Fifth Grade Language Arts Study Island Assignments: Quarter 2

Eighth Grade Language Arts Study Island Assignments October 25th

Students should always take a test of 10 or more questions for English/Language Arts-2e, Plot each test. Students must work to earn the blue ribbon on ELA-4a, Introducing & Closing Topics each test by the end of the year. Grades will be given as follows: Distinguished-100%, Proficient-90%, Apprentice-80%, Novice-60%. Every two grades will be averaged as one, so st there will be one grade given per week. The tests for each November 1 week are always due the next Monday. Students are welcome ELA-4b, Supporting Developing Topics to work ahead to the next week(s) if they finish early. ELA-4c, Appropriate Transitions

DO NOT LOSE THIS ASSIGNMENT SHEET!!!!!

Week of October 11th November 8th

Reading-3f, Making Predictions Reading-5a, Character

Reading-5c, Plot R-3a, Main Idea & Supporting Details

Week of October 18th November 15th

Reading-4a, Author’s Purpose R-4b, Argument and Persuasion

Reading-5b, Setting R-6b, Word Parts November 22 December 13th

R-3g, Connotation and Denotation ELA-4j, Editing

(Only one test this week. Have a great Thanksgiving break!) ELA-4k, Gathering Relevant Information

ELA-4l, Quoting & Paraphrasing Data

November 29th

ELA-4e, Varied Sentence structure December 20th

ELA-4f, Precise Language & Sensory Details R-5g, Literary Devices

(Only one test this week. Have a great winter break!)

January 3rd

R-3e, Inferences & Conclusions

December 6th (Only one test this week. Welcome back!)

ELA-4g, Task, Purpose, & Audience

ELA-4h, Planning January 10th

ELA-4i, Revising R-5d, Theme

R-3b, Characteristics of Text ELA-2g, Characters

ELA-2k, Compare & Contrast

January 17th

R-3c, Key Ideas & Information February 14th

R-3d, Paraphrase ELA-2b, Inferences

ELA-3d, Author’s Point of View

January 24th ELA-2c, Theme

R-5e, Point of View

R-5f, Symbolism, Irony, & Analogies

January 31st February 21st

R-5h, Text Features ELA-5q, Denotation & Connotation

R-6a, Synonyms & Antonyms ELA-2i, Meaning & Tone

ELA-5k, Context Clues

February 7th

ELA-2f, Setting February 28th ELA-2j, Producing Suspense & Humor

ELA-2a, Textual Evidence

ELA-2d, Objective Summary March 28th

ELA-3c, Analyzing Structures in Text

March 7th ELA-3e, Evaluating Author’s Claims

ELA-2h, Analyzing Comparisons ELA-5a, Adjectives & Adverbs

ELA-3a, Central Ideas

ELA-3b, Technical Meanings April 4th

No tests! Happy Spring Break!

March 14th

R-6c, Tasks & Procedures April 11th

R-6d, Text-to-text Connections ELA-5b, Subject/Verb Agreement

R-6c, Organizational Patterns ELA-5c, Pronouns

ELA-5d, Phrases & Clauses

March 21st

R-7, Post Test (20 Questions) April 18th ELA-5e, Verbals

ELA-5f, Active & Passive Voice May 9th

ELA-5g, Using Verbs in Moods ELA-5p, Relationships Between Words

April 25th

ELA-5h, Capitalization

ELA-5i, Punctuation

ELA-5n, Roots & Affixes

May 2nd

ELA-5j, Spelling

ELA-5l, Multiple-meaning Words

ELA-5m, Reference Materials

ELA-5o, Interpreting Figures of Speech