2nd Nine Weeks- 8th Grade ELAR
2012-2013
Week 1 Fiction and Drama
Oct 29
A: Warm-Up: NOUNS SB p. 135-136 WS P. 532-535
Vocabulary: Sadlier Oxford Unit 5 Words 1-10
Completing the Sentence:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Vocabulary in Context
B: FICTION: The Lady, or the Tiger? Literature Text p.704 (15:36)
Oct 30
A: Warm-Up: NOUNS SB P. 137-138 P. 532-535
FICTION: The Monkey’s Paw Literature Text p. 372 (23:52)
B: FICTION: The Tell-Tale Heart by EAP Literature Text p. 80 (14:30)
Oct 31 HALLOWEEN
A: Warm-Up: PRONOUNS SB 141-142 WS 536-541
Grade Vocabulary
FICTION: The Open Window by Saki (7:30)
B. FICTION: The Landlady by Roald Dahl (21:16)
NOV 1
A. Warm-Up: PRONOUNS SB 143-144
INTRO TO DRAMA: The Hitchhiker: Literature Text pgs. 92 - 101
B. DRAMA: The Hitchhiker: Literature Text pgs. 92 - 101
NOV 2 COMPUTER LAB/LAPTOPS
A.Warm-Up PRONOUNS 147
Edmodo: Online FICTION/DRAMA Quiz
B. Edmodo: Write Your Own Story!! And Submit on Edmodo
Week 2 Analyzing Persuasive Text/Nonfiction Text
Nov 5
A. Warm-Up: PROUNOUNS SB 151-152
Vocabulary: Sadlier Oxford Unit 5 11-20
Word Definitions 11-20
Completing the Sentences:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Choosing the Right Words
Review Benchmark
B. Intro to Argument & Persuasion:
Media Study: Political Cartoons Media Smart/Literature Book p. 852
Nov 6
A. Warm-Up: Verbs WS 542-543
Media Study: Political Cartoons
B. Media Study: Political Cartoons
Nov 7
A: Warm-Up: Verbs SB 153-154 WS 544
Grade Vocab
Media Study: Political Cartoons p. 842
B. Media Study: Political Cartoons p. 842
Nov 8
A: Warm-Up: Verbs SB 155-156 WS 545
Reader’s Workshop: Elements of Persuasive Text page 982
B. Reader’s Workshop: Elements of Persuasive Text page 982
Nov 9
A: Warm-Up: Week 16 Revision and Editing
Comparing Persuasive Texts:
Zoos: Myth and Reality/Zoos Connect us to the Natural World pages 988-1000
B. Comparing Persuasive Texts:
Zoos: Myth and Reality/Zoos Connect us to the Natural World pages 988-1000
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Week 3 Analyzing Persuasive Text
Nov 12:
A: Warm-Up: Verbs SB 157-158 and Verbs 159-160
Vocabulary: Sadlier Oxford Unit 6 Words 1-10
Completing the Sentence:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Vocabulary in Context
Media Study: Star Wars movie ad campaign
B: Media Study: Star Wars movie ad campaign
Nov 13
A: Warm-Up: Verbals SB 163-164 WS 547
Media Study: Print Ad Campaigns
B: Media Study: Print Ad Campaigns
Nov 14
A: Warm-Up: Verbs SB 165-166
Media Study: Print Ad Campaigns
B: Grade Vocabulary
Sports in Schools: Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education/The Weak Shall
Inherit the Gym p. 1004-1008
Nov 15
A: Warm-Up: Adjectives SB 167-168 WS 548
Persuasive Speech: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? By Frederick
Douglass Lit Text page 1030
B: Persuasive Speech: Educating Sons by Chief Canasatego Lit Text page 1022
Nov 16
A. Warm-Up: Revision and Editing Week 17
TIC-TAC-TOE Project
B. TIC-TAC-TOE Project