in class.  No homework.

Thursday

Go over homework.  Prepositional Phrases (pg. 132).  Do 7-4 and 7-5 on pp. 133 and 134

Friday

Go over homework; then work on poem with partner

 

Week of April 14 – 18, 2008

Monday

Review adverbs/Diagram sentences.  Quiz tomorrow on Adjectives and adverbs.  Do ex. 6/1 and 6/2 on pp. 116/117

Tuesday

Go over ch. 15 vocabulary.  (will have test on this last chapter on Friday).

Wednesday

Positions of Adverbs (pg. 120/121 for ex. 6-5 and 6-6)

Thursday

Vocab. game to review for vocab. test tomorrow.

Friday

Vocab. test on last chapter in book.  No homework

 

 

WEEK OF April 7 – 11, 2008

Monday

Go over assignment given last week (vocab/grammar).  Continue video of Anne of green gables.  Do homework as assigned in class.

Tuesday

Discuss writing one paragraph essay questions for test on Anne of Green Gables.  The take-home test is due on Friday.

Wednesday

Work on grammar and vocab.

Thursday

Grammar (pp. 100/101, Ex. 5-5/5-6)  Test on Anne of Green Gables due tomorrow

Friday

Test due today.  Grammar – pp. 102/103

 

WEEK OF:  March 31 – April 4, 2008

Monday

Class will be taking SAT’s during 1st period from Monday through Thursday.  Assignment given in class on Friday, March 28 for homework during testing time:  Finish Anne of Green Gables (many of you have already or nearly finished the book); Do chapter 15 in Vocabulary book ( 3 pages of this was done in class on Friday); Work in grammar book – pp. 98/99 (Exercises 5/3 and 5/4)

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Friday

Go over homework assigned for this week.  View video of Anne of Green Gables.  Continue working on chapter 15 vocabulary.  Please complete all assignments above by Monday.

 

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