W.W. 8th Grade Assignments

Complete your "good enough" table of contents in the companion book doc provided in google classroom. 

Add specific, quoted text evidence for all three reasons to your outlines.

"Body Paragraph Study"

 

To be graded for completion as well as accuracy. 

Finish revising boxes and bullets outline so that your claims and reasons are clear and concise. 

 

Additionally, underline text evidence for all three reasons in your short stories. Label each underlined evidence with the corresponding reason (a, b, or c).

 

Slides are attached.

Boxes and bullets outline due with your claim and 3 supporting reasons. 

No homework! Enjoy your break and time with family!

 

We'll start our new unit when we come back in January.

If you are bringing a snack to the publishing party, please don't forget to bring it!

Finished editing for commas in your article. Be ready to print and turn in to me on Wednesday. 

 

Slides with comma rules are included for your reference. 

Finish editing for C.U.P.S. Use your checklists as a guide.

"Self Directed Work" Handout attached. 

 

You must get a signature for credit. 

 

You may also find you need to work more than 15 minutes. 

Finish adding a "call to action" or argumentative section to the end of your draft. Be ready to show me your "call to action" tomorrow. 

You received the narrative writing checklist last this week and scored your writing with it. Due next Wednesday, you should choose 2 categories from the rubric that need revision and apply those revisions to your draft. Use the description from the rubric to guide the work you do to revise.

 

You should bold or underline the revisions you make so that they are easy to track and show me when I check your work next week. 

"Adding Transitions"

 

First draft of new article due next Wednesday.

Outline due. Use the last couple slides attached for an example of what your outline might look like. 

This should be written in your green section. 

Investigating Issues

Directions: Choose one of the issues you brainstormed today.

• In the green section of your notebook, label a new page with the heading “Investigating Issues HW” (you will not receive credit if you do not do this). You need to fill at least half a page.

• Brainstorm ways you might approach writing about this issue.
• Think of personal moments that connect or moments you’ve witnessed.
• Think about how people in the community might think about or respond to the issue.
• Think about interviewing someone you know about the topic.

No homework! See you Wednesday.

Newscasts for publishing round 1 must be printed and turned into google classroom before class begins tomorrow. 

At least 2 newscasts typed and ready for editing in the Google Classroom doc by the the start of class on Wednesday. 

 

You may choose to type 3.

 

The rubric is attached here and on Google Classroom.

Revise one of your newscasts. This should take place in your green section of your notebook. Be ready to show me your revisions on Thursday. You might consider marking revisions with a different colored pen so they are easy to track and show.