Language Arts 8 Accl (Period 2) Assignments
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- 2019-2020 Trimester 3
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- Language Arts
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Check this often. Reading logs, Frederick Douglass packet, and vocabulary packet are attached.
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Past Assignments
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Goodbye meeting. 9 and 11.
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Kahoot meeting period 1 and 2, 9 and 11 respectively.
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One-pager due today You need to read the examples of each item required into Flipgrid and show me the one-pager as you recite.
Details of one-pager will be in Posts
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Zoom meeting at 9 or 11.
Details in Teams Posts.
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Zoom meeting at 9 or 11.
Details in Teams Posts.
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MSND Act III Scene 1
You have a reading quiz and a short essay question to complete for this assignment.
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Zoom meeting at 9 or 11
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Commonly confused words quiz due today.
Commonly confused quiz is in Online Assessments. Remember to allow popups.
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Zoom meeting at 9 or 11.
Zoom details in Teams.
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MSND Act I Scene I Studysync
Complete the MSND Act I Scene I Studysync assignment with 2 reviews
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Our meeting will be at 10 AM instead of 11 today.
Our meeting will be at 10 AM instead of 11 today.
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Two options for this assignment. Option 1: Complete Anne Frank assignment on Teams. Option 2: Studysync assignments.
Option 1: Watch and complete Anne Frank assignment on Teams. You know how this ends, but it is worthwhile. Write a thesis statement for the theme question at the end of the assignment. You cannot be late because the show will expire.
Option 2: Studysync: Civil War Journal 1st Read quiz and Think questions 2 reviews, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer 1st Read quiz, and Think questions/ 2 reviews, Thesis statement Holding It Together Blast/ 2 reviews. Let me know which option you will complete.
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Zoom meeting today 9 or 11. Details in Posts.
Zoom meeting today 9 or 11. Details in Posts.
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Group Ballad due Thursday. This is a flipgrid assignment. The link is in the posts on Teams. Sign in with your school 365 user name and password
Group Ballad due Thursday. This is a flipgrid assignment. The link is in the posts on Teams. Sign in with your school 365 user name and password.
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Teams meeting at 9 or 11 depending on your period
Teams meeting at 9 or 11 depending on your period
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Respectively/respectfully, immigrate/emigrate, different from on Studysync due Thursday.
Respectively/respectfully, immigrate/emigrate, different from on Studysync due Thursday.
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O Captain Reading Quiz Studysync and Connotation/denotation Paul Revere's Ride Studysync due Wednesday.
O Captain Reading Quiz Studysync and Connotation/denotation Paul Revere's Ride Studysync due Wednesday.
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Teams meeting 9 or 11 depending on your period.
Teams meeting 9 or 11 depending on your period.
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Paul Revere's Ride Studysync reading quiz and Figurative Language due Tuesday.
Paul Revere's Ride Studysync reading quiz and Figurative language due Tuesday.
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Teams meeting 9 or 11 depending on your period.
Teams meeting 9 or 11 depending on your period.
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Studysync Close Read "Ain't I a Woman?" reading quiz and one-paragraph answer to close read question, typed into studysync with two reviews. Due Friday, 4/24.
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Studysync Compare/Contrast "Ain't I a Woman?" due Thursday, 4/23.
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Studysync "Ain't I a Woman" first read quiz due Wednesday, 4/22.
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Zoom meeting on Wednesday at 9 or 11 depending on your period. Details will be on Teams.
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Advise/advice, farther/further, illusion/allusion on studysync due by the end of today. Use the notes I posted on Teams.
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Teams meeting 9 and 11 depending on your class. Thank you for attending!
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Due April 17 Characterization paragraph uploaded to Teams assignment. Rubric:
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Read Across Five Aprils. Do Reading Quiz, Characterization, and POV. All due Thursday, 4/16.
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Do fewer/less and amount/number on studysync. Due Wednesday, 4/15.
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A short TEAMS meeting today @ 9&11 depending on your period.
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- ARTICLE: Up From Slavery, FIRST READ
Read the article “Up From Slavery: How Booker T. Washington helped millions of former slaves go to school”
https://action.scholastic.com/issues/2018-19/020119/up-from-slavery.html#600L-700L
This is a “first read” activity. ANNOTATE!
1.) Define unknown vocabulary
2.) Answer the “Pause and Think” questions along the way
3.) Make the connection: How are Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass alike? What are some traits the two men share? Take a photo of your notes and post to Teams. Due Tuesday 4/14.
