Grade Eight notebook sequence

Grade 8

  • Notebook rubric in a page protector
  • Cover divider (meaning the first divider in your notebook) should have the following information printed on it:
    Name
    Grade 8
    2007-2008
    Xavier Charter School

  • After the cover divider, in a page protector, the "Grade 8" handout with "Course of Study" on the other side
  • Time line in a page protector
  • "The Successful Student" in a page protector
  • "Class preparedness"/"Study Question" and "Entry Assignment" rubrics in a page protector
  • "Independent study"/"Poster" rubrics in a page protector

  • Divider labeled "Literature"
  • "Elements of Fiction and Literary Terms" handout: to date defined through "characterization"
  • Outline done in class on short stories with sections to date:
    Short story
    Irony
    Verbal irony
    Dramatic irony
    Tragic irony
    Situational irony
  • October 19 paragraphs done in class for "An Honest Thief"
  • October 18 study questions for “An Honest Thief”
  • October 17-18: Margin sheet(s) for "An Honest Thief"
  • October 17: Study questions answered in class for “God Sees the Truth But Waits” plus vocabulary: troika, samovar
  • October 16: Margin sheet for “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
  • October 16: Study questions answered in class for “The Bet”
  • October 15: Margin sheet for “The Bet”
  • October 11: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 10
  • October 10: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 9
  • October 9: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 8
  • October 4: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 6
  • October 2: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 5
  • October 1: Study questions for Animal Farm Chapter 4
  • September 17 paragraph: Why do we study classical literature?
  • Handout: “An Honest Thief”
  • Handout: “God Sees the Truth But Waits”
  • Handout: “The Bet”
  • Handout: "Roman Reading"
  • Grade level reading list signed by both parent/guardian and student, in a page protector

  • Divider labeled "Poetry"
  • Divider labeled "Vocabulary"
  • October 18 “An Honest Thief”
    moor-cock
    passport
    tedious
    humdrum
    veritable
    ennui
    forlorn
    tippling
    wretched
    dumb
    edifying

  • October 15 “The Bet”
    discrepancy
    incongruity
    a priori
    philosophy
    pluck
    sirens
    posterity
    contempt

  • October 3 Animal Farm vocabulary:
    pretext
    blithely
    breeches
    gaiters
    manifestly
    knoll
    dynamo
    unintelligible
    aloof
    procure
    articulate
    cunning
    tactic

  • Our character vocabulary to date:
    respect
    self-discipline
    responsibility
    honesty
    integrity

  • Our Word of the Week to date:
    benevolent
    cajole
    chasten
    desecrate
    digress
    effervescent


  • Divider labeled "Writing"
  • Keyword (it says "note", but it should be "word") outline handout in page protector
  • October 18th: Organizational Outline for your Animal Farm paper
  • October 15th: List of sources or quotes for your Animal Farm paper
  • October 8th: Topic for your Animal Farm paper
  • Handout: Animal Farm Analytical Paper
  • Handout: Works Cited/ Sample Bibliography
  • October 10 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian class system and priests
  • October 5 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian pharaohs and Menes
  • October 4 keyword outline and paragraph: Egyptian paper—papyrus
  • October 3 keyword outline (initialed by parent or guardian) and paragraph: B.C. and A.D.
  • October 2 keyword outline and paragraph: Semites
  • Notes taken in class: “Public Speaking”

  • Divider labeled "Grammar"
  • Grammar worksheet: Review 1/7
  • Grammar worksheet: 5/6
  • Grammar worksheet: 3/4
  • Grammar worksheet; 1/2
  • Grammar outline written in class with these headings to date:
    articles
    nouns
    pronouns
    verbs


  • Divider labeled "Latin/Greek"
  • Latin worksheet ‘Let’s Practice’
  • Latin sounds list written in class


  • Divider labeled "History"
  • October 13 paragraph written in class on sections 11-12 (Stalin and his reign of terror) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
  • October 12 paragraph written in class on sections 8-10) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
  • October 10 paragraph written in class on sections 6-7 of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
  • October 9 paragraph written in class on sections 3-5 of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
  • October 5 paragraph written in class on sections 1-2 (the Romanov family and Alexi) of the “Russian History Influenced the Writing of Animal Farm” handout
  • September 26 paragraphs on the Truman Doctrine
  • September 25 questions 2-4 on p. 720 of the Truman handout
  • September 24 study question: When did the United States begin planning for collective security? What form did this planning take during the war?
  • September 18 paragraph: Choose one event or person on the timeline and write what you know about it
  • Handout: The Truman Administration


  • Divider labeled "Geography"
  • October 18 Russia map quiz: oceans and seas
  • Student drawn map of Russia, colored with oceans and seas and neighboring countries identified
  • Outline map of Russia and neighboring countries (in page protector)


  • Divider labeled "Xavier Procedures" handout (6 pages, signed and dated)


  • Divider labeled "Entry Assignments"
  • Divider labeled "Study Questions"
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