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   Oct 26

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon LP – “Review” – Do in 2 steps: Step 1 – do as many of the Review exercises as you can without looking back.  Step 2 – Use a different colour & finish whatever you left blank, but now look back through the unit to help you. LP – Unit #1 Test […]

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   Oct 24

ENGLISH 8 – 1.3/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs LP #8-9 Notebook: p.8 – Plot Graph “Zlateh the Goat” – finish filling in the worksheet “Zlateh the Goat” Qs to be collected Review your Narrative Terms Flashcards for an upcoming quiz (Thus/Fri) Here are some helpful videos — click here —>  Setting  AND  Plot  AND  Character LP Unit #1 Test & workbook check – Nov. 2nd/3rd

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   Oct 18

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP #6-7 “Zlateh the Goat” – finish Qs – #5-9 & #1-3 & Reading Quiz Review your Narrative Terms Flashcards for an upcoming quiz (Thus/Fri) Here are some helpful videos — click here —>  Setting  AND  Plot  AND  Character

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   Oct 16

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs LP #3-5 Setting Pkg – Read & highlight the next story “Zlateh the Goat” AND do Qs. #1-4 on a separate page, title, name/date/block, & leave space to be able to add to your answers. Here’s an audio version of the story if you want to listen & read along — click […]

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   Oct 12

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP #1-2 Notebook: BLT Outline p. 6 – Topic: Discuss how “Autumntime” & “Big Yellow Taxi” are similar.  Write your 3 points and a concluding sentence for your outline. (Introduction/Topic Sentence: The story “Autumntime” and the song “Big Yellow Taxi” are similar in several ways.) Quiz – Poetry Sound devices terms – […]

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   Oct 06

ENGLISH 8 -1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed Setting Pkg – finish all Alliteration Sheets Sound Devices – Assonance – Consonance – Alliteration Poem – rough copy Here’s a video to help you with your poetry sound terms — click here —> Sound Devices Flashcards – get caught up – make sure you have flashcards made for the terms on the blue Narrative […]

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   Oct 03

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs Setting Pkg – 4 Poetry worksheets Block 1.4 – Flashcards – finish all CHARACTER terms Block 2.3 – Flashcards – PLOT – 3 cards: Introduction, Initiating Event, Rising Action Here’s a video to help you with your poetry sound terms — click here —> Sound Devices

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   Sep 29

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues BLOCK 2.3 LP $15 Notebook – glue/tape in the worksheets. Complete the title page. Flashcards – (total of 6 cards) All the CHARACTER terms on the blue Narrative Terms handout – Protagonist, Antagonist, Round, Flat, Static & Dynamic Setting Pkg – Poetry Sheet – Rhyme Time – finish writing in the rhyme scheme for the […]

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   Sep 28

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Friday/Monday LP $15 “Autumntime” – Reading Quiz Notebook – glue/tape in the worksheets. Complete the title page. Flashcards – Block 2.3– Rhyme Scheme, Assonance, Rhythm, Onomatopoeia BLOCK 1.4 – do those 4 but also 2 more (total of 6 cards) Protagonist & Antagonist

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   Sep 26

ENGLISH 8 – 1.4/2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Wed/Thurs TERRY FOX DONATIONS! & LP $15 & Notebook Setting Pkg – “Autumntime” Qs will be collected next time, so just make sure you added to and completed each question Flashcards – create 4 new flashcards for the poetry terms: Line, Stanza, Alliteration, Consonance. The definitions are on the “Special Sounds of Poetry” […]

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