August 27, 2012
Title: What can I expect in 8th
Objective:
grade language arts this year? • understand the 8th grade LA
prospectus
Warm Up: Read syllabus,
underlining anything that is
• Incorporate elements of a
confusing to you, and making
business letter to create
a list of question in the
personal recommendation
margins.
Agenda:
Homework: Finish your letter
1. Agendas/forms/lockers
to Mrs. Lucero – you may
2. Syllabus
write it neatly or type it and
print it, or use letter generator 3. Summer Reading – Due Fri,
Sept. 7
link below and print it.
4. Letter of recommendation
letter generator
August 28, 2012
August 28, 2012
EQ/Title: “We Wear the Mask” Notes:
What are some elements of
poetry that help us
understand the meaning?
Warm Up: Vocabulary activity
• Summer Reading Project
section 1
• Poetry reading, preparation for
paraphrasing
worksheet
Homework: Paraphrase “We
Wear the Mask,” making sure
to reword everything on each
line of poetry. Revise Summer
Reading Project
Closure:
August 29, 2012
August 29, 2012
EQ/Title: “We Wear the Mask” Notes:
How can analysis of
historically relevant poetry
help us understand about
ourselves?
Warm Up: Finish side 2 of
Vocabulary Worksheet
Homework: Complete
TPCASTT, revise Summer
Reading Project
• Summer Reading Project
section 2
• Notebook organization
• Read the biography of Paul
Laurence Dunbar, listing 5
elements from his life that may
have influenced his writing.
• Discussion of line-by-line
paraphrasing.
• TPCASTT
Closure:
August 30, 2012
EQ/Title: What are the
challenges we face when
reconciling our external mask
with our inner self?
Warm Up: Quickwrite – what
do you “wear” as your
public mask? What about
you is not something you
always want people to
know/see?
August 30, 2012
Notes:
• Maya Angelou reading of “We
Wear the Mask”
What people
Personal things that
know/see about me- are not as evident to
who the world sees
others
• Summer Reading Part 3 –
• Mask making activity
• Springboard tear out –
Homework: Complete
– Glossary
planning for your mask –
– Unit 1 through page 52
including 5 symbols for each
side, and begin decorating. • Intro to challenges
Closure:
August 31, 2012
August 31, 2012
EQ/Title: What defines a hero? Notes:
• Archetypes video – write down
Warm Up: Tear out SB pages
the names and definitions of
1-52, then write your name on
archetypal characters as you
the binder of your SB book
hear them
and return it to the shelf. Put
the pages in your Springboard • Summer Reading project – last
section
section.
• Archetypes pre-assessment
• Notebook check
• Springboard pages 4-5
Homework: Complete mask
and reflection, revise Summer
Closure:
Reading Project
September 4, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some
strategies I use to face life
challenges?
Warm Up:
• Put SB 2-6 in Sept 4 section.
• Read and highlight SB4,
putting a question mark next
to unfamiliar concepts
• Complete SB5
Homework: Revise summer
reading project - check
September 4, 2012
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Intro to Challenge of Heroism
Mask presentations
SB6 – independent work
Challenges group activity
Closure:
Challenges
• With your group, discuss your responses to
SB6
• Write the word “Challenges” in large letters
– Draw at least 2 visuals that help understand the
meaning of the word
– List at least 5 synonyms
– Write a definition in your own words
– Make it visually appealing, and be prepared to
share with the class.
September 5, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some
September 5, 2012
Notes:
human personality traits that • Archetypes powerpoint
are represented by archetypal • Bring in picture books that have
characters?
archetypal characters for Sept.
Warm Up:
6, 2012
• SB 7-8
Homework: Archetypal
characters worksheet
Closure:
September 6, 2012
EQ/Title: How does our
understanding of archetypes
make stories more
meaningful?
September 6, 2012
Notes:
• Finish Archetypes notes
• Archetypes are everywhere
activity
Warm Up:
• SB 9
Homework: Paraphrase “A
Man” SB 10- remember to be
detailed in finding synonyms/
phrases for every important
word in every line.
Closure:
September 7, 2012
EQ/Title: Why are so many
archetypes present in picture
books for children, and what
does this teach them about
life?
September 7, 2012
Notes:
• Review “A Man”
• Archetypes are everywhere
activity
Warm Up:
• TPCASTT SB 10 “A Man”
Homework: Paraphrase
“Moco Limping” SB 13
Closure:
September 10, 2012
EQ/Title: Who would you
consider a hero, and why?
Warm Up:
September 10, 2012
Notes:
• Review “Moco Limping”
• Hero definition essay
• TPCASTT SB 12 “Moco Limping”
Homework: Write a final draft
of Hero definition paragraph.
