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"