Literature 8A Assignments

Dear Class, 

2 Chunk paragraphs on "Who/What are on trial in To Kill a Mockingbird" are due by Monday morning. Please upload you 2 chunk, and your t-graph here. 

For homework read chapters 18 and 19. Complete your reflection/vocab/details for the day's reading. Keep the question in mind: "Who is on trial?" Yes, its Tom Robinson, but who/what else is on trial here? 

Class, as a reminder, everyone should be finished with up to chapter 15 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Make sure you are completing your reflections, vocab words and details. 

If you are no longer joining us in class, then you MUST upload your reflection/words/details (with page numbers) BEFORE the start of the next class. 

For homework, 

1. Continue doing reading logs
2. Complete your character map/questions
3. Upload your homework to Google Classroom by 08:30am tomorrow morning (April 28, 2022)

For homework

1. Begin your week 6 reading logs
2. Write a reflection on today's reading and make sure your reflection is informed largely by or deep discussion on Mrs. Dubose and Jem. 
3. Collect 3 Vocab words
4. Collect 3 Concrete Details (with Commentary) in your dialectical journals. 

Dear Literature Classes, 

As a reminder, you only have to complete 3 reading log entries for Reading Log 5 this week. You may turn these in on Thursday or on the Monday after the Easter Break.

Dear Lit 8A, 

For homework, 
1. finish reading chapter 9 in To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Complete a reflection on Chapter 9
3. Find 3 Vocab words
4. Collect 3 Concrete Details with Commentary
5. Complete the first entry of your reading log

For homework:


1. Finish reading chapter 1 (pg. 29)
2. Annotate the chapter.
3. Write a reflection in your notebook 
4. Add 10 vocabulary words to your notebook (complete with context clues and meaning for each)
5. Collect 4 CD's (and add commentary for each) on your dialectical journal sheet. 


This will be checked in class tomorrow. 

Dear 8th grade, 


As a reminder, for homework you are to finish reading up to the end of the 1st paragraph of pg. 11. 


You also must:
1. Complete a 2/3 sentence reflection in your notebook. 
2.a.  make a list of 5 unknown/interesting words from the reading and copy them in your notebook. 
2.b. Give a definition and some clues from the text that support that definition; write them in your notebook. 
3.a.  Find 2 concrete details from the reading and copy them (with page number) in your Dialectical Journal Sheet.  
3.b. Add a commentary for each concrete detail


These will be checked in class tomorrow. 

Please continue reading "Chains", over the weekend. Please annotate and bring your book to class on Monday.

Here is a schedule:


Friday: Chapters 37-40
Saturday: Chapters 41-45

Please continue reading "Chains", chapters 30-35. Remember to annotate these chapters and show me in class tomorrow.

Please continue reading "Chains", chapters 26-30. Remember to annotate these chapters and show me in class tomorrow.

Please continue reading "Chains", chapters 20-25. Remember to annotate these chapters and show me in class tomorrow. 

Dear 8A, 


For homework over the weekend you should be catching up on Chains. We have already read a few chapters in class, and you should have continued reading over the past couple weeks at your pace. Therefore you must have completed reading up to chapter 20 by Monday (October 11).


In other words, you must read up to page 129 in Chains. Remember that annotations will be checked. 


Here is a schedule to help you along:
Friday: Chapters 5-10
Saturday: Chapters 11-15
Sunday: Chapters 16-20

A reminder to all literature classes, you should be taking this time during our writing instruction, to continue reading the assigned novel. 


For homework over the weekend please read a minimum of 20 pages and write:
1. Number of pages read. _____ to ______ pages
2. Reflection on the pages read.
3. a 1 chunk paragraph:
    Topic Sentence
    Concrete Detail
    Commentary
    Commentary
    Concluding Sentence
4. Take a picture of the assignment and submit via Google Classroom.

For homework, 


1. Finish reading "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
2. On the back, write 1 concrete detail and 2 commentary sentences. 
3. Write a reflection on your reading experience.

For Homework please:


1. Complete your reflection on today's reading in your notebook. 


2. Find 3 explicit details from the reading and copy them down in your notebook with the proper citation. Then, for each detail, include a sentence or two on what is implied by the detail. Finally, include another sentence or two of your own commentary on each of the details.

For Homework please:


1. Complete your reflection on today's reading in your notebook. 


2. Find 3 explicit details from the reading and copy them down in your notebook with the proper citation. Then, for each detail, include a sentence or two on what is implied by the detail. Finally, include another sentence or two of your own commentary on each of the details.