Type – double spaced, and
PRINT -
Closure:
What defines a hero?
Character Map – decide on traits, and what
evidence you would use to support it.
Decide on 2 or 3 traits that you would like to focus
your paragraph on. Make sure you have
evidence from the sources listed on the back
of your character map. You must have
evidence from at least 3 sources.
BE SURE to cite your sources!!!!
Write topic sentence, complete essay planner, and
write 12 sentence paragraph.
September 11, 2012
EQ/Title: Who were the
heroes of 9/11?
Warm Up: Grammar preassessment
Homework: Complete graphic
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal character
#1 (may not be a hero).
September 11, 2012
Notes:
• Discuss Archetypes project –
due Sept. 24.
• Review Hero definition essays
• Overview of 9/11/01
• Jigsaw: read article and fill out
WWWWWH chart
• Create poster explaining your
hero of 9/11, and be ready to
share
Closure:
September 12, 2012
EQ/Title: What are the signs
that something “big” is
about to happen to you?
Warm Up:
Grammar Books – Read page
66 & 67, complete Exercise
11, only writing down
prepositions.
Homework: Complete graphic
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal character
#2.
September 12, 2012
Notes:
• Discussion of prepositions
• Peer editing of essays
• Begin Hero’s Journey – Stage I
Closure:
Peer editing checklist
1.Read the paragraph once to get an idea of what it
is about.
2. Read again and create a graphic organizer using
the information in the paragraph… is it well
supported without any “holes”?
3. Read the essay a third time and check for:
– run-ons, fragments, and proper punctuation
– 1st or 2nd person (no I, you, we, our, etc.)
4. Mark the essay with revisions and suggestions.
5. Conference with the author.
September 13, 2012
September 13, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some test Notes:
taking strategies to help
• Formative Exam
me be successful?
Warm Up:
Formative Exam
Closure:
Homework: Complete graphic
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal character
#3.
September 14, 2012
EQ/Title: What are the signs that
something “big” is about to
happen to you?
September 14, 2012
Notes:
- Review of prepositions
- Check on Archetypes project
progress
- Hero’s Journey – Stage I
Warm Up:
On a NEW piece of paper in your
grammar section, use pgs. 66 &
67 to write a definition of a
preposition, and copy the lists
of prepositions in your
notebook. THEN do exercise 12
on pg 68, writing the
Closure:
prepositional phrases and
underlining the preposition.
Homework: Complete graphic
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal character
#4.
Monday, September 17, 2012
September 17, 2012
EQ/Title: What do you do to Notes:
prepare for a huge event in • Prepositions practice
your life?
• Show exemplars for Archetypes
Warm Up:
Check answers for Friday’s
warm up – Create a new
sentence with your table,
adding prepositional
phrases to the sentence
“Gladys walked.”
Homework: Complete graphic
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal setting #1
projects.
• Review Continue with hero’s
journey, Stages I and II
Closure:
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
September 18, 2012
EQ/Title: Why is it so
Notes:
important to divide a big
• Prepositions quiz
project into smaller pieces? • Continue with hero’s journey,
Warm Up:
Worksheet #7. Complete, and
be prepared to trade and
grade.
Homework: Complete graphic
Closure:
organizer (see Writing section
of website) Write paragraph
defining archetypal setting #2
*** be ready for notebook quiz.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
EQ/Title: When you get
yourself in a “jam,” what
can you do to get yourself
out of it?
Warm Up: Write the sentences
(in “grammar” section) and
identify prep phrases with
parentheses.
September 19, 2012
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Review Prepositional phrases
Notebook check
Explain HW – prepare/edit character essays
Finish Hero’s journey
1. The real owner of the property is not
available for comment.
2. I have no time for your excuses or
delays.
3. The manager came for the answer.
Homework: Type and print 4. In this century we are preserving our
forests.
all paragraphs for character
5. You will always be one of my best
archetypes. Be prepared
friends.
to share with classmates
Closure:
for peer editing
Thursday, September 20, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some
ways to organize my
thoughts before writing?
Warm Up:
Review hero’s journey
organizer for essay
Homework: Complete Hero’s
September 20, 2012
Notes:
• Review compound nouns
• Peer editing of essays
• Explain HW – Hero’s Journey
paragraph
journey essay.
Closure:
Friday, September 21, 2012
September 21, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some
Notes:
common themes of the
• Star Wars – students should
add examples to Hero’s journey
“monomyth”?
page
Warm Up:
Organize all essays completed
so far into the order you
would like to use for the
Archetypes project.
Homework: Complete Hero’s
Closure:
journey essay, Complete
Archetypes project
Monday, September 24, 2012
EQ/Title: How can technology
enhance learning?
