8th Grade ENGLISH Assignments

Reflect on the 2021 - 2022 school year: what lessons can we take away from this year? How do you think you have grown and matured since the beginning of the year?

Pick one of the poem prompts below:

1. Write an original 10 line poem describing the school year and reflecting on your own self growth: how have you changed? How can you continue to improve? 
2. Review the events of To Kill a Mockingbird: Construct an original 10 line poem expressing ideas and events from the text. 

3. Write an original 10 line poem using elements from Greek Mythology or Fairly Tales and figurative language. 

Be sure to decorate and create original illustrations for your poem.

Reflect on this past school year
Create (tasteful and appropriate) memes that reference some of your favorite moments from this school year.

Review your poem or song lyrics 
Post a copy of your own individual annotations with original commentary --> What ideas stood out to you? What figurative language did you notice? What is the author/creator trying to communicate?

1. List the members of your group. 
2. List 2 - 4 song or poem ideas you and your groups have discussed so far ---> I will be reviewing these and giving you suggestions. 

Group sizes: 2 minimum, 4 maximum.

Due by homeroom on Wednesday.

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Read the article - Telling Tales
Annotate the text: 
1. Ask questions
2. Give your personal reactions to the text

Upload clear photo to Google Classroom.

Describe one fact or detail from the 3E article, Telling Tales, using both one of your vocabulary terms and one type of figurative language.

1. Page 32
2. Questions 1 - 10
3. Upload a clear photo to Google Classroom on time. 
4. Late submissions will automatically be half credit.

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Questions 1 - 8
Please upload a clear picture to Google Classroom.

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Questions 1 - 10
Upload a clear photo to Google Classroom.

Complete your notes using one of the following:
Popplet
Index Cards
Google Slides
Google Docs
Upload a copy of your notes to this assignment.

Write an original sentence using a pun.

I call my laptop the hive because it’s normally where I keep my USB.

Page: 29 - 30
Questions: 1 - 10
Take a photo and upload to Google Classroom to receive full credit. 
Note: You must turn your homework in before we make corrections in class (unless you are absent) in order to receive full credit upon completion.
We will be making corrections on Wednesday.

What is the definition of a pun?

Write ten original sentences. 
4 sentences should use verbal irony (either understatement or overstatement)
4 sentences should use metaphors 
2 sentences should use both metaphor and verbal irony

Homework can be completed in the following ways
1. Google Docs
2. Google Slides
3. In your notebook and uploaded to Google Classroom

1. In your own words, define verbal irony
2. Write an original sentence using verbal irony: what idea are you trying to get across?

Describe yourself using a metaphor. 
What idea are you trying to communicate with your metaphor?

1. In your own words, define a metaphor. 
2. Interpret the metaphor: "It was said that Green Lake was "heaven on earth" and Miss Kathrine's peaches were "food for the angels." --> What is the author actually trying to say?

Write a ten line poem describing something or someone you love!
1. One line should include either an adjective or adverb phrase (infinitive, participle, or preposition)
2. One line should be declarative
3. One line should be interrogative 
4. One line should be imperative
5. One line should be exclamatory 
6. Try to incorporate at least 2 of your vocabulary terms
7. Your poems should be fully colored and decorated. 
8. You can either complete this on paper, Google Slides, or one of the art apps on your iPad --> Upload a copy of your poem to Google Classroom.

1. Identify three of your vocabulary terms. 
2. Write 3 original sentences to describe your weekend. 


Example: 
1. I rebuffed my friend Emily's offer to hang out on Sunday, for I had far too much work to do.

1. Select three of the vocabulary terms from your list 
2. Construct 3 original sentences using your vocabulary to describe your Thanksgiving Break.


Example: When making my pumpkin pie cheesecake, I did my best to emulate the pictures I found online.

Review your vocab. terms. 
Write brand-new sentences for each vocab. word (try to finish at least 10)
Take out your vocab. notes.
I will check vocab. notes during Warm up.
We will review your responses in class - it is okay if you do not finish all of them.
Review your sentences before submitting.

1. Attach your Final Draft Slideshow to this assignment. If you do not know how, ask me. 
2. Turn in by 6:01 pm on Google Classroom. 
3. Story Map, 1st Draft, and Peer Response due at the top of the period Thursday 11/18 - all stapled together.