August 26, 2013
August 26, 2013
Title: What can I expect in 8th
Objective:
grade language arts this year? • understand the 8th grade LA
prospectus
Warm Up: Read prospectus,
underlining anything that is
• Incorporate elements of a
confusing to you, and making
business letter to create
a list of questions in the
personal recommendation
margins.
Agenda:
Homework: Finish your letter
1. Agendas/forms/lockers
to Mrs. Lucero – you may
2. Prospectus
write it neatly or type it and
print it, or use letter generator 3. Summer Reading – Due Fri,
Sept. 7
link below and print it.
4. Letter of recommendation
letter generator
August 27, 2013
EQ What are some elements of
poetry that help us
understand the meaning?
Warm Up: Vocabulary activity
August 27, 2013
Notes:
• Poetry pre-assessment
• Summer Reading Project
section 1
worksheet side 1
Homework: revise Summer
Reading Project for
characterization part 1. Finish Closure:
side 1 of vocab sheet
August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013
EQ What is a topic sentence, and Notes:
why is it important to give my
paragraphs direction?
Warm Up: Archetypes preassessment
• Archetypes pre-assessment
• Summer Reading Project – how
does main character change?
• Intro to archetypes
Homework: revise Summer
Reading Project for
characterization part 2.
Closure:
August 29, 2013
EQ/Title: What are some
August 29, 2013
Notes:
human personality traits that • Summer Reading Project
are represented by archetypal
section 2
characters?
• Notebook organization
Warm Up: Review
interactive notebook
organization guidelines
and set up divider tabs.
Homework: Revise section 2
of Summer reading
projects
• Intro to archetypes
Closure:
August 30, 2013
EQ/Title: What are some human
personality traits that are
represented by archetypal
characters?
Warm Up: Write an example
of the following conflicts:
1. Man vs. man
2. Man vs. himself
3. Man vs. nature
4. Man vs. society
Homework: Revise Part III of
Summer reading project
August 30, 2013
Notes:
• Summer Reading Project part III
• Conflict review
• Intro to archetypes
Closure:
September 3, 2013
EQ/Title: Why are so many
archetypes present in picture
books for children, and what
does this teach them about life?
September 3, 2013
Notes:
• Finish Archetypes overview
• Begin Archetypes are
everywhere
Warm Up: Think of 3 settings
that are often found in fairy
tales… what moods/ideas
do you associate with these
settings?
Homework: Top half of
archetypes chart. Revise
Summer Reading
Closure:
September 4, 2013
EQ/Title: Why are so many
archetypes present in picture
books for children, and what
does this teach them about life?
September 4, 2013
Notes:
• Finish Archetypes Are
Everywhere
• Check rough drafts and
homework
Warm Up: Springboard books
– put name on bottom book
pages. Tear out Glossary
(pgs 419-426) and put in
vocabulary section of
notebook.
Closure:
Homework: Bottom half of
archetypes chart. Revise
Summer Reading
September 5, 2013
EQ/Title: What are some
strategies I use to face life’s
challenges?
Warm Up: Holt book – pg
678-681. Answer
questions 1-16 on a
separate piece of paper.
September 5, 2013
Notes:
• SB – tear out pages 1-57 and
put in Springboard section.
Answer questions 1 & 2 on
SB5.
• Challenges activity (SB6-7)
Homework: Revise Summer
Reading
Closure:
September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013
EQ/Title: What defines a hero? Notes:
• TPCASTT “A Man”
Warm Up: SB8 – tone word
sort. Finish all previous
pages.
Homework: Finish summer
reading project. Final
product – NO FOLDER –
due Sept 9.
Closure:
September 9, 2013
EQ/Title: What are some
poetry analysis strategies that
help us understand its
meaning?
September 9, 2013
Notes:
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Turn in summer reading
Tone word sort game
Reading interest inventory
Grammar pages 2-3, Exercises A
Warm Up: Review your Tone
and B.
words from SB8, and use • Notes on The Sentence V4-5
5 of them that you are
• Moco Limping SB13
unfamiliar with in a
sentence that conveys the
meaning of the word.
Homework: TPCASTT Moco
Limping SB 13
Closure:
September 10, 2013
EQ/Title: Why is word choice
September 10, 2013
Notes:
important for conveying the
proper tone?
• Subject and Predicate
• V5 Exercise 1. Identify each as
Sentence or Sentence
Fragment. If a fragment, tell
Warm Up: Quick write –
what part of the sentence is
Write a paragraph with a
missing.
topic sentence and 2
reasons why Moco can be • We Wear the Mask –
paraphrasing activity
considered a hero.