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Zoom meeting Monday 4/13. Period 1 @ 9:00 and Period 2 @ 11:00. Info on Teams.
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Frederick Douglass bio notes due on Teams
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affect/effect study sync due
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Due Wednesday 4/8. Finish Frederick Douglass and packet. Make a NARRATIVE of his life on the story board incorporating answers to questions and events from the packet. (As much as you can) Try to use vocabulary words. You can use speech bubbles and/or captions. Do not let it exceed 2 pages. Take a photo and post on Teams. This is a serious subject. Do not make a silly storyboard. Be respectful of the amazing life he lived and his contribution to society.
You will need to print the template to complete it and photograph your product. Save your packet in case we return to school and I can collect it.
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Zoom meeting Wednesday. Details are on Teams.
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Watch the speech and be ready to talk about it on Wednesday, 4/8, during our Zoom meeting.
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Welcome back! Please check Teams for period one or two. Go to your correct period as we have been advised not to merge classes. I have scheduled a Zoom meeting for 9 AM Monday morning for Period 1 and 11 FOR Period 2. I will close the meeting to latecomers at 9:05 and 11:05, so please be on time. Go through the portal to sign in or make sure it is your name I see when you join the meeting. No nicknames please.
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Chapter 10 Grammar test due by the end of Friday. I will post it on Studysync. I am pasting an address to an online lesson I posted a few years ago. It’s a slow load. You will need to copy paste into browser.
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I have scheduled a 1PM meeting today Wednesday on Zoom. I hope you can join. I will post meeting information on Teams.
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Due Monday 3/23 end of school day. Remember the science essay was due last Friday.
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Good morning,
By now all of you should have received an email from me with grades and comments for your science essay. I will post the grades on Aeries a bit later today. Thank you for your hard work on these. You are impressive. We are working out a schedule for live lessons. I will use Zoom and will post the days and times when the schedule becomes available. Meanwhile, stay well and happy.
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Your science essay is due Friday. I will give up to 5 points in each of the following 6 categories then convert to a percent grade. These represent 5 point scores for each category. 4=adequate, 3= inconsistent, 2= vague and limited. All evidence from sources needs to be cited.
- claim: clear precise and addresses the prompt.
- evidence/data: thorough and convincing evidence that smoothly supports claim (research)
- reasoning: relevant, specific analysis of evidence (evidence supports claim)
- organization: clear progression of ideas from beginning to end. Strong transitions.
- language/vocabulary: academic language appropriate for a science research paper
- conventions: few if any errors
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Tuesday-Thursday class work and homework.
Please email me with questions or concerns.
This should equal approximately two hours of work.
Stay well.
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Congratulations! I am pleased that most of you are completing assignments. Great job! Opportunity to redo Tone and Informational Text for House Divided. I have reassigned them and posted correct answers on the original assignment. Due by the end of today. Scores were not good, so I would advise you to check and redo.
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Your House Divided close read assignment is graded on Studysync with comments. I’ll enter it on Aeries out of 24 points tomorrow.
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- All due Monday by the end of the school day.
Complete on Studysync
House Divided:
- Informational text
- Tone
- Close Read Writing Prompt
For the writing prompt, you will notice that it is much like the group assignment you were to perform today. Now it is an individual writing assignment. Use your ideas from class.
Requirements:
issue background
clear position statement
evidence to support your position (no research or quotes required here)
address opposition (why the opposing position is incorrect w/ evidence)
call to action (rally the reader to your position)
seamless allusion repeated 3 times
It doesn’t have to be long, and it does not have to be a serious subject. I am grading this. Type into Studysync and rubric is attached on Studysync. 2 reviews.
I will add Tuesday Wednesday assignments later.
The final draft of science essay is due emailed to me on 3/20. Include work cited.
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Frederick Douglass packet. Please print and complete pages when assigned. Most of you already have this.
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March 13-March 27
Please disregard all other assignments. I will add lessons two days at a time for now. Please stop by school today to pick up a vocabulary packet and Frederick Douglass packet if you do not have one. I will be in room 712 for most of the day. Look for me in 708 if I am not there.
You may email me ([email protected]) with any questions. I will check emails everyday and respond during school hours. Your lessons will appear below. Be safe and well.
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Vocabulary packet 6 is due March 27. I won’t check it until after spring break. Your 120 minute reading logs for the 13th, 20th, and 27th are also due after spring break.