8th Grade ELA
Author of Warriors Don't Cry
Melba Pattillo Beals
Comparisons using Like or As
What is simile
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is inference
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Where can you contact your teachers?
Email, Canvas, ParentSquare
Name all the Upper Hall (7th and 8th) ELA teachers.
Mrs. Carter
Mrs. Hickman
Mr. Recan
Mrs. Mitchell
Mr. Borrowman
Mrs. Swift
Mr. Zeitler
Mz. Billie
Mrs. V
Mrs. Sarah
Ms. Durham
The students were __________ by Mr. Bozic's confusing directions. They had no idea what to do.
Perplex Audacity Juxtapose
What is to perplexed?
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
What is context clues
This modifies a noun
What is adjective?
Who are our Vice Principals?
Ms. Gino and Mr. Dahl
What are 2 ways Melba experienced Racism in the first chapter of Warriors Don't Cry?
Merry-go-Round
Grocery Store
White nurse neglecting her/she almost died.
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
How is mood different from tone
Mood is how the reader feels, and tone is the feelings that the author create or their attitude towards a subject.
This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about where or when
What is a preposition?
True or False: If you have any F's you can still go to Boondocks at the end of the year?
FALSE
What are the two types of character motivation?
internal and external
Ms. Durham had the ________ to assign homework the night before RISE.
Perplex Audacity Juxtapose
What is audacity?
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
What are 3 example of a Pronoun?
I, Me, He, She, Her, They, Them, Us, We, Myself
Name 3 books, with Authors, you have read in 8th Grade
Refugee--Gratz
The Outsiders--Hinton
Warriors Don't Cry--Beals
The photographer ________ the gymnast and basketball player to show the incredible differences required for each sport.
Perplex Audacity Juxtapose
Juxtaposed
How do we answer a question? (acronym)
RACES
Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Elaborate/Explain Evidence, Summarize/Significance
What must all complete sentences have?
A subject and a predicate (a noun and a verb that fit together)
What is Ms. Durham's Hogwarts House?
Slytherin