4th Marking Period Essential Questions

7th: Why do myths exist? How do motivations and actions reveal character? How is the theme of a book revealed?

8th: How do motivations and actions reveal character? How is the theme of a book revealed? Why does the author write a story in multiple points of view?

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4th Marking Period Reading Objectives

• Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (RL.7.1)
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text; provide an objective summary of the text. (RL.7.2)
  
• Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. (RL.7.6)
  

• Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (RL.8.1)
• Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in the text. (RL.8.6)
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text; provide an objective summary of the text. (RL.8.2)
  
  

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4th Marking Period Texts

7th grade core novel - myths, fantasy

8th grade core novel - realistic fiction

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4th Marking Period Important Dates & Deadlines

7th grade ELA

Compare/Contrast Literary Essay

• compare and contrast a fictional work about a setting or character with a historical account of the same time period
• initial draft due Tues. 6/7; final draft due Tues. 6/14 (students will have class time to work on this assignment; students who use their class time productively should be able to complete the majority of the work in school, and will finish the rest at home)


2 other writing pieces (Choice Performance Tasks):
The choice tasks this marking period will be two cross-curricular projects, one for Science and one for Social Studies (deadlines TBD; guidelines will be distributed when available)

Scholastic Reading Inventory: Tuesday, May 31st 

The Lightning Thief Unit Test: Thursday, June 2nd

State-wide Smarter Balanced testing: April-May 2015

8th grade ELA

Literary Analysis Essay

• analysis of characterization, setting, theme, or patterns of events
• first draft due Mon. 5/16
• final draft due Thurs. 5/19 (students have 3 full class days on Mon. 5/16-Wed. 5/18 to work on the paper; they can successfully revise and edit during this time if they stay on task)

2 other writing pieces (Choice Performance Tasks) due June 7th:

• students will have 3 full in-class days to work on this assignment; they must also work on it at home

Scholastic Reading Inventory: Tuesday, May 31st

Slumming Unit Test: Tuesday, May 10, 2016

State-wide Smarter Balanced testing: April-May 2015

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Classwork Links
7th grade Mythology

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Homework​

Directions: This marking period, you will be responsible for completing a daily prompt on looseleaf. 
You must include the date, book title, author, start page, end page, the prompt, and a full ACE response to the prompt to earn full credit.

You must complete one prompt every day, Monday to Thursday. There is no homework Friday to Sunday unless you have to make up homework, so give yourself a break over the weekend by staying on track during the week!

​Homework will be checked daily to earn full credit, and should be placed in the inbox on Friday. This marking period, late homework will not be accepted after the following Monday.
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There are 3 categories of prompts: mild, medium, and hot. The “spicier” the prompt, the more difficult it is. YOU DECIDE which prompts you will answer based on where you are with your skills. Maybe in the first week, you’re ready for just mild prompts, but by the end of the marking period, you’ll try hot ones.

7th grade

MP4 Homework (until further notice)
Homework Prompts

8th grade

MP4 Homework (until further notice)
Homework Prompts

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Analysis (noun)
- a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other
- an explanation of the nature and meaning of something
(Merriam Webster)

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