Week 9 – Study Guide – ELA 8th 5/6

Unit Focus: Unit two’s focus is perception vs reality and determining and evaluating truth: using irony, foreshadowing, point of view, character analysis, and evaluating textual evidence.

Guiding Questions:

  • What is truth?
  • How can truth be validated?
  • How does our perspective or point of view shape reality or truth?
  • What role do emotions or experiences play in defining our realities or truths? Do we create our own reality or truth for us (ex. Family, friends, society, media, and other outside sources)?
  • In which situations does the truth matter? To what degree does it matter?

Assignment / Due Date
Monday
  • No School
/
  • Achieve 3000 – Minimum 75% required to get all points.
  • [No Lessons this week]
  • (LEAP Challenge)
  • (Bonus)

Tuesday
  • No School.
  • Part of 6th Hour: No School.
  • No School.

Wednesday
  • Read Monster (1-24)
  • Vocabulary Question Sheets.
  • Complete VFW Entry Form.

Thursday
  • Read Monster (24-43)
  • Comprehension Questions for Section 1 of Monster (1-43)
  • Complete Graphic Organizer for VFW Essay.

Friday
  • No Class – Harvestfest.

Week 9 - 8th Grade Grammar – Learning the 6+1 traits.

  1. Ideas (The main message.) are the heart of the message.

  1. Organization (The internal structure of the piece.) is the internal structure of the piece.

  1. Voice (The personal tone and flavor of the author’s message.)is reader-writer connection – that something that makes a reader feel, respond, and want more.

  1. Word Choice (The vocabulary a writer uses to convey meaning.) is the skillful use of language to create meaning.
  • You must use at least one new vocabulary word in all of your writing – tests, quizzes, and class assignments.

  1. Sentence Fluency (The rhythm and flow of the language.) is the rhythm and beat of the language you hear in your head.

  1. Conventions (The mechanical correctness.). This includes punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage, capitalization, and paragraph indentation. If you do not capitalize the pronoun I, the first word in a sentence, or proper names, I will subtract FIVE points from your CR/ER.

+ 1: Presentation (How the writing actually looks on the page.), and it will determine if someone wants to read your paper or not - this can overshadow your hard work.

Week 9 – Reading Vocabulary Words – ELA 8th

From the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Prejudice / (noun) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Justice / (noun) the use of power as to support fair treatment and due reward
Menace / (noun) 1. a. A possible danger; a threat: a careless driver who was a menace to public safety. b. The quality of being threatening: a hint of menace in his voice. 2. A troublesome or annoying person: considered her little brother to be a menace.
Suppress / (verb) To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated: suppress evidence; suppress a document that might be used.
Implicate / (verb) 1. To show to have a connection 2. To show to be involved or concerned
Diminutive / (adj) very small or tiny
Monster / (noun) a person so cruel, wicked, depraved as to horrify others
Felony Murder / (noun) a death resulting during or caused by a felony; All members involved in a felony are guilty of felony murder, even the look out.