Monday, March 5, 2012
JOURNAL: Catch up day! TEST POSTPONED
UNTIL TOMORROW!  You have the following
options:
A)
Complete
On-Demand
Speech
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
Scrimmage
for extra credit. (IF it is already
anditleave
space
between
each:
finished
is extra
credit
or if you
finish it in
class.)
B) Complete
your take
home test…not
 Group
#1
Group
#2 Group#3
due until tomorrow.(Done already? Extra
 AGENDA
Credit)
C) If you are finished with
those…DROP
EVERYTHING AND READ! 
 Journal Activity/Discussion
AGENDA
iPads
8.RIT.5 –Get
Analyze
in detail the structure of a specific
paragraph,
in Pre-Test/Record
a speech, including the
role of particular
 Take
Scores/Discuss
sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
8.RIT.10 – Read and comprehend speeches at the high
end of the grade 8 text complexity band independently
and proficiently.
Complete work and/or study for TOMORROW’S TEST! 
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
TODAY is a WRITING DAY!
GETWITH
YOUR
PERFORMANCE
JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
PARTNER
TO space
PLANbetween
OUT…ON
and leave
each: YOUR
SCRIPT
YOUR ENTIRE
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
PERFORMANCE:
All
 AGENDA
Movement…Costumes…Makeup…
 Journal Activity/Discussion
Gestures…Vocal Inflections, etc.
 Get iPads
IT IS A 10 POINT DAY!
 Take Pre-Test/Record Scores/Discuss
SPEECHES WILL BE PRESENTED:
APRIL 23rd – APRIL 27th!
WORK and WRITE WELL!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
PUT YOUR “I HAVE A DREAM” ANALYSIS
ON YOUR DESK!
 JOURNAL:
Write this in your journal
GET OUT
A PENCIL!
leave
between each:
HAVE and
YOUR
ARspace
BOOK!
READ Group
AND ANNOTATE
SPEECH!
#1
GroupTHE
#2 Group#3
33.3% AGENDA
OF YOUR GRADE (100 pts)
ANSWER
MULTIPLE
CHOICE ON SCAN Journal
Activity/Discussion
TRON!
33.3% Get
OFiPads
YOUR GRADE (100 pts)
ANALYZE
 TakeSHORT
Pre-Test/Record
ANSWERScores/Discuss
ON LINES
PROVIDED!
33.3% OF YOUR GRADE (100 pts)
ZERO VOICE LEVEL!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Homework OR Book
Reading Day!
• Zero Voice Level
• Show me your progress at
end of class for a Quiz
Grade!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
JOURNAL: Complete EXAM or
DROP
EVERYTHING
READ
 JOURNAL:
Write this in AND
your journal
DAY!
leave
ZERO
VOICE
LEVEL!
and
space
between
each:
 Group #1 AGENDA
Group #2 Group#3
 AGENDA
8.RIT.10
– Read and comprehend speeches
 Journal Activity/Discussion
at the high end of the grade 8 text
 Get iPads
complexity
band independently and
 Take Pre-Test/Record Scores/Discuss
proficiently.
Complete EXAM and/or DROP
EVERYTHING AND READ! 
Thursday, March 8, 2012
JOURNAL: List as many words as
you
can
when
you
think
of
the
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
terms
and LETTER.
andEDITORIAL
leave space between
each:
AGENDA
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
 AGENDA
I CAN
test my knowledge on
 Journal Activity/Discussion
Editorials
and Letters.
8.RIT.1
Cite the textual evidence
 Get –
iPads
that
most
strongly supports
an
 Take
Pre-Test/Record
Scores/Discuss
analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
Monday, March 12, 2012
JOURNAL: A)Make Vocabulary
Notebook pages for the following
 JOURNAL:
Write thisTestimonial,
in your journal
words:
Bandwagon,
andOpinion,
leave spaceCall
between
each:
Expert
to Action,
Statistics,
Cause
& Effect,
Emotional
 Group #1
Group
#2 Group#3
Appeal,
& Prediction. B) Do your
 AGENDA
definition for each word before you
Journal
Activity/Discussion
getmy
definition.
AGENDA
 Get iPads
I CAN
define
words thatScores/Discuss
need to be
 Take
Pre-Test/Record
used in Editorials and Letters.
8.RIT.4 –Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used
in a text.
3rd Quarter Final
• Sit down. 10%
• Zero Voice Level 20%
• Get ready to ACT! 20%
• Act for one minute on given topic.
30%
• Doing good : gestures, vocal
inflections, movements on the stage,
pantomime, emotions, etc… 20%
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
JOURNAL: A)Share the publications
with your group. B) Find the
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
Editorial,
Opinion, Letters, or Inbox
and leave space between each:
page. C) Read the page and
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
summarize anything you read.
 AGENDA
AGENDA
 Journal Activity/Discussion
I CAN read Editorials and Letters to
 Get iPads the Vocabulary and how
understand
it is Take
used.