Warm Up: Get SB book from
shelf, tear out all pages up
to 102, and put in SB
section of notebook.
September 24, 2012
Notes:
-iPad experience survey
-iPad introduction/practice
Homework: Read chapters 1-3
of The Giver
Closure:
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
EQ/Title: What is your idea
of a perfect society?
Warm Up:
-Put SB 57-62 on this page of
interactive notebook.
-Look up Utopia – using iPad,
dictionary, etc. Write a
definition for the word (in your
Vocabulary section)
September 25, 2012
Notes:
-Vocab technique
introduction
-quiz on chapters 1-2
-Utopia – model reading.
-Partner work
Homework: Paragraph (10-12
sentences): Why would
Danielle be interested in the
concepts of More’s Utopia?
Closure:
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
September 26, 2012
EQ/Title: Why is it important Notes:
to use precise language
- Discussion of Tone – Do a
when expressing yourself?
Frayer model for TONE in
Warm Up:
your vocabulary section
-tear out 373-426 of SB and put in - Tone word sort
ONGOING RESOURCES
- Chapter 1 – Precise words
-Tone Word sort – Group activity.
(on 9/25 page) SB 60-61
Complete, and put in your
Begin
anticipation
guide
if
vocabulary section of your
time.
notebook.
Homework: Read chapters 4-6
of The Giver
Closure:
Poll: How would you describe the word "tone" i...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
EQ/Title: What is the best
way to decide major life
decisions? Who should
have input into those
decisions?
Warm Up:
- Put SB 67-70 in 9/27
section.
- Complete The Giver
anticipation guide
Homework: Write a
compare/contrast
paragraph -
September 27, 2012
Notes:
- The Giver anticipation
guide survey
- Babies and Birthdays
activity, SB 68-69
- Discussion of
Compare/Contrast essay.
- Ticket out the door
Closure:
Poll: What precise words can you use to descri...
Poll: What precise words can you use to descri...
Friday, September 28, 2012
September 2, 2012
EQ/Title: When I read, am I
comprehending the main
points?
Warm Up:
- Birthday Traditions – read,
and list the main idea of
the passage, and
supporting details
Notes:
- Birthday traditions
- Frayer model for Society –
group share
- Quiz, Vocab Ch 1-3,
Comprehension chapters
3-6.
Homework: Read Chapters
7-9 of The Giver.
Closure:
Monday, October 1, 2012
EQ/Title: What can I do to
become a more active
reader?
Warm Up:
- Pg 25 in grammar book –
Write a definition for
NOUN in your grammar
section, and complete
exercise 1 – do a table
check.
Homework: Continue
finding key points for
chapters 1-9 of The Giver.
October 1, 2012
Notes:
- Discussion of Nouns
- Quiz overview – how did
you do? Do you need to
make it up?
- Giver discussion – Chapters
1-9. What are the major
events in each chapter?
Closure:
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
October 2, 2012
EQ/Title: What is the
difference between TONE
and MOOD?
Warm Up:
- Pg 26 in grammar book –
Write a definition for
COMPOUND NOUN in
your grammar section,
and complete exercise 2
on pg 27 – do a table
check
Notes:
- Discussion of Compound
Nouns
- Check Ch 1-9 key points
HW
- Vocabulary
- Tone powerpoint
- Listen to/read “The Lady,
or the Tiger?” by Frank
Stockton. Do pg 714 #1-9
Homework:Read chapters 10-
Closure:
12 in The Giver. Add key
points to your Giver Guide.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
October 3, 2012
EQ/Title: How can I analyze
important passages?
Warm Up: Pg 708 of Holt
book – paraphrase lines
25-32.
Notes:
- Quiz chapters 7-10
- Finish “The Lady, or the
Tiger?”
- Dialectical Journal
discussion and practice
Homework: DJ’s for
Chapters 10-12.
Closure:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
EQ/Title: What is the
difference between TONE
and MOOD?
Warm Up:
- Pg 31 in grammar book –
Write a definition for
PRONOUN, and complete
Exercise 4.
Homework: Read chapters
13-15 of The Giver
October 4, 2012
Notes:
- Table analysis of DJ’s
- Continue with tone/mood
lesson – analyze tone in
The Giver
Closure:
Friday, October 5, 2012
October 5, 2012
EQ/Title: Why do we feel
that choice is important in
life?
Warm Up:
- Pg 709 of Holt book –
paraphrase lines 64-72.
Notes:
- Vocabulary quiz
- Chapters 11-14 quiz
- Continue working on DJ’s
for chapters 13-15.
Homework: DJ’s for
chapters 13-15 of The
Giver
Closure:
Monday, October 8, 2012
EQ/Title: What can I do to
be more successful on
tests/quizzes?