Homework: TPCASTT We
Wear the Mask
Closure:
September 11, 2013
September 11, 2013
EQ/Title: Who were the heroes Notes:
of 9/11?
• Heroes of 9/11 jigsaw and
reading. Identify WWWWWH.
• Create a poster explaining your
hero and be prepared to share.
Warm Up: In grammar
section - Read G7 and
define Subject, Simple
Subject, and complete
subject in your grammar Closure:
section. Then, do Ex. 3 on
pg 9. – 15 minutes
Homework: SB 18-20
September 12, 2013
EQ/Title: How can analysis of
historically relevant poetry
help us understand about
ourselves?
September 12, 2013
Notes:
• Discussion of Dunbar and his
life as it relates to history
• Discussion of Archetype project
and paragraph organizers.
Warm Up: Read article on
Paul Laurence Dunbar and
list 5 elements from his
life that may have
influenced his poetry.
Homework: Archetype
paragraph #1 – fill out
graphic organizer and
write paragraph.
Closure:
September 13, 2013
EQ/Title: What are the
challenges we face when
reconciling our external
“mask” with our inner self?
Warm Up: Quickwrite –
what do you “wear” as
your public mask? What
about you is not always
something you always
want people to
know/see?
Homework: Finish mask and
poem. Due Sept 16.
September 13, 2013
Notes:
• Discussion of mask project
• Begin planning project and
writing poem.
• If time, do next archetype
paragraph.
Closure:
September 16, 2013
EQ/Title: What symbols are
representative of you as a
person?
Warm Up: Prepare your
portfolio folder by
drawing at least 5 symbols
that represent all parts of
your life.
Homework: #2 Archetypal
character paragraph and
organizer
September 16, 2013
Notes:
• Media center at 9:00, 12:10 and
2:35
• Grammar post assessment
• Begin planner for homework
• Movie permission form!!!!
Closure:
September 17, 2013
EQ/Title: What are the signs
that something big is going to
happen in your life?
September 17, 2013
Notes:
• Hero’s journey Stage 1
Warm Up: Grammar preassessment.
Red book – Pg 24 A
Blue book – Pg 24 diag. prev.
Homework: #3 Archetypal
character paragraph and
organizer
Closure:
September 18, 2013
EQ/Title: What are some
September 18, 2013
Notes:
obstacles that get in your way • Hero’s journey Stage 2
and keep you from your goals?
Warm Up: Grammar
exercise
Homework: #4 Archetypal
character paragraph and
organizer
Closure:
September 19, 2013
September 19, 2013
EQ/Title: Why is it important to Notes:
celebrate your victories with
people you care about?
• Hero’s journey Stage 3
Warm Up: Grammar
exercise
Homework: #1 Archetypal
setting paragraph and
organizer
Closure:
September 20, 2013
EQ/Title: How is the hero’s
journey representative of
everyday life?
September 20, 2013
Notes:
• End of Stage 2 of hero’s
journey, and Stage 3
• Quiz after Stage 2
Warm Up: Grammar
See the board and complete in
your grammar section.
Homework: #2 Archetypal
setting paragraph and
organizer
Closure:
September 25, 2013
EQ/Title: How well do I
understand the archetypal
characters and the hero’s
journey?
September 25, 2013
Notes:
• Notebook check #2
• Study for archetypes post test
• Nouns/adjectives/pronouns
lesson
Warm Up: Prepare your
notebook for a notebook
check. Study your stages of
the hero’s journey and the
archetypal characters for a
post test
Homework: Write hero’s
journey paragraph/essay
Closure:
September 26, 2013
September 26, 2013
EQ/Title: What is your idea of a Notes:
perfect society?
• Giver read aloud for chapter 1
Warm Up: Post test for
grammar chapter 2.
Homework: Read chapters
1-3 in The Giver
Closure:
September 27, 2013
EQ/Title: What is a utopia?
September 27, 2013
Notes:
• Giver Anticipation Guide
• DJ/Giver homework lesson
• Intro to Utopia lesson
Warm Up: Grammar pretest
chapter 3
Homework: Homework for
chapter 1-3 in The Giver
Closure:
September 30, 2013
EQ/Title: Where did the
idea of “utopia” come
from?
Warm Up: Quiz-ch 1-3, do
Giver Anticipation Guide
September 30, 2013
Notes:
• tear out SB 59-101 and put in
SB section
• Discuss and share exemplary
Giver homework
• Utopia intro lesson – SB 60-61
Homework: Read Ch 4-6
Closure:
October 1, 2013
EQ/Title: What is the best
way to make major life
decisions, and who should
have input into those
decisions?
