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8th Grade Homework - Week 4/27-5/1
Monday 4/27 – Roll Over reading logs 4/20-4/26 for periods 1,2 and 4
Reading Log 4/20-4/26 due for period 3
Free Reading
Tuesday 4/28 – Field Day
Wednesday 4/29 – Read “Beware of the Dog” on P. 105 in your Literature Textbooks – Be prepared for a quiz!
Thursday 4/30 – First Period – Quiz over Chapters 14-17 in the Screwtape Letters
Friday 5/1 – Share Time/Free Reading
7th Grade Homework - Week 4/27-5/1
Monday 4/27 – Roll Over reading logs 4/20-4/26 for periods 1,2 and 4
Reading Log 4/20-4/26 due for period 3
Free Reading
Tuesday 4/28 – Field Day
Wednesday 4/29 – Read “The Day the Children Vanished” on P. 462 in your Literature Textbooks – Be prepared for a quiz!
Thursday 4/30 – First Period – Review Quiz over the last chapters in Lizzie Bright novel. 2nd Period – Review Quiz over the last chapters of Al Capone
Friday 5/1 – Review novels and prepare for Test over the novels on 5/4 – Monday.
Genre’s Master List
Fiction Genre:
Fiction: Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
Fiction in Verse (Full-length novels with plot, subplot(s), theme(s), major and minor characters, in which the narrative is presented in verse form.
Classics (Need to be at least 50 years old, still in print and popular- Sub genre’ – Epics (Heroic
Poems – Beowulf, The Aeneid, )
Novel (Sub Genre’s – Social Realism – Psychological novel – Of Mice and Men, Crime and Punishment- Sentimental novel – Oliver Twist, Novel of Rebellion – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Novel of Self Discovery and Adventure – Call of the Wild, Anti-war novel – Catch 22,
Epistolary novel (a novel in the form of letters – The Color Purple, Screwtape
Letters
Novella/Short Novel (The Old Man and the Sea, Sub genre – moral tale –Billy
Budd
Short Story (Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots.)
Mystery (Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.
Sub genres – Detective mysteries - Sherlock Holmes, mysteries
– Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Supernatural/Horror mysteries – Piercing
– the Darkness)
Horror (Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters
and the reader – Steven King novels)
Gothic -
Drama/Plays (Sub genres – Tragedies, Comedies – Romantic Comedy – As You Like It - Shakespeare)
Poetry (Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional
responses. Sub genres – Haikus, Acrostics, Epic Poem – Paradise Lost)
Fantasy (Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction
which invites suspension of reality. Chronicles of Narnia,)
Fairy Tales (Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, The Emperor’s New
Clothes)
Tall Tales (Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who
do the impossible with nonchalance. Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyun)
Legend (Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.)
Folklore (The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or “folk” as handed down by word of mouth -)
Westerns (Fictional stories set in the Wild West. – Louie Lamoure
Mythology (Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical
events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its
symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods. Robin Hood,
King Arthur – Sub genre’ Creation Myths - The Epic of
Gilgamesh)
Realistic Fiction (Story that can actually happen and is true to life. A View From
Saturday, Tangerine, Lizzie Bright and the
Buckminster Boy, Al Capone Does my Shirts)
Historical Fiction (Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
Red Badge of Courage, My Brother Sam is , Across Five
Aprils, Rifles for Watie – Sub genre – Realistic War novel – All
Quiet on the Western Front)
Science Fiction (Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science,
usually set in the future or on other planets. War of the Worlds,
R Is For Rocket, The Silent Planet – Sub genre’ – Anti-Utopian
Novels – Brave New World, )
Humor (Fiction full of fun, fancy and excitement, meant to entertain; but can be contained in all genres. – Comic books)
Pun
Riddle
Allegory (Pilgrim’s Progress,
Parable
Proverb
Story Collections (Winnie the Pooh, Beatrix Potter – The Complete Tales)
Fable (Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale. Animal fable/satire written as a novel – Animal Farm)
Nonfiction Genre’s:
Nonfiction: Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject
Autobiography/Biography (Narrative of a person’s life, a true story about a real person)
Essay (A short literary composition that reflects the author’s outlook or point.
Narrative Nonfiction (Factual information presented in a format which tells a story -)
Technical Manuals
Story Collections (Chicken Soup Series)
Devotionals
Diary (Diary of Ann Frank,
Testimonials (Foxe’s Book of Martyrs)
Speech/Historical Speeches (Public address or discourse. I Have a Dream, Gettysburg Address)
Historical Documents (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, The Magna Carta)
Apocalyptic/End Times Literature (Revelation, Daniel)
Biblical Prophecy (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Minor Prophets)
Biblical History (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Joshua, Acts)
Epistles/Biblical Letters (Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians)
Psalms
Proverbs
Creation Story (Genesis)
Travel Books (Bill Bryson – Notes From a Small Island –England,
History (Sub Genres – Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII)
Futurist (Future Shock,
Science (Sub genre’s – Medicine, Geology, Chemistry, Biology,
Reference Books (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Thesaurus, Atlas, Fact books Guinness Book of World Records, Bible Commentaries,)
7th Grade Homework - Week 4/20-4/24
Because this is the week of SAT’s no Literature Responses, no Lit. Text reading or quiz, and no quiz over the novels.
