8th+Grade+Homework

 811 Homework **__Friday 1/15__

1. Complete Framework/Rough Draft of "Supporting a Position" paper--"Calling for Justice" 2. "Inn of Lost Time" Selection Test

__Thursday 1/14__

Brainstorm: List at least 5 topics you feel passionate about when thinking of injustice/social problems on neighborhood, city-wide, state, national, and international levels.

__Wednesday 1/13__

Complete Constructed Response "The Pizzeria"

__Tuesday 1/12(Due THURSDAY 1/14)__

Finish reading "Inn of Lost Time" pp. 227-243 p. 243 Making Meanings #1-7 Graphic Organizer "Drawing Inferences"

Monday 1/11

Finish Frayer Models (6) How to Own a Word p. 245

Wednesday 1/6

1. Personification Scrapbook Page: 1. Definition "Personification is..." 2. I will remember this by... 3. My example.... (song lyrics, text example, your own example...)**

house with action and life. List three examples from the passage to support your response.
 * **Complete Constructed Response**
 * The author uses personification to fill the empty **

Monday 1/4

1. List 8 examples of personification found in "There Will Come Soft Rains." EOL p. 214 2. EOL p. 223 "Making Meanings" #1-6, 8, 9

Tuesday 12/15

Constructed Response:

 The speakers in the poems // The Courage That My //
 * // Mother Had // and // Legacy II // . valued certain character **
 * traits belonging to their ancestors. Describe these **
 * traits and give one example from each poem to **
 * support your response. **

Wednesday 12/2

1. Constructed Response

Tuesday 12/1

1. Finish reading "The Monkey Paw" EOL pp. 2. "Reading Check" (Brownish gray box in top right corner) EOL p. You may do this on the computer or on paper. If you choose to complete homework on the computer, please create a Google Doc, rename as " Section #, First Name, Homework."


 * Monday 11/30**

1. Finish Frayer Model 2. Share Google Doc (vocabulary book) with Ms. Sanborn. Save as "Section #, First Name, Journal"