8th Grade Advanced 4th Quarter Agenda
Important End-of-the-Quarter Deadline: All assignments and test re-takes must be completed by Friday, May 16.
Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9: Continue reading The Outsiders and working on character chart, vocabulary, and dialectic journals, due Wednesday, May 14.
Monday - Thursday April 28 - May 1: Continue reading The Outsiders and working on character chart, vocabulary, and dialectic journals, due Wednesday, May 14.
Friday, April 25: Begin reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Character Chart and Vocab Chapters 1-3 due Wednesday, 4/30
Monday - Thursday, April 21 - 24: 1960's background stations, no HW
Monday - Thursday, April 15 - 18: AIMS Testing, no HW. Classwork: plot diagram and characterization graphic organizer
Wednesday - Friday, April 9-11: AIMS review, no HW
Tuesday, April 8: Quiz over persuasive techniques, propaganda, and bias.
Monday, April 7: Discuss Propaganda and Bias.
Assignment (to help you prepare for tomorrow's quiz over persuasive techniques): Create a tree map with the following branches: logos, pathos, ethos, kairos. Organize each of the
persuasive techniques from your notes (from testimonial to humor) into one of
those four categories. Many of the techniques could fit into more than one
category; be prepared to justify your answers.
Wednesday-Friday, April 2-5: Persuasive Techniques, notes, videos, and
discussion, quiz over persuasive techniques next Tuesday, 4/8.
Tuesday, April 1: continue literary terms AIMS review
Monday, March 31: Quiz (postponed from Friday) over vocabulary from context clues worksheet, begin literary analysis worksheet to review terms for AIMS
Wednesday- Friday, March 26-28: Working with vocabulary roots and affixes, worksheet due Monday
Monday-Tuesday, March 24 &25: Using Context Clues to Improve Reading Skills and Vocabulary, quiz Friday over the vocabulary from the worksheet examples and exercises (we made a glossary at the bottom of the page in class)
SPRING BREAK!
Wednesday, March 5- Friday, March 14: Group poetry presentations
Tuesday, March 4: Create Your Own Poetry Lesson, Lesson Plan Template: you must complete this plan and turn it in before you leave the computer lab today! You may download the template here, modify it, and save it to your server documents, or you may print the template and hand write your plan (keep in mind that typing is preferred because it is more professional).
Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4: district reading test in Horizon, comparing and and contrasting a historical account of slavery to a poem. Note: the written portion of this test will count toward your 4th quarter grade. If you do not like your score, you may revise.
Friday, Feb. 26: End of the quarter turn-in deadline. Continue working on group projects and personal poetry portfolios
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24-25: discuss imagery (Powerpoint) and symbolism (Powerpoint) Continue working on group projects and personal poetry portfolios
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 22-23: Begin group poetry lesson project
Friday, Feb. 21: Finish sifting our songs from Tuesday in groups, no HW
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 19-20: Tech lab for district testing, work on revising and editing essays, refer to this Powerpoint for general feedback about your writing
Tuesday, Feb. 18: SIFT method for analyzing poetry, practice with song lyrics, due Friday
Monday, Febl 17: no school, President's Day
Friday, Feb. 14: Valentine's Day poetry game
Thursday, Feb. 13: annotation modeling continued, finish 1-6 on the annotation handout
Wednesday, Feb. 12: What is Poetry? Why do we read and write
it? Handout: How to Annotate a Poem, HW: finish #1-10
using "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" by e.e. cummings
Tuesday, Feb. 11: pre-test over poetry analysis, begin annotation assignment
Monday, Feb. 10: Holocaust essays due, final revision due date Feb. 28
New Unit: Poetry and Figurative Language, pre-test over figurative language, discuss idioms with Powerpoint and funny video
Friday, February 7: Computer Lab, type final draft, due Monday
Thursday, February 6: MLA lesson, peer feedback, HW: revise and edit citations, formatting, and body of essay Revision and Editing Checklist
Wednesday, February 5: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!
Tuesday, February 4: Analyze and graph reading mid-term test results, HW: finish rough draft, work on self revision and editing
Monday, February 3: Computer Lab, drafting, rough draft due tomorrow
January 31: drafting workshop, rough draft due Monday, Monday: in tech lab to type our drafts
January 30: outline writing workshop, outline due tomorrow, handout: Literary Response Flee Map
January 29: thesis sentence workshop, thesis due tomorrow
January 28: begin WWII/Holocaust essay, select topic by tomorrow
January 27: last Anne Frank Journal entry, due tomorrow
Starting on November 28, we will begin reading historical fiction and non-fiction selections related to WWII, Holocaust, and Japanese Internment. For your second-quarter independent reading, you must select a book that fits within this genre. Click on the link below for a list of books that I have compiled that would be appropriate for this assignment.
List of WWII and Holocaust books for young adults
Reading Standards: this is a list of the reading standards that we will be focusing on this quarter, with a specific emphasis on standard 2.2.1, historical and cultural aspects of literature.
The Diary of Anne Frank Journal Entries and Notes
Anne Frank Test: Tuesday-Wednesday, January 14-15
Holocaust Survivor summaries and found poems
Friday, January 17, Tuesday, January 21 & Thursday, January 23: Anne Frank movie
Wednesday, January 22 & Friday, January 24: Computer lab. Finish Survivor summaries and poems (above) and complete Holocaust Research Paragraph
Note: You may access your server documents at home by going to portal.dvusd.org, logging in, and clicking on the "My Documents" link on the left. Be sure to save on your desktop or hard drive because your login to the portal will expire without warning you. When you are done working, log back into the portal and re-save your work into your server documents.
Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9: Continue reading The Outsiders and working on character chart, vocabulary, and dialectic journals, due Wednesday, May 14.
Monday - Thursday April 28 - May 1: Continue reading The Outsiders and working on character chart, vocabulary, and dialectic journals, due Wednesday, May 14.
Friday, April 25: Begin reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Character Chart and Vocab Chapters 1-3 due Wednesday, 4/30
Monday - Thursday, April 21 - 24: 1960's background stations, no HW
Monday - Thursday, April 15 - 18: AIMS Testing, no HW. Classwork: plot diagram and characterization graphic organizer
Wednesday - Friday, April 9-11: AIMS review, no HW
Tuesday, April 8: Quiz over persuasive techniques, propaganda, and bias.
Monday, April 7: Discuss Propaganda and Bias.
Assignment (to help you prepare for tomorrow's quiz over persuasive techniques): Create a tree map with the following branches: logos, pathos, ethos, kairos. Organize each of the
persuasive techniques from your notes (from testimonial to humor) into one of
those four categories. Many of the techniques could fit into more than one
category; be prepared to justify your answers.
Wednesday-Friday, April 2-5: Persuasive Techniques, notes, videos, and
discussion, quiz over persuasive techniques next Tuesday, 4/8.
Tuesday, April 1: continue literary terms AIMS review
Monday, March 31: Quiz (postponed from Friday) over vocabulary from context clues worksheet, begin literary analysis worksheet to review terms for AIMS
Wednesday- Friday, March 26-28: Working with vocabulary roots and affixes, worksheet due Monday
Monday-Tuesday, March 24 &25: Using Context Clues to Improve Reading Skills and Vocabulary, quiz Friday over the vocabulary from the worksheet examples and exercises (we made a glossary at the bottom of the page in class)
SPRING BREAK!
Wednesday, March 5- Friday, March 14: Group poetry presentations
Tuesday, March 4: Create Your Own Poetry Lesson, Lesson Plan Template: you must complete this plan and turn it in before you leave the computer lab today! You may download the template here, modify it, and save it to your server documents, or you may print the template and hand write your plan (keep in mind that typing is preferred because it is more professional).
Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4: district reading test in Horizon, comparing and and contrasting a historical account of slavery to a poem. Note: the written portion of this test will count toward your 4th quarter grade. If you do not like your score, you may revise.
Friday, Feb. 26: End of the quarter turn-in deadline. Continue working on group projects and personal poetry portfolios
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24-25: discuss imagery (Powerpoint) and symbolism (Powerpoint) Continue working on group projects and personal poetry portfolios
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 22-23: Begin group poetry lesson project
Friday, Feb. 21: Finish sifting our songs from Tuesday in groups, no HW
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 19-20: Tech lab for district testing, work on revising and editing essays, refer to this Powerpoint for general feedback about your writing
Tuesday, Feb. 18: SIFT method for analyzing poetry, practice with song lyrics, due Friday
Monday, Febl 17: no school, President's Day
Friday, Feb. 14: Valentine's Day poetry game
Thursday, Feb. 13: annotation modeling continued, finish 1-6 on the annotation handout
Wednesday, Feb. 12: What is Poetry? Why do we read and write
it? Handout: How to Annotate a Poem, HW: finish #1-10
using "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" by e.e. cummings
Tuesday, Feb. 11: pre-test over poetry analysis, begin annotation assignment
Monday, Feb. 10: Holocaust essays due, final revision due date Feb. 28
New Unit: Poetry and Figurative Language, pre-test over figurative language, discuss idioms with Powerpoint and funny video
Friday, February 7: Computer Lab, type final draft, due Monday
Thursday, February 6: MLA lesson, peer feedback, HW: revise and edit citations, formatting, and body of essay Revision and Editing Checklist
Wednesday, February 5: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!
Tuesday, February 4: Analyze and graph reading mid-term test results, HW: finish rough draft, work on self revision and editing
Monday, February 3: Computer Lab, drafting, rough draft due tomorrow
January 31: drafting workshop, rough draft due Monday, Monday: in tech lab to type our drafts
January 30: outline writing workshop, outline due tomorrow, handout: Literary Response Flee Map
January 29: thesis sentence workshop, thesis due tomorrow
January 28: begin WWII/Holocaust essay, select topic by tomorrow
January 27: last Anne Frank Journal entry, due tomorrow
Starting on November 28, we will begin reading historical fiction and non-fiction selections related to WWII, Holocaust, and Japanese Internment. For your second-quarter independent reading, you must select a book that fits within this genre. Click on the link below for a list of books that I have compiled that would be appropriate for this assignment.
List of WWII and Holocaust books for young adults
Reading Standards: this is a list of the reading standards that we will be focusing on this quarter, with a specific emphasis on standard 2.2.1, historical and cultural aspects of literature.
The Diary of Anne Frank Journal Entries and Notes
Anne Frank Test: Tuesday-Wednesday, January 14-15
Holocaust Survivor summaries and found poems
Friday, January 17, Tuesday, January 21 & Thursday, January 23: Anne Frank movie
Wednesday, January 22 & Friday, January 24: Computer lab. Finish Survivor summaries and poems (above) and complete Holocaust Research Paragraph
Note: You may access your server documents at home by going to portal.dvusd.org, logging in, and clicking on the "My Documents" link on the left. Be sure to save on your desktop or hard drive because your login to the portal will expire without warning you. When you are done working, log back into the portal and re-save your work into your server documents.