Monday 4/20 - SAT’s
Tuesday 4/21 - Reading Log 4/13-4/17 due — Assignment - Read to the end of your novels: Lizzie Bright for fist period and Al Capone for second period
Wednesday 4/22 - Literature Elements Review
Thursday 4/23 - Literature Elements Review continued
Friday 4/24 - Discuss the final Chapters of your respective novels
8th Grade Homework - Week 4/20-4/24
Because this is the week of SAT’s no Literature Responses, no Lit. Text reading or quiz, and no quiz over the novel Screwtape.
Monday 4/20 Free Reading — Reading Log 4/13-4/17 due — Assignment - Read Chapters 11-13 in Screwtape Letters
Tuesday 4/21 SAT’s
Wednesday 4/22 - Literature Elements Review
Thursday 4/23 - Literature Elements Review continued
Friday 4/24 - Discuss Chapters 11-13 of the Screwtape Letters
7th Grade Homework for Week 4/14 – 4/17
Tue. 4/14 – Reading Log 4/6-4/12 is due.
Activity: Free Reading – Don’t forget to update genre’ and book list
Find 5 literary elements in your novel and in your textbook story this week - due Friday 4/17
Write out the literary element and identify it (similie, negative turn, setting, hyperbole, etc.). Write the page number and the novel or story that you found the element in. You need five elements.
Book Awards for February and March
Wed. 4/15 – Students need to read the short story “The Wish” by Roald Dahl starting on page 214. Focus on Point of View. Be prepared for a test.
Some other Roald Dahl books you might want to check out:
Boy – first part of his autobiography
Going Solo by Roald Dahl (This is his sequel to “Boy”)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
The Twits
The Enormous Crocodile
New literary terms you need to know by the quarter’s end (you are only responsible for the terms we have gone over in class):
Stereotype: Predictable, oversimplified patterns of thinking or reacting.
Symbol: something that is itself and also stands for something else
Foil: any person who through contrast underscores (emphasizes) the distinctive characteristics of another
Tone: the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work…may be formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending
Onomatopoeia: words that by their sound suggest their meaning – e.g. buzz!
Flashback: a device by which a work presents material that occurred prior to the opening scene of the work.
Imagery: a figure of speech that uses the five senses
Analogy: a comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects; particularly a method used in exposition and description by which something unfamiliar is explained or described by comparing it to something more familiar…a simile is an expressed analogy, a metaphor an implied one
Assonance: the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds…differs from rhyme in that rhyme is a similarity of vowel and consonant… ‘lake’ and ‘fake’ demonstrate rhyme; ‘lake’ and ‘fate’ demonstrate assonance
Connotation: the emotional implications and associations that words may carry
Denotative meaning: the basic meaning of a word, independent of its emotional coloration or associations
Dialect: when the speech of two groups or of two persons representing two groups both speaking the same “language” exhibits very marked differences, the groups or persons are said to speak different dialects
Thurs. 4/16 – First Period read Lizzie Bright novel through chapter 9 and Second Period read Al Capone novel through chapter 23. Be prepared for quiz and discussion.
Both periods need to be recognizing key themes in these two novels.
Stereotyping and prejudices are deep themes in both books!
Fri. 4/17 – SHARE TIME!
Literary Response - 5 literary elements due
8th Grade Homework for Week 4/14 – 4/17
Tue. 4/14 – Reading Log 4/6-4/12 is due.
Write out the literary element and identify it (similie, negative turn, setting, hyperbole, etc.). Write the page number and the novel or story that you found the element in. You need five elements.
Activity: Free Reading – Don’t forget to update genre’ and book list
Book Awards for February and March
Wed. 4/15 – Students need to read the short story “High, Wide and Lonesome by Hal Borland (Not Al Borland of Home Improvement fame) starting
on page 462. Focus on how an autobiography is written. This is to reinforce the autobiographies you are writing for Mrs. Peto’s class. Be prepared for a test.
Some other autobiographies you might want to check out:
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
Boy by Roald Dahl
Going Solo by Roald Dahl (This is his sequel to “Boy”)
Growing up Yanomamo by Michael Dawson –
New literary terms you need to know by the quarter’s end (you are only responsible for the terms we have gone over in class):
Stereotype: Predictable, oversimplified patterns of thinking or reacting.
Symbol: something that is itself and also stands for something else
Foil: any person who through contrast underscores (emphasizes) the distinctive characteristics of another
Tone: the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work…may be formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending
Onomatopoeia: words that by their sound suggest their meaning – e.g. buzz!
Flashback: a device by which a work presents material that occurred prior to the opening scene of the work.
Imagery: a figure of speech that uses the five senses
Analogy: a comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects; particularly a method used in exposition and description by which something unfamiliar is explained or described by comparing it to something more familiar…a simile is an expressed analogy, a metaphor an implied one
Assonance: the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds…differs from rhyme in that rhyme is a similarity of vowel and consonant… ‘lake’ and ‘fake’ demonstrate rhyme; ‘lake’ and ‘fate’ demonstrate assonance
Connotation: the emotional implications and associations that words may carry
Denotative meaning: the basic meaning of a word, independent of its emotional coloration or associations
Dialect: when the speech of two groups or of two persons representing two groups both speaking the same “language” exhibits very marked differences, the groups or persons are said to speak different dialects
Thurs. 4/16 –Screwtape Letters – read this fictional novel through
chapter 10. Be prepared for quiz and discussion.
Know the key or main subject material of each of the letters – 8, 9 and 10.
Fri. 4/17 – SHARE TIME!
Literary Response Due: 5 literary elements
