ENGLISH 8 1ST PERIOD
Second Semester/4th
Quarter
Mrs. Lynn OBrien
WEEK OF May 12 16, 2008
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Finish five-paragraph essay on analysis of your chosen poen. Final draft is due tomorrow |
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Practice presentation of chosen poem with your partner (Objective: making the abstract concrete). Presentations for test tomorrow |
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After presentations, start review in grammar (parts of speech) |
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Continue grammar review |
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Review for final exam for Monday morning 1st period. |
WEEK OF May 5 9, 2008
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Finish writing essay |
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Determine plan of presentation for poem. Go over poetry terms. |
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To library to type essay. Work on presentation of your selected poem |
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Finish prepositions in grammar and discuss clauses. Test tomorrow on poetry terms (part I of Poetry Test) |
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Test (Part I Poetry). Re-enactment of your poem is due next Tuesday and Wednesday. |
WEEK OF April 28 May 2, 2008
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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. |
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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) |
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Discuss your poem in class. Work with partner on re-enactment strategy of your selected poem. |
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Thursday |
Review the five paragraph essay, and continue writing paragraph 2 about your poem |
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Friday |
Continue writing essay about selected poem |
WEEK OF April 22 25, 2008
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No school |
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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). |
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Prepositions pg. 130. Do exercises 7.1 and 7.2 in class. No homework. |
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Thursday |
Go over homework. Prepositional Phrases (pg. 132). Do 7-4 and 7-5 on pp. 133 and 134 |
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Friday |
Go over homework; then work on poem with partner |
Week of April 14 18, 2008
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Monday |
Review adverbs/Diagram sentences. Quiz tomorrow on Adjectives and adverbs. Do ex. 6/1 and 6/2 on pp. 116/117 |
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Go over ch. 15 vocabulary. (will have test on this last chapter on Friday). |
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Positions of Adverbs (pg. 120/121 for ex. 6-5 and 6-6) |
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Thursday |
Vocab. game to review for vocab. test tomorrow. |
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Friday |
Vocab. test on last chapter in book. No homework |
WEEK OF April 7 11, 2008
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Go over assignment given last week (vocab/grammar). Continue video of Anne of green gables. Do homework as assigned in class. |
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Discuss writing one paragraph essay questions for test on Anne of Green Gables. The take-home test is due on Friday. |
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Wednesday |
Work on grammar and vocab. |
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Thursday |
Grammar (pp. 100/101, Ex. 5-5/5-6) Test on Anne of Green Gables due tomorrow |
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Friday |
Test due today. Grammar pp. 102/103 |
WEEK OF: March 31 April 4, 2008
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Class will be taking SATs 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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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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