Ms. Sampley
Week of April 22, 2024:
TCAP testing - Math and Social Studies. Parts of speech and grammar review.
Week of April 15, 2024:
TCAP testing - ELA and Science.
Week of April 8, 2024:
TCAP Review and practice. I-XLs 01, 03, 04, and 05 due. Study Island - Characters due.
Week of April 2, 2024:
Review comprehension skills with excerpt from Frankenstein. Compare/contrast with a nonfiction text. Mastery Connect practice tests. Review benchmark questions. Poetry.
Week of March 25, 2024:
Choosing best evidence: "Social Media: What's Not to Like?" "Dyeing the Chicago River Green..." Practice TCAP test. Review benchmark questions.
Week of March 18, 2024:
Analyzing character point of view: "All Summer in a Day." Practice skill with "After Twenty Years." Practice TCAP test. Review benchmark questions.
Week of March 4, 2024:
Finish Mastery Connect Benchmark 3. Argumentative Writing. Review and make corrections to Amplify assessments. Finish reviewing Benchmark 2 questions. Fluency and comprehension practice ("The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger"). Escape Room game.
Week of February 26, 2024:
Amplify Unit 8B: Subunit 4, Lesson 2. Review and practice Benchmark Assessment questions. Benchmark Assessment 3.
I-XLs H1, U1, U2, and U3.
Week of February 20, 2024:
Mastery Connect practice quizzes (context clues). The Boys' War - Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 3. Amplify Unit 8B: Subunit 3, Lesson 2. Subunit 4, Lesson 1. Amplify Interim Assessment 2.
I-XL E4.
Week of February 12, 2024:
CommonLit articles: "Who Was Anne Frank?" and "Adolf Hitler." Amplify Holocaust, Subunit 4, Lesson 4. 8th Grade Picture Day. Holocaust Unit Assessment. Verbs: perfect tenses, transitive, intransitive. I-XLs E2 and E3.
Week of February 5, 2024:
Amplify Holocaust, Subunit 3, Lessons 2-3. Subunit 4, Lesson 1. "Introduction to the Holocaust"--CommonLit article. Amplify Reading Interim Assessment review. Quizzes: Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Compare/Contrast.
Assignments due:
I-XL A1, C1, E1: Due February 8
Week of January 29, 2024:
Amplify Holocaust, Subunit 2, Lesson 2. Subunit 3, Lessons 1-2. Review Amplify Reading Interim Assessment for test practice. Summaries test. Context Clues quiz.
Assignments due:
I-XL AA1 and AA2: Due January 29
I-XL AA3, AA4, and AA5: Due February 2
January 25-26, 2024:
Mastery Connect ELA winter benchmark. Amplify Holocaust, Subunit 2, Lesson 1.
Assignments due:
Study Island (Summaries): Due January 26
I-XL AA1 and AA2 (Context Clues): Due January 29
Week of January 8, 2024:
Capitalization quiz. Amplify Holocaust, Subunit 2, Lesson 1. Mastery Connect ELA winter benchmark.
Study Island Assignment (Summaries): Due January 12.
Test on Summaries next week.
Week of January 3, 2024:
Capitalization. Summaries. "Monster Movie History"--reading comprehension. Amplify Holocaust: Memory & Meaning, Subunit 1, Lesson 1.
I-XL UU.1 (Capitalization): Due January 8
Study Island Assignment (Summaries): Due January 12
Week of December 10, 2023:
Inferencing and reading comprehension activities.
Week of December 3, 2023:
Aimsweb Winter Benchmark. Informational Writing. MasteryConnect practice test.
Week of November 27, 2023:
Unit Assessment and Test 3, Romeo & Juliet. Narrative writing. Vocabulary--synonyms. Amplify Reading Interim Assessment.
Due Dates:
Study Island Multiple Meaning Words and Academic Language (Dec. 4)
Week of November 20, 2023:
Finish Romeo & Juliet, Lesson 15. Make test corrections and solo corrections. Practice vocabulary and comprehension questions for Test 3. Practice identifying theme. Finish Study Island and I-XL assignments.
Week of November 13, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Romeo & Juliet, Lessons 12, 14, 15. Daily Language Review. 4-H Speeches.
Due Dates:
I-XL F1 and G2 (Nov. 9)
Study Island Language Arts: Diagnostic Test, Connotation Assignment (Nov. 14)
Speech (Nov. 15)
Week of November 6, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Romeo & Juliet, Lesson 11. Daily Language Review. Test over the Balcony Scene and the Fight Scene. Make corrections to ELA practice test (Fortnite/If). No school on Friday.
Due Dates:
I-XL F2 and F3 (Nov. 6)
rough draft of speech (Nov. 8)
I-XL F1 and G2 (Nov. 9)
Study Island Language Arts: Diagnostic Test, Connotation Assignment (Nov. 14)
Speech (Nov. 15)
Week of October 30, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Romeo & Juliet, Lessons 8-10. Daily Language Review. Block Citations. Review test and make corrections.
Week of October 23, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Romeo & Juliet, Lessons 4-7. Test over the Prologue and the First Encounter Scene. Mastery Connect ELA practice quiz. Metaphors.
Due Dates:
I-XL X1 (Oct. 27)
I-XL X2 (Oct. 27)
memorization and recitation of the Prologue (Oct. 27)
MobyMax assignment - allusions/connotation/denotation/irony (Oct. 27)
rough draft of speech (Nov. 8)
Speech (Nov. 15)
Week of October 16, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Romeo & Juliet, Lessons 1-3. Begin memorizing The Prologue. 4-H. Word Connotations.
Week of October 2, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 3, Lessons 4-5. Argumentative Essay. Identify counterclaims. I-XL 8th Grade Language Arts, O6. Reading comprehension practice.
Week of September 25, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 3, Lessons 2-3. Parts of Speech ("What's for Lunch?"). Safety Day. Track and Field Day. MobyMax Assignment (allusions, denotation, connotation, verbal and dramatic irony). Mastery Connect ELA Test.
Week of September 18, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 1, Lesson 15, 17. Test over Frankenstein Vol. II and III. Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 3, Lessons 1-2. Complete sentences, sentences fragments, run-on sentences. Text Evidence practice.
Week of September 11, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 1, Lessons 12-14. Frankenstein. Complete sentences. Theme. I-XL 8th Grade Language Arts B2 (Theme).
Week of September 5, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 1, Lessons 8-11. Frankenstein. Complete sentences.
Week of August 28, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 1, Lessons 5-7. Frankenstein. Quotations.
Week of August 21, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8C, Science and Science Fiction, Subunit 1, Lessons 1-3. Frankenstein. Complete sentences. Text Evidence. Quotations.
Week of August 14, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8A, Perspectives and Narratives, Lesson 5. Narrative Essay. Anchor/Exemplar Narrative Essays. Quotations.
Week of August 7, 2023:
Amplify ELA, Unit 8A, Perspectives and Narratives, Lessons 1-4. Reading Comprehension practice.