English 8
Period 1, 5 & 6
5/8-6/1
We will be reading Glory
Field by Walter Dean Myers during class time.
Homework for
each class with three written questions from the sections we have just read,
with answers.
Assignment
sheet for Glory Field
The Character Sketch
Glory
Field Character Sketch Assignment Sheet
Character
Sketch Graphic Organizer
PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint
Presentation Assignment Sheet
Where
to look for information on the web
Journal Entries
Background Sheets:
Spelling – I will choose 16
of them for the test
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Poverty Royalty Journalism Rivalry Tourism Loyalty Robbery Uncertainty Patriotism Cruelty Specialty Realism Novelty Optimism Mechanism Criticism |
Oblong Observation Objection Objective Occupation Obtained Offering Obviously Offensive Obscure Occupant Obstacle Opposition Obsessions Occasionally |
Homework week of 4/22
Monday 4/22: Spelling
worksheet
Tuesday 4/23: Suffix
Worksheet
Wednesday 4/24: Background
Information Comprehension Questions
Thursday: Get a good night of
sleep!
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Spelling 4/22 |
Vocabulary 5/1 |
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Microwave Microcomputer Multiplication Magnify Multicolored Magnitude Equality Multitude Microscopic Equation Multimedia Equator Microorganism Multicultural Magnificently Equivalent Chattering Triggered Terrific Uttered Scattering Polluted Summoned Satellite Vaccination Intellectual Narrative Penniless Parallel Embassy Exaggerated Torrential |
censor fidget frantically illuminate miff mode parched perishable swagger ventilator diabolical pristine Abstract Transient Delegate Advocate |
Homework Week of 4/15
4/15 Use Vocab words in a
sentence
4/16 Road Map of a relative
or older person’s life
4/17 Vocab Crossword Puzzle
4/18 Study for Spelling and
Vocab test
Homework Week of
4/3 Spelling Worksheet
4/4 Pronoun Problems
worksheet
4/5 Evaluation page 500 of Holt Language and Literature
4/6 Study for Unit Test
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Spelling (Twice as much
this week) |
Vocab 4/17 |
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Subway Subjected Subtracting Transportation Abstract Transaction Absolute Extravagant Subdued Abolished Translation Submerged Transferred Transient Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Debate Regulate Decorate Estimate Hesitate Demonstrate Investigate Delegate Concentrate Mandate Eliminate Advocate Simulate Participate Negotiate phosphate |
Contraband Forage Roil Sporadic Treacherous Tussle Careen Integration Intimidate Predominantly Puckish Raucous vitality |
Monday 4/03
Spelling Unit Worksheet
Wednesday 4/05
Evaluation page 500 of Holt Language and Literature
Thursday 4/06
Study for Unit Test
Homework Week of
Monday 3/27
Read Little Walter, Holt
Language and Literature, Reading Check 1-4, Test Practice 1-4
Vocabulary Sentences
Tuesday 3/28
Written Retell of what has
happened in Treasure of Lemon Brown
Wednesday 3/29
Spelling and Vocabulary Test
Thursday:
None
Homework week of 3/20:
Monday:
Finish extend the end comic
strip for Thank You Ma’am
Tuesday:
Page 482 Holt Language and
Literature Questions 1-3
Wednesday:
Finish In Class Essay Compare your childhood to your parent’s childhood
Thursday:
Reading Informational
Materials:
Little Walter
Questions on page 505
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Spelling 3/20/2006 |
Vocabulary 3/27/2006 |
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Protested Undertaking Telegram Telegraph Provisions International Interview Telescopes Underlying Underneath profitable proceeds intermediate prosperity interrupted intercepts |
Impromptu Tentatively Intently Brittle Ominous Gawk Epilogue Heritage Exuberant Toxin Exceed Exempt Exasperate Exaggerate Consistent |
Homework week of
Monday: Holt Language and
Literature: Lit response and analysis page 454 1-3,5
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: None
Thursday: Complete outline
for Compare Contrast Essay for Whitman I Sing America and
Langston Hughes I, Too, Sing America or
two other items
Friday: Finish writing essay for Compare/Contrast Essay
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Spelling 3/6 |
3/13/2006 |
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Propose Proposition Disposed Disposition Combine Combination Patriots Patriotic Distribute Distribution Repeated Repetitious Oblige Obligation Medicine Medicinal |
Loathed Grisly Downy Epic Despair Multitude Fraud Stricken Deferred Exulting Victor Harassed Laborious Exotic Exertion Exile |
Homework week of
Monday: Use Vocab words in a
sentence
Tuesday: Worksheet on
transitions
Wednesday: Paragraph on:
What does the speaker in your
assigned poem reveal about himself through the story he tells?