October 1 , 2013
Notes:
• Review of chapter HW
• Babies and birthdays
• Vocabulary
Warm Up: Grammar –
check the back board
Closure:
Homework: Ch 4-6 written
HW
October 2, 2013
EQ/Title: Why is word
choice important?
October 2 , 2013
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Giver Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary
Go over exemplary HW samples
Finish Babies and Birthdays
Warm Up: Quiz ch 4-6,
SB-58, questions 1,2,4. SB
60
Closure:
Homework: Read ch 7-9
October 3, 2013
EQ/Title: Why is it
important to reflect to
become a better/more
successful person?
October 3 , 2013
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Giver Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary activity
SB-68
Go over discussion questions
for chapters 1-9
Warm Up: Grammar – see
back board
Closure:
Homework: 7-9 Chapter
HW
October 4, 2013
October 4 , 2013
EQ/Title: How can I organize Notes:
large amounts of material • Giver Anticipation Guide
to help me remember it? • Vocabulary quiz
Warm Up: Study for
quizzes!
Homework: Read Ch 10-12
• Ch 7-9 quiz
• Chapter summaries by bullet
point
• Make-up work/late work catch
up
Closure:
October 7, 2013
EQ/Title: Why are rules
important, and why do
people sometimes break
them?
October 7, 2013
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Giver Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary
SB 73-74
Discussion questions
Warm Up: Grammar
Closure:
Homework: Ch 10-12 HW
October 9, 2013
EQ/Title: How do different
groups handle major life
events?
October 9, 2013
Notes:
• Vocabulary
• Circle of life introduction
Warm Up: Grammar
Homework: Ch 13-15 HW
Closure:
October 10, 2013
EQ/Title: How do different
groups handle major life
events?
Warm Up: 10 minute
vocabulary practice activity
– on your own, but
something written here
about your choice for
studying.
Homework: Read Ch 16-18
October 10, 2013
Notes:
• Circle of life - complete
presentations
Closure:
October 11, 2013
EQ/Title: How well am I
understanding the
vocabulary and concepts
of The Giver?
Warm Up: SB 70
Homework: Ch 16-28 HW
October 11, 2013
Notes:
• Vocabulary quiz
• Chapter summaries for all
chapters up through Ch 18.
Remember – bullet point
entries for all important events
in the chapter!
Closure:
October 14, 2013
EQ/Title: What is “release”
and how do you feel
about understanding the
real meaning of it?
October 14, 2013
Notes:
•
•
•
•
Read chapter 19
Dr. Kevorkian article
Survey
Discussion questions
Warm Up: Assess yourself,
and turn in HW from
Chapters 13-15 and Ch
16-18. Make sure it is
Closure:
clearly labeled with the
chapters and your name!!
Ch 13-15, Ch 16-18 quiz
Homework: Read Ch 19-21
October 15, 2013
EQ/Title: What makes a
presentation successful?
October 15, 2013
Notes:
• Vocabulary
• Present Circle of Life
Warm Up: 10 minutes to
work on presentations for
Circle of Life
Closure:
Homework: HW Ch 19-21
October 16, 2013
EQ/Title: What makes
characters interesting?
October 16, 2013
Notes:
Characterization lesson
Warm Up: Grammar
Closure:
Homework: Read 22-23,
and complete
characterization chart
October 17, 2013
EQ/Title: What is the
difference between Mood
and Tone?
October 17, 2013
Notes:
• Mood and Tone notes
• The Lady or the Tiger
Warm Up: Vocabulary
Activity – prepare for
Friday quiz
Homework: Mood/Tone
worksheet – Study for
vocabulary quiz
Closure:
October 18, 2013
October 18, 2013
EQ/Title: What is the
Notes:
difference between Mood • Vocab quiz
and Tone?
• Ch 19-21 reading quiz
• Finish “The Monkey’s Paw”
Read “The Lady, or the
Warm Up: Study vocabulary
Tiger”
and chapters 19-21
• Study Guide for final Giver
test
Homework: Finish chapter
summaries for all chapters
of The Giver
Closure:
October 21, 2013
EQ/Title: What is author’s
purpose, and how is it
related to tone?
Warm Up: Review Chapter
1-12 Socrative quizzes
October 21, 2013
Notes:
• “The Lady, or the Tiger?”
• Chapter summaries
• Read last chapter and
discuss ending
Homework: SB79 – imagine Closure:
details that you could use
in an epilogue for The
Giver