Assignments and Upcoming Assessments
Week of January 20th
8th Grade Language Arts
Monday
Spelling: Unit 7 test on Friday
Literature: To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 19-22 test on Friday
Tuesday
Spelling: Unit 7 test on Friday
Literature: To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 19-22 test on Friday; Ethos, Logos, and Pathos assignment due tomorrow (will count as a quiz grade)
6th Grade Language Arts
Monday
Spelling: Unit 7 test on Friday
Grammar: workbook page 31
Tuesday
Spelling: Unit 7 test on Friday
Week of January 6th
8th Grade Language Arts
Monday
Literature – To Kill A Mockingbird – Read Chapter 18 & answer questions
Grammar – workbook page 31
Tuesday
Grammar – workbook page 32
Wednesday
To Kill A Mockingbird – quiz on chapters 17-18 on Friday
*Literature Midterm – will consist of a short story that will be read to the students as they read it aloud to themselves. The questions on the midterm will consist of literary elements that we have studied all year. Such terms include:
- Setting
- Point-of-view
- Theme
- Main characters
- Elements of Plot – specifically the climax of the story
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Flashback
- Suspense
- Irony
- Foreshadowing
*Grammar Midterm – will cover Chapters 1 & 2 and a few questions covering the use of pronouns
*Vocabulary Midterm – will include the vocabulary words that the students highlighted in their workbooks. Students should know the words’ meanings, an example of a synonym and antonym, and be able to use the word in a sentence. The midterm exam will look the same as the bi weekly tests.
6th Grade Language Arts
Monday
Literature – The Watsons Go To Birmingham – Read Chapter 15, answer questions, and define vocabulary
*Literature Midterm – will cover The Watsons Go To Birmingham. It will include some of the vocabulary from the novel. This midterm will also cover the literary elements that we have discussed. The following will be covered on the midterm:
- Elements of Plot – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. Be able to draw the plot diagram.
- Conflict – external & internal conflict.
- Setting
- Characters
- Simile
- Personification
- Metaphor
- Hyperbole
*Grammar Midterm – will cover Chapters 1 & 2
*Vocabulary Midterm – will include the vocabulary words that the students highlighted in their workbooks. Students should know the words’ meanings, an example of a synonym and antonym, and be able to use the word in a sentence. The midterm exam will look the same as the bi weekly tests.
Tuesday
Grammar – workbook page 28
Wednesday
The Watsons Go To Birmingham – define vocabulary for the epilogue and answer questions; quiz on chapter 15 on Friday
8th Grade Language Arts
Week of January 2nd
Thursday
Grammar: workbook page 30
Literature: Read Chapter 17; answer questions
6th Grade Language Arts
Thursday
Grammar: finish exercise 1 and complete workbook page 27
Literature: The Watsons Go To Birmingham – complete chapter 14 questions and vocabulary; quiz on chapter 14 on Monday