Thursday: Study for Spelling
and Vocabulary
Homework Week of
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Get Test Signed
Wednesday: Finish Essay on
Hughes Dream Poems
Thursday: Glossary C&D Worksheet
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Spelling 2/22/06 |
Vocabulary 2/27/06 |
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Exported Imported Migrate Portable Predicting Dictator Supported Verdict Dictionaries Reservation Preservation Conservation Observatory Indictment Emigrate Immigration |
Disposed Disposition Repetition Obligation Medicinal Undertake Provisions Underlying Intermediate Prosperity Intercept Indictment Transient Extravagant elegy ballad |
Homework Week of
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Vocabulary 2/13 |
Spelling 2/06 |
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Acute Sagacity Refrained Wary Audacity Vehemently Idiosyncratic Derision Innocuous Haughtily Acute Fallacy Allusion Simile Metaphor Personification Irony |
Radar electrical Scuba Universe Chemical Scientists Sonar Instruments Atmosphere Experiments Hemisphere Environment Laser Probability Laser Technological molecules |
Monday 2/13
Use Each Vocabulary Word in a
sentence
Tuesday 2/14
Holt Language and Literature,
page 376 1-5, finish reading story
Wednesday 2/15
Finish Vocab Crossword Puzzle
Find at least one example of
allusion in popular culture
Thursday 2/16
Study for test
Terms: Simile, Metaphor,
Allusion, Personification, Irony, Theme
Vocab/Spelling
Homework Week of
Monday: Use Vocabulary Words
in a sentence that demonstrates the meaning of the word
Tuesday: Sentence Fragment
Worksheet
Wednesday: Graphic
Organizer for Descriptive Essay
Descriptive
Essay Assignment Sheet
Sample
Descriptive Essay (pre correction)
Thursday: Run On Sentence
Worksheet
Friday: Rough Draft of
Descriptive Essay
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Vocabulary 1/24/06 |
Spelling 1/31/06 |
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Creed Oasis Exalted Discord Prodigious Ostracized Desultory Generation Generator Synthetic Melancholy Labyrinth Philosophy Phenomenon Optical Peripheral |
Alphabet Arithmetic Heroes Stadium Physical Aroma Episode Chorus Pneumonia Rhythm Labyrinth Melancholy Philosophy Phenomenon architecture |
Homework week of
Tuesday 1/17: HLL 342-44 test
practice 1-7 454, 1-6, 344
Wednesday 1/18: Pronoun
Agreement Worksheet Packet
Thursday 1/19: Study Spelling
and Vocabulary
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Vocabulary 1/09/06 |
Spelling 1/16 |
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Tersely Laconically Breach riveted vigil surreptitiously circumspect denigrate fortify loath appalled conspicuous tyranny gingerly unabashed |
Telephone Cycle Recycle Phonograph Symbolic Microphone Generation Cyclone Symptoms Genius Synonyms Generator Synthetic Genes Sympathetic Symphony |
Notes for parents:
1) Students need to bring their signed tests back to me in order to get credit for
the test and the extra credit work that they did in class.
