8th Grade Grammar Test Review Power Point

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Friday, March 30, 2012

7th Grade ELA:

Monday: Continue the Persuasive Writing Assessment
Tuesday: Complete the Persuasive Writing Assessment, Bibliography Test, & Internal Citation Worksheet
Wednesday: Correct & Collect Internal Citation Worksheet
Thursday: Library Visit & Beat the Blahs
Friday: No School...Spring Break

8th Grade ELA:

Monday: Complete & Correct Yellow and White Grammar and Punctuation Packets
Tuesday: Review for Grammar Test
Wednesday: Complete Grammar Test
Thursday: Library Visit & Beat the Blahs
Friday: No School...Spring Break

8th Grade Advanced ELA:

Monday: Complete Grammar Review Power Point, Continue to complete White Punctuation Packet, Yellow Grammar Packet, Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Moodle Assignments
Tuesday: Complete Grammar Review Power Point, Continue to complete White Punctuation Packet, Yellow Grammar Packet, Lois Lowry "The Giver" Moodle Assignments
Wednesday: Turn in Yellow Grammar Packet & Complete Grammar Test
Thursday: Library Visit...Beat the Blahs
Friday: No School...Spring Break
Students will be provided time to complete, correct, and submit their Yellow Grammar Packet. Students will complete the Grammar Test review on Tuesday and submit their Yellow Grammar Packet and take the Grammar Test on Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Yellow Grammar Packet Answers

8th Grade White Punctuation Packet Answers

Helpful Hints: Internal Citation

Internal citations:
Within the Paper, all information that doesn't come out of your head, even if you can't remember where you saw it, must be cited, whether paraphrased or directly cited.


Book: one author

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Author's last name page).

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Robbins 52).



Book: Editor as author

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Editors last name page).

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Willis 165).



Encyclopedia

-....text paraphrase or quotation("Title of entry" Encyclopedia page).

-....text paraphrase or quotation ("Toads" World Book Encyclopedia 1271).



CD-Rom

-....text paraphrase or quotation ("Title of entry" Program title).

-....text paraphrase or quotation ("China" World Atlas Vista).



Interview

-....text paraphrase or quotation(Source's last name Date).

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Tuller 10 October 1999).



Magazine

-....text paraphrase or quotation ( Author's last name page)

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Sutro 87).



Pamphlet

-....text paraphrase or quotation ( Source or Writer page)

-....text paraphrase or quotation ( U.N. Informational services 53).



World Wide Web

---On-line database

-....text paraphrase or quotation ("Title of search" Name of on-line encyclopedia).

-....text paraphrase or quotation ("Greece" Britanica On-line).

---Profesional Web Site

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Title of Page Location).

-....text paraphrase or quotation (Portuguese Language Page University of Chicago).

7th Grade: Persuasive Writing Scavenger Hunt

Monday, March 12, 2012 - Friday, March 16, 2012

7th Grade ELA:

Monday: Begin revising Ancient Greek and Roman Persuasive Essays
Tuesday: Begin Persuasive Writing Skills Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday: Finish and Correct Persuasive Writing Skills Scavenger Hunt
Thursday: Finish collectively revising an Ancient Greek and Roman Persuasive Essay
Friday: Complete personal revisions and re-submit for a final grade
Homework: Complete personal revisions and re-submit by Monday, March 19, 2012


8th Grade ELA:

Monday: Complete and Perform "Interjection, Verb, and Preposition" Skits
Tuesday: Finish performing "Interjection, Verb, and Preposition" Skits and work on Yellow Packet pages 133 - 161
Wednesday: Silently & Individually complete Yellow Packet pages 133 - 161
Thursday: Correct & Discuss answers for Yellow packet pages 133 - 161
Friday: Continue to silently & individually complete Yellow Packet pages

8th Grade AELA:

Moodle assignments, the Yellow and white grammar and punctuation packets are due on Thursday, March 29, 2012

8th Grade Conjunction Power Point

8th Grade Pronouns & Antecedents Power Point

Monday, March 5, 2012 - Friday, March 9, 2012

7th Grade ELA:
Monday: Continue to work on Bibliography Tests, Final Essays, and Presentations
Tuesday: (Half Day of School) Complete Presentation Preparation
Wednesday: Complete Presentation Preparation & Begin Presentations
Thursday: Continue Presentations
Friday: Finish Presentations

8th Grade ELA:
Monday: Complete pages 133-134 in Yellow Grammar Packet
Tuesday: (Half Day of School) Complete 135-136 in Yellow Grammar Packet
Wednesday: Complete 139-140 in Yellow Grammar Packet
Thursday: Introduce and Discuss Adjectives, Interjections, and Verbs
Friday: Perform skits & complete 153-160 in Yellow Grammar Packet

8th Grade AELA:
Moodle Assignments, Yellow & White Grammar and Punctuation Packets...Due Thursday, March 29th, 2012