Course Syllabus

English Language Arts 8:

  • Lessons will be uploaded to Canvas at the start of each week. You will have the entire week to work on the tasks, and the expectation is that the work is submitted to me through Canvas by the end of the normal school day on Friday (4 pm).

Virtual Learning Week Eight: June 1- June 5

Overview of Activities for this Week:

 

Step One: WMS Practice EOG 2020: 3 Passages [~70-75 minutes]

  • Please navigate to SchoolNet and enter the following code: RE2CY6BU
  • The texts that you will be reading are: “Excerpt from “In the Old Valley””, “Padre Island National Seashore, Texas”, and “The Heron.” 
  • There are 24 multiple choice questions. Please make sure you answer each question before submitting.

 

Step Two: Excerpt from The Jungle Book: “Mowgli’s Brothers” by Rudyard Kipling [~20- 25 minutes]

 

  • Please navigate to SchoolNet and enter the following code: MA8PU8
  • Read the provided passage and answer the 5 multiple choice questions that follow. 

 

 

Step Three: Stories from Life: “Sea Fever and What it Led to” [~20- 25 minutes]

  • Please navigate to SchoolNet and enter the following code: FY4NE8
  • Read the provided passage and answer the 5 multiple choice questions that follow.

 

Step Four: Paired Text: “Elephants and Ivory Poaching” and “Excerpt from Hunting in Many Lands: “Hunting in East Africa”” [~20- 25 minutes]

  • Please navigate to SchoolNet and enter the following code: KE3BA5QU
  • Read the provided passages and answer the 4 multiple choice questions that follow.

 

Course Summary:

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