8th grade -Coordinated Exam Topics Term IV
1.USE OF LANGUAGE
- Irregular verbs
- Present perfect vs Simple past excercises1 excercises 2 excercises 3
- Adjectives that compares: as...as /the same as... (click the link)
"The All American Slurp" by Lensey Namioka
http://nexuslearning.net/books/PHLit-Copper/All-American%20Slurp.pdf
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/the-all-american-slurp-2779774
http://quizlet.com/10355088/the-all-american-slurp-flash-cards
http://nexuslearning.net/books/PHLit-Copper/All-American%20Slurp.pdf
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/the-all-american-slurp-2779774
http://quizlet.com/10355088/the-all-american-slurp-flash-cards
The Southpaw, by Judith Viorst
http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/geigerr/files/2009/10/The-Southpaw-by-Judith-Viorst.pdf
http://quizlet.com/18177379/becky-and-southpaw-flash-cards/ (DON'T study the other story about Becky)
The Sea, by James Reeves (poetry)
http://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/VAICGcMWkvL5ErDQ.pdf
file:///C:/Users/lenovo/Downloads/THE_SEA_by_James_Reeves.pdf
Ode to My Gato, by Gary Soto (poetry)
https://sites.google.com/a/hightechhigh.org/piro/poetry/odes
http://quizlet.com/5266442/ode-to-mi-gato-flash-cards/
In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles, by F. Alarcón (poetry).
http://joeters.wikispaces.com/file/view/In+a+Neighborhood+in+Los+Angeles.pdf/240887987/In%20a%20Neighborhood%20in%20Los%20Angeles.pdf
http://quizlet.com/5266538/in-a-neighborhood-in-los-angeles-flash-cards/
3. VOCABULARY(WORDS TO KNOW)
- Short story, flashback, sequence, chronological, subject, theme, summarize, lavishly, mortified, spectacle, etiquette, character traits (page 184).
- Poetry, rhyme, alliteration, meter, free verse, imagery, comparison, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, ode.
Steps for Writing an Ode
· Select a subject to write about: person,
place, thing
· Write phrases describing how your subject
makes you feel and why you feel this way
· Write phrases telling unique qualities of
your subject
· Explain why your subject is important to
you and why you love it so much
· Join some of your phrases into lines for
your ode (remember they don’t have to rhyme)
· Revise your lines following these steps:
o
Take
away any lines that are too similar
o
Add
more feeling to any meaningless lines
o
Pick a
good opening line or sentence
o
Order
the remaining lines into their best sequence
o
Select
a good closing line that clearly expresses your feelings about the subject
5. READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY
