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April 25 - 29
April 18 - 22

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April 11 - 15
PARCC Testing


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March 21 - 24
PARCC practice tests
Math drills
Grammar

March 14 - 18
PARCC Practice Essays; Grammar

March 7 - 11
Monday - Hatchet: Finish Chapter 19 and Critical Questions; catch up with all missing Chapter Questions
Tuesday - Math Drills
Wednesday - PARCC Practice
Thursday - Math Practice; Fractions
Friday - Perfect Paragraph Practice
February 29 - March 4
Finish Hatchet and respond to Critical Thinking Questions.
Two-step Linear Equations
Math Facts Drills

February 22 - 26
Hatchet

February 15 - 19
Hatchet

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February 8 - 11
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Feb. 1 - 5

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January 25 - 29

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January 18 - 22 NO SCHOOL MONDAY

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January 11 - 15

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January 4 - 8, 2016  Happy New Year!
Begin Hatchet

December 14 - 18
Finals: Flashcards, Essay, Drills and Skills

Dec. 7 - 11
Make Flashcards; Drills
Perfect Paragraph

Nov. 30 - Dec. 4
Elie Wiesel Essay Analysis, with support
Empires; Drills


Nov. 23 - 26

"What I Am Grateful For" Perfect Paragraph
Empires, Drills

Nov. 16 - Nov. 20
NPR Story - Text-Based Evidence Support, 5-Paragraph Essay
Word Problem, Drills

Nov. 9 - 13

"I Am the Greatest" Speech Analysis
Drills, Word Problem

Nov. 2 - 6
What I Value Most Essay
Oct. 26 - 30
What I Value Most Essay

October 19 - 23
PASATIEMPO Contest
Logic Reasoning/Math Drills

October 12 - 16
Oct. 5 - 9

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Sept. 28 - Oct. 2

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September 21 - 25
arm_qu_1_wk._6.docx
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September 14 - 18
Gettysburg Address - Rewrite in our own words
September 8 - 11
Gettysburg Address Analysis

Aug. 31 - Sept. 4
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August 24 - 28
arm_qu._1_wk._2.docx
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August 17 - 21
Welcome Students!
Here is the heading EACH AND EVERY ASSIGNMENT MUST INCLUDE:
First Name, Last Name
Ms. Shain
Reading, Period 4
Assignment - Ex: The Diary of Anne Frank
Theme
Date - Ex: 19 August 2015
You have two weeks respite; after two weeks, assignments with incorrect headings will be tossed. 

May 18 - 22
Finals Week
May 11 - 15
Poetry Book Presentations
May 4 - 8
April 27 - May 1
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._7.docx
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April 20 - 24
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._6.docx
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April 13 - 17
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._5.docx
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April 6 - 10
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March 23 - 27
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._2.docx
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March 16 - 20
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._1.docx
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March 9 - 13
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March 2 - 6
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Feb. 23 - 27
8th_gr._qu._3_wk._8_2015.docx
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February 16 - 20
8th_gr._qu._3_wk._7_2015.docx
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Feb. 9 - 13 No School Friday for Students
8th_gr._qu._3_wk._6_2015.docx
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Feb. 2 - 6
8th_gr._qu._3._wk._5_2015.docx
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January 26 - January 30
Same Vocabulary Words as last week
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January 19 - 23
8th_gr._qu._3_wk._3_2015.docx
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January 12 - 16

No School Monday - P/T Conferences
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January 5 - 9
8th_gr._qu._3_wk._1_2014.docx
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December 15 - 19 FINALS WEEK!
December 8 - 12
8th_gr._qu._2_wk._8.docx
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December 1 - 5
8th_gr._qu._2_wk._6_2014.docx
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November 24 - 25 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Call of the Wild - Work on Final Essays/Project - DUE 12/3
November 17 - 21
8th_gr._qu._2_wk._5.docx
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November 10 - 14
8th_gr._qu._2_wk._4_2014.docx
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Nov. 3 - 7
8th_gr._qu._2_wk._3_2014.docx
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October 27 - 31
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October 20 - 24  Parent/Teacher Conference Day 10/24

October 13 - 17

October 6 - 10
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Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

8th_gr._qu._1_wk._7.docx
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September 22 - 26
8th_gr._qu._1_wk._6_2014.docx
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September 15 - 19
8th_gr._qu._1_wk._5_2014-2015.docx
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September 8 - 12

8th_grade_qu._1_wk._4_2014-2015.docx
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Septmber 2 - 5
8th_grade_qu._1_wk._3_2014_-_2015.docx
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August 25 - 29
8th_grade_qu._1_wk._2_2014-2015.docx
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August 18 - 22

Welcome Back Students!
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April 21 - 25
8th_gr._qu._4_wk._5.docx
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April 14 - 18
10th_gr._qu._4_wk._4.docx
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March 24 - 28
10th_gr._qu._4_wk._3.docx
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March 17 - 21

SBA TESTING
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March 3 - 7
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February 24 - 28

NOTE NEW TRIAL OF AMIR DUE DATES:

ROUGH DRAFT: FEB. 26

FINAL DRAFT: MARCH 5

TRIAL: MARCH 6, 7

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February 18 - 21
No School Monday
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Feb. 10 -13

NO SCHOOL FEB. 14
Jan. 27 - 31

Antigone

The Kite Runner

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Jan. 21 - 24

DISCOVERY Testing

Amended Schedule

Vocabulary Words, Greek Roots, Grammar will carry over to next week

**Old Man and the Sea Final due FRIDAY

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12/9 - 12/13


No New Vocabulary Words

Grammar Review begins

Review Latin Roots Chart

Short Storyboard DUE FRI.

Review Literary Elements


12/2 - 12/6
Literature: Short Stories
The Cask of Amontillado
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Yellow Wallpaper

Grammar: Parallelism
Vocabulary:
arrogant
chagrined
condescending
contemptuous
cynical
derisive
despairing
disconcerted
disdainful
exacerbated
Literary Elements:
parallelism
parenthesis
polysyndeton
Latin Roots:
Cutis = skin, hide              cuticle, cutaneous
Sal, salis = salt                  saline, salary, salivate



11/18 -11/22
Literature: LOTF, Short Stories
Grammar: Hyphen, Colon, Semicolon, Dash
Vocabulary:
boisterous
effusive
exultant
Genial
Jocular
Mirthful
nostalgia
whimsical
sanguine
wistful
Latin Roots:
Folium = leaf                          portfolio, foliage, folder
Arbor = tree                          Arbor Day, arboriculture arboritorium
Literary Elements:
epistrophe
euphemism
expletive
hyperbole
10/28 - 11/1
Literature: Lord of the Flies
Grammar: Active and Passive Voice
Vocabulary:

festooned
inscrutable
opaque
declivities
impalpable
sinewy
tacitly
apex
effigy
incantation
Latin Roots:
ped/pedis  = foot                        pedicure, pedal, pedestrian
digitus - finger, toe, inch            digit, digital, digitize
Literary Elements:
lamentation
10/21 - 10/25
Literature: Lord of the Flies
Grammar: Active, Passive Voice

Vocabulary:
festooned
inscrutable
opaque
declivities
impalpable
sinewy
tacitly
Latin Roots: same as last week
Literary Elements: same as last week
Oct. 7- Oct. 11
Vocabulary:
deluge
league
carnelian
vat
felon
prow
bitumen
batten
livid
libation
September 23 - 27
Literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Grammar: same as last week
Vocabulary:
nihilism
nonsectarian
obsequious
omnipotent
pecuniary
plagiarize
capitulate
sanguine
supercilious
tempest
Latin Roots:
Caput/capitis = head          capital, decapitate, captain
Manus = hand                    manual, manuscript, manicotti
Literary Elements:
soliloquy, chiasmus, ellipsis, epanalepsis
September 16 - 20
Literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Grammar:  Semi-colons, colons, commas in list
Vocabulary:
Stealthily
Glean
Prostrate
Covenant
Incognito
Incontrovertible
Inculcate
Infrastructure
Kowtow
moiety

Latin Roots:
Plico, Plicatum = fold                 pleat, replica, duplicate, multiplication
Liber = book                               libel, library, liberty

Literary Elements
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apposition (appositives)
assonance
asyndeton


Sept. 9 - Sept. 13
Literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Grammar:
Vocabulary:
Latin Roots:
Trans = over, through, about          transportation, transcontinental, transfer
Sonus – sound                               sonar, consonant, sonogram

Literary Elements - Refer to Textbook Glossary
TEST 9/9
Vocabulary - Know words up to this point
Grammar - Pronouns - Reflexive, Indefinite, Intensive, Infinitive
Literary Elements/Rhetorical Devices:
Allegory, dramatic irony, humor, setting, Trickster archetype, anadiplosis,
anastrophe, folktale, myth
Rhetorical Triangle - Logos, pathos, ethos
Latin Roots
September 3 - 6
African Mythology/Folktale Unit - see Assignment
Grammar -
Vocabulary -
Skills: MLA Citation
August 26 - 30
Media Literacy Presentations
Begin Mythology/Folktale Unit - Final Assignment due Sept. 13
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Aug. 26 - 30

Grammar: Infinitive, Reflexive, Intensive Pronouns
Vocabulary:
cognizant
perfidy
interminable
coherent
resuscitate
anagram
demagogue
vivisection
notoriety
fortify

Literary Elements Myth, Allegory, Humor, Dramatic Irony, Folktale, Anadiplosis 

Latin Roots:       Figo fixum = fix             fixate, prefix                                 
                            Luna = moon                 lunar, lunatic
Welcome!  We will review the syllabus Wednesday.
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August 14 - August 23
Media Literary Unit

Why Should we be Media Literate?
-Logos, Pathos, Ethos Practice Handout
-Unit Assignment - Attached
Grammar:
Vocabulary:
Literary Terms:

Additionally: analyze persuasive techniques in attached advertisement ("Halftime in America"). Half a page, due August 21.
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