Pre-Test/Record Scores/Discuss
8.RIT.4 –Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used
in a text.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JOURNAL: A)It is almost the end of your academic 8th
Grade School year. It is time to write an Informational
Editorial
OR
Informational
Letter
to
the
Franklin
Favorite
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
targeting
the upcoming 8th grade class. You are resigning
and leave
between
your position
as 8thspace
Grade student
and each:
are informing
them to
be better
for what
will come in their last
Group
#1 prepared
Group
#2 Group#3
year of middle school and beyond. B) Essential Question:
AGENDA
What should
each and every 7th grader need to know
before
they become
a member of Team Respect in the 8th
 Journal
Activity/Discussion
Grade?
 Get iPads
AGENDA
I CAN read
and Letters
to
TakeEditorials
Pre-Test/Record
Scores/Discuss
understand the Vocabulary and how it is
used, so that I can write a Letter or Editorial
to the Franklin Favorite.
8.RIT.4 –Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
• Get your Vocabulary.
• We are going to watch a live musical
production.
• You are going to make Framework Notes using
your theatre vocabulary.
• We will stop after each scene…make
notes…discuss the notes and use our
vocabulary.
• 10 point quiz grade for today!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
•Work on
homework or
Read silently.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
JOURNAL: Write the Essential Question:
What should each and every 7th grader need
 JOURNAL:
this in your
journal
to know
before Write
they become
a member
of
th Grade?each:
leavein
space
Teamand
Respect
the 8between
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
AGENDA
 AGENDA
Work
on Presentations of Editorials and
Letters!
 Journal Activity/Discussion
I CAN read and annotate Editorials and
 Get to
iPads
Letters
understand the Vocabulary
and
how it
is used, so that
I can write a
 Take
Pre-Test/Record
Scores/Discuss
Letter or Editorial to the Franklin
Favorite and teach my classmates.
8.RIT.4 –Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text.
Friday, March 16, 2012
JOURNAL: Write the Essential Question: What
should each and every 7th grader need to know
before
they become
a member
Teamjournal
Respect in
 JOURNAL:
Write
this inofyour
the 8thand
Grade?
leave space between each:
 Group #1
AGENDA
Group #2 Group#3
Present /TEACH your Editorials and
 AGENDA
Letters!
 Journal
Activity/Discussion
I CAN
make notes
in my Vocabulary
Notebook of the devices used in
 Get iPads
Editorials
and Letters to understand
how
they Pre-Test/Record
are used, so that
I can write a
 Take
Scores/Discuss
Letter or Editorial to the Franklin
Favorite.
8.RIT.4 –Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text.
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer
meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the
first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board
sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute
our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of
it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in
a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I
thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside
you.
Steve
Monday, March 26, 2012
JOURNAL: A) Get out your AR Book
and Start reading! B) Zero Voice Level!
 JOURNAL:
Write
this
in your
C) Drop
Everything
And
Read!
D) Ifjournal
you need
leave
space
between
to goand
to the
library,
please
put each:
your Agenda
 Group
#1 of your
Group
#2 Group#3
on the
corner
desk!
AGENDA
 Journal
DEARActivity/Discussion
Day! SSSsshhhhh! 
8.RL.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a
 Get
iPadsits development over the course
text and
analyze
of a text,
including
the characters,
setting, and
 Take
Pre-Test/Record
Scores/Discuss
plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
I CAN read silently
Drop Everything And Read!
Zero Voice Level!
 AGENDA
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
JOURNAL: A) Get out your Rough
Draft
of
your
Letter/Editorial.
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
B) Begin
to
edit
it.
C)
Use
and leave space between each:
dictionary
and
thesaurus
if
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
needed.
 AGENDA
AGENDA
 Journal Activity/Discussion
Go to my website and decide
 Get iPads
whether
to write a Letter or
 Take Pre-Test/Record
Scores/Discuss
Editorial.
I CAN EDIT and TYPE my
EDITORIAL/LETTER.
ENRICHMENT 3/30/12
GET CRASH
Get out Your Notes
Get ready to get a QUIZ
grade for the work you
do!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
JOURNAL: Write your essential
question.
 JOURNAL: Write this in your journal
and leave space
between each:
AGENDA
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
Complete writing with editing
 AGENDA
and corrections!
 Journal Activity/Discussion
Go to my website and submit
 Get iPads
your writing electronically.
 Take Pre-Test/Record Scores/Discuss
I CAN EDIT , TYPE, and SUBMIT
my EDITORIAL/LETTER
Electronically.
Friday, March 30, 2012
JOURNAL: A) Get out your AR Book and Start
reading! B) Zero Voice Level! C) Drop Everything
AndRead!
D)
If
you
need
to
go
to
the
library,
JOURNAL:
Write this
in corner
your journal
please
put your Agenda
on the
of your
and leave space between each:
desk! E)
POINT DAY!
 Group #1
Group #2 Group#3
AGENDA
 AGENDA
DEAR Day! SSSsshhhhh! 
Activity/Discussion
8.RL.2–Journal
Determine
a theme or central idea of a
50
text and
analyze
its
development
over
the
 Get iPads
course of a text, including the characters,
 Take
setting,
andPre-Test/Record
plot; provide anScores/Discuss
objective
summary of the text.
I CAN read silently
Drop Everything And Read!
Zero Voice Level!