October 2014 7th/8th Lesson Calendar Sun 5 Week of Respect: 12 19 26 Mon Tue Wed 1 7th- Building better sentences activity; edit character sketch RD; re-teaching wksts 8th- Non-fiction analysis/ text coding/short constructed response/choice boards; subject/verb agreement 8 Wear Patriotic Colors 7th- Typed Character Sketch essay due; Lit Analysis Unit (ppt) ; POS unit Thu 2 7th- Building better sentences activity part 2; re-teaching wksts Fri 3 4 7th- LA terms sp/vocab quiz; building better sentences part 3; format for typed CS 8th- Collage Presentations; choice boards; subject/verb agreement 9 Dress for Success (Picture Day) 7th- Lit Analysis Unit (Under the Rice Moon/Why the Caged Bird Sings); POS unit 8th- Collage Presentations; Non-fiction terms quiz; choice boards; subject/verb agreement review 10 11 Pirate Pride Day 7th- LA terms sp/vocab quiz; Lit Analysis Unit (Under the Rice Moon/Why the Caged Bird Sings) 6 7 Blue for Bully Prevention 7th- Week 4 LA terms; reteaching pkt due; last conferences for CS; Build Better Sentences Wear Green, respect environment 7th- Intro Literary Analysis unit (ppt); POS unit 8th- Typed Autobio Draft due; Intro Descriptive Writing Unit (Figurative Lang.) 8th- Descriptive Writing Unit; Consistent Verb Tense (unit 3); Intro to Gothic Literature; Mrs. A Writing Prompt (plot diagram) 14 7th-Lit Analysis Unit (Two Brothers); POS unit 8th- Dead Words Activity 8th- Descriptive Writing Unit; 8th- Subject/Verb agreement Consistent Verb Tense (unit test; Descriptive Writing Unit 3); Gothic Lit writing (Gothic Lit writing) 15 7th-Lit Analysis Unit (Textbook); POS unit 16 7th-Lit Analysis Unit (Textbook/reading comprehension); POS unit 17 7th-Lit Analysis Unit (Writing); LA terms sp/vocab quiz 8th- Intro Edgar Allan Poe unit (ppt), documentary (nonfiction multimedia information); Consistent Verb Tense 20 7th- Week 5 LA Terms; Lit Analysis Writing; POS unit 8th- Edgar Allan Poe documentary (nonfiction multimedia information), comprehension questions/graphic organizer) 21 7th- Lit Analysis Drafting; POS unit 8th- “The Tell-Tale Heart” pre-reading vocabulary 8th- Read “The Tell-Tale Heart” (comprehension questions for homework) 22 7th- Lit Analysis Drafting; POS QUIZ 23 7th- Lit Analysis Drafting/conferencing 8th- “Tell-Tale Heart” Quiz (vocab, writing and reading comprehension); Intro Poe project (nonfiction analysis, narrative/descriptive writing) 24 25 7th- LA terms sp/vocab; Lit Analysis Unit Drafting; Assign “Confess” narrative 8th- “Tell-Tale Heart” Insanity Debate 8th- “Tell-Tale Heart” Insanity Debate 8th- “Tell-Tale Heart” Insanity Debate; consistent verb tense 8th- Review for test (part one and two) Gothic Lit/Timed Narrative; creative writing bell work; consistent verb tense 30 7th- Peer edit Lit Analysis 13 7th- Week 4 LA terms; Lit Analysis Unit (Two Brothers); POS unit 27 28 29 7th- Lit Analysis Formatting 7th- Lit Analysis Drafting 7th- Lit Analysis Drafting (computer lab)/conferencing (computer lab)/conferencing (computer lab)/conferencing 8thTimed Narrative Task (PARCC) Created with WinCalendar Calendar Maker 8th- Intro Lit Analysis Unit (The Yellow Wallpaper or The Elevator) background and vocabulary 8th- Test on figurative language, consistent verb tense and gothic literature 31 7th- Whole Class Read-Aloud (“Confess” narrative) 8th- Intro Lit Analysis Unit 8th- Lit Analysis 8th- Lit Analysis (read The Yellow Wallpaper (ppt/formatting/requirements) (ppt/formatting/requirements) or The Elevator) Download: 2014 Calendar Template, 2015 Calendar Template 18 Sat Created with WinCalendar Calendar Maker Download: 2014 Calendar Template, 2015 Calendar Template