This document provides an agenda for 8th Grade Pre-AP English assignments for the week of August 22-26. It includes reading and answering comprehension questions about a Week Two story selection each day. On Monday, students answer 5 questions about the subject, title, author's purpose, their purpose, and genre of the selection. Subsequent days have students answering additional questions that involve vocabulary, identifying parts of speech, determining if a sentence is a fact or opinion, and summarizing using key words.

1. 8th Grade Pre-AP English
Agenda2011
August 22-26,

2. DRP:Monday
Read the Week Two selection and answer the following
questions on notebook paper.
1. The subject of this selection is
______________________________
2. For number 2 and on your copy of the story, write a title
for this selection.
3. The author’s purpose in writing this selection is to
_________________________.
4. My purpose in reading this selection is to
_____________________________.
5. The genre of this selection is _______________________.

3. DRP:Tuesday
Read the Week Two selection carefully and answer the
following questions on notebook paper.
6. An antonym for obvious in the selection is
_________________.
7. Circle the compound words in the selection. Write 5 of
them on your paper.
8. A synonym for middle in the selection is ___________.
9. Complete the analogy with a word from this selection.
examine: examination::observe: __________________

4. DRP: Week 2-
Wednesday
Re-read the selection carefully.
Answer the following
questions on notebook paper.
10. The last sentence is a/an: (A)
fact
(B) opinion
11. Name an animal (not a pet)
that you have observed.
12. This selection is an example of
which type of writing?
13. Underline the idiom in the
selection. Write it here.

5. DRP: Week 2-Thursday
Re-read the selection carefully.
Answer the following
questions on notebook paper.
14. Make a character web showing
traits of a good wildlife
observer.
15. Write a summary using 5-6 key
words from the selection.