Warm Up:
- Write down 3 possible
quiz questions from
chapters 13-15 of The
Giver
Homework: Read Chapters
16-18 of The Giver
October 8, 2012
Notes:
- Anticipation guide – finish
- Holt book page 714 –
answer questions 5, 7 and
8 in your Notes section.
- Chapter Questions - create
Closure:
Quizlet.com
• A link to my website is
on the door, as well as
on the school webpage.
• Go to my webpage,
then raise your hand,
so that I can create an
icon on your iPad.
• login to Quizlet.com
using the following :
• Username:
lucerostudents
• Password: hermitcrabs
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
EQ/Title: How do authors
make their characters
believable?
Warm Up:
- SB 70 – (Look on Sept 27
notebook page)
Homework: DJ’s for
Chapters 16-18 of The
Giver
October 9, 2012
Notes:
-Notes on characterization
-Complete characterization
chart
Closure:
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
EQ/Title: What are the
different ways that
characters are defined?
Warm Up: Grammar book
page 31 – write a definition
for pronoun and
antecedent and complete
exercise 4. Complete a
table check
Homework: Read chapters
19-21 of The Giver
October 10, 2012
Notes:
-Vocabulary
-Finish Characterization
-Gallery walk
Closure:
Thursday, October 11, 2012
EQ/Title: How do different
groups handle major life
events?
October 11, 2012
Notes:
-Vocabulary activity
-Circle of Life lesson
Warm Up: SB 72
Homework: DJ’s for chapters Closure:
19-21 of The Giver
Friday, October 12, 2012
October 12, 2012
EQ/Title: Describe how
Notes:
different people/creatures -Vocabulary activity
handle major life events.
-Circle of Life lesson
Warm Up: Create one
sentence using as many
vocabulary words as
possible.
Closure:
Homework: read chapters
22-23 of The Giver
Monday, October 15, 2012
October 15, 2012
EQ/Title: What are some
Notes:
similarities and differences -Present Circle of Life Keynote
between all the life
presentations
societies we discussed?
-Vocabulary test
-begin working on study
Warm Up: Write all your
guides.
vocabulary words in this
section, along with a
synonym and symbol for
each one.
Closure:
Homework: Create a study
guide for your final test for
The Giver.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
EQ/Title: What is the
difference between mood
and tone?
October 16, 2012
Notes:
-Mood/tone activity
Warm Up: Make a list of all
the words you can think of
that express feeling or
Closure:
emotion
Homework: STUDY for your
final test for The Giver.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
EQ/Title: What did I do to
prepare for my final test
for The Giver, and how
could I improve my study
habits for the next novel
study?
October 17, 2012
Notes:
Closure:
Warm Up: Study for your test
on The Giver.
Homework: No homework…
Yeah!!!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
EQ/Title: What elements
make up a “perfect”
society?
October 18, 2012
Notes:
- Last 3 anticipation guide
questions.
- Review and discussion
Warm Up: Grammar page 7 –
about anticipation guide
Read explanation, and do
topics.
exercise 3 on pg 9.
- Review elements of the
Homework: write a well
utopia project
constructed paragraph
- Discuss expectations
(topic sentence and
Closure:
supporting details)
explaining how your ideas
about utopian societies
have evolved throughout
our novel study
October 19,22,23,24,
EQ/Title: What are some
common themes in modern
utopian societies?
Warm Up: Make a list of traits
that must be considered
when planning for a new
society.
Homework: Finish research, fill
out modern utopian society
section of Utopia Project
Packet, and write
compare/contrast paragraph
Notes:
- Notebook check
- Clean out notebooks
- Utopian societies – review
and have students do
research.
Closure:
Thursday, October 25, 2012
EQ/Title: How do different
aspects of society work
together to make people
happy?
Warm Up: Group meeting –
complete meeting form in
packet – and decide on
essay topics and have
approved.
Homework:
Complete essay organizers
and planners
October 25, 2012
Notes: Put it all together –
1. Group meeting, decide on
essay assignments and
type of product
2. Begin working on product
and finishing packet 3. Writers workshops –
students rotate to various
rooms.
4. Group meeting – what
still needs to be done?
Closure:
Friday, October 26, 2012
EQ/Title: How do different
aspects of society work
together to make people
happy?
Warm Up: Make a list of
ideas for what you think is
most important to include
in your utopia.
Homework:
October 26, 2012
Notes: Put it all together –
1. Group meeting, decide on
roles.
2. Aspects of society –
complete page 6
3. Decide on government
and leader, and submit to
Mrs. Lucero for approval.
4. Group meeting – what
still needs to be done?
Closure: