Mrs. Jones has created a week of reading and activities for you to enjoy during this time we cannot meet. It is posted below and under weekly updates and in our newly created google classroom.

These class codes were also sent to your student e-mail.

Mrs. Jones has created a week of reading and activities for you to enjoy during this time we cannot meet. It is posted below and under weekly updates.

Check your e-mail, I am opening up a conversation in case you have questions about these assignments. We can stay in touch about what you are doing, what you are reading during this time.

AMS 8th Grade ELA Review Activities

Week of March 30

Monday, March 30, 2020

Reminder: You must be logged into your Wake ID to access the links.

Welcome to the 8th Grade ELA Online Learning Doc!

Online learning reminders:

1. Always use your WCPSS email when communicating with your teachers.
2. Make sure you are logged into your WakeID in order to use the resources in the Portal.
3. Check the WCPSS Remote Learning Site for online resources by clicking here.
4. If you are unable to open the Brainpop video from the link, open Brainpop from your RapidIdentity page, then come back to this page and click on the link.

Today’s Assignments: (You must be logged into your Wake ID account to access these links.)

WARM UP: Brainpop link - Etymology

ACTIVITY #1: Discovery Ed Video about Rosa Parks.

ACTIVITY #2: Continue reading another chapter of A Mighty Long Way, and practice writing your gists for each chapter while taking 2-column notes. If you do not have access to your book, you can use the online PDF here.

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Reminder: You must be logged into your Wake ID to access the links.

Today’s Assignments:

WARM UP: Brainpop link - Active and Passive Voice

ACTIVITY #1: Discovery Ed Video about The Tuskegee Airmen.

ACTIVITY #2: Continue reading another chapter of A Mighty Long Way, and practice writing your gists for each chapter while taking 2-column notes. If you do not have access to your book, you can use the online PDF here.

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Reminder: You must be logged into your Wake ID to access the links.

Today’s Assignments:

WARM UP: Brainpop link - Types of Sentences

ACTIVITY #1: Discovery Ed Video about the Civil Rights Movement

ACTIVITY #2: Continue reading another chapter of A Mighty Long Way, and practice writing your gists for each chapter while taking 2-column notes.. If you do not have access to your book, you can use the online PDF here.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Reminder: You must be logged into your Wake ID to access the links.

Today’s Assignments:

WARM UP: Brainpop link -Contractions

ACTIVITY #1: Discovery Ed Video about Little Rock

ACTIVITY #2: Continue reading another chapter of A Mighty Long Way, and practice writing your gists for each chapter. If you do not have access to your book, you can use the online PDF here.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Reminder: You must be logged into your Wake ID to access the links.

Today’s Assignments:

WARM UP: Brainpop link -Run-On Sentences

ACTIVITY #1: Discovery Ed Video about Racial Segregation in the United States

ACTIVITY #2: Continue reading another chapter of A Mighty Long Way, and practice writing your gists for each chapter while taking 2-column notes.. If you do not have access to your book, you can use the online PDF here.

Even though the coronavirus has made it impossible for us to be together, your education must continue...

Part 1 Work on the first elements End of Unit 2 Project. You have been assigned a chapter between 9 and 16, 17 in A Mighty Long Way.

Here is a copy of A Mighty Long Way, just in case you misplaced your copy.

• Complete step 1 - taking two column notes on significant events (this looks like what we did for Inside Out and Back Again. Column one is the page number, and column two is an important quote with explanation. Complete the workbook pages for the chapter you were assigned.
• Complete step 2- Write a summary of your chapter using the workbook pages and your two column notes. Try to incorporate several vocabulary words from your chapter into your summary.... see the green sheet for the vocabulary for your chapter.
• If you need something to read and keep yourself busy, read the whole book. This will help you understand the context of not only your chapter, but the whole of Carlotta's story. It will help you understand her quest and her determination to graduation from Central High. Her determination is legendary.

Part 2 .Little Rock Girl Reading and workbook pages with gist and focus question.

• chapter 3 p. 28-37 and answer questions on p. 83
• Chapter 4 p. 38-55 and answer questions on p. 92

These assignments will allow us to proceed with this unit project when you return.

Check your e-mail, I am opening up a conversation in case you have questions about these assignments. We can stay in touch about what you are doing, what you are reading during this time.

Here is a link to the Afridan American History Museum. This museum has some artifacts from Carlotta Walls.

If you enter Central HIgh School LIttle Rock, you can see Carlotta's report card, diploma and that famous dress we have seen in many of the photos. This is a fascinating site. You can see photos, documents and even hear some interviews.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/

Welcome to 8th Grade Language Arts!

Students have homework every night. Please see weekly outlines for homework.

Want to contact Mrs. Goldman? Send a note to mgoldman@wcpss.net

An overview of our whole year's curriculum can be found at -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jIqP7s-_HNTSocvgDp1Bgqw3Wnifrpvw/view

This is a link to a document that will outline our academic year.

Here is a link to the Module 2 Workbook. In case you lose your workbook, you can access the reading and activities at this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJMH_XGMiJyMbzPGTNXUUK6zj71P15gNRkYQ7SDq8kE/edit

Were you absent when we did a drama circle?

Need to refresh your memory about a scene?

Here is a link to the Rice University video we watched in class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-bJjrVOtI&feature=youtu.be

Here is the link to Discovery Ed video of A MidSummer Night's Dream.

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/bc9a6af2-52c0-4b77-b27c-fef59dfd5002/