Week 19 – Study Guide – ELA 8th

Unit Focus: The Human Spirit – Analyzing Theme; Understanding Irony (Situational vs. Dramatic Irony); Elements of Drama; Author’s/Narrator’s Point of View.

Guiding Questions:

  • How can the "Human Spirit" be described and how does it reveal itself in times of crisis?
  • Describe discrimination, prejudice, and oppression. What are the effects of these actions? What are some reactions to cruelty?
  • What is the importance of family during the difficult times in our lives?
  • What is the value of the written word, especially as it applies to preserving the stories of our lives and history? What effects do records of history have on those who read them?

Assignment / Due Date
Monday
  • Go over new vocabulary words – flashcards due next Tuesday (30 Points)
  • Read & Discuss “The Wise Old Woman” – (Holt 5-12)
  • Discuss World War II & The Holocaust.
  • Evacuation Posters – (25 Points)
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  • Flashcards due 1/17/17 – (30 Points)
  • Test on the play & vocabulary Fri 1/20 (100 Points)
  • Evacuation posters due 1/10 – (25 Points)

Tuesday
  • Complete Posters (25 Points)
  • KWL Charts(25 Points)
  • Part of 6th Hour: Hour: Library – Checkout New AR book.

Wednesday
  • Watch “Paperclips” and discussion.

Thursday
  • Review three story trackers – (75 Points)
  • Begin reading play – assigned parts – (Holt 365-381)
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  • Three Trackers & KWL due 1/20 – (100 Points)

Friday
  • Continue reading play – assigned parts – (Holt 381-401)
  • Part of 6th Hour – Computer Lab
  • TWO Achieve 3000 Lessons (50 Points)
  • Typing practice required
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  • Flashcards due 1/17/17 – (30 Points)

Week 19 - 8thGrade Grammar – Now that you know the 6+1 traits, we will focus on your main errors.

  1. Ideas (The main message.) are the heart of the message. – When responding to a prompt, make sure you answer all questions in the prompt. If you are going to create one paragraph, your lead sentence should let the reader know you are going to discuss each element. However, you should try to address different ideas and question in different paragraph with each new paragraph lead by a statement addressing this area of the prompt – which leads to organization.

  1. Organization (The internal structure of the piece.) is the internal structure of the piece. If a prompt has multiple ideas or questions, you should have that many paragraphs, plus an opening paragraph and a closing paragraph. A prompt asking for three things should have five paragraphs, a prompt asking for four things should have six paragraphs, and so on.

  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. YOU read it. If it sounds silly and you were not joking, fix it to sound more serious.

  1. Word Choice (The vocabulary a writer uses to convey meaning.) is the skillful use of language to create meaning. Use new vocabulary you have learned as well as words used in the article, story, or research you are being prompted to speak about.

  1. Sentence Fluency (The rhythm and flow of the language.) is the rhythm and beat of the language you hear in your head. Remember to sue parallelism to make sentences flow together better. Also, avoid using the passive voice unless you are trying to avoid naming the subject because you don’t want to give them a platform or you don’t know the name – example: Osama Bin Laden – It was a terrible event that hurt many people planned by that guy.

  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. Take your time to indent, create clear paragraph separation, and make your work look like a well-crafted response.

Week 19 – Reading Vocabulary Words – ELA 8th

From the play The Diary of Anne Frank

tableau / any dramatic scene
emigrate / leave one's country of residence for a new one
notice / an announcement containing information about an event
conspicuous / obvious to the eye or mind
carillon / set of bells hung in a bell tower
deport / expel from a country
infuriating / extremely annoying or displeasing
modest / marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
pretense / the act of giving a false appearance
menacing / threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
plague / annoy continually or chronically
huddle / crouch or curl up
exquisite / delicately beautiful
long / desire strongly or persistently
descendant / a person considered as coming from some ancestor or race
enrapture / hold spellbound
illuminate / make lighter or brighter
disconsolate / sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
ravenous / extremely hungry
reverberate / ring or echo with sound
ration / the food allowance for one day.
intimate / thoroughly acquainted through study or experience.
reverie / Absent minded dreaming while awake.
transformed / given a completely different form or appearance.
suffocate / become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.
evacuate / move people from their homes or country.
fate / your overall circumstances or condition in life.
extinguish / put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.
ransack / search thoroughly.
tattered / worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing.