Week 7 – Study Guide – ELA 8th 3/4

Unit Focus: Doing the Right Thing – Character Development and Analysis

Self-Identity — What makes me who I am?

Guiding Questions:

  • How are our true “characters” developed? How are they shaped by the people in our lives and the events that we experience?
  • How do our character traits determine our actions and reactions to life events? How are we affected by the actions/reactions of others?
  • How are we affected by peer pressure? How do we learn about what is right and what is wrong?
  • What effect does a person’s appearance have on the way they are viewed and treated by others? Do we stereotype groups of people based on appearances?
  • What defines true friendship? How are friendships important to our development?
  • What is heroism? Does heroism who its face only in extraordinary events or can it also be demonstrated in day to day activities?

Assignment / Due Date
Monday
  • Re-Read SE Hinton’s Letter (packet) & WD Myers’ Bio (739) – Re-Read “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” (Pg. 731-738) and complete Venn Diagram comparing the author’s motivations.
  • Writing Trait 5 – Sentence Fluency
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  • Achieve 3000 – Minimum 75% required to get all points.Achieve 3000 Must be Completed – One paragraph minimum for poll and thought questions.
  • Young People Learn Old Ways (LEAP Challenge)
  • A Secret Friend (Bonus)
  • New Mindplay schedule –lab schedule coming soon.
  • Story test Thursday(100 Points)

Tuesday
  • Complete story questions, correct tests, and update informal essays.
  • Part of 4th Hour: Second time going to library.
  • AR Tests, some Mindplay, writing, and complete test corrections.

Wednesday
  • Story Plot Diagrams for “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”
  • Complete Corrections

Thursday
  • Lemon Brown Story Test (100 Points)
  • Achieve 3000 (25 Points & 10 Point BONUS)

Friday
  • Uniforms in Schools – article & class debate using rubric (35 Points)

Week 7 - 8th Grade Grammar – Learning the 6+1 traits.

  1. Ideas (The main message.) are the heart of the message.

  1. Organization (The internal structure of the piece.) is the internal structure of the piece.

  1. Voice (The personal tone and flavor of the author’s message.)is reader-writer connection – that something that makes a reader feel, respond, and want more.

  1. Word Choice (The vocabulary a writer uses to convey meaning.) is the skillful use of language to create meaning.
  • You must use at least one new vocabulary word in all of your writing – tests, quizzes, and class assignments.

  1. Sentence Fluency (The rhythm and flow of the language.) is the rhythm and beat of the language you hear in your head.

  1. Conventions (The mechanical correctness.). This includes punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage, capitalization, and paragraph indentation. If you do not capitalize the pronoun I, the first word in a sentence, or proper names, I will subtract FIVE points from your CR/ER.

+ 1: Presentation (How the writing actually looks on the page.), and it will determine if someone wants to read your paper or not - this can overshadow your hard work.

Week 7 – Reading Vocabulary Words – ELA 8th

From the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”

intently / with strained or eager attention
lecture / a lengthy rebuke
involuntary / not subject to the control of the will
brittle / not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
gnarled / old and twisted and covered in lines
hurl / make a thrusting forward movement
ominous / threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
reveal / Show someone something or make visible
review / an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation
octave / a musical interval of eight tones
impromptu / unplanned.
tentatively / In an uncertain or hesitant way.
introduction / also called the exposition, the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
rising action / a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
conflict / a clashing or sharp disagreement (as between ideas, interests, or purposes)
climax / the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
falling action / Also called the denouement, the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
conclusion / Also called the resolution, it is the end of a story, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
suspense / The anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in a story.