2) Any re-writes of the novel
review must be done by
Homework:
1/09
Finish Looking up Vocabulary
Words
1/10
Page 317 Holt Language and
Literature Vocabulary Clues: Practice 1 and 2
1/11
Finish Vocabulary Crossword
Puzzle
1/12
Subject/Verb Agreement
Worksheet
1/13
None
Homework 12/5-12/09
Monday:
Pick a novel to review and
bring it in
Finish looking up vocabulary
words
Tuesday
Complete Graphic Organizer for Book Review
Novel Review Assignment Worksheet
Wednesday
Thursday
Outline for Essay Due
Homework 11/27-12/2
Monday: Interactive Reader
page 89-94
Tuesday: Study for Spelling
and Vocabulary Test (period 1&5)
Wednesday: Interactive Reader
page 96-98
Thursday: page 166 of Holt
Language and Literature
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Spelling 11/28 |
Vocabulary 12/5 |
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Horrid Stupid Crooked Electronic Historic Ragged Magnetic Barefooted Democratic Passionate Rigid Contented Poetic Undersized Metallic Confederate |
Confederate Depot Elite Debris Plateau Coup Odious Antidote Bizarre Anecdote Feudal Futile Awe Petrified Bard Burro Pallet |
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Spelling 11/7 |
Vocabulary 11/14 |
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Pigeon Perfume Depot Elite Suite Matinee Blouse Debris Surgeon Embarrassed Chauffeur Croquet Amateur Crochet plateau coup |
Infer Steeped Alleviate Contention Exaltation Chagrin Paranoia Cavorting Tremulous Oblivious Sublime Circuit Detect Populated drone |
Finish Vocabulary Definitions
Complete Rough Draft of
Character Sketch
Sample
Essay (pre peer and self revision)
Wednesday
Finish Crossword Puzzle
Revise Character Sketch for
teacher review
Thursday
Study Vocabulary and Spelling
Includes Adverbs and
Preposition Questions
Friday
Finish Final Draft (due 11/7)
Homework 10/31/05-11/4/05
Monday 10/31
None
Homework Week of
Monday
Homework: Period 1: Chapters
11-13, Study Questions
Homework Period 5&6
Writing on page 119
Tuesday
Homework Period 1, 5&6:
Practice, Vocabulary Development
Page120
Period 5: Finish Reading Mrs.
Flowers
Wednesday
Period 1: Chapter 14-16 The
Giver, Study Questions
Period 5&6: 58&59
Interactive Reader
Thursday:
Period 1, 5& 6: Write an
outline for your character sketch
Character
Sketch Assignment Sheet
Friday:
Period 1:
Read 17-19, The Giver and
complete Study Questions
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Spelling 10/24 |
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Arrested |
Skimpy |
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Improved |
Grudging |
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Included |
Gaunt |
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Irrigated |
Rummaged |
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Inspection |
Savoring |
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Insisted |
Taut |
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Illustrated |
Infuse |
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Advice |
Intolerant |
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Approved |
Illiteracy |
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Agreeable |
Dulcet |
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Investigated |
Ambiguity |
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Announcement |
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Impressed |
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Accomplished |
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Affectionate |
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Irresponsible |
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Homework Week of
Period 1: Look up Vocabulary
word definitions
Read Chapters 1&2 the
Giver, Study Questions
Period 5&6, Look up
Vocabulary Word Definitions
Period 1: Finish Crossword
Puzzle, Read Chapter 3-5 of The Giver
Period 5 & 6: Finish reading Section 1 of The Railroad runs to
Canada in text book.
10/19/05:
Period 1, 5 &6: Sentence Worksheet
10/20/05:
Study Vocabulary and Spelling
Homework Week of
Period 1: Finish Reading The Landlady, Holt Language and
Literature, p62-68
Period 5: Study
Questions for Chapters 17-19, The Giver
Period 6: Read Chapter 22-23
of The Giver, write one paragraph explaining what you think happened.
Tuesday 10/11/2005
Period 1 & 6: Holt Language and Literature,
Grammar Link page 72
Period 5: Read
Chapter 22-23 of The Giver, write one paragraph explaining what you think
happened.
Period 1: Grammar Link p 112 Holt Language and Literature
Period 5&6: Take home test on the Giver
YOU CANNOT BE GRADED ON THIS
TEST UNLESS YOU RETURN THE BOOK WITH THE TEST
Thursday:
P5&6 Read page 605-606
Holt Language and Literature, answer questions
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Spelling 10/10/2005 |
Vocabulary 10/17/05 |
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Breath Finally Bazaar Antidote Conscious Excess Bizarre Finely Breadth Persecuted Conscience Prosecuted Futile Access Anecdote Feudal |
Conjured Rapacious Tantalizing Emanate Fugitives Incomprehensible Incentive Disheveled Dispel Eloquence Cajoling Alleged Fastidious Apprehend Loquacious |
Homework Week of
Look up definitions for
vocabulary words
Finish Crossword Puzzle
Period 5&6: Finish
reading chapters 14-16 of The Giver and answer study
questions
Period 1: Plan a Fable, Holt
Language and Literature page 722
Period 5&6: Read Chapters
17-19 and answer Study Questions
Both periods: Sentence Worksheet
Period 1,5 & 6: Study for
Vocabulary Test
Period 1: Finish Fable
Period 5&6: Read Chapter 20-22, Study Questions
Homework:
Week of
Monday 9/26
Write a rough draft of the personal narrative.
