Academic Enrichment 8th Assignments
- Instructor
- Jodi Latimer
- Term
- 2017 - 2018 School Year
- Department
- Language Arts & Writing
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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This week in AE the students will:
- work on a grammar assignment
- All project presentations will be completed by Monday.
- Read an article entitled, "The Children Who Escaped the Nazis" and respond to discussion and through a writing assignment
- Create a group slide project on the Kindertransportaion of WWII
- Act out the short play The Emperor's New Clothes
- Read discuss the scientific article, "Stinky Pinky" and take a comprehensive quiz over information
- Job Fair on Thursday
- Write an argumentative paragraph about the Youtube Era
- Edit a given article for grammatical and mechanical errors
- DRP 26
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Students will be completing the last days of their TN Ready testing this week
This week the students will:
- Complete DRP 25
- Complete a Narrative Quick Write
- Complete, turn in and present Q4 Civil War Project
- Give feedback to each other on projects
- View Civil War Documentary/ THe History Channel
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Students will take the TN Ready Math and Science portions of the test this week.
This week students will:
- Complete DRP 24
- Finish the WebQuest assignment from last week
- Work on the Frederick Douglass/Civil War Unit Project
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TN Ready testing for ELA will be in the morning all this week. With the exception of Monday, you will go to all of your regular schedules on an alternate time schedule and will have regular assignments/
This week in class the students will:
- Complete DRP 21
- Complete a webquest for a quiz grade
- Begin a Frederick Douglass project for a test grade
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This week in class students will:
- Complete DRP 20
- Review graded personal narrative essay
- Review argumentative essay
- Review expository essay
- Review prompts to determine the type of essay
- Review identified skills from Case 21 Test
Monday the 16th is the TN Ready writing assessment
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This week the students will:
- Review text dependent narrative features
- Review SOS through CMS counselors
- Review finding Thems
- Complete DRP 17
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No school on Friday!
This week students will:
- revise personal narrative
- review exemplary narratives
- complete skill activities reviewing inferences and central idea
- Complete DRP
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This week in class we will:
- Mrs. Blevins will be accessing all iPads for damages
- DRP Week 14 and 15
- Begin Narrative Writing
- Look at Narrative Exemplars
- Complete one Narrative Essay based on prompt
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This week in class students will:
- Create a newspaper based on children in the Holocaust
- Present projects
- Complete Week 13 DRP
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This week in class students will:
- 3 rounds of live debate and 4th for the winner
- Complete DRP Week 11, due on Friday
- Continue working in TCAP Workbook, lessons to be announced
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Students are out of school this Monday for President's Day
This week student will:
- 8th grade Field trip on Tuesday
- Debate in class against opposing team for the most valuable candy in America (W & TH)
- Complete TCAP Practice workbook Lesson 6-9 9 (TH & F)
- Complete DRP 10/11-12/13 (TH & F)
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Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Thursday the 15th and students are out of school on Friday the 16th.
This week in class students will:
- Review the middle school debate video and finish taking notes
- Make a claim and gather evidence
- Write an argumentative essay
- Discuss and analyze the debate for strengths and what needs to be strengthened
- Complete a 2nd Cold Write
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This week students will:
- Complete TNReady practice Lesson 1-4 (packet) due on Thursday
- Complete Daily Reading Practice Week 5/6 and 8/9 handouts(Due on Friday)
- Review Argumentative Essays (Wednesday)
- Begin Narrative Writing (Thursday/Friday), Schoology
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Academic Exploration:
This week we will:
- Complete a Cold Write
- Discuss the TNReady Rubric for type of writing used on Cold Write
- Complete Argument Wars online
- TNReady Grammar Lesson 1
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This week in Academic Exploration:
- Complete Digital Citizenship Lessons
- Present Suspense Unit Projects
- Complete Cold Write #1, Scope magazine
- Practice editing, Scope Magazine
- Review TN Ready Scoring of writing
- Discuss Drama Genre
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Monday- Friday
Digital Citizenship lessons and TKAM project presentations
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Monday- Peer Edit counterclaim and closing; create final draft
Tuesday- Peer Review entire essay and submit final draft
Wednesday- Mystery Class Activity
Thursday- Project Day 1 - explain and assign, due next Tuesday.
