languagearts8

**LANGUAGE ARTS 8**
[|LA 8 Student Outline 2009 - 2010.doc]

[|Sentence Types.doc] [|One Paragraph Criteria.doc] [|THE FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY.doc]
 * Back to the Basics**

[|The Outsiders 1-3 questions.doc]
 * Novel Study -** //**The Outsiders**//

Complete the following organizer and hand it in to your teacher. This will help to ensure that you are on the right track for your larger character sketch assignment. [|Mini Character Sketch chap 2.doc] [|Mini Character Sketch chap 2 exemplar.doc] and student-created criteria

This assignment will be completed at the end of the novel. Use the organizer to help you record information about the characters AS YOU READ so you will have less work to do at the end. [|Outsiders Character Sketch.doc] [|Outsiders Character Sketch Organizer 0910.doc] [|Rubric Character Sketch0910.doc]

[|CONTRAST ESSAY.doc]

[|Creating a Comic Rubric.doc]

Focus on voice, message, and format [|OUTSIDERS wrap up.doc] [|WRITING WITH VOICE.doc] [|Outsiders Wrap Up Rubric 0910.doc]
 * Wrap - Up.**

[|Movie Review Rubric.doc] [|MovieReviewExemplar.doc]

[|CharacterStudyProject.doc] [|A CHRISTMAS CAROL format example.docx] [|A CHRISTMAS CAROL format example.doc]
 * A Christmas Carol**

Literature Circle Roles [|Figurative Language Finder.doc] [|Power Paraphraser.doc] [|Character Catcher.doc] [|Discussion Director.doc] [|Terms Tutor.doc] [|Sequencer.doc]
 * Short Stories**

The Hockey Sweater Assignment - [|HockeySweaterComputerActivity.doc]

Quotation Mark Conventions [|Punctuation and Quotation Mark Conventions.doc]

All Summer in a Day -[|story] - [|All Summer in a Day BDA REVISED 08.doc] - [|ASIADSequelPerformanceGrid.doc]

The Veldt - [|The_Veldt.doc] - [|Biography of Ray Bradbury.doc] - [|The Veld REVISED 08 Activity.doc]

Harrison Bergeron - [|story] - [|Harriston Bergeron Intro.doc] - [|HarrisonBergeronBrochureAssessment.doc] - [|Brochure criteria.doc] - [|Brochure Rubric.doc]

Narrative Story Writing [|Narrative Graphic Organizer - Storyboard.doc] [|Story Writing Expectations.doc] [|NarrativeRubricportraitlayout.doc] [|Editing Instructions.docx] [|f][|igs of speech.doc]

Non-conformist Research and Presentation [|Researching Nonconformists.doc] - project outline and rubric The Lottery - letter writing activity [|The Lottery.pdf] - a copy of the story [|The Lottery Letter.doc] - short assignment
 * The Giver**

Chapter Skills / Responses [|Ch 4-5 Skill.doc] [|Ch 6-7 Skill.doc] [|Ch 8-9 Skill.doc] [|Ch 10-11 Skill.doc] [|Ch 14-15 Skill.doc] [|Ch 16-19 Skill.doc] [|Ch 16-19 Skill criteria.doc] [|Ch 16-19 Skill organizer.doc] [|Ch 16-19 Skill group assessment.doc] [|ch16-19 exemplar.pptx] [|Ch 20-23 0910.doc] [|Ch 20-23 Tripod Response Options.doc] [|Ch 20-23 Tripod Response.doc] [|Character trait list.doc]

Final Assignment [|Project.doc] [|Rubric.doc]

Media Literacy Project [|Principles and Elements of Design.doc] [|MEDIA LITERACY outline.doc] [|Media Assessment.doc] - checklist for assessment activity [|MEDIA LITERACY FINAL ASSIGNMENT self assess.doc] - to be completed before handing in the final assignment
 * Visual Literacy**

Film Study Project [|Film Study Conventions.doc] [|Rudy Presentation Assignment 09.doc] [|Rudy Scene Info.doc] [|Film Conventions Outline.ppt]

Final Exam Study Guide [|LA 8 Final Exam Study Guide.doc]