8th Grade English
8th Grade English - 2nd Quarter
S.U.R.F. daily
Silent Uniterrupted Reading for Fifteen minutes a day, at home You will continue to keep a journal at school where you can write your reflections on what you have read as well as thoughts for the day.
Also this quarter we will continue with:
* MUG Shots
* Wordly Wise, lessons 5 - 8, sections a - e
* Text - chapters 6, 7, 8, 15
We will be reading several fables, tall tales, and legends in class. Here are some links to more stories that may interest you.
American Folklore
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Hawaiian Legends
http://www.nativehawaii.com/hawaiianlegends.html
Classic Fables - Aesop
TESTS and PROJECTS
You will have a quiz every other Wednesday on Wordly Wise. On the alternate Wednesday you will have a pop quiz on any of the information covered in the quarter.
This quarter you will pick a novel or non-fiction book to read on your own at home. You will complete a book report and artistic project to present to the class.
Due date for the book report is December 3rd.
BUMBER STICKER ENGLISH http://www.internetbumperstickers.com/front.html
Bumper Stickers are short messages that people put on their car bumpers. They are usually funny, but are sometimes serious, too. My favorite is "Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana!" Now you can use Internet Bumper Stickers to tell people about your feelings! You'll find almost 200 different ones to choose from on this link. They're fun to read, but you can also save them to your hard drive, and then send them in an email, or put them on your web site.
Review the hundreds of Bumper Stickers in class and read these online and see if you understand the meaning or why it is funny. Ask your friend what he/she thinks about the meaning. When you've found your favorite bumper stickers, try to write a few of your own!!
In class we will talk about the font, color, size and graphics used and if it impacted the meaning or your understanding of the bumper sticker. What about spelling or grammar, did it play a part? If you couldn't figure out what a bumper sticker meant, was it because of a lack of background knowledge? Were some just to be funny?
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