Rubric
and Information Sheet on the personal narrative
Tuesday 9/27
Holt Handbook Review G page
20
Wednesday 9/28
Finish Revision of Personal
Narrative started in class, Focus on questions on page 599 in Holt Literature
and Language Arts
Thursday 9/29
Grammar Link, Using and Punctuating
Dialogue, Page 602 Holt Literature and Language Arts.
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Week of Spelling Awful Drama Strain Awfully Continue Profession Dramatic Despair Awe Professionally Continuous Strenuous Continuously Dramatically Desperately Strenuously |
Week of Vocabulary Crescendo Benign Anguish Unanimous Exempted Prohibited Conspicuous Diminish Exhilarating designated Throng reprieve exuberant cringed infringed acquisition serene dazed |
Tuesday:
Homework:
Week of
Monday 9/19:
Period 1: Finish Flowers for
Algernon Part II, Taking notes using Cornell Notes format
Use “Response to Literature”
section of your notebook
Period 5,6: Read through
chapter 10 of The Giver using
Cornell Notes format
Use “Response to Literature”
section of your notebook
Tuesday 9/20:
Period 1, 5&6
Sentence
Worksheet for Vocabulary
Period 5&6
Study
Questions for Giver chapters 8-10
Use “Response to Literature”
section of your notebook
Wednesday 9/21:
Period 1: Pages 76-78 Holt
Language and Literature
Period 5&6: Read Chapter 11-13 of the Giver with study questions
Use “Response to Literature”
section of your notebook
Thursday 9/22
Period 1, 5 & 6
Study for Spelling and
Vocabulary Test
You will need to use the
vocabulary words in a sentence
(hint: You will be able to use
the sentences in the worksheet from Tuesday
You will also get ˝ credit
for simply writing the definition)
Homework:
Week of
Monday: Study for Spelling
and Vocabulary Test
Tuesday: Period 1: Read to
March 18 in Flowers for Algernon
Period 5&6 Read Chapters
1&2 Giver
Wednesday:
Period 1: Interactive Reader
Page 13, Read until end of Section 1 of Flowers for Algernon
Period 5&6: Read Chapter
3,4,5 The Giver, do Study Questions for Chapters 1-2
and 3-5
Thursday:
Send your parents to Back to
School Night (20 points)
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Friday:
Period 5&6 Read Chapter
6&7 plus study questions for 6&7
Long Term Project: Book
Report on a Biography
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Date 9/13 (Test 9/23) |
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Spelling |
Vocabulary |
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Potatoes Separating Harvesting Contained Programming Refused Omitted Produced Acquired Abilities Submitted Justified Forbidding Petrified Nutrients Resources |
TORRENT EXCRUCIATING EFFICIENT TENTATIVELY OMINOUS PERCEIVE PLACIDLY METICULOUSLY ADMONITION ECSTATIC FUGITIVES PRECISE SURGED EXQUISITE CONCLUSION GRAVELY SUCCESSOR INVIGORATING UTOPIA DYSTOPIA |
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Date:9/6 |
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Border Capital Fowl Principal Boarder Bard Stationary Principle Burro Pallet Capitol Burrow Foul Barred |
Misled Tangible Refute Invariably Regression Verified Obscure Deterioration Hypothesis Introspective Impulse Retrieved Sullen Apparent |
Week of 9/6
Tuesday: Crossword Puzzle for
Vocab.
Wednesday: Interactive Reading p.13
Thursday: Read Flowers for Algernon from where we left off in class to the entry of 4/18, Study Vocabulary and Spelling
Week of 9/12