8th grade Accelerated English calendar
2014-2015
Gnemi
Date:
Topic Covered:
Date: Topic covered:
Date:
Topic covered:
Date:
Topic covered:
Aug 7
TH
Intro/Paperwork/Plates/info
sheet
25 M
10 W
Vocab unit 3/Outsiders ch
10/questions **
26 F
The Outsiders project/portfolio
due/Vocab unit 4
8F
Intro/Paperwork/Plane
crash/parent
homework/syllabus
Vocab unit 1/The
Landlady/Intro reading logs
and independent
reading/calendars
The Landlady/Writing
26 T
Background/Intro
Outsiders/Vocab unit 2/New
reading log/Character analysis
Begin Outsiders/chapter
questions- Chapter 1
11 TH
Outsiders ch 11/questions
29 M
Outsiders closing/REVIEW
27 W
Vocab unit 2/The Outsiders
Chapter 2/Chapter 2 questions
**
12 F
Vocab unit 3/Outsiders ch
12/questions/”Nothing Gold
Can Stay”- PARLAP
30 T
Vocab unit 4/Outsiders
closing/REVIEW
28 TH
15 M
Outsiders closing/REVIEW
29 F
Introduce The Outsiders
project
Vocab unit 3/Work on
project
Essay writing/Relay Race
Oct 1 W
Vocab unit 1/The Monkey’s
Paw
Monkey’s Paw/Writing
The Outsiders Chapter
3/questions
Vocab unit 2- The Outsiders ch
4 and questions **
OFF- Labor Day
2 TH
Vocab unit 4/Outsiders
closing/REVIEW
3F
Vocab unit 4 test/The Outsiders
movie/venn diagram/Reading logs
due/REVIEW
Vocab unit 1/The Third
Wish/intro Wonder project/
Pre-Assessment
The Third Wish/Writing
2T
Vocab unit 2/The Outsiders ch
5 and questions/Poster **
Wonder project due
The Outsiders chapter 6 and
questions **
18 TH
6M
ESSAY- Lit analysis/STUDY
ISLAND
7T
ESSAY- Lit analysis/STUDY
ISLAND
Vocab unit 1/Intro Essay
writing
Intro narrative/work on
personal narrative
4 TH
22 M
8W
ESSAY- Lit analysis/STUDY
ISLAND
EESSAY-Lit analysis/STUDY
ISLAND/ 9 WEEK TEST REVIEW
21 TH
Vocab unit 1/personal
narrative
8M
24 W
Vocab unit 4/independent
reading/study island
10 F
22 F
Vocab unit 1
Test/Assessment 1/personal
narrative due/Independent
Reading Interview 1/Reading
log due
9T
Vocab Unit 2/The Outsiders
chapter 7/Poster
Vocab unit 2 test/Outsiders
Test Chapters 1-7/Reading log
due/Poster due
**/Assessment 2
New reading log/Vocab unit
3/Review Outsiders test/Read
Outsiders ch 8/questions **
Outsiders chapter 9/questions
Vocab unit 3/Work on
project/Poetry- Unaccepted
**
Vocab unit 3 test/Reading
Logs due/Independent
reading interview 2/Work
on project/Assessment 3
New reading logs/Vocab unit
4
Essay writing/work on
project
25 TH
Work on project/study
island/independent reading
11 M
12 T
13 W
14 TH
15 F
18 M
19 T
20 W
Sep 1
M
3W
5F
16 T
17 W
19 F
23 T
9 TH
9 WEEKS TEST/END OF 1ST NINE
WEEKS!
Students will need a composition book with their name on the cover, as well as a BLACK
folder with prongs for the 1st nine weeks.
2014-2015
8th grade Accelerated English calendar
Gnemi
Students will need a composition book with their name on the cover, as well as a BLACK
folder with prongs for the 1st nine weeks.