Friday- Project Day 2
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Monday- Scope packet reviewing claim
Tuesday- Peer Edit Introduction and Counterclaim;Begin Body 1 of THOB Theme Essay
HOMEWORK: FINAL DRAFT OF INTRODUCTION WIHT CLAIM AND COUNTERCLAIM DUE TOMORROW
Wednesday- Peer Edit Body 1, revise final draft B1
Thursday- Complete Body 2
Friday- Peer Edit Body 2, revise final draft Body 2
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Latimer/ AE/ Week 7
Monday- Review claims cards and discuss counterclaims; Complete CC activity
Tuesday- Begin writing individual argumentative essay
Wednesday- Review opening paragraph requirements and peer edit
Thursday- Discuss matching textual evidence to strengthen claim;
Begin Body 1
Thursday- Peer Edit Body 1 and revise
Friday- Begin Body 2 paragraph
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Monday- Work on finding good claims packet
* If you are going to Beta Convention, please get this from me the Friday before to complete
Tuesday- Review of good claims, checking packets
Happy Thanksgiving
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Week 5 Latimer/Academic Exploration
Monday- Making strong claims activity NY TIMES lesson
Tuesday- Claim and Counterclaim role play activity
Wednesday- Examining strong claims through exemplars from NY Times editorial section whole classThursday- Group work NYTimes editorial reviews
Friday- Claim and Counterclaim task card activity
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Monday- Friday
Working on group essay this week for Argumentative Unit
Students will begin independent essay assignment on Friday
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Week 3/AE/ Latimer/2nd Nine Weeks
Monday- Review for Argumentative Test on Thursday; Discuss introductions; Begin group essay
Homework: Test on Thursday
Tuesday- Discuss and give class feedback for Hooks and Claims; Begin Body / Reason 1
Homework: Be Safe and have fun trick or Treating tonight
Wednesday-Class feedback for claims and strengthening claims; Complete Body 1 and begin Body 2/Reason 2
Homework: Test tomorrow
Thursday- Administer Test; Continue B1 and B2
Friday- Prepare counterclaim and give class feedback; Complete Body paragraph 3
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Latimer/ Ae/ 2nd nine weeks, 2nd week
Monday- Discuss CFAs taken last week, review elements of argumentative writing
Tuesday- Review the difference between argument and persuasion writing
Wednesday- Practice completing a persuasion map
Thursday- Find the argumentative elements in given articles
Friday- Review claim and counterclaim
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Latimer/ AE Week 1 of 2nd nine weeks
Welcome Back!!
Monday- Begin Argumentative essay
Tuesday- Review Claim and complete activity
Wednesday- Continue claim activity
Thursday- Discuss evidence; complete activity
Friday- Discuss Counterclaim; complete activity
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Monday-Finish ELA end-of-quarter writing
Tuesday - Review reasons/evidence,
Wednesday- Study Sync Tom Sawyer
Thursday - Review Point-of-view
Friday- Review affect of media
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AE/Latimer/Week 8
Monday and Tuesday- Present Group Projects
Wednesday- Career Exploration Day with CMS Counseling Department\
Thursday- Final day for 2nd revision of Character Analysis Essay (worth a test grade)
Friday- Clash of the Dragons Kickball Tournament
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Latimer /Academic Exploration
Week 7
Monday- Scope magazine, textual evidence review
Tuesday- Group project work time
Wednesday- Group project work time
Thursday- Writing conference with teacher, revise Character Analysis essay (due next Tuesday); Group project work time
Friday- Character Analysis revision time and final day for group project (due on Monday)
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WEEK 6/LATIMER/AE
Parent/Teacher Conference Thursday night
No School on Friday, Teacher In-Service Day
MONDAY- DAY 1 PRESENTATION OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS
TUESDAY- DAY 2 OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS
WEDNESDAY- BEGIN TKAMB GROUP HISTORICAL BACKGROUND PROJECT/PUPPET ED
THURSDAY- CONTINUE TKAMB GROUP PROJECT
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MONDAY- SCHOOL IS OUT
TUESDAY- REVIEW STRUCTURE OF BODY PARAGRAPH, CONTINUE TO WRITE CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY
HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW
WEDNESDAY- TURN IN ROUGH DRAFT; COMPLETE PEER EDITING
THURSDAY- MEET WITH TEACHER; COMPLETE FINAL DRAFT
FRIDAY- TURN IN FINAL DRAFT; PREPARE FOR SPEECH
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MONDAY- Using your group work, complete the two remaining body paragraphs for Honesty in a Friendship essay
HOMEWORK: Expository Essay Test on Wednesday
TUESDAY- Review for test
HOMEWORK: study for test
WEDNESDAY- Expository Essay Test
THURSDAY- Begin TKAMB Expository Essay
FRIDAY- Continue working on TKAMB Expository Essay
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Monday- Journal Writing; Type I AM poem; Review vocabulary terms; 40 Book Challenge reading time
Tuesday-StudySync Lesson; Read Chapter 1TKAMB
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz 1
Wednesday- Review vocabulary terms; Complete Vocabulary 1 Quiz; Continue reading Chapter 1
Thursday- Annotation Lesson; Comprehension questions assigned, due tomorrow
Friday- Check CC questions; Allusion Lesson; Review for TKAMB Test 1
Homework: TKAMB Test 1 on Monday
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Monday- Review 10 Sentence Type Patterns
Homework: !0 Sentence Type Pattern Quiz tomorrow
Tuesday- 10 Sentence Type Pattern Quiz; Begin Expository Writing
Wednesday- Continue to work on Expository Writing
Thursday- Review body paragraph of Expository Writing
Friday- Review Conclusion of Expository Writing
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These plans are subject to change as needed
Monday- Accountable Talk introduction; Snapchat story presentations
Tuesday- Snapchat story presentations continued; elements of public speaking reviewed
Wednesday- Introduction of Ten Sentence Patterns Types; group activity
Thursday- Continue TSPT
HOMEWORK: Review for TSPT Quiz and bring a book ( 40 Book Challenge)
Friday- TSPT Quiz; SSR/ Libray
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MONDAY- SCHOOL IS OUT
TUESDAY- REVIEW STRUCTURE OF BODY PARAGRAPH, CONTINUE TO WRITE CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY
HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW
WEDNESDAY- TURN IN ROUGH DRAFT; COMPLETE PEER EDITING
THURSDAY- MEET WITH TEACHER; COMPLETE FINAL DRAFT
FRIDAY- TURN IN FINAL DRAFT; PREPARE FOR SPEECH