8th Grade Differentiated English

 

Click on the following link for my Quia home page. You can practice for Greek and Latin tests and review for Literature tests.

Mrs. Owen's Quia web page

Retesting Opportunities

Retesting opportunities for students will be Monday and Thursday before and after school and on Friday during Independent Reading time.  Before a student may retest, he or she must complete some practice problems and any daily practice that was assigned as homework prior to retesting.

 

November 2008
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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•Write-for-five #15

•G/L Lesson 16 WS due Tuesday

•Read Chapter 3, 4

•Complete study questions and packet due Tuesday

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•Collect G/L WS

•Write-for-five #16

•Discussion

•Quiz Chapters 1-4

•Read Chapter 5, 6

•Complete study questions and packet due Wednesday

•G/L pgs. 48, 49 (II, III, IV) due Thursday

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•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 8 & packet

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•Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 5-8 reading quiz

•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 9 & packet

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•Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 5-8 reading quiz

•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Chapter 9 & packet

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•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #7 (chapter 12) & packet

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•Hound of the Baskervilles -Chapters 9-12reading quiz

•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #8 (chapter 13) & packet

 

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•Hound of the Baskervilles - HW: Reading #9 (chapters 14 &15) & packet

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Review for Hound of the Baskervilles exam

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Hound of the Baskervilles final exam

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1st Quarter Write for Five Journal Topics
Journal #
Journal Entry
1
Identify the character pillars that best identify you.  Describe how those traits make you the person you are today.
2
If your best friend could describe you, what would he or she say?
3
What are some of your goals in life? ...Your hopes and dreams?
4
What are your unique quailities.  What makes you different than other people?
5
Tell a story about one of the events on the "Timeline of Your Life" handout.
6
Write about an interesting place you have been. (this doesn't have to be a vacation...it could be as simple as getting lost in the pages of a good book."
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Freewrite about your weekend
8
Write about someone you know who isn't what they seem.
QW#1
Talk about something bizarre that has happened to you.  Think about our theme of strange and mysterious.
QW#2
Explain what you think happened to Billy Weaver at the end of the story.
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Freewrite about your weekend
QW#3
Supose you received an object that had the power to grant its owner 3 wishes.  What would you do?
#10
Create a story usind the following lead...It was a dark and stormy night.  We had been traveling...
QW #4
What do you think happened at the end of "The Monkey's Paw"?  Justify your answer with examples from the story.
#11
Free write.
#12
Create a top ten list of terrors in pop culture.  Consider movies, shows, book, roller coaster, haunted houses, etc...
QW #5
Why do some people like being scared?  Can a good scare ever be healthy?
QW #6
Can you tell if someone is telling the truth or lying?  If so, how?  If no, why is this difficult?
#13
Free write.
#14
In what ways was the Narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" unreliable/  Give specific examples from the text for support.
2nd Quarter Write for Five Journal Topics
Journal #
Journal Entry
#16
Free write
#17
Write about your scariest experience.
   

 

Book Products

Students are required to do two book products per quarter.  The first book product is a required genre and the second book product is a choice genre.  For the required genre students fill out a book review form (see link below), and for the choice genre students need to choose a book product from the book product list (see link below).  Due dates are listed below.

1st Quarter:

  • Genre-Mystery

Due Dates

  • September 24, October 15

2nd Quarter:

  • Science Fiction/Fantasy
  • November 19, January 7

3rd Quarter:

  • Historical Fiction
  • February 11, March 11

4th Quarter:

  • Realistic Fiction
  • April 15, May 13

Book Products -link to book product ideas

Book_Review - link to book review form

 

Greek/Latin

Everday Vocabulary

Click below for a link to each lesson

with a list of the bases and definitions

VOCAB LESSON 13