8th Grade English Language Arts-SR Assignments

- Review the rubric and other requirements before final submission. - Submit your final draft here.

- For those interested, write and deliver your speech to the 8th grade class during the week of May 23rd. 
- The 8th grade teachers will choose the best written and spoken speech, which will be delivered at graduation. 
- Follow the attached template. 
- Best of Luck!

- Use the attached questions along with any that you have prepared to guide your discussion today. 

- Textual Evidence IS NOT required for this discussion, but your authenticity IS.

- Look through the PowerPoint to see how the outline should be formatted.  
- Submit your outline here.

Submit your document here. 

Book Club Challenge: Every group member must use two (2) vocabulary words in their responses. 

- Use the attachment for directions and guidance from the rubric. 
- Submit your final document here.

Challenge: Connect you novel to the poem you wrote (among other poems we've read thus far).

Book Club Challenge: Make a connection to at least one of the poems we have read thus far. 

Use textual evidence where necessary.

1. Obtain a copy of lyrics from any song, electronic or hard copy (preferred). 
2. Find lyrics that are appropriate. At the very least, censor words where necessary.
3. Complete and turn-in the attached document.

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

Use this graphic organizer on the Expository Essay - Short Format

Complete the following 8th Grade exercises:


- NN.2 Commas with Compound and Complex Sentences
- J.3 Transitions with Conjunctive Adverbs

Volunteer your thesis statement to be read by the class and receive a score from 4 to 1 along with additional feedback.

1. Record your narrative in the form of a podcast. 
2. You can earn up to +10 extra credit points based on two (2) criteria: quality of performance 5/5 and quality of audio 5/5.
3. Listen to the attached podcast "The Halloween Moon" by Joseph Fink as an example. 
4. Submit your extra credit recording here.

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

1. Complete Activity 1 Pre-Reading
2. Read Chapter 11 - Feel free to pause during the reading to ask questions or make comments with your group. 
3. Complete Activity 2 - Post-Reading

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

Finish Reading Chapters 8-9, and then, answer the questions for Chapter 9.

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

1. Read chapters 4-5.
2. Answer the guiding questions attached. 
3. Be thorough and thoughtful in your response.

1. Use Vocaroo to record your discussion.
2. TEST YOUR MICROPHONE by playing back a recording. 
3. Be sure to click on SAVE & SHARE > then DOWNLOAD your file onto your chromebook. 
4. Lastly, attach your recording to this google classroom assignment.

Choose top three choices based on the following list attached to the form.