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Reading with Mrs. Brazie

Team Discovery

8th Grade Reading

Mrs. Brazie

Room 335 

 

CLASS REQUIREMENTS:

 

  • Please bring your 3-ring binder, reading book, agenda, and a pen/pencil to class everyday!  
  • Check this page at least once a week to keep up-to-date on assignments and announcements.  All assignments are posted on the board in the classroom, however, this page is helpful in the case of absence or if you simply forgot to write down the assignment in class.

 

UNITS OF STUDY:

Readers Workshop

Greek and Latin root words

Active Reading Strategies

Authors Craft: Allusion

Authors Craft: Symbolism

Authors Craft: Persuasive Language

Non-fiction/Current Events 

 

Quizlet Website:

 

PB Works Website: (your usernames and passwords are the same as your English PB Wiki)

 


HOMEWORK:

 

  • Reading log due Monday 2/13.
  • Read - 75 pages per week
  • PB Works postings: first due Wed 2/8, second post by Friday 2/10.

 

 

  • Letter essay due Wed 1/25.
  • Read 75-100 pages each week outside of the classroom.
  • Word stems: hypo, hyper, cred due Fri 1/20.

 

  • Word stems: ced/cess, equ, can due Friday 1/13.
  • Reader Response due Tue 1/17.
  • Read 75-100 pages this week.
  • PB WORKS posting due 1/14

 

  • PB Works:  Read the article and make a posting by Monday 1/9.
  • Word stem quiz on Friday 1/6:  on the last 3 stes (stell/lun/noct, foli/flos-flor/anth, popul/polit/judic)
  • READ- 75 pages this week!
  • King Arthur allusion worksheet - due Friday 1/6.

 

 

  • Read over the holiday break!!  I will be checking page numbers on Tuesday 1/3/12.  Have a great vacation!!!

 

  • Reading log due Monday 12/19.  (5 question handout)
  • Page numbers will be checked on Wed. 12/21.


  • Word stems: stell, lun, astr due Friday 12/9.
  • Response log due Monday 12/5 - If your main character were walking down the street, what theme song would be playing in the background?  Explain your song choice and connect the song to how the character is thinking/feeling in your book.  See sample below:

 

 

Mrs. Brazie
December 2, 2011
Reading – Period 1
 

Book Title:  Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

 

The theme song that I chose for my character is “Times Like These” by The Foo Fighters.  The reason I chose this song for the main character, Sam, is because she learns an extremely valuable lesson about life due to a tragedy she experiences in the beginning of the book.  After this incident occurs, she is never going to be the same.  She has to find a way to live in this world with the knowledge that she has not been a kind person in her lifetime and her words and actions do have an impact on others.  With this new lease on life, she goes about trying to set things right.  For this reason I chose, “Times Like These” because of the following lyrics; “it’s time like these you learn to live again…it’s times like these you give and give again… I’m a new day rising, I’m a brand new sky…”  I think these lyrics reflect Sam’s new outlook on life and her reflection on the mistakes she has made as well as her desire to make it all okay.

 

 

  • Word Stems: Popul, Judic, Polit due Friday 12/2.
  • Read your novels--pages checked again on 11/28.

 

  • Read 75 pages thie week - I am checking page numbers on the 21st.

  • Second PB Works posting due Wednesday: respond to another classmate's comment.

  • Word stems due Friday: flos, flor,anth

  • Literary Elements in Music assignment:  Choose a song that highlights any of the literary elements we have studied in class.  Print the lyrics and write a paragraph explaining which literary element is in the song and why you think it is used effectively.  Due Monday 11/21.

 

  • Read 75 pages this week in your novel (There a re lots of new books to choose from!)

  • Word stems: alb, a, rupt  - due Friday 11/11

  • PB Works posting due by Friday 11/11 and second posting is due Wednesday 11/16

 

  • Visual response log due Tuesday 11/8.

  • Word Stems: rub, chrys, chrom sue Friday 10/28

 

  • Reading log due Mon 10/24.

  • Read your novel.

  • Word stem quiz: Friday 10/21

 

  • PB Wiki Posting - due Tuesday 10/18.

  • Reading goal: 75 pages

  • Word stems: cardi, ped, ped/pod due Friday 10/14.

 

  • Word stems: ist, oid, ism due Friday 10/7.

  • Read 75 pages by Friday 10/7

 

  • Finish BlueRibbon quizzes if you did not do so in class.

  • Reading logs due Monday 10/3.

  • Reading goal - 75 pages due by Monday 10/3.

  • Word stems: CAUS, MORT,PATH due Friday 9/30.

  • Tangled movie worksheet due Friday 9/23.

 

  • Reading log due Monday September 19th. 

  • Reading goal:  75 pages per week.  Are you reading enough?

  • Study for you word stem review test.  The test will be on the 16th of September!

  • Choose a novel and bring it to class on Wednesday, September 7th