LAST QUARTER!
April 6, 2018
1. SOL skill--tone and mood
2. worked with partner in magazines/question packet
April 9, 2018
1. added remaining poetry terms to unit 5 list
2. read/discussed/paraphrased/marked poems--samples in binder
3. time to finish magazine article work from last Friday
POETRY TEST WEDNESDAY--STUDY UNIT FIVE LIST AND MARKED POEMS
April 10, 2018
1. IXL lessons: R1, R3, R7
2. start benchmark test #3
POETRY TEST TOMORROW
April 12, 2018
1. poetry test
2. reviewed figurative language
April 13. 2018
1. finished figurative language review
2. open note quiz on figurative language
3. time to finish benchmark test from Tuesday
April 16, 2018
1. began new vocab list ---units 6/7: added tone and paraphrase
2. read story p. 336
3. answered/ went over answers to questions in workbook
4. took notes on point of view
5. worksheet on POV and context clues---several need to finish this for homework
April 17, 2018
1. added "voice" to vocabulary list
2. listened to selection by Mark Twain and discussed exaggeration/hyperbole
3. SOL skill focus: antonym/synonym---worksheet that several need to finish for homework
4. worked on make-up work
April 18, 2018
1. added vocabulary to list: imagery, repetition, irony, historical context, extended metaphor
2. read poems and completed questions together
3. SOL skill: fact v. opinion
4. section of test prep book---one section together, one for grade
April 19, 2018
1. SOL skill: cognates
2. added vocabulary: cultural context, theme, compare, contrast
3. read section of "The Snapping Turtle"--took main idea notes
April 20, 2018
1. finished reading "Snapping Turtle"
2. discussed/took notes for denotation and connotation
3. open book section test on "Snapping Turtle"
April 23, 2018
rotating stations:
station one: took notes off bulletin board---informational text structures
station two: two non-fiction articles and multiple choice questions
April 24, 2018
1. SOL skill: organizational patterns (group work)
2. Literature: added vocabulary: cultural conflict and inference
3. Read section of "Out of Bounds"
FINISH STORY TOMORROW--OPEN BOOK TEST TOMORROW
April 25, 2018
1. SOL skill: recognizing organizational patterns in nonfiction
2. finished reading "Out of Bounds"
3. open-book selection test for "Out of Bounds"
April 26, 2018
worked on IXL: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, R2, J4, T2
April 27, 2018
1. vocabulary quiz---units 6 and 7
2. continued working on IXL from above (will pull scores on Tuesday)
April 30, 2018
1. started vocabulary list for units 8/9---added vocabulary: headings, subheadings, sidebars, bulleted lists, summarize
2. read/discussed/answered questions for "The Spider Man Behind Spider Man"
3. completed section of test prep book
PULLING IXL TOMORROW
May 1, 2018
1. watched three short you tube videos on plot structure---took notes
2. added vocab: part by part order
3. read two articles: "Robo-Legs" and "Eureka"---completed worksheet (some took home to finish)
May 2, 2018
1. completed section in test prep book together
2. added vocabulary: claim, support, counter-argument
3. read two articles; students could work with a partner to complete 475-477--a few need to finish for homework
May 3, 2018
1. IXL: J6, K4 (context clues)
2. skills test for unit 8----article and questions
May 7, 2018
1. add vocabulary: emotional appeals, ethical appeals, rhetorical fallacy, loaded terms, leading questions, caricatures
2. read two articles about Dodge Ball--discussed/answered SOL questions
3. began working on prefix/root/suffix packet
May 8, 2018
1. added vocabulary: speech, rhetorical questions, repetition, factual claim, opinions, commonplace assertions
2. read/discussed speech
3. finished prefix/root/suffix packet
May 9, 2018
1. Unit 9 skills test
2. IXL lessons
3. worked on prefix/root/suffix packet
IXL lessons for next several days: J8, U1, R8, P1, P2, I3, I4
May 10, 2018
1. Made flashcards for units 8/9 vocabulary
2. IXL
3. time to work on prefix/root/suffix packet
NOTEBOOKS DUE MONDAY
UNITS 8/9 VOCAB QUIZ MONDAY
May 11, 2018
1. completed and went over section of 2015 released SOL reading test
2. time to work on IXL practice activities
STUDY FLASHCARDS FOR VOCAB QUIZ MONDAY
May 14, 2018
1. quiz on vocab 8/9
2. time to work on IXL
3. read/reviewed a few released SOL questions
May 15, 2018
no class----8th graders took science SOL
May 16, 2018
no class---8th graders took reading SOL
May 17, 2018
1. read chapters 1-3 of The Pigman
2. began defining terms for novel
3. turned in binder
May 18, 2018
1. read chapters 4-5 of novel
2. finished defining words
3. began working on study questions to accompany novel
May 21, 2018
1. read chapters 6-7
2. took pop quiz on chapters 1-5
THOSE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THE EXAM WERE GIVEN A STUDY GUIDE TODAY
May 22, 2018
1. went over yesterday's quiz
2. read chapters 8-9 of The Pigman
3. time to work on study questions for novel
May 23, 2018
1. pop quiz on chapters 6-9
2. read chapters 10-12
3. began working on next set of study questions for novel
May 24, 2018
no class---8th grade math SOL
May 25, 2018
1. finished novel
2. completed last set of study questions
May 29, 2018
4th pd only
1. wrote context clue sentences with their novel vocabulary
2. worked with a partner to generate 5 multiple choice and 5 true/false test questions for the novel
NOVEL TEST TOMORROW
(2ND AND 3RD WILL TURN IN VOCAB AND STUDY QUESTIONS TOMORROW)
May 30, 2018
4th pd only
TEST on novel, The Pigman