8th Grade Gifted and Talented
ELAR Homework
ELAR Homework
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Homework Due on Monday, March 24, 2008
Reading Composition Notebook
Word within the Word: Inventions 40 (Students have handouts)
King and X Packet
Next Word within the Word Quiz: Tuesday March 25, 2008
beats, then use a graphic organizer to organize the information you
have gleamed from it.
Study for WWW 31-40 Test (Test is on April 4th) Review Game
Reminder that TESTS are SUMMATIVE and CANNOT be retaken
Mock Trial Witnesses need to complete:
I. Write the direct examination questions for your lawyer. You may work
with your doppelgänger for this one.
II. Read all the stories in the Lit Circle and write the literary letter.
III. Read the hand out on the Beats and create a simple graphic
organizer.
Mock Trial Lawyers Need to complete:
I. Write your opening and closing statements.
II. Write your Cross examination questions.
Reading Composition Notebook
 | Book Projects (Were due on February 8th and March 7th) | |
| Book Bingo | |
| Three book summaries | |
| Book log with five entries | |
| Vocabulary log | |
| Connections (8) Dialectical Journals | |
| You can't Judge a book by Its Cover | |
| Vocabulary Horde with 30 to 50 words |
Word within the Word: Inventions 40 (Students have handouts)
King and X Packet
| The Ballet or the Bullet | |
| I Have a Dream | |
| Three Ways of Meeting Oppression | |
| Letter From a Birmingham Jail | |
| 4 Vocabulary Webs (directions and copies in X Packet) | |
| 4 Literature Webs | |
| Summaries or Thinking maps for each reading |
Next Word within the Word Quiz: Tuesday March 25, 2008
Homework Due Monday, April 7
Students who are NOT LAWYERS OR WITNESSES in the Mock Trial NEED TO
TURN IN:
Two assignments:
I. Literature Circle's packet: Packet contains six readings. Each reading
has a job to do (IE context collector) Students need to take notes
during their group meetings and put those on the back of their sheets.
Students need to write a literary letter to Ms. Berry. Literary letter should
be in FRIENDLY LETTER FORMAT. Part one of the letter should talk about
the major themes (truth, beauty, anger, hate, prejudice, isolation,
victimization, alienation ETC) that each of the readings have in
common. (Make sure to used examples from the text). Part two should
discuss how you felt about the readings. Where you inspired?
Surprised? Disheartened? Be specific and use your own text to Self,
world, ETC connections to help explain. One page minimum.
Here are some resources to help you out ---sorry, stories are unavailable
online.
II. Beat Generation graphic organizer -- read the information about the
Students who are NOT LAWYERS OR WITNESSES in the Mock Trial NEED TO
TURN IN:
Two assignments:
I. Literature Circle's packet: Packet contains six readings. Each reading
has a job to do (IE context collector) Students need to take notes
during their group meetings and put those on the back of their sheets.
Students need to write a literary letter to Ms. Berry. Literary letter should
be in FRIENDLY LETTER FORMAT. Part one of the letter should talk about
the major themes (truth, beauty, anger, hate, prejudice, isolation,
victimization, alienation ETC) that each of the readings have in
common. (Make sure to used examples from the text). Part two should
discuss how you felt about the readings. Where you inspired?
Surprised? Disheartened? Be specific and use your own text to Self,
world, ETC connections to help explain. One page minimum.
Here are some resources to help you out ---sorry, stories are unavailable
online.
| Literature Circle Sheets (readings are not available online) | |
| Literature Circles Evaluation | |
| Behavior Expectations for Literature Circles Groups |
II. Beat Generation graphic organizer -- read the information about the
have gleamed from it.
Study for WWW 31-40 Test (Test is on April 4th) Review Game
Reminder that TESTS are SUMMATIVE and CANNOT be retaken
Mock Trial Witnesses need to complete:
I. Write the direct examination questions for your lawyer. You may work
with your doppelgänger for this one.
II. Read all the stories in the Lit Circle and write the literary letter.
III. Read the hand out on the Beats and create a simple graphic
organizer.
Mock Trial Lawyers Need to complete:
I. Write your opening and closing statements.
II. Write your Cross examination questions.