Mon. 8-19 All blocks: I will hand out the first book of choice assignment; this will be over a biography or autobiography; see and hear explanation/rubric. Your book should be read by 9-23; your writing assignment is due 9-30. Pacing yourselves carefully in this course will be necessary. Also, you will each present your summer reading illustrations to the class. Along with the explanation of the illustration, you will also explain how it relates to ASP. Bring in parent signatures for auto/biography assignment tomorrow for a quiz grade of 100. You do not get a 0 for not returning such communication with home; you simply get an “x” in the grade book. Such is the case anytime I send home similar updates re: outside reading; however, since a parent often has to make a special trip to library or bookstore – unless you use e-reader, which may not be best way to read for material you will have to remember—I try to give a heads up to home.
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Tues. 8-20 Blocks 2, 4, 3: Turn in parent signatures; we will finish presentation of illustrations from yesterday. We will discuss ASP through various modes – your questions, literary trends, specific quotes, extemporaneous responses to analogues selected by the teacher. Today, we will work with exploring ideas via extemporaneous analysis of analogues selected by me. You will each have an analogue assigned to you based on a number that you have chosen. I will demonstrate how to do this; it is fun – and great training for collecting thoughts, analyzing, explaining and answering questions from peers and teacher. Every night you should be working on doing exercise in your vocabulary books and learning a few roots each night and two of the words in the right column next to each root. You will need to know at least 2 of these per root and the meaning of these words as well.
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Wed. 8-21 Blocks 2,7,6,3: Give me your parent signatures for quiz grade. Do we have any illustrations left that need to be presented? We will discuss ASP through various modes – your questions, literary trends, specific quotes, extemporaneous responses to analogues selected by the teacher. Today, we will work with exploring ideas via extemporaneous analysis of analogues selected by me. You will each have an analogue assigned to you based on a number that you have chosen. I will demonstrate how to do this; it is fun – and great training for collecting thoughts, analyzing, explaining and answering questions from peers and teacher. Every night you should be working on doing exercise in your vocabulary books and learning a few roots each night and two of the words in the right column next to each root. You will need to know at least 2 of these per root and the meaning of these words as well.
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Thurs. 8-22 Blocks 4,7,6: Give me parent signatures; We continue ASP discussions probably still via analogues and extemporaneous analysis. You should be working on vocabulary and roots every night – this will be true for the entire school year. Do and exercise in vocabulary each day; make flash cards; have someone call out words for you, etc.
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Fri. 8-23 All blocks: This is last day I will take parent signatures for quiz grade. After vocabulary test, we will continue ASP discussion. You have vocabulary test 1 (30 minutes). Remember, you have to be able to spell words, know definitions, know how to use correctly (so you must know part of speech), know antonyms and synonyms. The best preparation would be to now have done all the exercises in the vocabulary book – over an extended time, not during one night – learned synonyms, antonyms, definitions, made some flashcards, had mom or dad call them out to you. The above will always be the best way to study vocabulary, but I will probably not include this reminder again. The vocabulary tests are designed to be an easy way to get an A or B as a major grade in order to offset any of the more difficult assignments and perhaps lower grades that come along. Do not take the short cut with vocabulary and roots; keep up and earn great grades on those 2 assessments! Look ahead on agendas; plan ahead. You have roots test 1 Monday. Shabbat Shalom, my sweet ones.
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Mon. 8-26 All blocks: Ms. Fields needs to double check some definitions with you to be sure we have covered them in ASP. Honors class has written analogues due; roots 1 test (20 minutes). We will start winding up ASP discussions. Spend a few minutes on vocabulary and roots for homework each night; look at agendas; see what else is ahead; plan ahead.
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Tues. 8-27 Blocks 2,4,3: Wrap up any ASP loose ends; let’s go through literary terms sheets and see if you have any questions. Look ahead to see where the literary terms test is; plan for next vocabulary and roots test as well. Tonight, pack for some fun-filled days as we all go to camp!
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Wed. 8-28 YEE-HAH! We are at camp! 
Thurs. 8-29 We are at camp but headed home and back to academics on Friday. Remember, Personal Museum essays are due from on-level classes Friday; include rubric always, of course.
Fri. 8-30 All blocks: Turn in Personal Museum papers; we will continue to discuss literary terms if we did not finish. Be sure you are looking ahead on agendas/due dates and staying aware of what is coming up re: vocabulary, roots, literary terms, etc. Do not get behind. Shabbat Shalom, my sweet ones.
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| Susan C. Fields 8th grade Language Arts Davis Leadership Team 7901 Roberts Drive Atlanta, GA 30350 770-671-0085 Main Line Ext. 144 |
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