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Monday 9/3/12 |
Labor Day |
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Tuesday 9/4 |
½ Day/Greet students/100 Book List/ |
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Wednesday 9/5 |
Seat Activity #1/Writing
Prompt/Classroom Guidelines/Student Code of Conduct |
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Thursday 9/6 |
Seating Activity #2/Finish Writing
Prompt/Student Code of Conduct |
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Friday 9/7 |
DRP Test/ Silent Independent
Reading(SIR) |
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Monday 9/10/12 |
NOTE: FIRST LATE START DAY /Turn in Signed
Video Permission Slip and Signed Video Permission Slip/ Finish DRP
Test/SIR/Reading Interest Inventory/ |
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Tuesday 9/11 |
SIR/Active Listening/Blocks to Active
Listening |
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Wednesday 9/12 |
SIR/Stranded; Coming to a Consensus Activity/How
Well Can You Follow Directions Activity |
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Thursday 9/13 |
SIR/Common Core Vocabulary Organizer
List #1 |
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Friday 9/14 |
SIR/Finish Genre Activity |
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Monday
9/17/12 |
SIR/ Daily Academic Vocab(DAV/4) 4th
Hour Only/Iowa testing/Grammar Pretest/Genre Activity Due |
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Tuesday
9/18 |
SIR/Iowa Testing/Grammar: Sentence
Fragments/Genre Illustration |
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Wednesday
9/19 |
SIR/ Iowa Testing/Grammar: Subjects |
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Thursday
9/20 |
SIR/Iowa Testing/Grammar: Predicates |
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Friday
9/21 |
SIR/Iowa Testing/Modeled Reading: “Charles/
Think, Pair, Share/ Journal Writing |
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Monday
9/24/12 |
SIR/Book
Journal Entry/Making Meanings: Day 1 People
Could Fly/Week 1 Vocab: Fill Out VVWA for all 15 Words: Due Friday |
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Tuesday
9/25 |
SIR/MM:
Day 2 of People Could Fly/Begin
Writer’s Workshop/Notes—Discuss Elements of Narrative Verse/Fill Out Poetry
Elements Handouts from 3 Sample Poems/
Homework: Poetry Elements |
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Wednesday
9/26 |
SIR/MM:
Day 3 Fairy in a Jar/Hand-In Poetry
Elements Handout/Discuss What Poetry
Can Do/ List 20 Things to Write About |
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Thursday
9/27 |
SIR/MM:
Day 4 Fairy in a Jar/ Discuss Poem On the Way to School: Fill Out Elements Chart/ Write Poem on
Being Tardy |
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Friday
9/28 |
SIR/Share-Hand
In Poems/Hand In Week 1 VVWA/Discuss Similes, Metaphors and
Personification/Homework: Finish All Work |
English
language Arts Grade 8 (ELA 8)
Week
of Monday 10/1/12 thru 10/5/12
Monday 10/1/12
· Silent Independent Reading(SIR)
· Vocab Quiz
· New Common Core Vocab Words(14)
Tuesday 10/2/12
· Making Meaning(MM) Wk. 2/Day 1—Reflection and Class
Meeting
· Writers Workshop(WW) Narrative Verse con’t
Wednesday 10/3/12
· MM Day 2—Read Aloud—“Eleven”—Comprehension Questions
· Introduce “Think, Pair, Share”
· WW Narrative Verse con’t
· SIR
Thursday 10/4/12
· SIR
· MM Day 3—Individualized Daily Reading
· WW-Simile/Metaphor Illustration
Common Core Vocab con’t
Friday 10/5/12
· WW-Finish Simile/Metaphor Illustrations due/Narrative
Verse Read Aloud
· RW-Common Core Vocab due
· SIR
English Language
Arts (ELA 8)
Week of Monday
10/8/12 thru 10/12/12
Special Note: MEAP
Tests begin on Tuesday 10/09—
Monday 10/8/12
· RW—Common Core Vocab/assign Antonym-Synonym work
· RW—Vocab Quiz #2
· WW-- Narrative Poem Graph/Review Elements of Narrative
Poetry(if time)
· SIR
Tuesday 10/9/12
· MEAP Test begins
· SIR
· WW--Narrative Poem Graph con’t
Wednesday10/10/12
· WW—Edit Narrative Poems
· SIR
· Book Logs/Book Reviews
Thursday
10/11/12
· SIR
· Review for Narrative Poetry Test
· Finish Narrative Elements Graph
Friday 10/12/12
· Narrative Elements Verse Test
· SIR
· Book Reviews/Book Logs due
· Finish Common Core Vocab—hand in.
English language
Arts(ELA/8)
Week of Monday
10/15/12 thru Friday 10/20/12
MEAP Test con’t
Monday 10/15/12
· SIR
· Common Core Vocab(15)
· Common Core Quiz(vocab from 10/8)
Tuesday
10/16/12
· MEAP CON’T
· Begin “Life in the Polar Lands(Exploring Expository
Text)
· Day 1-Read Aloud/Discuss/Reflect
· Grammar-Lesson 3-Predicates-pg 464-465/pg 466 #1-10 and #1-5( if time)
Wednesday
10/17/12
· MEAP con’t
· Day 2-“Think, Pair, Write/Explore Text
Features/Reflect
· Grammar con’t
· SIR
Thursday10/18/12
· MEAP con’t
· Day 3-“Guided Starategy
Practice”/Review/ other Texts/”Begin Reading Comprehension Chart
· Grammar-Verb Phrases/pg 467
#1-10/pg 468-469 #1-15(if time)
· SIR
Friday 10/19/12
· SIR
· Expository Graphic Organizer
· Informational Article: Fireworks!
English
Language Arts(ELA/8)
Week
of Monday 10/22/12 thru Friday 10/26/12
Monday10/22/12
· SIR
· VVWA(Common Core) Vocab(15)/Multiple Choice Handout
· VVWA Quiz(from wk of
10/15/12 vocab)
Tuesday
10/23/12
· SIR
· District Writing Assessment
· Work on Vocab(if time)
Wednesday
10/24/12
· SIR
· Bullying Pretest/Postest
· Writing Prompt
Thursday
10/23/12
· SIR
· Fill out Guided Notes on the 6 Traits of Writing
· Work on Vocab(if time)
Friday10/24
· SIR
· Discuss Personal / Narrative Essays: Seed Ideas
· Brainstorm new topics
· Writing Prompts(2)
English Language Arts(ELA 8)
Week of Monday 10/29/12 through 11/02/12
Monday 10/29
· SIR
· VVWA Quiz(week of 10/22 words)
· New VVWA Vocab(15)
· Hand in VVWA and Vocab assignment from week of 10/22
Tuesday
10/30
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SIR
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Seed ideas for
Narrative Essay
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Begin
Essay/Rough Draft