English Grade 8 Term I Planning
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ASSESSMENT
Getting to know the pupils.
Diagnostic test on pages 5 – 8 of Grade 9 EiC.
Holes: Read Chapters 1 -2
Holes: Read Chapters 3 – 4
Holes: Read Chapters 4 -5
PDN: Stanley Yelnats is as…… as a ………. [SIMILE}
Holes: Go through character sketches Ch 1 – 5
Go through character sketches Ch 1 – 5
Instructions for Writing Task
Writing: Task 1
Writing: Task 1
Read Chapters 6 – 7
Flashbacks
Holes: Read Chapters 8,9
Diagnostic Test feedback – areas to focus on
IN CLASS ASSESSMENT: Task 1 – pamphlet (10 MARKS)
IN CLASS ASSESSMENT: Task 1 – pamphlet (10 MARKS)
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14 days tuition
Prepared reading assigned
Conflict in Holes
Write a sentence on each kind of conflict.
Quotation analysis
Prepared reading
Holes: Read Chapter 10-13
Prepared reading
Holes: Read Chapter 14-15
Update character files (HW)
Symbols in CH 13
Quotation analysis
Paragraph writing – topic sentences etc.
TEST: Quotation analysis – Skills
Prepared Reading assigned
Prepared Reading
Prepared Reading
TEST: SKILLS
FEBRUARY
CLASSWORK
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Why do we study poetry?
The Highwayman
Teach Ballad form
The Highwayman
Teach devices
Finish The Highwayman
How to write a newspaper report
How to write a newspaper report
IN CLASS ASSESSMENT: Newspaper report writing –
Highwayman
IN CLASS ASSESSMENT: Newspaper report writing –
Highwayman
ASSESSMENT
Questions on Highwayman
Questions on Highwayman
IN CLASS ASSESSMENT: Newspaper report writing –
Highwayman
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33 days tuition
Walking Away
Walking Away
Walking Away
Walking Away
Building interesting sentences
EiC gr 8: p 28 – 31 Figurative language, strong verbs etc.
EiC gr 8: p. 32: conjunctions to build interesting sentences
EiC gr 8: p 169
Swift – p 170 EiC gr 8
Swift – p 170 figurative devices
EiC gr 8: p 171 – 173
Liz misses this lesson
Write own poem about an animal
Athletics
Write descriptive paragraph on athletics day
Out, Out
Out, Out
Out, Out
Out, Out
Instructions for dramatization of poem – work in class in
pairs
Instructions for dramatization of poem – work in class in
pairs
Mid-term holiday
MARCH
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outing
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Presentation of dramatized poems
Presentation of dramatized poems
TEST: Comprehension
TEST: Comprehension
Direct speech
Direct speech
Punctuation: colon and semi-colon
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Drummer Hodge
Drummer Hodge
Drummer Hodge
Drummer Hodge
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Interesting adjectives
Magazine article on warfare
Magazine article on warfare
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Journey of the Magi
Journey of the Magi
Journey of the Magi
Journey of the Magi
Subjective and objective writing – use own articles
ASSESSMENT
Dramatized poems: in pairs
Dramatized poems: in pairs
TEST: comprehension
Magazine Article on warfare
Magazine Article on warfare
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and Journey as example
Subjective and objective writing - use own articles
and Journey as example
Public Holiday
Liz – one lesson; Kirstin – two lessons
Dictionary and thesaurus challenge
Liz – one lesson; Kirstin – two lessons
Outdoor Ed
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TOTAL: 52 days