Song Reviews Thursday and Friday

Read Song Reviews from about.com.

Review songs that students bring in with FAVORITE SONGS form.

Tuesday - Wednesday: District Assessment

Take district assessment.

Poetry, Multi-Cultural Week, and TUPE

May 21, 22 Eighth grade poetry reading
May 23-24 Read "Can't Stop the Sun" and final words of persuasion unit.
May 25 TUPE Presentation



Homework: All make-up work due for emergency report card.

Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday

Do exercises 10 and 11 on pages 360-362 in Writing and Skills.

Memory Thief Poem

Practice for Poetry Reading on May 21 and 22.

Homework:

Freedom writers

Assignment for first week of testing(Tues. - Fri.):

View Freedom Writers

Complete viewing guide.

Write four paragraph movie review.

First paragraph: What was your personal response to the movie? Did you relate to the characters? Explain this in your first paragraph.

Second paragraph: Comment on the setting, situations, dialogue, and characters in the second paragraph.

Third paragraph: Consider and develop thoughtful answers to the following questions in the the third paragraph. What can students learn from this movie? What can teachers learn from this movie? (Theme)

Fourth paragraph: Consider the following. Should people see this movie? Why?



Homework: Finish all assignments

First Day of CSTs

Take test in homeroom. Periods 1, 3, and 5 meet today.

View Freedom Writers and complete viewing guide.

Homework: Finish persuasive research reports.

Read movie reviews

Read movie reviews from the Los Angeles Times calendarlive.com.

'Spider-Man 3' shows a dark side

Blades of Glory

Answer the following questions.

Spider-Man 3 Review Questions

1. What clues about the critic’s opinion are given in the headline? Explain.

2. The critic is saying something negative about the movie in the second paragraph. What is it in your own words?

3. Who directed the movie?

4. Who wrote the script?

5. Who are the villains?

6. Who is Spider Man’s new love interest?

7. Is the critic’s review positive, negative, or mixed?

Blades of Glory Questions

1. What does the headline say about the movie? Answer in your own words.

2. Name the real skaters who appear in the movie.

3. What is Will Farrell’s character’s name?

4. What is John Heder’s character’s name?

5. When is the movie funniest according to the critic? Answer in your own words.

6. What is one of the critic’s criticisms of the movie?

7. Is the review positive, negative, or mixed? Explain.

Read "War Party" by Louis L'Amour

Read "War Party" by Louis L'Amour on page 738 in The Language of Literature.

Answer questions on page 753.



Homework: Finish unfinished work.

Read "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan

Read "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan on page 349 in The Language of Literature.

Answer questions on page 360 through 361.



Homework: Finish unfinished work

The Raven and Parallelism

Read The Raven and answer the following questions.

1. Copy a line from the poem that has alliteration and underline the consonants that alliterate.

2. Copy a line from the poem that has assonance and the vowels that have assonance with other vowels in the sentence.

3. How many stanzas are in the poem?

4. Define obeisance.

Do worksheet on parallel structure.

Parallel Structure Article