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"There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning"-- Jiddu Krishnamurti
"There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning"-- Jiddu Krishnamurti
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Resource for practice-iReady lessons to explore vocabulary acquisition and expansion are available through the PSD Dashboard icon
Resource for practice-iReady lessons to explore vocabulary acquisition and expansion are available through the PSD Dashboard icon
This is class material that would normally consist within Trimester 3
This is class material that would normally consist within Trimester 3
LA Vocab15.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab16.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab17.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab18.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab19.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab20.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab21.docxTrimester 3
LA Vocab22.docxTrimester 3
Love Thy Vocabulary!.pptxVocabulary is Awesome!
Vocabulary is Awesome!
This PowerPoint looks at words as living, breathing entities with history, family, and connections. Vocabulary activity in the classroom would be No Drab Vocab.
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Resource for practice- NoRedInk (URL link below) contains lessons to explore grammar acquisition and expansion. Click on it, sign up, and use the class code below it to find Advanced ELA
Resource for practice- NoRedInk (URL link below) contains lessons to explore grammar acquisition and expansion. Click on it, sign up, and use the class code below it to find Advanced ELA
(Class Code)
(Class Code)
https://www.noredink.com/join/square-pepper-20
ADVERTISING
ADVERTISING
This section pairs with Unit 3 in 8th Grade SpringBoard textbook
This section pairs with Unit 3 in 8th Grade SpringBoard textbook
Advertisement
Advertisement
What techniques and rhetorical appeals do you see at work in this advertisement?
Propaganda Techniques.docxTechniques to Appeals
Techniques to Appeals
Persuasive, advertising, and propaganda techniques are all one in the same but just used in different ways. They can all be classified into one or more of the three rhetorical appeals
Advertisement
Advertisement
What techniques and rhetorical appeals do you see at work in this advertisement?
The 'Fine Print'
The 'Fine Print'
In the corresponding ad, the fine print reads: "Lash inserts were applied to add lash count". Translation, false lashes were added... it is not just the mascara!
How to Lie with Statistics
Manipulating statistics
Logical Fallacies
Lying with StatisticsRhetorical Appeals
Analyzing Multimedia.docxAdvertisements: pick an ad and analyze it using this rubric
Advertisements: pick an ad and analyze it using this rubric
Persuasive Techniques are everywhere in advertising. It is critical to be able to identify how a company or person is trying to get you to believe/do something, act a certain way, or spend your hard-earned money
Persuasive Tech Rev.docxThis is an review of persuasive techniques. Using them, can you see how an advertisement includes one or many to 'boost' the power of what it wants you to believe, do, or buy? Ads can be online, print, television, or any multimedia format.
This is an review of persuasive techniques. Using them, can you see how an advertisement includes one or many to 'boost' the power of what it wants you to believe, do, or buy? Ads can be online, print, television, or any multimedia format.
This section pairs with Unit 3 in 8th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
This section pairs with Unit 3 in 8th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Kid Lit Analysis.docxChildren's Literature
Children's Literature
Just because literature is published (either electronically or in print) does not mean it is 'good'. As a critical consumer, you must analyze what you are looking at for bias, stereotypes, propaganda, or misleading information. Let's look at a genre that, we hope, would never do any of these things: children's literature.
Literature_Circles_Roles.docxLiterature Circle Roles
Literature Circle Roles
In order to analyze a piece of children's literature, students listen to the story, use the questions to guide the group discussion, and produce a presentation around the group roles
A Classic Tale
A Classic Tale
This was Disney's first feature length animated movie. It debuted on February 4th, 1938, and put Walt Disney's little company on the path to billions of dollars. Originally, the tale is from the Grimm Brothers collection based on a German princess (1533)
A Children's Book
A Children's Book
The story seems simple until the layers are pulled back. There is symbolism, metaphors, analogies, sexism, codependent relationships, and other literature devices at work (can you find them before reading the analysis?)
