8th Grade Test From 1912

Could you pass?

Here is the test: http://bullittcountyhistory.org/bullitthistory/bchistory/schoolexam1912.html

Quarterly "Study Guide"

(all 8th grade LA)

                                   

Quarterly Assessment – MP2

Monday, January 7 (Reading grade)

Format:  Responding to Narrative Text

·        You will be given a reading selection that is in some way related to The Diary of Anne Frank.

·        You will respond to at least 10 (or more) multiple choice questions that ask you to analyze the reading selection in terms of literary devices, content, vocabulary, and inferences.

·        You will respond to one open-ended question that asks you to integrate the information from the reading selection with your knowledge of The Diary of Anne Frank and the Holocaust.

What to Study:

·        Your notes on writing a strong lead/hook (worms);  you can incorporate this skill into your open-ended response.

·        Background information / historical terms relating to Anne Frank and the Holocaust

·        Literary elements definitions

·        How a holocaust/genocide happens

Holocaust Survivors

Don't forget to check out YouTube for survivor interviews--some of whom were part of  "Freedom Writers"-- Lots and lots--but take notes!

RST and Write or Die

"Is there American Dream possible for American people?"
Final copy due tomorrow.
Try out this fun (but really annoying) website if you have trouble staying on task.  Check it here: Write or Die!

RST and Write or Die

"Is there American Dream possible for American people?"
Final copy due tomorrow.
Try out this fun (but really annoying) website if you have trouble staying on task.  Check it here: Write or Die!

RST and Write or Die

"Is there American Dream possible for American people?"
Final copy due tomorrow.
Try out this fun (but really annoying) website if you have trouble staying on task.  Check it here: Write or Die!

December Overview-- Always subject to change!

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 Class Spelling Bees Homework: Find a nonfiction source focused on the term GENOCIDE.	4 How does a holocaust happen? RST questions (one class period)	5 Reading Act I & diary text	6 Reading:  Act I Vocabulary	7 Reading: Act I
10 Review Activity	11 **Advisory Act I Assessment	12 Reading: Act II	13 Reading: Act II	14 RST Workshop: Is the American Dream possible? (Final draft of essay due Thursday, 12/20)
17 Fakebook	18 **Fakebook due Act II Assessment	19 Introduce project Film	20 **RST final draft due Film	21 **single session School-wide spelling bee