Please see below for suggested work for this week. Email me with any questions.
Work for the Week of April 13th
- I have assigned an article on Commonlit for you to read and annotate this week. The title is “The Power of “Like”. Please read and annotate as you go. You will also need to do the guided reading questions and the assessment/quiz. Completed work must be submitted by the end of day Friday, April 17th. Annotation guidelines are available on the blog and google classroom.
- IXL-go to IXL, 8th grade Language Arts and complete the following 5 lessons-
Z1 -Sentence Types (Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, or Exclamatory)*
D1 -Compare/Contrast
O4 -Commonly Confused Words
Q4 and Q5 –Words with…
*There are four kinds of sentences.
A declarative sentence is a statement, and it always ends with a period.
An interrogative sentence is a question, and it always ends with a question mark.
An imperative sentence is a command. It makes a request or tells someone to do something, and it usually ends with a period. If the command shows a strong feeling, it ends with an exclamation point.
An exclamatory sentence is like a statement, but it shows surprise or strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence always ends with an exclamation point.
3. SSR Reading
- Read daily. I suggest 30 minutes a day. You can make daily annotations on sticky notes, your phone, or notebook paper to help increase your comprehension. See the bookmark posted on Google Classroom under SSR weekly reflections for sentence starters/ideas.
- At the end of the week (anytime up until Sunday) write an SSR Weekly Reflection (posted on Google Classroom).
Note : If you do not have your novel at home, or you are expecting to finish it soon, you may use any online platform available to you for access to books, or use my favorite, cheap, online book site to buy a book, or two. I have included some links below to help you get started, and the first 5 people (new customers only) to use the first Thriftbooks link will receive an additional 15% discount on their book purchase. If you have a Dearborn or Dearborn Heights library card you may get ebooks from the library, as well.
FREE online reading sources
https://rivetedlit.com/?s=full+reads
More free reading resources from your school librarian Mrs. Harrison
- For a free ID and PW to connect to Open eBooks, email Mrs. Harrison at harrisc@dearbornschools.org
- Classic Books (Library of Congress)
- Free Booksy
- Dearborn Public Libraries (if you have a library card)
- Many Books
- Open Library
- Project Gutenberg