Kid Lit. Presentation.pptxAnalysis
Analysis
Using the analysis questions and literature circle roles, this group did a great job uncovering 'issues' with this story (same author who published the anthology of poems/narratives Where the Sidewalk Ends)
Use the Children's Literature Worksheet to analyze one of the three choices (Rumpelstiltskin, Tootle, or Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). If you want to, group up through Google or on a Zoom and complete the Literature Circle Roles by creating a presentation
Choice #1
Choice #1
Analyze this children's story
Choice #2
Choice #2
Analyze this children's story
Choice #3
Choice #3
Analyze this children's story
PROPAGANDA & MASS MEDIA
PROPAGANDA & MASS MEDIA
Propaganda.pptxWartime 'Pop' Culture
Wartime 'Pop' Culture
Nations rely heavily on propaganda during wartime and much of the rhetorical appeals link in popular culture to get citizens to do something, act a certain way, or by into a belief system
Propaganda2.pptxNazi's Use of Propaganda
Nazi's Use of Propaganda
The Nazi Party in Germany (pre and during WWII) did not invent propaganda but did use it in a way that was unheard of previously and set up its influence on consumerism and politics that carried forward into the modern age
The Big Six.pptxEssential Question:
Essential Question:
Do people actually have choice or are we all controlled by external sources? Are we living under the illusion of choice?
HOLOCAUST
HOLOCAUST
Click on the link to the left for a website that lists several books about the Holocaust. Books not on the list but still important to read are The Upstairs Room, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Summer of My German Soldier, and Night. After you pick a book, progress through the Journals below
Holocaust Novel Journal Days 1 - 5.docxJournal #1
Holocaust Novel Journal Days 6 - 10.docxJournal #2
Holocaust Novel Journal Days 11 - 15.docxJournal #3
Holocaust Novel Journal Days 16 - 20 (1).docxJournal #4
Holocaust Literature:
Holocaust Literature:
*The Book Thief
*Once (one of four books)
*Rose Under Fire
*I Have Lived a Thousand Years
*Between Shades of Gray
*Bio: Boy on the Wooden Box
*Bio: Irena's Children
*Prisoner B-3087
*The Girl in the Blue Coat
*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This section pairs with Unit 3 in the 8th Grade and Unit 2 in the 9th Grade Springboard Textbook
This section pairs with Unit 3 in the 8th Grade and Unit 2 in the 9th Grade Springboard Textbook
FILM
FILM
film_analysis content words.pdfCinematic Devices
Cinematic Devices
Overview of devices (elements and techniques) used in cinematography
Film Analysis.docxLink Film and Devices
Link Film and Devices
In the classroom setting, we would identify cinematic devices in two movies and two video clips
This section pairs with Unit 4 in 8th Grade and Unit 5 in the 9th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
This section pairs with Unit 4 in 8th Grade and Unit 5 in the 9th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
SHAKESPEARE
SHAKESPEARE
Elements_Of_Drama.pdfStage and Theater
Stage and Theater
Just like literature (prose) and poetry, drama has certain elements and techniques used to create works of excellence
This YouTube Channel does a great job of summarizing most of Shakespeare's more famous works in 10-15 mins (she talks really fast though so you have to pay attention, take notes, or rewatch a couple of times). Specific for 7th grade is Twelfth Night, 8th grade is A Midsummer Night's Dream, and 9th is Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare's plays (and vocabulary too!) http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-scripts-text-plays.htm
This website details how to write scripts and screenplays https://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting/
William Shakespeare Quiz.pdfTake a Shakespeare Quiz!
Take a Shakespeare Quiz!
How much do you think you know about 'The Bard'? (FYI... bard is an old word referring to people that would travel the countryside during the Middle Ages and preform plays/poetry for lodging and food)
How much do you think you know about 'The Bard'? (FYI... bard is an old word referring to people that would travel the countryside during the Middle Ages and preform plays/poetry for lodging and food)
Set the Stage-EX.docxLog Lines and Setting the Stage
Set the Stage.docxSetting the Stage in film and theater is essentially an outline
Logline Quotes.docxFamous lines from Shakespeare
Create a Scene.docxUse one of Shakespeare's famous lines to create a new, original scene
This section pairs with Unit 4 in 8th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
This section pairs with Unit 4 in 8th Grade SpringBoard Textbook
COMEDY
COMEDY
Comedic Devices.pdfThe Structure of Humor
The Structure of Humor
Just like literature (prose) and poetry, humor has certain elements and techniques used to create works of excellence
Humor.pptxOverview of Humor
Overview of Humor
comedy-devices-list.docDevices and Genres
Devices and Genres
Comedic Cartoon Analysis Checklist.docxAnalyze a Cartoon
Analyze a Cartoon
Find a cartoon and use this sheet to analyze it for comedic devices
HumorousRubric.docxWrite a Humorous Anecdote
Write a Humorous Anecdote
Anecdotes are short, typically humorous stories that impart a lesson learned (using the rubric, see what you can write)
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