8th Grade Standards English Language Arts (Period 5) Assignments
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- Term
- 2018-2019
- Department
- Language Arts & Writing
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Throughout this year, we will be reading many major texts and shorter texts. Our major texts are novels of different variety, and our shorter texts will come from our online platform called Study Sync. These novels and shorter texts will provide a challenge to your children's reading skills. With that being said, please be sure that they are reading every night. I will provide audios for all major texts. This will help your child with comprehension and fluency. Please take advantage! If you feel that your child needs further assistance outside of the classroom, please contact me. I am willing to come before school and stay after to make sure your child is successful!
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Parents, all classes have started working on their first essay today. It is over the prompt that is listed below. They are to have the introduction paragraph, thesis statement (done in class), and first body paragraph completed by Monday, 9/10. We will write body 2 and body 3 paragraph in class on Monday, 9/10. They will complete conclusion paragraph by Wednesday at home. On Wednesday, we will peer assess and proofread our essays. The final draft will be due on Thursday 9/13 when they come to class.
Quick Write
Think about how both Satchel Paige and Rosa Parks represent people who rose above their circumstances while fighting the battle for equal rights. Write a short essay in which you compare and contrast Satchel Paige and Rosa Parks. How were their individual struggles similar? How were they different? Provide evidence from both texts to support your comparisons and contrasts.
I have attached the Satchel Paige and Rosa Parks passages for references.