8th Grade Final - Due on the Day of Finals

8th Grade Final
 
For your final final in 8th grade English, you will do the following:
   * Choose 10 of the following concepts, skills, or books that you believe will be most important to you in your life.
    *Prove to me that you have learned each of these things on every level of Bloom’s Taxonomy: Know, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate (why and how is it valuable to you?), Create something new.
    *Turn in your project for all 10 on the day of the final.
    *Be prepared to present part of your project to the class.
    *Be prepared to give yourself a grade on your project.


1.    Concrete vs. Abstract Details
2.    Simile, Allusion, Alliteration, Onomotopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole
3.    Metaphor
4.    Protagonist, Antagonist, Deuteragonist, Mentor
5.    Characters – Flat, Round, Static, Dynamic
6.    Blooms Taxonomy – Memorized; How to apply it to what you’re learning
7.    Latin Roots – Memorized
8.    Sensory Imagery and Details
9.    Bookmarking – Deep Thoughts, Quotes, Open-ended Questions, Vocabulary, Application, Theme
10.    Revision vs. Editing
11.    Conflict – Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Machine
12.    Theme – Identifying and applying theme
13.    Types of Rhyme – End, Slant, Internal, End
14.    Point of View – First, Second, Third Person (Unlimited and Omniscient), Unreliable Narrator
15.    Plot – Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
16.    Research Writing
17.    MLA Citations (sandwiching quotes), Works Cited Page
18.    Plagiarism
19.    Compare/Contrast
20.    P.I.E. structure of paragraphs, Transition Words
21.    Persuasive Writing
22.    Thesis Statements, Hooks
23.    POWER Formula
24.    Ethos, Logos, Pathos
25.    Witch of Blackbird Pond
26.    Up From Slavery
27.    The Bet
28.    God Sees the Truth but Waits
29.    Legend of Sleepy Hollow
30.    Harrison Bergeron
31.    Most Dangerous Game
32.    Tell-tale Heart
33.    The Lottery
34.    Animal Farm
35.    The Chosen
36.    To Kill a Mockingbird – Segregation, Great Depression
37.    Merchant of Venice