Ms. Johnson

Novel Study

We launched our walk through To Kill a Mockingbird.  Hopefully over the course of the next couple of week's you'll understand why this book is so beloved...why two superstars named their child after the protagonist, why a band chose to name their group such and why lawyers across the globe point to Atticus as the reason why they chose to go into the profession in the first place!  Attached are the two resources we'll be using along with the book.

Guided REading QuestionsDownload TKM - Study Guide - Chapters 1-10

Bookmark assignment.Download TKM bookmark 2012

 

ACLA-We've started reading John Steinbeck's The Pearl.  Download 8LA questions for The Pearl

Friday

AC-Classical Roots Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 2.

LA-We looked at a diverse array of figurative language in chapter 1 of TKM and then students hunted for their own 10 devices. 

January 26

8AC- Homework:  Please read chapter 3 & 4 of The Pearl by Monday morning.  Vocabulary quiz tomorrow.  Download CRVL2

8LA-Literary Terms.  Read chapter 6 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Monday-Wednesday

8AC:  We've launched our walk through John Steinbeck's The Pearl.  We've read the first two chapters in class. 

8la--We've launched our study of To Kill a Mockingbird.  We've read the first five chapters in class.  (And had a pop quiz today!)  Please finish reading chapter 5 tonight. 

 

 

Wednesday, January 18

Whew!  Writing test is over!  Give yourselves a pat on the back for your hard work this year.

Today we watched The Rosa Parks story.  We'll discuss this film tomorrow.

8LA--Please bring To Kill a Mockingbird to class.

 

Tuesday, January 17

AC-We read and discussed MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."  Attached is the speech & assignment is at the very bottom. (Due Thursday.)  CRVL1 Quiz is on Friday!  Study!

Download Birmingham City Jail

 

8LA-Pop Quiz.  Finish 20 SAT 10 vocabulary sentences. 

ALL PERIODS:  Tomorrow is the Georgia 8th Grade Writing Assessment.  Please try to get 8-10 hours of sleep tonight AND eat a healthy/nutritious breakfast tomorrow morning! 

Dickerson Book Award

It is time again to nominate books for our 5^th  annual Dickerson Book Award.  Our book award reading promotion theme this year is “Share Your Heart.” The Reading Raiders thought it would be great to tie in to our year long anti-bullying program, as well as have students share their favorite books and help inspire others to develop a love for reading.  Nominations will be posted on the bulletin boards in the media center and in the pod areas through the end of Feb. We will choose the books with the most nominations or the most inspiring nominations for a final vote in May.

There will also be a drawing for prizes in May among the students who nominated one of the final 20 books. In order to qualify as a nomination for the Dickerson Book award the following rules apply:

1. 1.      Book has to have been written in the past 5 years
2. 2.      The book cannot be one of the past 1^{st or}  2^nd  place winners
3. 3.      Include a brief description of the book and how a character in the book had a caring/loving heart.”

 

The top 20 book nominations will be selected as finalists based on how many nominations the book receives and the descriptions of the character students chose to “share.”

The Reading Raiders thank you for your help in choosing Dickerson student’s favorite books.

Thursday, January 12

Today we reviewed basic information about the upcoming writing test.  We also analyzed, scored and discussed released student essays based on the writing test rubric. 

AC-Classical Roots Vocabulary Lesson 1 roots & words Download CRVL1

Wednesday, January 11

Today we analyzed a released writing prompt.  We determined Speaker, Audience, Purpose and Format.  We created a thesis statement, brainstormed ideas and created a functioning outline to support a rough draft to the response. 

Tuesday, January 10

Please welcome our GSU student teacher, Mr. LeCraw.  He'll be working with us through April!

8AC-We introduced Lesson 1 of Classical Roots Vocabulary.  We started exercises 1A, 1B & 1C.  We'll finish these in class tomorrow. Quiz on roots and words Friday, January 20th.  Please keep the pink Classical Roots vocabulary books in good condition as you are borrowing them from DMS.

8LA-We introduced SAT 10 vocabulary. Quiz on these words is Friday, January 20th.

Download SAT 10 Vocabulary 

Q3 Novels

Welcome back!  I hope that your winter vacation relaxed and refreshed you! 

AC students-please acquire a copy of John Steinbeck's novella, The Pearl, by January 24th.

8LA studnets- please acquire a copy of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by January 17th.