<p> Eighth Grade Language Arts Study Island Assignments October 25th</p><p>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</p><p>DO NOT LOSE THIS ASSIGNMENT SHEET!!!!!</p><p>Week of October 11th November 8th</p><p>Reading-3f, Making Predictions Reading-5a, Character</p><p>Reading-5c, Plot R-3a, Main Idea & Supporting Details</p><p>Week of October 18th November 15th</p><p>Reading-4a, Author’s Purpose R-4b, Argument and Persuasion</p><p>Reading-5b, Setting R-6b, Word Parts November 22 December 13th</p><p>R-3g, Connotation and Denotation ELA-4j, Editing</p><p>(Only one test this week. Have a great Thanksgiving break!) ELA-4k, Gathering Relevant Information</p><p>ELA-4l, Quoting & Paraphrasing Data</p><p>November 29th</p><p>ELA-4e, Varied Sentence structure December 20th</p><p>ELA-4f, Precise Language & Sensory Details R-5g, Literary Devices</p><p>(Only one test this week. Have a great winter break!)</p><p>January 3rd</p><p>R-3e, Inferences & Conclusions</p><p>December 6th (Only one test this week. Welcome back!)</p><p>ELA-4g, Task, Purpose, & Audience</p><p>ELA-4h, Planning January 10th</p><p>ELA-4i, Revising R-5d, Theme</p><p>R-3b, Characteristics of Text ELA-2g, Characters</p><p>ELA-2k, Compare & Contrast</p><p>January 17th</p><p>R-3c, Key Ideas & Information February 14th</p><p>R-3d, Paraphrase ELA-2b, Inferences</p><p>ELA-3d, Author’s Point of View</p><p>January 24th ELA-2c, Theme</p><p>R-5e, Point of View</p><p>R-5f, Symbolism, Irony, & Analogies</p><p>January 31st February 21st</p><p>R-5h, Text Features ELA-5q, Denotation & Connotation</p><p>R-6a, Synonyms & Antonyms ELA-2i, Meaning & Tone</p><p>ELA-5k, Context Clues</p><p>February 7th</p><p>ELA-2f, Setting February 28th ELA-2j, Producing Suspense & Humor</p><p>ELA-2a, Textual Evidence</p><p>ELA-2d, Objective Summary March 28th</p><p>ELA-3c, Analyzing Structures in Text</p><p>March 7th ELA-3e, Evaluating Author’s Claims</p><p>ELA-2h, Analyzing Comparisons ELA-5a, Adjectives & Adverbs</p><p>ELA-3a, Central Ideas</p><p>ELA-3b, Technical Meanings April 4th</p><p>No tests! Happy Spring Break!</p><p>March 14th</p><p>R-6c, Tasks & Procedures April 11th</p><p>R-6d, Text-to-text Connections ELA-5b, Subject/Verb Agreement</p><p>R-6c, Organizational Patterns ELA-5c, Pronouns</p><p>ELA-5d, Phrases & Clauses</p><p>March 21st</p><p>R-7, Post Test (20 Questions) April 18th ELA-5e, Verbals</p><p>ELA-5f, Active & Passive Voice May 9th</p><p>ELA-5g, Using Verbs in Moods ELA-5p, Relationships Between Words</p><p>April 25th</p><p>ELA-5h, Capitalization</p><p>ELA-5i, Punctuation</p><p>ELA-5n, Roots & Affixes</p><p>May 2nd</p><p>ELA-5j, Spelling</p><p>ELA-5l, Multiple-meaning Words</p><p>ELA-5m, Reference Materials</p><p>ELA-5o, Interpreting Figures of Speech</p>